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Identifying a Porcelain Doll?

Identifying a Porcelain Doll - undressed dollI wonder if anyone can help identify her? She has no visible marks or numbers, but there is a good chance she is German. She belonged to my grandmother. She's jointed with a swivel-joint head, and is 38" tall.

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Identifying a Porcelain Doll
 
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February 19, 20170 found this helpful

You can go to dollreference.com and start looking at German dolls.

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February 20, 20170 found this helpful

There are so many dolls of this type (or any type) that one has to ask an expert when no marks are found.
eBay has an excellent doll discussion board with many experts available to answer inquires. You will have to upload your photos but here is a link that will help you:

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dollreference.com/forum.html

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February 25, 20170 found this helpful

Have you checked at your local library? I noticed ours has several shelves of books on dolls, with photos.

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March 1, 20170 found this helpful

I am wondering if the "hair" is original... The reason I say that is because it looks like it's painted on. I have a doll that's a lot like this one. She has been in my family for 5 generations now. She was given to my Gramma by a neighbor woman when she (Gramma) was around 9.

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I put a picture of her with my 4 month old Granddaughter - gives you an idea how big she is! The markings on her were under her wig. So if someone painted her hair on, maybe they painted over her marks.
I'm curious to know if your doll had "sleep" eyes - they are open when up, closed when down. Our doll had them, but thankfully someone took the counter weights out, and fixed her eyes in place with plaster so now they are open always. My doll's eyes are dark brown, most dolls had blue eyes. I loved that her eyes were like mine, dark brown!

 
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March 3, 20170 found this helpful

Apparently she used to have long brown hair, and what you can see is the glue :P Yes, she has sleep eyes :)

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