Tattooed Doll Heads A - G

Antique bisque porcelain doll heads of various origins, stuffed with coconut coir.

Various maker's marks on the back. 

Painted with acrylic ink.

Size excluding thread:

A. 8 X 5.5cm

B. 12 x 8cm

C. 12 x 8cm

D. 6.5 x 4.5cm

E. 8 x 5.2cm

F. 10 x 7cm

G. 8.5 x 6.5cm

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.