Featured are a wonderful Set of three Kewpie or Frozen Charlotte Dolls.
- These tiny dolls, with white bodies and painted faces were made of bisque.
- During the Victorian era they were often baked into cakes as a surprise for the lucky person that found her.
- A tiny doll in a Mardi Gras king cake, for example, is meant to bring prosperity to the finder.
- Make a little girl’s room special and unique with several antique or vintage dolls.
- These dolls are sometimes called carnival dolls, Betty Boop dolls, Frozen Charlottes, or Kewpies.
- Her legs are frozen, and her arms are made separately and attached by metal wires.
- The first known dolls date back to the 21st century BC in Egypt – they were simple wooden stick figures.
- Dolls with interchangeable clothing and moveable limbs existed as early as 200 BC.
- The 19th century saw the advent of glazed porcelain dolls and unglazed bisque dolls.
- Up to the mid-1800s, European dolls usually represented adults, with childlike dolls appearing and dominating the market by the late 1800s.
- The 19th century saw a fashion doll trend for French bisque dolls.
- Plastic dolls became popular in the 20th century.
- The first Barbie doll was released in 1959.
- Relive your childhood with a doll from your past.
