Germany
Dolls Around the World
Doll Reader and The Doll Market invite you on
a journey to discover the wonder and beauty of dolls throughout the world.
Each month, we'll travel the globe to bring you information about the variety
and diversity offered from different countries, and we'll include articles of
interest from Doll Reader and other sources. Be
amazed, be amused, and be awed at the talent and inspiration that each country
has to offer. And be sure to make this page a frequent stop in your
collecting adventures.
Germany
The first country on our Dolls Around the World tour is Germany, a
country well-known for its doll craft and steeped in doll history. Whether
you're searching for a Modepuppe (fashion doll), Babypuppe (baby doll), or a
Trachtenpuppe (doll in regional costume), you're bound to find plenty to pique
your interest.
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Market, click here.
Articles and links
To learn more about doll making in Germany, we present several
articles:
- From about 1865 through 1928, the German doll industry led the world in the
manufacture of top-quality porcelain dolls. French doll makers, while
offering dolls in the most wonderfully extravagant costumes and accessories,
came in a distant second. Amazingly, the legendary J.D. Kestner, Kämmer
& Reinhardt, and Heinrich Handwerck were among the doll companies located
in one little village, Waltershausen. Here in this town on the northernmost
edge of…
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- Collectors confer a certain cachet to German-made dolls. Just consider all
the ads for the older, German-made American Girl, Goetz, and Lissi dolls.
These ads stress their German origin with the implication that they are better
than the versions being made today in Asia. Ironically, this special value
placed on German-made dolls is coming at a time…
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- Twenty-five years ago, Heidi Plusczok made her first doll from Cernit for
her 10-year-old daughter Katja, basing the doll's design on the celluloid doll
she received as a little girl from her grandmother. A year later, she was
making porcelain dolls and soon was specializing in portrait dolls…
see the complete article.
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