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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.
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Montanari Princess Royal Poured Wax Doll, 24" |

Pierotti Poured Wax Doll 13" |
American Wax Doll Makers
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

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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
Gladys MacDowell, wax doll artist 1940s-1970s
Martin & Rippel
wax dolls 1881-1883
- renamed National Doll & Novelty Company 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 |
English Wax Doll Makers
sometimes marked with a body label or ink stamp, most dolls are
unmarked
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
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
Joseph H. Evans & Sons wax dolls 1868-1881

- doll mark
114 - 115 - 116 Newgate St. London
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

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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

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Montanari, 251 Regent St. & 180 Soho Bazaar
Montanari,
13 Charley St., Soho Sqr. London
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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
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 156 Regent Street London W
Pierotti wax dolls 1770-1942

- doll mark
Pierotti
Roncorone beeswax dolls 1800s
Santy Inventor waxed dolls 1860

- doll mark 340 Long Room Soho Bazaar London
Slit Head wax dolls ca. 1850-60 various English makers
Edward Smith wax dolls 1880s

- doll mark Edward Smith The City Toy Shop
8 Cheap Side London, E. C.
John Tinkler wax doll mark E. Tinkler 1880s London

Charles Edward Turnbull, bisque, China, wax dolls 1872-35+ - importer, dist. of dressed dolls from FRA & Germany |
French Wax Doll Makers
Pandores, Grandes Pandores 1300-1800s
- wood or wax French fashion manikin
doll, Grandes Pandores is a large, life size manikin doll
Au Paradis Des Enfants 1864-1925
- distributor of various doll makers
dolls; including cloth dolls, wax dolls and
China head dolls.

- 156 Rué de Rivoli, Paris, Rue du Louvre, No. 1 ,
large famous Paris, France Department store
Th. Desrosiers wax dolls 1867-1881
- by 1881 Assuérus & Desrosiers,
wax heads of children, wax crèche figures, wax infant Jesus figures.
Lafitte & Désirat dolls 1900-1920
- museum quality wax
dolls dressed in the latest Paris fashions for display and exhibits.
Maison Vve. Munnier dolls 1834-1863
- succeeded by Benon & Cie in
1863, then Guiton until 1890s
made wax over composition Motschmann type dolls and bisque head dolls marked
E.B.
by Eugene Barrois.

doll mark Aux Enfants Sages
Passage Jouffroy, Nos. 13 & 17 Paris
German Wax Doll Makers
1800s+ Victorian Wax Valentine, flat wax
figure(s) under a blown glass dome, diorama keepsake,
various makers; Austria,
Germany
Fritz
Bartenstein multi face wax 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 1864
-1926
Amandus Michaelis & Co dolls 1870-1930s
- leather, papier mache, Täufling, wax dolls
Andreas Müller wax dolls 1887+ Sonneberg, Coburg
Kammer & Reinhardt wax dolls
1886+
Kestner wax over papier mache
dolls 1860+ |
Lotte Pritzel wax head art dolls 1908-1920s
G. Schmey wax dolls 1895+
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 |
Other Countries Wax Doll Makers
Made in Austria wax dolls
Ecuador mnade wax dolls
Herrera Y Hoyo wax dolls 1893 Mexico
Spain made wax dolls |
Josef Kubelka
doll mark 4 Bte SGDG wax over porcelain doll heads 1880s Vienna |
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