A second entry in the Austin Doll Collectors Society's virtual doll meeting challenge. With events and meetings cancelled, social distancing, and many people staying close to home, our members are urged to engage in a virtual meeting by sharing their dolls and doll-related activities on-line.
This bevy of beautiful bisque-headed baby dolls belongs to member Sylvia McDonald. The first doll on the left is from the Japanese firm of Morimura Brothers. When German doll exports were interrupted during WWI, the Japanese entered the doll market, often directly copying popular German bisque dolls. The doll next to him was painted by Rebecca Clay Stewart and has a Real Seeley body. The next two babies are German. The one with a cap covering his bald dome head is by Hertel Schwab and the brunette baby is Mold 750 by Armand Marseille. Sylvia says that the sweater worn by the Armand Marseille doll was made for her childhood dolls by her grandmother and is probably 70 to 75 years old!
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