MEOPT Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hello - I'm so new to all this but am trying to identify the dolls in my acquisition of a large dollhouse miniature collection. So... forgive me if I ask really eye brow raising questions - it's because I don't know - I don't even know the terminology... thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Welcome. After five posts you can upload photos to a gallery and link the gallery to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Welcome to the forum. I’m looking forward to seeing what you've got and your plans for it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Welcome to the little family, Marcia. Are any of your dolls signed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEOPT Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 6 hours ago, Sable said: Welcome. After five posts you can upload photos to a gallery and link the gallery to this thread. I can try... trying to figure this forum out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEOPT Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 I don't think they are signed but am not sure where I would look? Would sigs be hidden or obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEOPT Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 what gallery should I post Pictures in? I have dolls, furniture and room boxes? This is so overwhelming... I may just sell it all... but even at that I'm not too sure where to do that if I don't know what I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Try contacting Karen Barone at Miniestates on Etsy. She will sell your items on consignment. https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiniEstates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hi, Jennifer. It's perfectly OK to post your own introduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hey Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Dolls sometimes have a hang tag under the costume or are signed at the bottom of a shoe. Dollmaking is often a collaboration between one person who sculpted the original, one person who made into porcelain bisque and possibly painted the doll and one person who dressed and wigged the doll. The original sculpter signs the doll mold at the back of the head near the nape of neck, so every doll made from that mold has the signature of sculpter. Even tho the sculpter after creating a master mold never touched the doll in question, the signature is there as it should be. Point being even if you find a signature it may only tell part of a story, it may be the person who dressed it. Now you could have a doll painted by one of the late great dollmakers and costumed by someone less skilled and in that case the doll is still valuable even if it’s badly costumed. Unless it’s an original porcelain one of a kind sculpt, there are/were only a handful of mold makers working in 1/12 scale so dolls are usually (at least partially) identifiable without signature, that is, it’s obvious who the sculpter was, and sometimes the painter. The costumer is less identifiable by sight but sometimes that’s possible too if an artist had a certain signature look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Are they wood? They look like carved wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEOPT Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Upon closer inspection, they do look like wooden heads and hands... and some have wooden shoes but the legs and arms and completely flexible. So interesting WickedWood, about all that goes into one doll... as far as sigs go... I did find sigs on the bottom of the shoes... (I can't always upload a pick with my post so will try to in the next post... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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