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Title: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: greenacres on June 11, 2012, 07:13:21 PM

This doll head is really unusual. Well the eyes are unusual the way the move. Would it be from the 40's?

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: Rauville on June 11, 2012, 09:26:29 PM

It appears that you probably have a "hard plastic" head from the 1950's.

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: greenacres on June 11, 2012, 09:33:13 PM

I couldn't tell it's delicate. It seems like it would break like porcelin. Thanks. My daughter says it reminds her of Chucky. She wants to use it as a profile picture! ;D

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on June 12, 2012, 01:19:58 AM

It might be composition. Is it kind of like paper mache?

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: greenacres on June 12, 2012, 06:40:07 AM

Eerie isn't it!

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: frogpatch on June 12, 2012, 08:56:05 AM

Look at the mouth. It looks like a Betsy Wetsy

See Below

http://antiqueattack.com/dolls.php  (upper left pic)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUTE-16-IDEAL-BETSY-WETSY-DOLL-/230806830386?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35bd28bd32#ht_500wt_1202

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: greenacres on June 12, 2012, 12:29:48 PM

Similar to Besty Wetsy, Hair is different in the back, and there are no markings on mind. Maybe early Besty Westy.

Title: Re: porcelin doll head with moving eyes
Post by: greenacres on June 13, 2012, 02:51:05 PM

http://dollreference.com/composition_dolls.html I think Babs is the head. Scroll down a little.