Nelling, Inc.
All-Bisque Dolls
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6" Early Black All Bisque in Orig. Box
$2,250.
Resting in her original toy store box marked “Made in Germany – Bisc Babies” is this warm brown toned, early all bisque chubby toddler, probably by Kestner. Her full face has an ethnic presence with her full-lipped clothes mouth, dark brown, set glass eyes, and a tightly curled, black mohair, short wig.
The bisque painted on her face is somewhat uneven, and it looks like she may have suffered wig-pills that were covered in brown paint. She has a swivel neck and is jointed at the shoulders and hips, with slightly curved arms and open hands. Her woven cotton dress and white cotton pinafore and straw hat are original, as is the paper padding in the original box, keeping her safe.
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Brown All Bisque
7"
Ernst Heubach Gypsy
$550.
Grodnertal Girl
10 1/2" — Tuck Comb
Price: $1,650 (ON LAYAWAY)
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.
In humble, original condition and attire, we have an early wooden doll from Grodnertal that is part of the regional history of Germany, Austria, and Northern Italy, circa 1820. She has the early egg-shaped carved head and a yellow painted carved hair ornament, or tuck comb, with her whole body being of carved wood and jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees. Her black hair has swirling brushstrokes that mimic curls at her forehead, and her carved feet have painted cadmium red shoes. The multilayers of dark and light fine cottons and undergarments that make up her original costume are in very good condition—even her little humble fabric purse!
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It's an All-Bisque Mignonette Wedding!
Bride and Groom in Vintage Gold Paper-Covered Box
Includes an Antique Wax Flower Bride’s Crown as a Wedding Arch
$4,500
The wedding couple are both approximately 5 1/4″ tall, with blue glass eyes, pale bisque, original blond mohair wigs, and molded footwear—the groom having blue strapped shoes and the bride brown boots. The price above is for the pair in the vintage box with the antique wax flower wedding arch, which is an actual bride’s wedding crown. The bride has a small hip chip at the top of her left leg; the groom has a small chip at the front of his neck socket.
The rest of the wedding party is sold separately and detailed below!
All of the dolls have swivel necks, are jointed at the shoulders and hips, are made by Simon & Halbig, and have varying molded footwear. Each one has the signature closed smiling mouth, pale bisque, antique stitched-on clothing, and any detectable issue with the bisque is listed.
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5 ¼” Mignonette in burgundy two-piece silk dress with long train, trimmed in lace and matching chapeau with silk ties, original blond mohair wig (sparse at front top), brown glass eyes, and faint brown spot in the bisque on the forehead (not damage); molded tan boots. $1,950.
5 ½” Mignonette in dark brown silk two-piece suit with voluminous bustle at the rear of the skirt, matching feather-adorned chapeau, blue glass eyes, honey blond mohair wig, and rare lavender molded shoes. This one is SOLD.
5 ½” Mignonette in deep blue velvet dress trimmed in black lace with matching chapeau, blue glass eyes, dark blond mohair wig, and rare lavender molded boots. Her head has a crack visible on the left side of her face (more photos available). $995.
5 ½” Mignonette in ebony velvet dress trimmed in black lace with matching feathered chapeau, curly blond mohair wig, blue glass eyes, bisque on face has minuscule factory pin-tip size spots (not damage), and brown molded boots. $1,850.
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Black Bisque Baby Figure
5 1/4" Tall Overall
in Ormulu Highchair
$595
An exotic, ethnic 3″ bisque baby of fine workmanship by Kestner or Hertwig, presented as an immobile figure seated and secured in an opulent ormolu high chair with a tray that multitasks as a pin cushion. The detail and painting of the face—with blue painted eyes and cadmium red lips—is quite intricate, not to mention the molded white bonnet and molded thigh-length one-piece infant garment. Casually posed legs hide under the tray, while the arms are fully outstretched in a mealtime pose. (Some factory rough spots on the fingers.)
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Williamsburg VA 23188
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