It´s my pleasure to invite you to see my dolls... At this time you only see a part of my collection, this website is continualy brought up to date and completed. If you have got any questions or if you like my doll´s house museum you can make a comment in my »guestbook«. Please press for any further details on the dolls picture. A Silbig & Halbig doll No. 29 Germany in very good state * Old Dress A very expressive face of the Simon & Halbig doll with its original wig A Frozen Charlotte or a big Bathdoll Here you can see the Bathdoll completly. The doll was constructed in Germany 1850-1914 English wax doll with glass eyes from about 1870-1890 This doll became from me some new dresses made of dyed laces and materials Another english wax doll - also her arms and legs are made of wax from about 1890 Again her lovely face - the doll sewed a dress out of white materials A doll from about 1920 - a detailed shot from her lovely face The doll from 1920 together with a little porcelain doll´s head Beautiful and old porcelain doll in detail - please note the romantic look The porcelain doll seen as a whole in a beautiful and old laced dress Another old and romantic doll with its original wig A doll you like! In a baeutiful laced dress sewed from whites A lovely porcelain doll from Kley & Hahn from 1901 with limbs Here you can see the dreamy face of the doll with blue sleepy eyes and real hair wig Max craft - a lovely-looking black baby The hand made doll fro Max wears a delicate and old silk suit with delicate laces and a cap A beautiful Recknagel baby in a delicate sailor suit Here you can see the dreamy face with a beautiful look in itd eyes Heubach Blinker - a cheeky, defiant and little guy Just to like it in its delicate night dress - old piece of clothing K & R 126 sitting baby wtih impish eyes and a real hair wig A detailed look of the face with a nice and old cap Heubach Köppelsdorfer sitting baby made from porcelain Please note the beautiful and old dress Celluloid boy with a sailor suit - details about the face Can you see how nice I´m dressed for the Sunday trip? Beautiful and old porcelain doll with its delicate and green dress Please note the marvelous and long hair of the wig Really old porcelain doll´s head with a leather body from Germany, about 1890 A detailed look at the beautiful face Kammer and Reinhardt character baby has been introduced about 1909 Study of the head A very kind little and old porcelain doll with a dreamy face Please note the lovely and old dress and the nice porcelain to have sunday coffee Study about the old porcelain doll with its laced dress, as well having doll´s doffee You can´t resist this look! My favourite doll! Old english wax doll from about 1870 A detailed look at the limbs - the arm is also made of wax Please note the beautiful dresses with its single and elegant hat The old wax doll in her full beauty - at this time without its elegant hat Heubach - Köppelsdorf standing baby body with ist impish blue eyes This doll is dated from about 1912, together with its littel playing mates Old porcelain doll´s head baby with a leather body Here the most beautiful made body in detail Old porcelain doll with such a kind look - detailed study Please note the beautiful and old dresses Cuno Otto Dressel big sitting baby from 1914 Detailed look at the sitting baby - she has got lovely brown eyes Beautiful, big and old porcelain doll with an old and delicate party dress Here the doll in its full splendour Another very kind doll´s child - porcelain head Detailed study of the face Franz Schmidt sitting baby with a real hair wig Here the sitting baby in its fill splendour Beautiful and cheeky little monkey in a sailor suit made of velvet Who is going to take me to a Sunday trip? Beautiful and old turtle doll wtih an especially beautiful laced dress A very special nice doll´s child - please note the beautiful dress Porcelain doll´s head with a real hair wig Nobody can resist this romantic look Even though the focus of my collection is without a doubt the dollhouses and not on the dolls themselves, I still hope that you've enjoyed the short visit to my doll collection. The German word for doll - "Puppe" - originally comes from the word "pupa", which describes a small child, or a newborn. It was therefore probably derived from. From the toy catalogue of Johann Christoph Lindner: Täufline, from around 1860. The oldest known dolls that have been discovered date back to 4000 years B.C. If you look at old Egyptian dolls, you will see that they haven't changed much fundamentally over the years.     A toddler of the 1890s photographed in Springfield, Massachusetts, with her large German bisque shoulder head doll that appears to be a Kestner with an open mouth, sleeping glass eyes and a mohair wig. The doll´s clothes are typical of the era and seem to be original. Its body is kid with bisque arms. Courtesy C.C. My devotion is, however, undoubtedly given mainly to old English wax dolls, of which I do not currently own very many. Immediately following, of course, are the porcelain dolls. I would like to introduce several of my collector's items to you here. I hope you've enjoyed seeing the dolls and their beautiful dresses.     An early nineteenth-century portrait of Lord Nelson´s daughter Horatia, aged five, holding a doll. Dolls are a separate and very extensive specialty area. It is my intention to simply let you enjoy the photographs of dolls presented here, without giving much detailed special information. Only a portion of my collection is shown. Later, several more pictures will be added, in connection with further information.     A child of the 1880s holds her infant, shich seems to have head and hands of bisque. The French bébé seated beside her has a bisque head with glass eyes and mohair wig on a composition ball-jointed body. Photograph made in New Haven, Connecticut. Courtesy C.C. One doll, the so-called favorite doll, belongs to every girl's favorite toys even today. It doesn't matter if a doll is rare or expensive. Each one has its purpose and helps to make the children a bit more happy.