China Head Dolls Price Guide. Price guide to antique china head dolls
Princess Eugenie china shoulder head doll
With finely painted features, blue eyes with white dot for reflection and red line for eyelids, closed mouth and gently rouged cheeks, pierced ears with original cone shaped earrings, with heavily mouled black shoulder length hair-style with curls and gold band in bow, on a cloth body with china lower arms and legs with painted black shoes, wearing original white dress with pink flowers and underclothes, 46cm (18in) tall. Sold for £687 at Bonhams
Glazed porcelain China head on leather and cloth body. Head to arm, 6 inches. Overall height, 22 inches. Partial costume and stand. Sold For: $250 at
Capo Auction
ca 1850 flat head china doll with 3 hole plate, slight wear on hair, ht 22″. Sold For: $225 at Duane Merrill & Company
LARGE GERMAN PORCELAIN CHINA DOLL 33″ Porcelain shoulderhead with painted black hair in center-part style with curls all around, painted features, blue eyes with red and black lid lines, tapered brows, closed mouth with center accent line, old cloth stitch-jointed body with leather forearms, cotton print dress, black stockings, antique black leather shoes Commentary: Fine quality porcelain and facial painting, sturdy body. Sold For: $225 at
Frasher’s Doll Auction
17 1/2″ UNMARKED 1870’s CHINA SHOULDER HEAD DOLL. Possibly from the Conta & Boehme Porcelain Factory, PoBneck, Thuringia, Germany. Painted blue eyes, strong cheek coloring. Black modelled hair with center part, heavy back curls and long curls down neck. Leather body, sewn down fingers. Dressed white cotton dress with eyelet embroidered stomacher and hem area. Many fine pin tucks on skirt. (2) Petticoats, pantaloons. No shoes, socks. Stand. Condition: nothing observed on china after careful examination. Some loss and discoloration to leather. Sold For: $850 at Alderfer Auction
CZECH PORCELAIN DOLL OF SCHLAGGENWALD KNOWN AS “MORNING GLORY” LADY. 27″ (69 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead of adult lady with lightly-tinted complexion, heart-shaped face, elongated throat, black painted hair waved away from face with detailed stippling around the forehead and loosely coiled chignon at the back of her head, sculpted ears with a cluster of colorful morning glory flowers behind each ear, painted pale blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, aquiline nose, closed mouth with full lips, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather arms, antique gown, shoes and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Lippert & Haas of Schlaggenwald, circa 1865. Value Points: the refined lady has elegant posture of head and throat, especially fine detail of modeling, sculpted morning glory flowers in colorful array. Sold for $3,000 at Theriaults
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