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Lot Essay
These Greiner dolls were labelled from 1872, this is the No.2 head.
Details
A rare Ludwig Greiner papier-mâché boy
with blue painted eyes, black painted hair, Jacob Lacmann body, cloth over papier-mâché hand and feet, in original brown and black check wool trousers, blue and white striped cotton dicky shirt, black tie, green silk waistcoat, fawn wool jacket with black velvet collar and matching cap with tassel --15in. (38cm.) high, labelled GREINER'S PATENT DOLL HEADS Pat. March 30'5 Ext'72 (slightly rubbed)
with blue painted eyes, black painted hair, Jacob Lacmann body, cloth over papier-mâché hand and feet, in original brown and black check wool trousers, blue and white striped cotton dicky shirt, black tie, green silk waistcoat, fawn wool jacket with black velvet collar and matching cap with tassel --15in. (38cm.) high, labelled GREINER'S PATENT DOLL HEADS Pat. March 30'5 Ext'72 (slightly rubbed)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
Ludwig Greiner of Philadelphia in 1858 obtained the earliest American patent for a dolls head. This was extended in 1872, he is believed to have made dolls from 1840 to 1874, and his sons from 1874 to 1883.