Lenci Dolls
Lenci Dolls. Lenci was founded by Elena Konig Scavini in Italy in 1918 and is still in business today. Elena was left alone while her husband, Enrico, went off to…
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Dolls House Dolls
DOLLS HOUSE DOLLS Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for thousands of years. The earliest known examples were found in…
Montanari Madame Augusta
Montanari Madame Augusta Madame Montanari was an English doll maker between 1851 and 1884. She created beautiful, poured wax dolls and claimed to have crafted the famous Royal Model Dolls,…
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Ethnic Dolls
ETHNIC DOLLS INFORMATION Dolls have been played with by children from all over the world for centuries. This page shows some of the dolls found from all cultures around the…
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Fashion Dolls
FASHION DOLLS INFORMATION Before newspapers and mechanical means of printing, the French used their large dolls to advertise the latest fashions. The doll was used to popularize French fashion abroad.…
KPM Berlin Dolls
KPM Berlin Dolls KPM Berlin aka Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin was founded in 1761 by the Merchant, Johann Ernst Gotzowski at the request of Friedrichs the Great. It became one…
Kammer & Reinhardt
KAMMER & REINHARDT Kammer & Reinhardt were German doll makers founded by Ernst Kämmer and Franz Reinhardt in 1885. Ernst Kammer was a sculptor and Franz Reinhardt was a merchant.…
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Bisque Dolls
Bisque dolls can be made of all bisque or just bisque heads with composition bodies or kid bodies. Bisque dolls are one of the most highly collected dolls. Bisque dolls…
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Kachina Dolls
Kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control…
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Celebrity / Portrait Dolls
Celebrity Portrait Dolls Celebrity or Portrait dolls are dolls which have been modeled on actual living people. Celebrity dolls tend to be more modern and based on famous people especially…