Antique Q&A: China-Head Dolls
Q: My mother’s interest in dolls involved both her collection and dressing dolls for local charities. I am hoping you can identify this doll.
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by DOLLS Magazine Staff | Sep 24, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A, Collectible Dolls | 0 |
Q: My mother’s interest in dolls involved both her collection and dressing dolls for local charities. I am hoping you can identify this doll.
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Sep 17, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A | 0 |
Q: I have a doll with a rubber head marked “K [star] R 827.” It has painted eyes and a chubby toddler- type cloth body with rubber arms. The rubber is quite soft and pliable, not brittle as you might expect
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A, Collectible Dolls | 0 |
Q: I picked up this doll at a house sale. I usually buy bisque dolls, so I don’t know much about this one except that she’s old.
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Jul 2, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A | 0 |
I’m not sure what to buy or what to look for. Can you give me some suggestions or guidelines?
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Mar 27, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A | 0 |
Q: My grandmother has a doll that she said was purchased on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., for her mother in the 1920s.
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Mar 13, 2025 | Antique Q&A | 0 |
Simon & Halbig all-bisque doll variation with closed mouth. By Jan Foulke; Photos courtesy of...
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Feb 27, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A | 0 |
I have always loved to look at the old baby dolls, but I never thought I would be able to afford an antique doll.
Read Moreby DOLLS Magazine Staff | Jan 23, 2025 | Antique Dolls, Antique Q&A | 0 |
A: Jeanne I. Orsini designed some cute smiling baby dolls made by the Alt, Beck & Gottschalck porcelain factory in Germany in the 1920s.
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