By Lydia Richter - Published by Hobby House Press USA - 1993Hardback - 184 pages - 296 mm x 220 mm
500+ Colour Photographs
This book returns to the time around 1840, when the first doll heads made from glazed china with painted hair and eyes appeared. These heads were manufactured of so-called white gold which then was still traded as a precious material. Therefore, it is logical to assume that only the finest of articles were manufactured. This is especially true for the distinguishable, high quality dolls produced during this time. Unfortunately the period of manufacturing these china dolls ended around 1900. Collectors and doll friends are elated to find such beautiful china head dolls but they realize with a sense of sadness that these dolls represent only a fraction of the dolls that were manufactured.
Captivating colour photographs will have you turning the page for more! Included are 500 colour photos out of a totalof 588 from the firms: Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, Dressel, Hertel Schwab, Heubach, Kling, Simon & Halbig, plus 16 others.