Rare Taufling Restored

 At the our July 9, 2023, meeting, member Elaine McNally gave a wonderful program on so-called Motschmann or taufling dolls.  One of the dolls shared at the meeting was this scarce china version with inset glass eyes belonging to member Sharon Weintraub. This poor little guy was waiting to be restored, but the squeak box in his torso still worked. 

At the 2023 United Federation of Doll Clubs convention in Bellevue, Washington, Sharon found a damaged antique taufling body that was missing the head, but had intact arms and pelvis. Even more serendipitous, the parts were a perfect match to her doll. Here is the now fully restored doll.

Although unmarked, the head resembles the rare glass-eyed china head dolls made by the German company of Kloster Veilsdorf.