I am wondering if anyone can tell me any info on this doll. Is it old or new; any value? It has a porcelain head, shoulders, arms, and feet and is wearing painted black old boots.
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The doll looks old. You will have to undress the doll and look for identifying marks. You can also go to www.dollreference.com and do some research there
What a lovely doll!!!
Her style is "German Low Brow" and it looks like you have the "Dolly Madison head" (I am attaching a link where you have to scroll to the middle to see what I am talking about):
www.dollreference.com/
Now whether you have an original (1800s), a clone doll from that time period (yes, people were faking dolls as far back as the 1800s) or one of the kit dolls that came out in the 1980s (I think or it may have been in the 1990s) it is going to be up to an expert to tell you.
The original dolls are quite valuable. They are usually stuffed with cotton or sawdust. Even the original knock offs have value. The newer kit dolls are not worth as much and some do still have value depending on the quality of the product.
There is a lot of material about these beauties available online, but it can be quite confusing and misleading because there are so many variations and knock offs of knock offs throughout the ages.
The originals from my understanding were primarily made by the Hertwig Porcelain Factory in Germany. But at one point, they made knock offs of their own dolls (meaning cheaper versions) because they wanted to increase their market share. Then as time went on, it appears other companies made the clone dolls.
It really takes a trained expert to tell you exactly who you have, verify the company who made it, and give you today's market value.
That yours has hand written info on it leads me to believe she may have been one of the ones from kits in the 1980s/1990s, as they were often made in a class setting and the makers would mark them with their initials so they could pick their doll to continue work on them in the next class.
I don't know where you are located if you have a good antique shop in your town where the owner or staff knows dolls...take her there or you can see if one of the doll museums is near to you and you can take it there to get it authenticated.
This link has the doll museums info:
www.thesprucecrafts.com/
Please post back what you learn. These are lovely dolls. Classics--whether old or new.
Thanks y'all, and I'm in louisville ky and as soon as i find out anything i will post it and keep y'all updated
I don't know anything about this place, but I have had friends who travel the country to antique say it was worth a visit.
I don't know if they have people who can appraise/evaluate her, but maybe they can tell you who can:
The photos from the website are neat-o!! I need to get out more!!
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