A fun fellow in brown all bisque with a round character face, painted black hair, unusual pierced ears with metal earrings, a swivel neck and toddler body with plump limbs jointed at the shoulders and hips.  At the top front of his neck there is a “sluff” in the bisque surface, not a chip, and on his right cheek a small, dark ink mark. There are also some scratch marks from years of being propped in a stand.  His original, exotic outfit puts him in the mood of a gypsy or Eastern musician, with his black velvet trousers, silky rust vest and colorful sash, tied in the front. 

Made by the J.D. Kestner company in the early 20^th century, the 111 all bisque googly provides extreme pose-ability with its jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. The only googly that out performs is the alternate Kestner mold number 112, which has also a swivel neck.  From the vast Sherryl Shirran collection, it looks like Sherryl was intent on acquiring  and adding this doll to her family no matter what, as it has a replaced upper left arm. 

In 1919, American doll artist Jeanne Orsini collaborated with the German factory Alt Beck and Gottschalk to produce commercially her line of cheerful little all bisque dolls.  Mostly around 5”, they had three varying facial expressions and were named Vivi, Mimi and Didi.  This one is the Vivi doll in the 5” size.  (To find her in the 7” size is VERY rare.)  All of the dolls had jointing at the shoulders and hips, with the right arm more bent and pointing the index finger, as we see here. 

The gorgeous face of this early 886 Simon Halbig all bisque can light up a whole shelf in your mignonette collection, with her radiant, blue glass spiral eyes, her two square cut upper teeth peeking out from behind her open lips, palest bisque and delicate decoration of features, multi-stroke eyebrows, and antique, ash blond mohair wig of tight ringlets. She has a swivel neck and her body is jointed at the shoulders and hips, with long blue molded stockings and black, double-strap shoes.  

A sweet all bisque German googly (6") that looks very similar to the Hertel and Schwab 165. She has brown glass sleep eyes that glance to the side, a closed mouth with watermelon smile, original brown mohair wig and a stationary neck. She is jointed at the shoulders and hips and has blue molded socks with black molded Mary Jane style shoes. Her country costume is antique and features a darling, early print apron and underneath is her adorable, one-piece knit undergarment with lace trim.