Bisque Beauties

Antique & Vintage Dolls

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Here is an 18" composition bride doll.  She looks just like an Arranbee doll (note the lovely eyes and eye shadow!), but she is unmarked.  This doll is all original....her veil, her dress, her underwear, her socks and her shoes.  Her composition is very good with just a little faint crazing and no lifting or cracking to the composition.  Her wedding dress is a flocked nylon...just gorgeous!  Her veil is a nylon netting.  There are a few small holes in the veil.  The "blue book" value is $250 to $300.  Asking price is $75. 

These dolls are known as immobiles.  They are all marked "Japan".  Each group is $10.

The Chinese immobiles are 2-3/4" high.  The Indian immobiles are 2-3/4" high.  The trio of children are 3-3/4", 3-1/8"', and 2-7/8" high from tallest to shortest.  The paint is in good condition, as you can tell from the photos, and has not been retouched..

These dolls aren't fancy but can make a nice collection rather quickly and inexpensively.  I recall my grandmother collected immobiles like these and placed them on a "whatnot" shelf in her "best" room!

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These six dolls are are antique...probably made between 1890 and 1930.  They are all in good condition.  

Doll #1 with molded tan hat and brown dress.  She is 5" tall and jointed at the shoulders only.  She has painted eyes and nicely painted face.  Clothes are older and have never been removed.  She also wears old cotton, lace-trimmed drawers and petticoat.  She is marked on her back but it is difficult to make out...something like "20" or "201".    $100

Doll #2 in red crocheted onesie, cape and hat.  She is 4-1/2", and jointed at the hips and shoulders  She is unmarked.  Her painting is nicely done.  While her bisque is not as fine as some all-bisque dolls, she stil has a lot of character.  The red outfit seems to be original to the doll.      $100

Doll #3 in red blouse and hat, and blue pants.  This little fellow is 5" and was redressed perhaps about 30 years ago.  He is jointed at the hip and shoulder.  He is nicely painted, but his bisque isn't perfect....note the dent in his cheek.  This is not "new" damage, but happened when he was made so long ago.  He has never been undressed by me, so if he has marks, I do not know what they are.     $50

Doll #4 in green velvet.  This all-bisque boy is 5-1/4".  He's my favorite of the group!  His molded blonde hair has lots of detail.  His face painting is well done.  He is jointed at the hip and shoulder.  He is unmarked but appears to be a German all-bisque doll.  No chips on the arms....his trousers haven't been removed but I don't feel chips on the legs through the fabric.        $125

Doll #5 with the button hat.  4-1/2".  This doll is jointed at the hips and shoulders.  He appears to be German bisque.  I am wondering, however, if his face paint wasn't "freshened" by someone sometime after he was made.  The wooden button has been glued to his head, but can be removed.         $50

Doll #6 dressed in white flannel.  This doll is 5".  It is not all-bisque like the other five above, but is a bisque head on a nicely-made 5 piece composition body.  The detail on this body is quite unusual when compared to the normal 5-piece German compo body from this time period.  The feet and hands have lovely detail.  And when the doll is undressed, you can see a well-developed tummy and chest.  Most unusual!    $75