The Queen Mother was so displeased with the German-made model of a three-year-old Princess Elizabeth that she refused to give it the royal seal of approval.
Using dismembered plastic parts from old dolls and other toys, artist Freya Jobbins assembles these exceedingly strange portraits of people and pop culture icons. Chances are when viewing these you fall firmly into one of two camps: the highly amused or the highly disturbed. Regardless, it’s hard to deny the incredible amount of labor that goes into each piece, from the exploration of form and the use of color to make each anatomical amalgamation. More
A trio of dolls made by Leo Moss, early 1900s. An article published in The New York Times on January 9th, 1978 about avid doll collector and author Myla J. Perkins provided some background on Leo Moss, a doll maker from Macon, Georgia. As the article alleges, many doll collectors—even those who primarily collected dolls with black “skin” had never heard of Moss or his incredibly poignant dolls until the 1970s. According to this vintage piece from the Times, Moss would make “white” dolls in the image of the white children who lived in his neighborhood, and would then trade them for whatever he needed to create his black dolls and food for his family. The vast majority of Moss’ dolls were based on members of his own family, including his children. A jack-of-all-trades, Moss started making his paper maché dolls back in the late 1800s through the early part of the 1900s. In order to make his black dolls, Moss used discarded doll parts and soot from chimneys as well as boot dye to color their skin, and his wife Lee Ann made the delicate doll clothing. Moss also bought rejected or defective doll parts from a white...
If you grew up during a big toy craze, there’s a chance you fondly remember playing with a Teddy Ruxbin, a popular G.I. Joe, or an “adopted” Cabbage Patch Kid.
Marie-Antoinette schoentjes...en tevens naaigereitjes... De schoentjes kosten 19,50 per stuk Dit roze schoentje is VERKOCHT Dit schoentje is nog beschikbaar 19,50 VERKOCHT! Marie-Antoinette doll blauw kost 125,00 De blauw doll is VERKOCHT Dit naaigereitje staat in mijn nieuwste boek Marijke's mooie mijmeringen. Ze kost 85,00 Half doll 85,00 euro
We'll showcase some of the best Delightfully Creepy Upcycled Doll Projects! Be prepared to tread along the terminator line that divides art & freak show!
Дети в начале ХХ века играли в довольно реалистичные игрушки. Вот мрачный набор времен Первой мировой войны полевая больница британских кукол с палаткой Красного Креста. Это вам не домик Барби и Кена).
12.5 inches; stone clay, wood, english viscose fiber, textiles; 2011
*Greetings!* My best wishes to you and your loved ones! *Descriptions* Emily - 10" - Porcelain Doll Parts Kit - from Dianna Effner mold of Emily - China Fire - Hooks This is not a doll, this is a Porcelain Parts Kit. Using this kit, you can make your very own doll that reflects your personal tastes unlike any other. Make the doll of your dreams with your very own hands! The kit includes: - The parts of the full porcelain doll body: head, torso, arms, and legs with China fire (light body blushing) & hooks for stringing - 15" stringing cord to string the head, body, and legs together - 9" stringing cord to string the arms together - Wire loop - Pate All of the parts are new and made in the "Delicate Rose" color. The kit comes with stringing and painting Instructions. Although the series was titled the 10 inches, the dolls actually make up to be taller than 10 inches. The full porcelain version makes up to about 11 inches. The product photos show how she looks in the original promo-photo by Dianna Effner and Expressions. Common questions I receive about this process are, "How do I paint a doll myself?" "What kind of paints do I use?" "What size wig fits this doll?" and "Is it possible to cut holes for glass eyes?" You can find the answers to these questions and more by visiting my "blog" on the allfordoll.com. Please take a look! *Please note* I have over 500 popular molds of gorgeous dolls by different famous artists including Dianna Effner, Cindy Marschner Rolfe, Donna RuBert, etc. Please feel free to contact me asking if I have a specific one you might be looking for. I can make the perfect porcelain doll kit of your dream doll for your next great project. *Shipping Information* USPS Mail - Calculation by location USPS International (WORLDWIDE) - Calculation by location *Comes from a smoke-free and animal-free environment.
Heres some more of my antique composition dolls.
I saw this lady doll at a recent auction. She is the most unusual doll I have ever seen. She was positively plump. I don't know when she was made but from her appearance I think she represented an older lady wearing a corset in the early 1900s. The home where she "lived" was that of an older German lady who had many other late-1800s and early 1900s possessions. The photo below is a little blurry but you can see how the fabric of her head was stitched. I wish I'd taken more photos. There was a crowd around that end of the table and it was hard to get close, let alone pick her up and examine her. There were several boxes of babies, varying in age and style. I was talking with two collectors and one of them commented that the stiff-body dolls with moveable arms are a dime a dozen. He said, "I have so many of those. Nobody wants them. I can't give them away!" My unusually quick retort was, "You could give one to me." We both laughed. I don't know how much any of them sold for. Had I been close by and had the bidding been low I would have been very tempted to bid. I love old dolls. I hope you're having a beautiful autumn if you're in the northern hemisphere, or a beautiful spring if you're in the southern. --Nancy. .
Musical Theatre by Cookie dolls Midnight is a miniature, fully functional, of an old theater is completely handmade Click here to view the FULL VIDEO VERSION "Rebeca Cano ~ Cookie dolls" © All rights reserved
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Image Courtesy of Wikipedia.com As you all know I absolutely love dolls of all kinds, shapes, and sizes. However, while doing my research on the "The History of Faceless Dolls" I read an article about Penny Wooden Dolls, like the doll pictured above from Wikipedia.org, and fell in love with them. According to Wikipedia.org, " Peg wooden dolls also known as Dutch dolls are a type of wooden doll from Germany and the Netherlands. They originated as simple lathe turned dolls from the Val Gardena in the Alps. These dolls were sold undressed. Young girls would then make their clothing from scraps of fabric." "Other similarly constructed wooden dolls, using a jointing technique where the arms and/or legs are attached to the body with pegs, are some of the oldest surviving dolls, and were made worldwide. Sometimes a peg wooden doll's arms or legs are locked together by the jointing system, so if one arm is moved the other will move. An advanced form of peg joints is where the body pegs are "split" and attached separately allowing independent movement." I was intrigued by the picture, shown here, and wanted to know more. So, of course, I had to do some research. Here's what I found. Page 146 of the Information Please Girls' Almanac by Alice Siegel said this about Pennywooden Dolls, "These are English dolls carved out of wood. The joints are moveable and fastened by pegs. These are also know as dancing dolls." My question was whether Peg Wooden dolls and Penny Wooden dolls were the same thing. I had to find out. According to an article on eHow.com entitled Penny Wood Dolls History by Christy P., "Penny wood dolls were known by a variety of names, including peg wooden dolls, penny woodens and wooden poppets. These dolls typically resembled wooden clothespins with simple peg joints." So now we know they may be called Dutch dolls, peg wooden dolls, penny wooden dolls, pedlar dolls, and tuck comb dolls. There was a Grodnertal Wooden Peddler Doll that sold for thousands of dollars on the Rubylane.com website. According to her description she was a spectacular example of a Grodnertal wooden pedlar doll. There was a Grödnertal Carved Wooden Doll, ca. 1820 on the PBS.org WGBH Roadshow Archives website here. This doll was appraised at several thousand dollars and was a tuck comb doll due to the little comb on the top of her head. So now we know they may be called Dutch dolls, peg wooden dolls, penny wooden dolls, pedlar or peddler dolls, tuck comb dolls, Grodnertal Wooden Peddler, and Grodnertal carved wooden dolls. Image Courtesy of Frills, Frocks and Fancies Blog The doll pictured above is from a wonderful post on the Dolls from the Attic...Mis Muñecas blog, which I absolutely love, about Grodner Tal, "Tuck Comb," Peg Wooden Dolls. This post is filled with information on these dolls as well as a ton of beautiful pictures. If you would like to read this post please click here. According to this post, "From the home industry of the Groden Valley, Grodner Tal and South Tyrol, came the little peg wooden dolls. These are some of the oldest surviving dolls. Although the term peg-wooden refers to a jointing technique the term came to be synonymous with lathe turned dolls from these areas of the Alps. They were the inexpensive play dolls of generations in both Europe and America." "Most of the dolls had combs carved into their heads-hence the term Tuck Combs. Their heads and bodies were lathe turned as one piece and had simple peg joints, but the larger dolls had ball joints and even swivel waists. They had elongated graceful proportions, nicely carved details, painted slippers and sometimes with wood pendant earrings." "The hair is usually painted with curled bangs. Once painted and varnished they were ready for whatever adventures their little owners could conjure up. They are often referred to as German Tuck Combs, probably because they were sold in the German Nuremberg Toy Market, and sometimes incorrectly they are called Dutch dolls but this was a mispronunciation of the word Deutsch." This was confirmed by a excerpt from the Early North American Dollmaking: A Narrative History and Craft Instructions by Iris Sanderson Jones in 1976 which said, "Long before the American Revolution, Grodner Tal doll salesmen carried great containers of toys and dolls into Italy and Spain. By the Civil War these dolls were known to English children as "Dutch dolls," probably the same distortion of the word "Deutsch," or "german," which occurred with the "Pennsylvaia Dutch" in the United States." So, now we know they aren't actually Dutch dolls, but mispronounced Deutsch Dolls. This means they've been called Dutch aka Deutsch dolls, peg wooden dolls, penny wooden dolls, pedlar or peddler dolls, tuck comb dolls, Grodnertal Wooden Peddler, Grodnertal carved wooden dolls, Grodner Tal dolls, and Grodner Tal peg wood dolls. According to the Wood Dolls article by By Denise Van Patten, Doll Collecting Expert, on the About.com website, "Dates of Production Of Wood Dolls: As mentioned, wood dolls are known from ancient times. Italian creche figure examples are known as early as the 1500s (very rare) and English wood dolls from the late 1600s and early 1700s are quite rare. English wood dolls are more plentiful from the late 1700s and early 1800s, and German Grodner Tal and Peg Wood dolls are from the 1800s. A cottage industry created peg woodens well into the 20th century, and there are artists today still making wood dolls." We learn from an exhibit on the Illinois State Museum website that, "Berechtesgaden, Grödner Tal, Oberammgergau--Peg-wooden Dolls - In several German-speaking areas of central Europe, the making of wooden dolls with peg jointing became an important part of the local economy. Most of these dolls were made in the mountainous area surrounding St. Ulrich, which was part of Austria until World War II, and is now part of Italy. In this area, called the Grödner Tal (Valley), wooden dolls and doll heads were being carved as early as the 1700s. By 1800, about 300 wood carvers in the Grödner Tal were making dolls, and sales agents took their work all over the world. The farm families living in the mountains spent their winters making dolls in a wide range of sizes from local wood, mostly pine. Most of the attention was put into the head, which required the most skill in carving and painting. The peg-jointed wooden bodies allowed for movement of the arms and legs. Peg-wooden dolls were also made in the forests of Thuringia (a northern area of Germany) and in the Berchtesgaden and Oberammergau Tyrolean area. Craftspeople making these dolls were also working in England, America, and China, but the quantities produced could not match those of the Grödner Tal. The Verlagers in Grödner Tal were important middlemen who organized production, purchased dolls from the carvers, stored them, and marketed the dolls for export. By 1873 almost the entire population of the Grödner Tal (3,500) were involved in the doll business, and one Verlager had thirty large showrooms containing millions of dolls." There is an utterly adorable children's book published in 1895 entitled "The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg' by Florence K. Upton" that is visible on the Gutenberg.org website that is so charming you have to read it. I loved the story and the adorable illustrations. If you would like to know more about the author, Florence K. Upton please click here. Image Courtesy of Theriaults.com The TWO GRODNERTAL WOODEN DOLLS,MOTHER AND SON,WITH ORIGINAL COSTUMES shown above were listed on the Theriaults.com website. Here's what they had to say about them: According to their description: "TWO GRODNERTAL WOODEN DOLLS,MOTHER AND SON,WITH ORIGINAL COSTUMES - Lot Number: 78 - 9" (23 cm.) Each is all-wooden with one-piece head and torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, the woman with black painted hair decorated with highly- stylized spit curls and tuck comb, elongated throat, and tiny centered painted features; and the boy with short black hair, suggestion of sideburns, painted features. Condition: good, unrestored, costumes are original albeit frail. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1830,the dolls were featured in Ackerman's Dolls in Miniature. Value Points: both dolls wear their original stylized costumes." How beautiful are they? Are you in love with penny wooden dolls, too?
