20" ( 50 cm ) rare to find all original condition French Portrait Bebe from house of Jumeau by Emile Jumeau circa 1878 preserved in her presentation box and generally excellent original condition !!
Rare model of the very beautiful Portrait Bebe with finest pale pressed bisque , stunning large eyes and excellent painting on deep modeled socket head in all perfect condition .
With very full cheeks and throat , has stunning large blue enamel eyes with light spiral threading ...
Rare all original specially beautiful French Bebe by Emile Jumeau from France circa 1878 with superb deep brown enamel inset eyes ,original wig , lose ball body and wearing wonderful original couture gown with bonnet.......
Very beautiful water color silk poupee gown with blouse .... fit perfect for on early poupee like Rohmer , Blampoix ...or similar fashion doll about circa 15" / 16" ( 38 - 40 cm )
Pretty two piece Enfantin style silk gown of skirt and blouse all hand sewn from France around 1865 .
Beautiful enfantine skirt of light blue and ecru water color silk has woven flowers ...
From our African Collection: A short Mossi Doll from Burkina Faso, from the mid 20th century.
Owned by Mossi girls and women, small figures like these that we call "dolls" could function both as a toy for a young girl or as an object to promote the fertility of a woman.
This is a great black doll 22” tall, firmly stuffed with cotton, jointed arms and legs but the arms do not bend a lot. She has an embroidered face with tiny stitches and great round eyes. She has brown material for hair that has lost the pile so it is just material. Her hands both are mostly missing stuffing but a good portion of the material is still there. She has big long feet. Her dress is wonderful and has been on her for a very long time as are the underclothing...
This is an all original milliner doll with paper mache head and hand carved wooden arms and legs. She has on a brown/tan dress with a scalloped petticoat and full length pantaloons. All are hand sewn. She has on green painted shoes. You can see in the picture as well as feel the hand carving of the arms and legs. You can see she has crazing on her face but it is not fragile or flaking off. Her clothing is in good condition but has age related discoloring. She is 10" tall and is circa 1840...
This sweet little all hand sewn cloth doll is wearing an antique red cotton dress. Her nice little chunky body has shaped legs and feet. Her arms also a shaped and end in a well defined mitten hand. Her embroidered face is done in a brown floss and her hair is very bold over lapping stitches giving it a very folky look. She is jointed shoulders and hip. She is very firmly packed with rags...
Nice homemade linen boy doll with embroidered face, cute ears, black curly hair wearing a red one piece outfit with a sweater over it. The red wool suit is sewn on with I think was a good idea by this mother. He wouldn't still have it on right now if she hadn't. It is brimmed with velvet ribbon and the neck and on the homemade belt around his waist. He has woolen shoes on his feet that are also attached. Over this he has a charcoal wool sweater that keeps him warm...
Well I am not sure Mother Congress would recognize this doll unless she took off her dress. This doll has to have had many hundreds of hours of play. The dress is obviously not original but I am sure it is nicer than a lot of dresses she has worn. She is 18" tall, cotton stuffed, many stitches replaces but surprisingly no holes just a worn area at the tip of her right hand. She sure isn't a Sunday doll but she could use a few understanding friends!
Circa 1900...
A black stockinette doll with a great face and gray astrakhan hair. She is a single layer stockinette (stocking) doll when most often they are doubled layer as the maker realizes the white cotton showing through the one layer is not really black anymore but gray. This was cleverly handled by making her hair gray also. She is big and has a chunky body firmly stuffed. Her arms and legs are jointed so she sits easily...
Antique all rag stuffed stockinette black doll with a face that says she will tell no secrets...
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