Showing posts with label porcelain dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label porcelain dolls. Show all posts

Monday, July 22, 2013

Porcelain Dolls







Abandoned doll factory in Thuringia

 One of the items I enjoy collecting and looking at if I can't  afford it are German dolls of the last century.  I happened upon a fellow who took these pics of the abandoned factories where the dolls were once made.  It was a flourishing business up until the wars, then lots of building were bombed or abandoned and there was little money for things like dolls and toys.  I can only imagine the grand activity that once took place in doll factories.  I know it was grand because the surviving dolls made in German factories can be found in the best museums and private collections. 
 

 


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