Ceramic Dolls Manufacturers

How to identify a doll.

Ceramic dolls manufacturers.

For collectors this led to their allure as no two dolls were alike. The most common german bisque doll to find is by far the armand marseille 390 and 370. The main manufacturer in the post soviet region and the only bone china company in the baltic states 1941. Jema holland ceramic.

In the beginning porcelain dolls were crafted by a single skilled dollmaker. Porcelain dolls that were made 80 to 100 years ago or more can be quite valuable. Some of the best known antique dolls made in germany were made by armand marseille in some ways armand marseille was the mattel of the german doll market and the ubiquitous 390 dolly faced bisque doll was the barbie doll. Look for a doll makers mark if one is present it is often found on the back of the dolls head on the upper or lower back under the arms bottoms of the feet on a cloth body a tag may be sewn into a seam.

In the 19th century demand for porcelain dolls was on the rise and manufacturers began mass producing heads hands and feet.