A review of some contemporary porcelain fashion dolls, as well as harking back to dolls of the past. There’s probably something here for most tastes in doll-collecting, from antique to Barbie and beyond.
In recent years, with the awareness of environmental issues and the proliferation of microplastics, some doll-makers have rediscovered porcelain – producing modern fashion dolls from this beautiful material.
The terms porcelain doll, bisque doll and china doll are sometimes used interchangeably. But collectors, when referring to antique dolls, make a distinction between china dolls, made of glazed porcelain, and bisque dolls which are unglazed. When referring to contemporary dolls, the terms porcelain and bisque are often used to mean the same thing.
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