Dear Helaine and Joe — I am seeking information on a baby doll. It has a porcelain head with a fully formed skull (no wig) measuring 10 inches in diameter and 3 inches from neck to skull.

I like to imagine the voyage of a single porcelain doll I owned as a kid. Her head was made in Armand Marseille’s factory in Thuringia, Germany. Her face, maybe 1 of 1,000 made that day, was ...

In her video, @BrookeDarwin uses a porcelain doll, which are pretty expensive if you buy them brand new. However, I was able to find tons of options at my local thrift store for around $5.

Another difference between bisque and porcelain dolls is the current value. You might find a rare bisque doll for as much as $50,000, but most of them are worth up to $500.

The head bobs up and down because it is attached to a long-weighted neck that's suspended in the neck's hole. The idea came from 18th-century porcelain figurines that had moving heads and hands.

Some of the heads were once connected by strings to allow the head to swivel, ... Miami Herald. 2,400-year-old ceramic dolls found on El Salvador pyramid. See their expressive faces. Story by ...

The head is bisque — meaning the porcelain was fired only once and does not have a shiny glaze on it. What had us puzzled for a while was the report that this doll has a closed mouth, because ...

Appraisal: Kister Swivel Head Porcelain Doll, ca. 1855, in Vintage Portland.

I just imagine when I walk by them, their heads turn with you the whole time." He blames his phobia on watching an episode of 'Friday the 13th' in which a doll was possessed. Sounds legit.

The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the ...

This example of an Edison talking doll has a ceramic head, a metal body, and articulated limbs made from painted wood. Inside the torso is mounted a tiny phonograph bearing a brown wax record that ...