$20
Vintage Morimura Brothers bisque head doll features open mouth, blue glass eyes, strawberry blonde hair, painted eyebrows and eyelashes, white bonnet and dress (with leaf print linen bloomers underneath), composition body with legs and arms attached with bungee; marked to back of neck with "MB" inside of a circle and "Japan 5"; measures approximately 14-1/2" long. Morimura Brothers (1876-1941) was a Japanese import house based in New York City, NY. They supplied bisque head German like copies of dolls to the American market and others, during World War I and after 1915-1926. They imported two basic types of bisque head dolls; Character Babies or Dolly faced dolls. They also sold celluloid dolls, Nanking (cotton body) China head dolls, composition dolls made by Bester Manufacturing and dolls made of rubber. In 1922 Morimura turned their Import Department over to the Langfelder, Homma & Hayward company, who continued to import bisque head dolls.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-04-23
