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Alt Beck and Gottschalk Parian
18 1/2" |
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Shown here is a blond haired parian from Alt
Beck and Gottschalk that not only has a head full of molded curls all around
and atop her head, but she has the unusual treatment of two rows of black
ribbon sculpted through the front, ending in a tiny tied bow. A pale
untinted girl with blue painted eyes, rouged cheeks and small rosy mouth,
she also has pierced ears and elaborate gold metal and rhinstone earrings. |
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Her antique cloth body has a sturdy torso, however one of the leather arms
has had repair of sawdust leakage at the elbow, done with a patch of leather
and silk ribbon wrapped around. The feet are actually brown leather
boots sewn on, and there has been some glued reinforcement on both. This is
probably the original body that has traveled with her through thick and
thin. Her two piece gown of antique midnight blue velvet is
fashionable, following her lady-like curves and has a long flowing train. |
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Standing 17 1/2" tall, shown here is an
early, Italian carved wood man, whose original clothing suggests from around
1800. He certainly fits into the Crech figure category, but his
intricate carving and detailed finishing gives way to adding him to a wooden
doll collection. He has blue enamel eyes, full, forward-swept and
deeply carved hair and a strong personality due to the intensity of his
facial features. The detail is carried through to the lifelike carving
of his hands and the old world detail of his carved high boots. |
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The rest of the body has a hard surface (possibly metal) underneath a fabric
covering. His sleek, original clothing is in excellent condition, made of
silk of the Shantung variety with olive green trousers, an ivory "Neru"
jacket with high button collar, and a flowing shirt with soft collar.
There are areas of wear to portions of his face, with some lost surface, but
there is no restoration of any kind. He is attached to his shallow
wood pedestal and leans a bit to the back. Wishing I could come across
any mates he may have. |
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Wooden / Wax Lady
12 1/2" |
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Circa 1830-1840
$2050. |
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In the same vein as the German paper mache/wood
“Alien Head” dolls, this one has a fully jointed wood body with head and
shoulders beautifully covered and decorated with fine wax. She has an
appealing and stately presence and she wears her years very gracefully. |
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Her porcelain like complexion is softly blushed on the cheeks and she has
finely painted features, with the ages having caused some surface cracks
around her face and neck. Her painted blue eyes are clear and youthful
and she has pierced ears with earrings. Her articulated wood body has
originally finished and painted forearms and lower legs with black carved
slippers. |
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She wears her original and delicate silk/cotton gown that has an
ultra-delicate net over-skirt, whose silhouette depicts her 1830-1840 time
of manufacture. Multi-layer undergarments are cotton and antique. Her neatly
styled human hair is snugly applied to the head and it is pulled back in a
rear bun do. Bonnet is not original, but antique. |
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Steiner Type Wax Over Paper Mache
$1450. |
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With a Motschman type body that looks like the
predecessor to the Steiner Gigoteur body, one can wonder if this wax over
paper mache doll (21") could be a very early Steiner. She also has the
French full face, enamel eyes and open mouth with square bamboo teeth that
we find on the Steiner bebe and similar long proportions of that French
paper mache body, separated with muslin spacers for jointing. And most
interesting is that she has two pull strings that say "Mama" from a bellows
in her midriff. |
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Her short, blond mohair attached locks are original and she wears a simple,
antique white chemise type dress, antique undergarments, socks and vintage
shoes. There is a darker section of wax around her neck that look like
an old repair, however overall, girl is in very good condition for her early
birthdate of around 1870. Jules Steiner was indeed an innovator
and it can be assumed that this is either an inspiration or a product of his
factory. |
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From France, we have a charming 16" Pauline
paper mache shoulder head with pale, pink-toned complexion, molded exposed
ears, blue painted eyes (left iris has missing paint), and closed mouth with
red accent between the lips. Her head has smooth black painted hair
with brush-marked strands around the forehead.
The body is of leather with a pale pink hue and it is jointed at the
shoulders having stiff legs having lifelike curves indented behind the
knees. |
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Original to her is her cotton country outfit including a red and
white pinstriped dress with fine gathers and puffed sleeves, trimmed in
white on white embroidered cotton ribbon. Underneath is her original
group of undergarments in their crisp, starched perfection and her shoes are
black leather slippers. Her fashion statement is all in the high
profile, starched lace bonnet with side flaps plus front and back gathers. |
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Tiny Nun
4 1/2" |
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Late Grodnertal
$450. |
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Serving as a dollhouse doll or maybe even a pin
cushion, we have a later wooden Grodnertal in her antique nun's habit that is
sewn closed into a soft base at the bottom. The veil is of a soft,
cotton fabric and a frail little "medal" hands from her neck. She does have
some damage to her nose and facial paint, but her charm is in her size and
presentation. You can see her wooden arms but it is not known if
complete wooden legs are under the skirt as it is stuffed. You can
feel a hard core deep within. |
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Rare Paper Mache Squeaker
$795. |
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Seldom seen, early paper mache squeaker(6 1/4")
from 1860 Germany with attached hat, and abdominal squeaker that actually
works! The upper and lower body, separated by a muslin spacer, need to
be pushed towards each other gently to sound the faint cry. The chubby
face has painted features and the wavy short hair painted brown, while the
yellow hat with blue ribbon has some wear at the front and back edges.
The simple muslin chemise is original and the molded yellow boots have black
button detail. |
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Rare Paper Mache Squeaker |
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Alice Hairdo
$650. |
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A German, paper mache squeaker from
approximately 1860 that retains much of her original charm, but her squeaker
no longer works due to holes in the muslin spacing fabric between her upper
and lower paper mache body. She has a timely "Alice" molded hairstyle,
dark brown painted hair with hairband, a painted feature, chubby face and
brown molded bootines. Her muslin print chemise is worn, but original
and the muslin skirt was added later. |
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Early Paper Mache in Shadow Box
$450. |
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The decorative shadow box that serves as the
display feature for this paper mache "pumpkin head" type doll is a desirable
feature in itself. It is covered in its original wall paper wrapping
that adds such a quaint palette for the doll herself, plus, there is a small
wooden chair semi-covered with blue antique tape included for her comfort. |
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The height of just the doll is 12" and of course she loses part of that
height when seated on the chair. She has a paper mache shoulder head
with boldly molded and styled, blond painted hair, brown enamel eyes, a very
fair complexion and a cloth body that is jointed at the shoulders and hips.
Her carved wood hands and painted lower let carved boots give her a bit of
articulation. The original costume is an age darkened, simple
cotton dress which is trimmed in a very delicate, silvery blue ribbon. |
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Superb Parian Lady
17 1/2" |
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Decorated Shoulder Plate
ON LAYAWAY |
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The firm of Dornheim, Koch and Fischer made this
both glass eyed and painted, such as this one is and she has not only the
very elaborate, pulled back hairstyle in a cafe au lait color, but also a
molded black hairband securing the bun with molded pink bow that has a small
chip along the edge of one loop. Her pierced ears are only
outdone by the ruffled and glazed molded ribbon that encircles her shoulders
and dips to a point at mid-chest, plus a molded pearl-like necklace.
This treatment is compared to the work of Meissen in its airy delicacy and
pronounced detail. |
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The stitch-jointed antique body is of cloth with slender, parian forearms and
hands, and her molded parian lower legs have black painted boots. Her
dramatic gown is a mix of a richly hued, pleated satin skirt, with a
tailored jacket and long flowing train of rosy peach velvet. The
undergarments are all antique and the outer garment is secured with closed
stitches, but more photos can be carefully taken if requested. |
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All Original China
14 1/4" |
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Mary Todd Lincoln
$725. ON HOLD
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Representing Mary Todd Lincoln, this china by
Alt Beck and Gottschalk is quite the delicate jewel as her original outfit,
in its cream and crimson original glory, is suffering from the effects of
160 years of the environment around it. It has considerable melting
throughout, but the printed pattern allows it to display very well.
Her black painted hair is molded into a pulled under style, supported by a
molded snood with gold luster accents that conclude into two decorative
molded bows, one on each side of her white china face. Eyes are
painted blue. |
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The gold luster has rubbed off a bit on the loop edges of the bows and also
from areas of the snood throughout. But plenty of gold remains!
Her body is cloth with her lower arms and lower legs of wood, the hands
being simply carved as on a Milliners model and the feet carved into light
blue boots with white painted buttons. I have never seen this
particular treatment on footwear and am unable to determine the age or
originality. |
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Early Tuck Comb
12 1/2" |
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Grodnertal Wooden in Box
LOST BY
USPS - GONE |
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Reclining in her bent wood container, this
endearing Grodnertal wooden doll looks quite comfortable and very well
preserved. She has a yellow painted tuck comb, black hair trimmed with
spiraled wisps of bangs around the forehead, an egg shaped head with all her
little painted features placed on the bottom half of her face, typical of
these early girls. Only her nose has some restoration and there are
only spots of wear to her fair complexion, while she retains her blushed
cheeks and pierced earrings. Her expression is unusually sweet! |
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Her body is completely of wood, jointed at shoulders, elbows, hips and
knees, for full articulation, both her lower arms and legs have finished
surfaces, and she has the signature cadmium red painted slippers. Her
clothing is completely original to her 1820's time of production, and
consists of a sheer, light lavender on white cotton print dress, with highly
puffed upper sleeves that made fashion news around this time. In
addition, her delicate muslin cotton slip and pantaloons are original and
all clothing is in very nice condition. |
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