Posted 7 years ago
Goblinkatie
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As I understand it, this doll belonged to my great-great-great aunt. As a young girl, she suffered from polio and her parents bought her dolls if she was good when she would go to see the doctors.
The doll's head and hands are bisque, the head and shoulders are a single piece. Her brown eyes are meant to open and close as you lay her down, but they don't work, so she's all wonk-eyed now. Her mouth is slightly open, showing her small teeth. (As a side note, her teeth are sharp looking. When combined with her eyes rolling up into the back of her head, she isn't nightmare fuel so much as nightterror fuel.)
The body, made with kid leather, is articulated with pins. She is wearing pale pink shoes and stockings. I'm not sure if the dress is original, but I know the shoes, stockings, hat, and hair all are.
There is a label on her chest, included in the photos, which reads "Floradora" and "Germany". There is a mark on her back/shoulders, but I cannot see it without removing her dress (which I would have to cut and re-sew) and I would also need to unattach some sort of fabric that currently covers it. I'm crossing my fingers that it may be possible to identify her without having to do that.
She is a German Bisque doll made by Armand Marseille . Her mark on head would also say Floradora
Armand Marseille dolls were produced from roughly 1885 until approximately 1930. She is rather a common to find doll by them . The eyes can be fixed easily at a doll hospital . These dolls should be stored face down to prevent this from happening as the weight of the eyes being pulled o when in her back can loosen the plaster behind eyes holding them in place . Her clothes look Original . She is called a shoulder head because they are one piece. Looks like she still has some of her original mohair wig too . Very nice :-) and a nice keepsake .
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About The Armand Marseille Doll Company:
Located in Koppelsdorf, in the Thuringia region of Germany, the Armand Marseille doll company was at the heart of the German dollmaking revolution in the 1890s. Started by Armand Marseille in 1865, the company didn't make dolls until approximately 1885. Armand Marseille, Jr. was at the head of the company for the majority of the company's dollmaking years.
Materials:
Almost all of the doll heads were made of bisque; many other doll companies purchased Armand Marseille doll heads. Doll bodies were generally made of composition or stuffed kid with bisque arms.
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