16 Kestner #166 Doll In Antique Attire With Repaired Shoulderplate

This is a very pretty 16 Kestner 166 Doll In Antique Attire With Repaired Shoulders Plate. All of the were supposed to have perfect bisque, but their clothing was suspect, so I put them away until I had the time to sort them out. When I pulled them out a few months ago, I found there was no trusting what was reported in auctions, as many of the reported "perfect" dolls were indeed damaged. This doll must have had some kind of crack, because her shoulder plate came apart in my hand when I endeavored to put it back onto it's body. It did not seamlessly glue back together, either (see photo #8), as I would have expected.

Either way, she is not a Kestner doll one usually sees, like the 154, although I have three of them right now. The other two are very large and I will be listing them soon. This lady is nice despite her flaw and that is well hidden by her clothing. She has blue sleep eyes, which, for me, seems strange, as I have always noted that Kestner seem to lean toward brown eyes.

From some reason, her plaster pate only covered part of her head, leaving about a third of it missing. For you, that is good! Because if you want to enable her sleepy eyes again, you can just lift the back of her wig and tweezer out the paper toweling to have them working again! She also has a platinum blonde mohair wig done up in two braids. We only use mohair or human hair wigs with our dolls now.

This doll came to us with an acrylic wig and we got rid of that immediately! She is wearing an antique ensemble which may not be the original, but is certainly very old, possibly circa 1930s. It consists of a very pretty pale blue dress, possibly faded, with pink and darker blue flowers on it.

It has a large square Bertha collar trimmed in heavy white crocheted lace, with this same lace trimming the edges of the sleeves. The collar is decorated with tiny white buttons centered under her chin.

The dress is gathered into an empire waist and falls to a strait hemline. The full antique slip, trimmed in more heavy white lace, white bangs below the hemline of the dress and acts as an additional hemline for the actual dress. A drawstring waistline cinches in the antique white cotton heavy lace-trimmed pantalettes.

Black, school-girl, cotton stockings and little black tie-on shoes complete her ensemble. Her tie-on, blue-flowered boater in white straw, ends this costume description.

Is she not gorgeous, despite her flaw? This item is in the category "Dolls & Bears\Dolls, Clothing & Accessories\Dolls & Doll Playsets".

The seller is "muffiesmoppets" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.

Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Artist: no
Antique: Yes
Doll Hair Color: platinum
Doll Hair Type: Straight
Number of Pieces: 8
Occasion: All Occasions
Year Manufactured: Unknown
Item Length: 16 in
Vintage: No
Doll Size: 16 in
Personalize: No
Doll Gender: Girl Doll
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Features: Antique, Eyes Open and Close, No Battery Used, Non-Scented, Removable Clothes
Doll Complexion: Light
Handmade: No
Item Width: 5 in
Character: #166
Signed: No
Set Includes: Doll, Hat, Outfit, slip, Shoes, Undergarment, Wig, Socks/Tights
Material: Bisque, leather
Age Level: 17 Years & Up
Franchise: no
Brand: Kestner
Series: no
Type: Porcelain Doll
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Doll Age Group: Teens
Doll Eye Color: Blue
Packaging: Without Packaging
Theme: Cultures & Ethnicities
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Item Weight: 2 lb
Product Line: no