R1.00 CHRISTMAS MADNESS !! ANTIQUE, GOOD QUALITY, ALL BISQUE, 11CM, BOY DOLL.

SHIPPING R30.00.

  CHRISTMAS MADNESS !!!!!   R1.00 START FOR THIS COLLECTABLE DOLL

TINY, ANTIQUE ALL BISQUE BOY DOLL WITH MOLDED HAIR AND WIRED ARMS AND LEGS THAT MOVE. HE IS ONLY 11CM TALL. SMALL DOLLS KNOWN AS " ALL BISQUE " WERE ALL THE RAGE FROM THE LATE 1800s TO ABOUT 1930, MANY OF THEM WERE KNOWN AS PENNY DOLLS. BISQUE DOLLS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ALL SIZES, FROM HALF INCH UP TO LIFE SIZE. 

A GOOD BISQUE DOLL SHOULD HAVE AN EVEN COLOURATION OF ALL THE BISQUE, SLIGHTLY TRANSLCENT AND NOT CHALKY,  NO CHIPS OR CRACKS, NICE DETAILING, THAT IS, FINELY PAINTED EYELASHES AND EYEBROWS, CHEEK BLUSH THAT ISENT TOO HEAVY,  INCLUDING TINY RED SPOTS IN THE CORNER OF THE EYES, NOSE AND SOMETIMES OUTLINING THE PEAKS OF THE MOUTH. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF DOLLS MADE PRIOR TO THE 1890s WERE NOT MARKED AT ALL. THIS DOLL HAS NO MARKINGS, IS OF A GOOD QUALITY AND I SUSPECT COMES FROM THE 1890s OR BEFORE,  IT COULD POSSIBLY BE GERMAN. I THINK HIS CLOTHING IS NOT ORIGINAL, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. 

NOTE THE RED DOTS IN THE CORNER OF THE EYES AND THE NOSE, A SIGN OF GOOD QUALITY.

PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING PICTURES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ENLARGED HUGELY AND SHOW OFF EVERY SINGLE SPOT THAT YOU CANNOT SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE !!!  I HAVE DONE THIS SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THE CONDITION. THE DOLLS HEAD IS ONLY FRONT TO BACK 3CM, HEIGHT 2.8CM. 

SOFT BLUSH TO THE CHEEKS,  

THE SIZE OF THE HEAD IN THIS PICTURE IS APPROX. 3 AND HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF THE ACTUAL HEAD !!! 

I CAREFULLY UNDID HIS JACKET TO LOOK FOR DAMAGE AND THE MAKERS MARK, I DID NOT REMOVE HIS PANTS BUT FELT CAREFULLY AND FEEL THERE IS NO DAMAGE.

BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED, TRANSLUCENT LEGS