Lot 110: Two Miniature Bisque and Composition Character Dolls

A pair of antique miniature dolls. The first is a German bisque socket head doll featuring fixed brown glass eyes, finely painted eyelashes and eyebrows, and an open mouth with visible teeth. It retains a short, light brown mohair wig and is mounted on a five-piece jointed composition body.

The second item is a miniature ethnographic character doll, depicting a Native American figure. The doll features a moulded and painted head with black hair and a fixed expression. It is dressed in its original multi-coloured cloth costume, including a tunic with red and gold-coloured panels and dark trim, over yellow-painted legs. This doll is housed in a simple rectangular bone-coloured cardboard box.

A rectangular white adhesive label is affixed to the box lid, printed in black with Shelbeys Auctioneers, Lot 110, and a smaller numeric code 01132002626. A second rectangular white adhesive label is attached to the torso of the bisque doll, handwritten with the number 501. No further maker names, marks, or country of origin stamps are visible on either doll or the packaging.