Tattooed Doll Heads 1 - 7

Antique bisque porcelain German doll heads, stuffed with coconut coir.

Various maker's marks on the back. 

Painted with acrylic ink.

Size excluding thread:

1. 11.5 x 8 x 9cm

2. 11.5 x 8 x 9cm

3. 7.5 x 5 x 5cm

4. 6.8 x 5 x 4.8cm

5. 6 x4.6 x 4.2

6. 4 x 5.8 x 4.5cm

7. 6 x 4.2 x 4.5cm

I'd love to say "from a loving home, carefully stored for decades" but these dolls bear the hallmarks of having been unearthed, forgotten, and sometimes laid alongside rusting materials.

They are rather, "due for a loving home".

I toyed with mounting these in boxes, but I'm of the opinion that if something can dangle, it should. Preferring to hang my own treasures, I decided instead to add a loop of a thread. You can still mount it, but I didn't want to be the one putting a head in a box.

Have I saved one to put on my own Christmas tree? YES. Will it be packed away for a year? Absolutely not. A tattooed baby doll is for all year round.