Offered here are 3 unusual
antique celluloid dolls and 4 celluloid heads.
The first is
an adorable 10” sailor with a celluloid flange head and stuffed cloth
body.
He is wearing a navy blue wool
sailor suit with white chain-stitch
trim, silver buttons with anchors, a silver
anchor on his white dickey, and black wool shoes.
Some of the white stitching is gone and one
of the silver buttons is missing.
He has
no marks.
The second
doll is an 8 1/2″ all-celluloid German doll with movable arms.
He has “22
5
” marked on his back.
He has a line
or perhaps a crack on his right ankle.
The third is
by Minerva, is a flange head, is 13” tall, and has a jointed shoulders and hips and a cloth
body.
He has a beautifully painted and
colored expressive face and is wearing some ecru corduroy overalls that
probably aren’t original.
He is marked
on the back of his head: “helmet // Germany // NO 4 // 30.”
His body is soiled, he has an upper lip rub,
and his right fist has been melted( ?).
The first celluloid
head is 4 ½” with painted features and hair.
There is a mark on the back:”AMERICAN // Indian head // (backwards 5.”
The head itself is in great condition, but
there are some cracks and missing pieces on the shoulders.
The second flange
head celluloid head is a Turtlemark that is poorly painted.
He is marked, but the mark is barely legible.
The second flange
head celluloid head also is a Turtlemark
that is marked: “Germany // turtle in diamond // 20.”
The third flange
head celluloid head also is a Turtlemark that is marked: “Germany // turtle in
diamond // 19.”
No
international shipping please.