ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION 1896 CHINA HEAD KNOCH ENGEL PUPPE EMILIE PORCELAIN DOLL

Description

ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION
ORIGINAL 1896 CHINA HEAD ENGEL PUPPE
EMILIE PORCELAIN DOLL NEW NRFB
KEPT IN CLIMATE CONTROL PET FREE
SMOKING FREE INVIRONEMENT
Up for your consideration is a rare find.
This Engel-Puppen doll Emilie is the first
in a series of annual dolls. The series is
reproduced after the first models ever manufactured by
our predecessor - company Edmund Knoch in 1896.
Emilie is a Limited Closed Edition in production
to 500 pieces only worldwide.
Blonde Hair Is Rare for this type of doll
ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CHINA HEAD DOLLS:
China and Parian dolls are similar in many aspects.
Both are made of porcelain with the parians having a flat
finish and china dolls with a shinny glossy finish. Most china
dolls were made from 1840 to 1930’s with painted eyes, usually
blue, but a few had brown painted or stationary glass eyes.
They all had shoulder plate heads that were mounted on fabric
bodies.  Most had formed hair in styles that reflected the time
period, with a few having a bald head with attached
human hair wigs.   75% of  china heads had black painted hair with 25%
being blond. Arms and legs on both styles were made of porcelain,
but leather and cloth were also used. Very few of the dolls were
factory assembled, but were sold in separate pieces with the
buyer assembling them by making home-made bodies of cloth.
Because of this, china and parian dolls vary greatly in proportions
causing most clothing to be unique, custom made for each
doll.  Typical wear for a china doll would be drawers, a
couple of slips and dress.