Posted 6 years ago
Jellybean48
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I want to concern identity.
Is this a AT Kestner doll? If not anyone now who he is?
Thanks so much in advance!
Jbean
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Posted 6 years ago
Jellybean48
(13 items)
I want to concern identity.
Is this a AT Kestner doll? If not anyone now who he is?
Thanks so much in advance!
Jbean
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Here is one that sold .
They didn't seem to know maker either . It is a closed mouth early bisque doll which are always sought after . I doubt it is a AT since they were socket head dolls on composition bodies . Looks German with . If it had a plaster pate we could be sure it was a Kestner alphabet series doll letter C . Kestner generally had higher quality bodies and many were marked with their crown .
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-doll-KESTNER-ALPHABET-C-bru-french-OLD-VINTAGE-bisque-head-FROM-ESTATE-/141474416933?roken=cUgayN&nma=true&si=w3GU7bQN5%252BpTQa1QlK3%252FvFfChe8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
kestner alphabet dolls appear to all be open mouth . So I think that rules that out .
Howdy,,
I recently purchased one very similar to yours. It is a Kestner doll with the letter C, which looks very similar to the French Jumeau dolls for that era. Yours and mine were part of the early German French Market Trade to be more competitive with their neighbors. In return, the French dollmakers formed the SFBJ cooperative (of several existing prominent French doll manufacturers to be more competitive with their German counterparts.) Your doll is considered a German "Bru"! The mouths were closed and not too commonplace among Kestner dolls in the auction world today so command a higher price in the marketplace, but not as high as the Jumeaus. Still, they are exceptionally beautiful and rare to come by.
I love him!
I have an "American School Boy", who looks similar, but has painted molded hair.