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Until the late 1800s, most porcelain doll heads were glazed, giving them a polished white appearance. Then dolls with unglazed heads (also known as bisque) became popular in France, yielding a more human skin color. Bisque dolls were typically highly detailed with natural hair and lifelike features and clothing. There are three types of bisque dolls: fashion dolls (adults), bébé dolls (babies), and character dolls (expressive or dressed as a character).
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The doll wears her original blue and white striped cotton dress and black curly wig. Unlike many of the black bisque dolls of the era that were merely...Read more
German dolls by Kammer and Reinhardt included a 109 "Elise" character doll, circa 1910, with a bisque socket head and painted blue eyes, a closed mouth and...Read more
