Vintage Signed
Vintage Kewpie Doll
Children all over the world know of the pleasure of owning or playing with a doll. It may vary in size and materials that they are made of, as these toys may look like a baby, a child, or an adult. Children are not the only ones who are charmed by dolls. Grown-ups aren’t the only ones who enjoy collecting dolls; it is a fun hobby collecting antique and costume dolls. Queen Victoria of England, who reportedly had more than a hundred dolls, would be one of the more famous doll collectors.
The first doll-like figures are attributed to era of Ancient Egypt. However, only during the 1600′ and 1700′s did doll fabrication become a successful business venture because of a considerable build up on the demand side. Mostly cloth, paper and wax were used as materials for these early dolls. However, by the 1900’s a great variety of other materials have been explored and used for making dolls, an example of which is bisque or unglazed pottery. One such doll that became popular in the 1900’s and was first produced in bisque is the Kewpie.
First manufactured in Germany, the dolls were based on illustrations by Rose O’neill. Over the years, other materials have been used to make Kewpie dolls such as composition, plastic, and vinyl, but nothing is more precious and prized by Kewpie enthusiasts and doll collectors than the Vintage Kewpie doll, usually made of bisque.
For the reason that of the lots of copies of the Kewpie doll, somebody who longs to buy a Vintage Kewpie doll should be perfectly conscious to the variations and know what the doll is constructed from, however in the common look of current Kewpies, as well as the first Kewpies. First of all the Antique Kewpie dolls have blue wings on their shoulders while newer vinyl ones have nude colored wings. Early Kewpie dolls were either signed by Rose herself, or have O’Neill printed on them. In the absence of the word “O’Neill,” the phrase Made in Germany was place on the doll.
In the past, the name of the toy doll manufacturer was not printed on the doll itself, but now it is quite common for dolls to have a mark so identifying the manufacturer is a lot simpler. Vintage Kewpie doll quite often come with a vintage costume as well, which increases the doll’s value even more. Another verifiable mark for vintage Kewpies is the red and gold paper heart that can be found on its chest and a round label found at the back.
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