Squint-eyed doll

"Squint-eye doll" with permanently installed glass eyes in the porcelain head ;
unknown manufacturer, around 1920

A squint eyes doll is a common early 20th century made doll made of porcelain .

description

Original Kewpie doll with a design and copyright notice by Rose O'Neill

The splayed hands of a limb made of "mass"

The so-called "squint-eye doll" is one of the " character dolls ". In addition to the “squint eyes”, the “grinning” mouth and the splayed hands are characteristic of the dolls, which were first produced in twelve different designs by the American illustrator, artist and writer Rose O'Neill under the Kewpie brand at the beginning of the 20th century Sizes at the doll manufacturer Geo. Borgfeldt & Co. in Germany .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sabine Reinelt : Magic of Character Puppets : Ebenbilder der Kinder , 2nd, revised edition, Weingarten: Kunstverlag Weingarten, 1993, ISBN 3-8170-1013-3 , p. 55; Preview over google books
2. ^ Branson, Associated Press (AP): Kewpie dolls to reach century mark (in English) on the Columbia Daily Tribune page , September 10, 2012