Doll

Hopefully I can put the back side on, I did finally get the front.Ty.

 

Hi Doris! Welcome!

Your picture came through nicely.

You will need to undress the doll so that the entire body can be seen.

She is looking to be antique, in style anyway, but these china heads have been reproduced a lot.

Closeups of the head, front and back, plus hands and feet are needed too.

 

The waist is tight,I'm afraid I will rip the dress.

 

Could we please see where the cloth body joins the arms and legs, the body cloth doesn't appear to have the wear and tear of a doll that would be circa 1870's 1880's. The arms and feet appear to me to be more recent also. The head may or not be old, although I can't see any paint wear to the back of her hair, these dolls usually had this wear from being played with and layed down on their backs, her face paint is nice. I'd still like to see were the legs and arms are attached to the body though, Joy.

 

It must be a reproduction, I can't find any markings

 

I believe that the arms, legs, and body are more recent Doris, I'm not sure on the head .. It's very hard to tell without 'hands on'. I think the dress is newer too, not brand new but vintage maybe. Did you pay much for her? if not enjoy her anyway ... Joy.
PS, take her to an antique doll shop and get their opinion of her, it's better when one can actually see it, as Judy said, there are MANY repro dolls on the market to watch out for .. Joy.

 

I agree with your assessment Joy. The head might be old....the rest is newer.

Looks like wear marks (white marks) on the back of the head which as you said an antique doll would have.

Her face is lovely, and the coloring is very nice, but she needs to be seen in person to know if antique or not.

BTW it is not unusual to find an antique head on a new body because a lot of the bodies disintegrated.

 

Here is a similar antique porcelain.

https://www.rubylane.com/item/50018...an-Covered-Wagon-China#.WCODHUlkMkA.pinterest

Notice that the back of the head has a different hair style, but you can see the wear.

I c/p the photo....hopefully it can be "click" enlarged, but go to the link provided and you will see some great pictures.

 

Thank you both for your info. Learned something I didn't know