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The first dolls from the Italian Furga factory were paper
mâché and wax masks.
Then they imported bisque heads from Germany to be put on their dolls. About WW I they built their own porcelain factory for bisque heads & all bisque
dolls. By 1929 their bisque heads rivaled those of Germany. They also made some pressed felt, composition and hard
plastic and vinyl dolls. Their dolls were always
of good quality. Early dolls did not make it to the USA/American market, but were exported to some South
American countries & England/UK. Furga continues to produce dolls today. The Furga dolls
in the USA that we find in auctions today, are from the
1960's-1970's but aren't they charming! Mustang Annie confirms that these dolls were sold through Montgomery Wards
stores and we have seen them in Sears Catalogs too.
Here are some Furga - Bambola - Dolls we have found:
| Bisque,
Dolly-Face, 22 or 25" tall - bisque socket heads, wig, sleep eyes, open
mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, usually marked: Furga Italy,
clothing is also tagged. |
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Bisque,
Dolly-Face, 22 or 25" |
| Babies,
7-16" tall, or Child type, 11-19" tall, all
vinyl, or vinyl head and limbs with a cloth body, jointed body, rooted hair,
closed mouth, and usually marked Furga Italy.
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Babies,
7-16" |
| Child
composition doll by Furga, 11" tall, very long eyelashes,
blue sleep eyes, painted closed mouth, dark brown long hair.
Wearing a beautiful gingham red and white check ruffled dress with
white ruffled petticoat and bloomers, with a matching parasol. She
is marked: Made in Italy O , O with a line under
it. Clothing is marked: L. Furga.
Photo courtesy Verona. |
Child
Doll 11" |
 Red
Riding hood or Cappuccetto Rosso, 17" tall, walker, by
Furga of Italy.
Early Walker 17" tall, with a most unusual walking mechanism that has four feet, that literally
walks when pushed, the mechanism is a separate cage that replaces the
dolls lower body with four feet that rotate and "walk". |
Red
Riding hood, 17" |
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Lady
Doll or Fashion type, 16-25" tall, all hard plastic or combination HP
and vinyl, wigged or rooted hair, sleep eyes, open or closed mouth, usually
marked Furga Italy, and clothing is also tagged.
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Lady
Doll or Fashion type |
| 1964 Tonia, 15"
tall, vinyl head with rooted hair and
lashes, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed hard plastic body.
Dressed in a beautiful velvet coat and skirt with marabou feather
trim, marabou purse, gold tone necklace. Tagged L Furga Made in
Italy. |
1964
Tonia, 15" |
| 1965-1967
Alta Moda Dolls, 17" tall, all vinyl doll, big large sleep eyes with feathery long
real eyelashes, long rooted hair, each dressed in a sleeveless shift with a
gold tone S pin on collar and white slip on sandal
shoes.
Dolls are: Simona with blonde hair
and beauty mark below her left eye orange dress, Susanna with
brunette hair red dress, Sheila the redhead with blue dress, and Sylvie
with platinum hair in a lavender dress (seated front).
Additional outfits were sold separately.
These dolls if you can find them, will
set you back a pretty penny and often they have curling, messy eye lashes.
Dolls are marked on neck Furga 17and
just below the neck on dolls body: Alta Moda Furga. |
1965
Simona,
Susanna,
Shelia &
Sylvie, 17".
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 1960's
Elisabetta, 15" tall, all vinyl, rooted hair open mouth, real
eyelashes, dressed in pale blue velvet coat over a ruffled white
petticoat, hat with fur trim, stockings, shoes, and a gold tone waist
chain. She has wide sleep eyes in blue, rooted hair & lashes,
and those cute two front teeth showing between her cupid bow mouth.
Marked Furga, Made in Italy.
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1960's
Elisabetta, 15" |
| 1960-1970's Little Adrianna
or Adrianna, 13" tall, all vinyl, rooted hair, real eyelashes,
another beautifully dressed doll with great detail on the dress,
petticoat, has a hat, parasol, probably stockings & shoes. She
has wide sleep eyes in blue, rooted hair & lashes, and those cute
two front teeth showing between her cupid bow mouth. Marked FURGA
on neck, clothes Tagged L FURGA, Made in Italy.
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1960-1970's
Little Adrianna or Adrianna, 13" |
| 1970's Fashion doll, 19"
tall, name unknown, this doll is a little more casually dressed, and
still incredible, with beautiful cupid bow lips, wide blue eyes and a
glorious mane of platinum long hair tied up in bows. Neck is Marked FURGA
ITALY.
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1970's
Fashion doll, 19" |
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