All about Antique : Antique Victorian Porcelain Doll Heads

The beauty of the old Victorian porcelain doll head shows the skilled craftsmanship of the doll designers of that era in history.Antique Porcelain Doll Heads: China, Bisque and Parian
One of the most confusing aspects of antique Victorian porcelain dolls are the terms used to describe the material of the head. Doll heads are generally referred to as China or soup, which is made from porcelain.
Some doll collectors, and many people do not collect dolls, refers to all the doll heads the Victorian era, such as porcelain. Other collectors use the terms of China, Parian and soup when referring to different types of dolls. In fact, all porcelain doll heads with the following differences.

* Parian doll heads are white with a matte finish. It is made of soup, or unglazed porcelain, without any added coloration.
    * Bisque head doll is made of porous porcelain that has been tinted. The painting of sounds used in Victorian dolls are usually pink.
    * The head of China porcelain doll that is over coated with a shiny glaze.
Victorian Porcelain Doll Heads
The dolls produced during the years of the Victorian era, roughly 1837 to 1901, is popular with doll collectors for their beauty and are often perceived as real art.China Doll Heads
China head dolls were most popular between 1840 and 1880, but was actually produced until 1920. These exquisite dolls have cloth or leather bodies and heads with bright windows painted hair and features. It is sought after by collectors of our time.

   
One way to tell the age of a china doll's head with sufficient accuracy is the style of hair. General doll heads with curls at the neck or the hair is flat on the top with sausage curls around his head made around 1840. Doll head with curls that are too small to have a cast ribbon made for 1850. Doll hair is molded in a style chignon was about 1860. Victorian doll heads were made to reflect the hair style that was popular at the time the heads have been constructed.
Most of the heads of this type doll made in Germany. The best-known manufacturers include:

    * Alt
    * Beck
    * Kestner
    * Hertwig
    * Gotschalck
    * KPM Berlin
    * Meissen
Unfortunately, there are many of these glazed porcelain doll heads that have no manufacturer marks. Around 1880, many producers began selling the doll heads that allow the doll separate body to be made by the owner.Doll Head Soup
The most popular items antique Victorian dolls are those bisque heads made in France and Germany. Produced since 1840 after the First World War, this type of doll significantly increased in popularity around 1860. For the next thirty years fashion dolls were extrememly popular. They represented the ladies of the era, elaborate fashions and beautiful hairdos. The wigs of Victorian fashion dolls were made of either mohair or human hair.
Although many of the soup dolls produced in France, the doll heads were often made in Germany. The manufacturers of these wonderful dolls include:

    * Bru
    * Jumeau
    * Rohmer
    * Gaultier
    * Simone
    * Huret
Parian Doll Head
For the first time in England, Parian dolls head was quickly copied in Germany. The German manufacturers realized they could get more detail work on Paros, and then glazed with porcelain. This allowed them to create doll head molds with elaborate hairstyles.
Several manufacturers of Parian doll head include:

    * D.F. Kling
    * Kister
    * Hertwig
    * Dornheim, Koch and Fischer
    * Conta & Böhme