ASSORTED GERMAN PARIAN / BISQUE-HEAD DOLLS, LOT OF FOUR, each with shoulder head and painted facial features, each with a cloth body, comprising a C. F. Kling & Co. "Countless Dagman" with blonde fancy hair, molded shirt with buttons; an Alt, Beck & Gottschalck example with wavy blonde hair, bisque hands and legs with painted boots; and two examples with molded beaded necklaces, including a shoulder plate of a possible Hertel, Schwab & Co., with no body and remaining example unidentified and with pulled back hair with reverse beaded comb. Three examples in vintage clothing and undergarments. Second half 19th century. 2 3/4" to 15 1/2" HOA.
Provenance: The Eleanor V. Lakin Collection, Boonsboro, MD.

Example lacking body undamaged, remaining with minor damage including molded blouse example with chest hairlines, molded necklace example with a faint hairline to shoulder, and remaining with a glued foot, some with scattered finger flakes. Clothing with expected wear and minor imperfections.