1971 Heart of Ohio Doll Club Presents CHINA HEADS Illustrated Martha Cramer
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Heart of Ohio Doll Club Presents CHINA HEADS
by Martha Cramer
Photography by Martha Craner and Charlotte Pack
Published by the Heart of Ohio Doll Club (1971)
Condition:
LIKE NEW Softcover Book! The binding is tight and all 80 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. Large clear illustrations on every page! The covers look near perfect, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Book:
China dolls have been much-neglected of late in favor of bisque. We think the relative difficulty of photographing the shiny surface may have something to do with it. We have tried to show here a group of easilyacquired dolls as well as a spicing of rare ones.
A word about “‘portrait dolls’’. We are going to give the dolls a name if they have one. We agreed with the late Emma Clear who said that names are a “convenient handle’. We do NOT think that they are actually portraits of the named ladies.
The delicacy of painting in the earlier chinas is a pleasure to behold. Some of these tiny treasures are practically works of art. Coarse painting, however, can spoil an otherwise fine doll. It is our personal opinion that only the good early ones have red o’s or half moons for nostrils. Later or less carefully painted ones have mere lines. Nostril o's are usually accompanied by red lid lines, red dots in eye corners, and white eye highlights.
China dolls come in varying tones of complexion. PLEASE don't call those with warmer skin tones pink LUSTER. Luster finish in china is iridescent. Our pink-skinned beauties are not iridescent. So call them pink china if you please. We will show several heads with similar hair styles where possible.
Variety is great even within these bounds. Datings for our book are, for the most part, from Dolls, a New Guide for Collectors by Clara Hallard Fawcett.
Most of the dolls up till about the 1880’s were ladies or young girls. The young girls have rounder faces and shorter necks. The earlier dolls usually have deeper shoulders.
When bodies are original, they can give you clues about dates. China feet were flat-soled before about 1860. Those with heels are later. Bodies before about 1850 are hand-sewn. The sewing machine was in general use by the 1860's. All dolls shown have blue eyes unless otherwise noted.
Chapters Include:
Dolls in Milan Museum
Lists of hair styles
Early Dolls
Wigged Chinas
Ante-bellum Dolls
Some Jenny Linds
Dressed Tinies
Civil War Era
The 1870s
The 1880
Boys
Common Ones
Bonnet Dolls
Frozen Charlottes
Later Ones
Costume Helps
Heart of Ohio Doll Club Membership Listing
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