Beidermeier (not) China Head Doll
This 12 inch doll is an untinted, unglazed porcelain doll dating between the late 1830s to the early 1850s. She is all original.
She has a human hair wig with braided bun low on the head. Her frail costume is pale pink silk with black velvet accents. Her
sleeves are formed by lacing accents. Her porcelain is unusual in that it is not tinted, just the features are painted.
The bisque is unlike classic "untinted bisque" known as "parian" in that it has a rougher finish and the doll dates prior to the
appearance of "parian" dolls. Keeping in mind that the closely guarded formulas for each manufacturer's porcelain varied in the
early years as manufacturers perfected their processes, variations in the porcelain used in the doll heads must be accepted.
The doll is often referred to as a Biedermeier doll because it is a wigged porcelain doll. However, this is an incorrect use of the
term Beidermeier. "Beidermeier" was a term coined in the 1850s by Ludwig Eichrodt as the name for his character Gottlieb
Biedermaier whose stories brought back the "good old days" of the 1820s-1840s. Beidermeier refers to a time, not a type of
doll.
She has a human hair wig with braided bun low on the head. Her frail costume is pale pink silk with black velvet accents. Her
sleeves are formed by lacing accents. Her porcelain is unusual in that it is not tinted, just the features are painted.
The bisque is unlike classic "untinted bisque" known as "parian" in that it has a rougher finish and the doll dates prior to the
appearance of "parian" dolls. Keeping in mind that the closely guarded formulas for each manufacturer's porcelain varied in the
early years as manufacturers perfected their processes, variations in the porcelain used in the doll heads must be accepted.
The doll is often referred to as a Biedermeier doll because it is a wigged porcelain doll. However, this is an incorrect use of the
term Beidermeier. "Beidermeier" was a term coined in the 1850s by Ludwig Eichrodt as the name for his character Gottlieb
Biedermaier whose stories brought back the "good old days" of the 1820s-1840s. Beidermeier refers to a time, not a type of
doll.
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