http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog About antique dolls from France Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:19:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The largest part if the German doll character faces by the Kammer & Reinhardt company where realized by sculptors, and, one of them has been Karl Krausser, reproduced the face of Franz Reinhardt nephew in 1909 and used the name HANS. The face was used for the feminine model GRETCHEN issued ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/mXitg_bqh8w/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/11/hans-and-gretchen/ [caption id="attachment_59" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rare wooden doll"][/caption] Please look to this rare and wonderful English made wooden doll 18 of Century! Her head and body made is one piece, painted and varnished, flat seat, impressed genitals, tall black inset glass eyes, painted eyelashes and eyebrow. Nice sculpted feminine face. Articulated arms and ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/7x6fpDuSaUE/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/11/rare-and-beautiful-wooden-doll-of-xviii-century/ Rarely one can meet the really stand out doll with unusual and unique fate. One of these dolls is Gaultier doll from 1880s that belonged to famous French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre from Avignon (1823-1915). Jean-Henri was a teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist, but he was get known mostly by his ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/Aqh_P4vhF2A/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/09/the-doll-butterfly/ [caption id="attachment_43" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Princesses Romanov's "][/caption] In the end of XIX - beginning of XX century importers brought to Russia a lot of French and German dolls, as Russia practically didn't produced dolls this time. Children in Csar's family was brought up in austerity, and every doll was a dear guest ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/HR7KtheMhHE/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/09/dolls-of-russian-princess-romanovs-1900s/ — What was the M-lle Huret's fate? She got the patent for her dolls in 1850, and worked hard to improve the her dolls. After becoming very reach, she sold her business. She died in 1904 at the age of ninety. She neither was married, nor had children... Today her dolls ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/LX-if0rXKVw/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/08/28/ Today we are publishing the first part of our interview with Mr. Francois Themer. I met Francois Theimer in the Parisian hotel Ambassador. It wasn't just an occasion, because here he conducts his famous auctions on selling ancient dolls that is being attended by collectors of the whole world. Francois kindly ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/omTM5FDm_1o/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/07/111/ This is our very first Jumeau doll sold to one of our valuable customers. Let she bring us look and easiness :) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/respectfulbear/~3/dkAgA92ApDo/ http://www.respectfulbear.com/blog/2009/07/hello-world/