She has been carefully cleaned up, and her leaking body has been recovered with new muslin, and her bisque arms and legs have been cleaned and tightened. Her blonde human hair wig has been cleaned and styled back into its coils. She has been carefully examined, and there appears to be no chips, cracks, or hairlines in either the shoulder head or any of the appendages. This is an unmarked antique bisque shoulder head doll, and all of the bisque pieces appear to be original to the doll. As mentioned previously, the doll was recovered, but the body was not replaced. In our research, such solid dome bisque head dolls could date as far back as the 1850s! However, this doll more than likely dates to around the time period of the 1880s to 1890s. That still makes her over 140 years old. I hope I look that good! And she is a beauty! Her little face is highly colored with bright blue intaglio eyes that are high-lighted with brown outlines at the top. Her cheeks are rosy, and her lips are a tiny elongated heart shape. She wears a blonde wig fashioned in braided coils and fixed with pearl topped pins. She is wearing a Madame Alexander red and white diagonal striped dress with a triangular shaped white bodice with three tiny black buttons on it and trimmed with tatted white lace. While the top and sleeves of the dress are fitted, the skirt is very full and aided by the crinoline she wears beneath it. She also wears white pantalettes. To complete her outfit, the doll has a large straw hat, decorated with red ribbons and flowers, which attach to her head with a pearl topped hat pin. This is an unusual and rare doll, certainly a collector’s dream!
Rebecca doll comes wearing a bonnet, a pink plaid dress, a umbrella, and undergarments. Her hair is braided into two pink tails with pink her rosy pink cheeks, and pretty brown eyes to top it off. The other Madam Alexander Doll is Number 12 and she is wearing a white bonnet, blonde braided pink tails, pink rosy cheeks, and baby blue eyes.. She comes wearing an all white dress with pink ruffles and cute little shoes as well.
Some of these artist dolls are in need of TLC and repair. The set includes rare Chad Valley doll with button on body, Madame Alexander doll with curlers and an all original Nora Wellings Labeled doll a gentleman hard body doll, and a Effanhue Honey doll.
9 ANTIQUE MADAME ALEXANDER DOLL McGUFFEY ANA COMPOSITION ALL ORIGINAL. She is a beautiful little doll and considering her age she in pretty good condition however she does show signs of wear ie the elastic on her hat is stretched out, she has little spots throughout her dress, small cracks in paint, etc.
2 beautiful 14 composition Wendy Ann dolls – clear eyes, full lashes, full mohair wigs in original set – great condition – stringing loose – Outfits are the hard to find 1942 FAO Scwartz trousseau set – all in great condition.
This doll has obviously been so well loved. She has been hanging out by my perfume bottles for too long, and needs a new home where someone else will cherish her. Unfortunately, she is missing part of her left foot as seen in photos. However, the heel remains, and sock and shoe would hide it. When I bought her she was missing her foot, sock and shoe. All of her clothes and hat are original. The string on her hat is broken. The clothing has staining and holes. Her wig is super fragile and the hairs will come out easily and break. So I have been careful not to mess with her hair. The rubber bands holding her body together are very loose. You can see this in the pics without her clothes. Please look closely at pictures. I have tried my best to show all of her flaws. Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.
Lovely tagged dress – full human hair wig – “shattered” eyes – full lashes – small(1/4) crack above left eye – left hand shows some wear – loose stringing – spider crazing, heavier on arms, no cracks – very pretty.