Italian Crèche all wax baby Jesus

Christ child doll or figure 9 1/2" tall

Some of the oldest known existing examples of dolls have been found made of wax,  There are three basic types of wax dolls. 

Ancient-1800s Poured Wax Dolls are made of tinted wax, hair is inserted into the head, have molded eyelids, realistic facial modeling and hollow poured limbs, sometimes marked on shoulder plate. 

1800-1900s Wax Over Dolls are made of clear wax, molded hair or wigged, no molded eyelids and solid limbs. 

1860-1890 Reinforced Wax Dolls are made of tinted wax, wigged, molded eyelids, realistic facial modeling and hollowed poured limbs.

Dominico Checkeni wax multi face dolls 1866-1885

   - doll mark Prosopotrope, Patented Feb. 20, 1866,  

   Manufactured and sold by Ozias Morse,

   West Acton, Mass, sole agent for Patentees

Charles Dummig wax dolls 1848-1865

   - doll mark No. 812 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA

Ehrich Brothers wax dolls

Ellis, Britton & Eaton wax dolls 1858-1925+

   - Co-Operative Mfg. Co, Vermont Novelty Co

Phillip Goldsmith wax over composition dolls 1890

doll mark Pat. Dec. 15, 1885 

Rebecca Johnson wax dolls 1887 US

  - cloth head dipped in wax dolls

C. F. Lauer dolls 1842-1888+ NYC, US

  - an importer, distributor of American, England, 

  France & German dolls made of; bisque, China,

   composition, parian, rubber, wax

Martin & Rippel wax dolls 1881-1883

   - renamed National Doll & Novelty Co 1883+

Mary McEwen wax over composition head 1910-1930s

Oates Wax Studio wax figurine dolls 1927-1928

Elizabeth Scantlebury wax dolls 1920s NYC, US

Minna Moschersch Schmidt dolls 1923-1930s

  - wax portrait, wax historical dolls

Lewis Sorensen artist wax dolls 1934-1985

Antonio Vargas wax dolls 1915-1920

William Augustus Webber dolls 1882-1885

  -  wax over composition head singing doll

Frederic Aldis wax dolls 1878-1901

   - wax dolls, some with Pierotti heads, limbs, glass eyes,

  some with inset hair, cloth body.

Aldis doll mark Dolls, Toys & Games

F. Aldis 11 & 13 Belgrave Mansions SW

Thomas Aldred wax dolls 1881-1903

   - wax dolls, some with Pierotti heads

Bailey & Baxter wax dolls 1916

   - unglazed porcelain dolls dipped in wax

Batger & Co wax dolls 1915-1922

   - colored wax heads, limbs, cloth body

Anthony Bazzoni wax dolls 1828-1878

   - wax and composition dolls

S. Coleman wax dolls prior to 1867

   - Nos. 6, 7, 11, 12, & 26, Ground Floor

   Pantheon, Oxford Street Entrance

Corinthian Bazaar wax dolls after 1867

Dolphitch Mfg Co wax dolls 1909-1918

John Edwards wax dolls 1868+

Joseph H. Evans & Sons wax dolls 1868-1881

   wax head dolls, cloth body with ink stamp

C. Gooch wax dolls made by Charles Marsh 1865+

- doll mark C. Gooch Soho Bazaar Chas. Marsh

Charles Marsh wax doll mark 1865-1914 ENG

   - Chas. Marsh Manufacturer, cleaned & repaired dolls

  31 & 32 Corinthian Bazaar Argyll St. London, Soho Bazaar

Herbert John Meech wax dolls 1865-1917

Mme. Augusta Montanari wax dolls 1851-1884

   - Montanari, 251 Regent St. & 180 Soho Bazaar

   Montanari, 13 Charley St., Soho Sqr. London

Horace W. & Charles Morrell wax dolls 1870-1930

   - Morrell 164 Oxford Street London

   Charles Morrell 368 Oxford Street London W.

   Charles Morrell, 50 Burlington Arcade London

Nellfoy & Co wax over composition doll heads 1916-1921

J. Peacock dolls wax, composition dolls 1862-1889

   - doll mark 525 New Oxford St. London, W.C.

Lucy Peck wax dolls 1893-1922

   - doll mark 145 Regent Street London W

Pierotti wax dolls 1770-1942

- doll mark Pierotti

William Pitfield wax dolls 1875-1894

Edward Poole wax dolls 1854-1865

William Poole wax, composition dolls 1852-1855

Roncorone beeswax dolls 1800s

Santy Inventor waxed dolls 1860

  
   - doll mark 340 Long Room Soho Bazaar London

Slit Head wax dolls ca. 1850-1860 various English doll makers

Edward Smith wax dolls 1880s

   - doll mark Edward Smith The City Toy Shop

   8 Cheap Side London, E. C.

Gilbert H. Spicer dolls 1916-1917

   - British ceramic, composition, wax dolls

John Tinkler wax doll mark E. Tinkler 1880s London

Charles Edward Turnbull, bisque, China, wax dolls 1872-1935+ 

    - importer & distributor of dressed dolls from France & Germany

Fritz Bartenstein multi face dolls 1880-1905

Max Carl & Co wax dolls 1891-1905

Bernhard Fischer wax Taufling dolls 1864-1911

Gebrüder Haag doll mark Biskuit - Imitation 1878-1925+

   - washable, wax, molded wax dolls

Georg Hoffmann wax dolls 1895+ Rauenstein

Leopold Illfelder wax doll heads on cloth or kid 1874+

Julius Leuthausser Täuflings wax dolls 1879-1926

Amandus Michaelis & Co dolls 1870-1930s

   - leather, papier mache, Täufling, wax dolls

Andre Muller wax dolls 1895+ Sonneberg

G. Schmey wax dolls 1895+

Kammer & Reinhardt wax dolls 1886+

Kestner wax over papier mache dolls 1860+

Lotte Pritzel wax head art dolls 1908-1920s

Heinrich Steiner wax dolls 1895-1912

Zeuch & Lausmann wax dolls 1895+

Paul Richard Zierow wax dolls 1882-1932

   - Zierow doll marks PZ, Puppen-Zierow Mein Augenstern

Made in Austria

Ecuador wax dolls

Herrera Y Hoyo wax dolls 1893 Mexico

Spain made wax dolls

Josef Kubelka doll mark 4 Bte SGDGwax over porcelain doll heads 1880s Vienna