Doll
ca. 1880 (manufactured)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
bisque shoulder head
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | bisque |
| Brief description | Doll, bisque, ABG, German, about 1880 |
| Physical description | bisque shoulder head |
| Production type | mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 974 # 6 (back shoulder plate; moulded) |
| Object history | The doll may have been made by Dernheim, Koch & Fischer of Grafenroda, Germany, a porcelain factory in operation from 1860 to about 1900 which specialized in bisque figures with Dresden type flowers (particularly popular in the 1890s). The mark was the letter X and V intwined above the letters DKF. Alt, Beck & Gottschalck of Nauendorf, near Ohrdruf, Thüringia founded in 1854 as a water operated porcelain factory - Porzellanfabrik Von Alt |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
| Associated object | MISC.78-1978 (version) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.41-1966 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2001 |
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