1880 TWO FACE BISQUE ANTIQUE GERMAN DOLL FRITZ BARTENSTEIN 16" ORIGINAL CLOTHES

Description: TWO FACE BISQUE ANTIQUE GERMAN DOLL FRITZ BARTENSTEIN 16" ORIGINAL CLOTHES.MADE IN GERMANY DURING 1880-1905. A VERY EARLY AND RARE DOLL WORTH YOUR COLLECTION!THE DOLL HAS TWO BISQUE FACES w/ BLUE GLASS EYES WITH AN EXCELLENT HIGH-QUALITY HAND-PAINTED FACEPAINTED FEATHERED EYEBROWS ON BOTH FACESPAINTED EYELASHES ON TOP & BOTTOM OF EYESEYE CORNERS & NOSTRILS HAVE RED ACCENT DOTS ON BOTHONE FACE IS UNHAPPY w/ AN OPEN MOUTH & MOLDED TONGUESHE SEEMS TO BE CRYING OR SCREAMING!!THE OTHER FACE IS SWEET w/ A SLIGHTLY OPEN MOUTH & TEETHBOTH FACES HAVE ROSY CHEEKS!!MY HUSBAND JOKES THAT THIS IS THE FACE OF THE BRIDE AND WIFE! SHE IS SOMETHING!!THE DOUBLE-SIDED HEAD IS ATTACHED BY A MECHANISM WITH A SPRING AND THREADS WHICH CAN TURN WHEN ONE OF THE THREADS IS TENSIONED.THE HEAD IS HOUSED IN A CARDBOARD & PLASTER HOOD BLONDE REAL HUMAN HAIR IS ATTACHED AT THE TOP OF THE HOODTHE SHOULDER PLATE IS PAPIER-MACHE' w/ A RAISED IMPRINT OF A SHIRT IN FRONTTHE BACK OF THE SHOULDER PLATE IS PLAIN - VARNISH FINISH. THE TORSO CARDBOARD, CRIER DOES NOT MAKE A SOUNDBOTH STRINGS HAVE WOODEN IN DIFFERENT COLOR BALLS AT THE ENDSTHE LOWER ARMS & LEGS ARE COMPOSITIONTHE DOLL IS WEARING HER ORIGINAL COTTON BATISTE DRESS AND A PET-SKIRT WITH PANTALONS w/ LACE TRIMTHIS HAS A LACE DOUBLE-LAYER BONET WHICH IS ON A CARDBOARD HOOD.THERE IS SOME OVERALL DISCOLORATION FROM AGETWO METAL SPOTS ON THE BACK OF THE DRESS AND SEVERAL SPOTS OF DARNING ON THE FRONT.AN OPENING ON THE SIDE OF THE DRESS AND SKIRTS ALLOWS FOR THE STRINGS TO FIT THROUGHFor reference: Fritz Bartenstein an inventor and doll factory owner (1880-1905) was first employed in the doll industry at the Schoenau Porcelain doll factory. By 1880 he filed his first patent for a multi-faced doll with a pull string inside the head that turned the faces housed inside a hood and a second string inside the torso that simultaneously made the doll cry Mama.The antique doll socket heads are made of wax, composition or bisque with two doll faces laughing and two faces crying, either as a black doll or white doll or a white face and black face in one doll head.In 1882 Bartenstein won a lawsuit against Peter Schelhorn, a Täuflinge doll maker in Sonneberg selling multi-face socket head dolls without the inventors approval. Good luck bidding and thanks for looking.

Price: 850 USD

Location: Bansko

End Time: 2024-12-13T13:12:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 45 USD