Kestner Antique Miniature 4-3/8 Doll Bisque Porcelain Crochet Germany 208 0 1/2

  
Kestner Antique All-Bisque Porcelain Miniature 4-3/8 with Wig Doll Dollhouse Girl Newer Crochet Outfit Made in Germany 208 0 1/2. This darling 4 all-bisque Germany-made child dates to c. She has a 5-piece (head and torso a single piece) strung body with slant hips; nicely painted single-strap black shoes with heels, and white stockings with a single stripe at the top of the stockings.

Her face is skillfully painted, as you would expect from the German dollmakers. She is wearing a three-piece (shorts or pantaloons, overdress, and hat) replaced hand-made crocheted outfit of fantastic workmanship with red silk rosebuds at the bodice, bottom of dress, and ede of hat. She sports a long and very soft mohair wig, pate style.

Marked Made in Germany 208 0 1/2? Hand-painted single brush stroked brows. Painted rouge on the cheeks. Closed mouth with hand-painted shaded lips. Painted white stockings with black shoes and blue band on the top of the socks.

White painted socks with black Mary-Jane shoes and blue band at the top of the sock. Youth age (estimated age between 7 to 11). Clothing; complete crocheted outfit with pants, dress, and hat with tiny red roses. Original tape wig with brown wavy hair. Estimated date of manufacture circa 1920's.

Tiny scuffs and marks and dirt on the face torso arms hands feet and legs. Articulated arms and legs work great and are in excellent condition. Eyes have been glued open from inside the head. Kestner is often called the King of Dollmakers, and for good reason. One of the longest surviving dollmaking companies in Germany, Kestner actively produced dolls from approximately 1810 through the late 1930s - over 120 years of quality doll production!

In the beginning, Kestner produced wood and papier-mache dolls; then they made China (porcelain) dolls, and finally bisque dolls (commonly called porcelain today). They are best-known for their bisque dolls which ran the gamut from early turned-shoulder head (stationary neck) dolls with kid bodies, to dolly-faced dolls with fully jointed composition bodies, to lady dolls, to all-bisques to character dolls.

Collectors love Kestner dolls, not only for their quality but for the wide variety of dolls available as well. If anyone has more info and would like to share, I would love that. We have a few more dolls listed separately, listed individually and in groups.