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Identifying a Porcelain Doll?

Identifying a Porcelain Doll - doll wearing overallsI have a porcelain doll with a stuffed cotton body. She has burgundy corduroy short overalls on and has pig tails.

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July 17, 20180 found this helpful

Undress the doll to find identifying marks. It will be hard to identify it without them.

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July 18, 20180 found this helpful

She is cute and looks so familiar. Wow....it is like her name is on the edge of my brain and I can't find it.

Unless my brain kicks into gear, or someone on this site recognizes her immediately, without markings trying to figure out who she is will be a challenge. But it isn't impossible. It will take a lot of work.

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You can show her to everyone you know and put her on other doll websites, as everyone has their own little niche and someone may recognize her immediately. This one is a little bit of a challenge because there have been millions of dolls made around the world...and finding the right person the first time out is a little like finding a needle in a haystack :(

The second easiest way to start is to go to Google images and type in her description, like the height, hair color, dress style etc. to piece together info.

You can do this same type of search in eBay to learn more by reading posts.

She looks newer (like 70s and above) so you could always go to Google images and type in Sears catalogues 1970 (to start) and go through them. If you don't find her you (if you are like me) you will still have fun looking and learning!!

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Those are SO COOL!!

Other things that may give you more info are:

You can do things like figure out if the hair is human or synthetic by burning a strand:

This YouTube video talks about that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4tCcnA6jo

You can try to see what she is stuffed with (always risky because you don't want to damage), but typically really old dolls were stuffed with things like sawdust or cotton (not modern synthetic materials)

You can try to figure out of the face is porcelain or bisque

en.wikipedia.org/.../Bisque_porcelain

A couple of my favorite sites are below that may be useful to you, although some seem to recently have broken links (GRR):

www.thesprucecrafts.com/identify-your-doll-773879

dollreference.com/

antiques.lovetoknow.com/Antique_Dolls_China_Head

There are also a list of doll museums that I have been considering putting my my bucket list to call to see if they help with identifications. If one is near you, maybe you could take her for a road trip:

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www.thesprucecrafts.com/doll-museums-around-the-world-775042

Hope this gets you started. Sorry my brain isn't working.If I come up with her name, I will let you know!

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July 19, 20180 found this helpful

There are so many similar dolls that one like this may be difficult for even a knowledgeable doll person would have difficulty identifying.

  • Be sure to check for any marking/symbols/number on her back/neck as this would help us find information about your doll.
  • She is probably one of thousands of dolls made in China and sold to different companies in the US and usually retail at low prices.
  • This does not mean they are not nice, lovely dolls, it just means that China can produce them for pennies and sell to US companies that do not sell high priced dolls.
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  • You can post pictures and size on a discussion board and someone may know something about your doll.
  • This is about the only suggestion I can offer as it would take forever to try and find her on any website.
  • www.tapatalk.com/.../
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