ANTIQUE - 7. 5” - Bisque Head, Glass Eyes - PaperMache Body - Michaelis, Germany
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:3970786 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Material: Bisque, Cardboard, Glass, Paper-Mache |
| Features: Antique |
This 7 1/2 inch tall, antique doll has a fine bisque head marked in script: "Made in Germany, No. (crossed flags) 100, D." Two crossed flags were a mark of Amandus Michaelis & Co doll company, 1870-1918, but I couldn't find an example of this exact mark arrangement and I assume it was an early one.
The bisque head features glass eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. It's nicely painted and in very good condition with no damage other than some light soil.
The bo...dy has a torso of molded, heavy paper, taped and stapled at the lower back. The limbs are painted paper mache and the arms appear to be shaped by hand. No broken fingers.
The legs may have been pressure molded which was a process begun in the mid 1800s. They have a ribbed texture indicating stockings and painted black shoes.
The doll's body is in very good condition with these notes: the shoulders and hips have paint loss and the hip joints were reconstructed at some point with new holes, but all the original material is still there.
The bisque head features glass eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. It's nicely painted and in very good condition with no damage other than some light soil.
The bo...dy has a torso of molded, heavy paper, taped and stapled at the lower back. The limbs are painted paper mache and the arms appear to be shaped by hand. No broken fingers.
The legs may have been pressure molded which was a process begun in the mid 1800s. They have a ribbed texture indicating stockings and painted black shoes.
The doll's body is in very good condition with these notes: the shoulders and hips have paint loss and the hip joints were reconstructed at some point with new holes, but all the original material is still there.
