A doll is a figure of a human being (or sometimes of an animal) used most often as a children’s toy, in magic and religious rituals. There are documents that prove that dolls were use in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Read More
History of Dolls
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Matryoshka Doll
Matryoshka doll is Russian wooden nesting or nested doll made of wood. It consists of a set of similar doll that all fit into each other from the biggest to the smallest and that can be separated horizontally in half. Read More
History of Porcelain Dolls
Porcelain doll (or so-called bisque doll) is a doll that is wholly or partially made out of bisque porcelain, a type of porcelain that is unglazed and matte. Bisque dolls were the most popular from 1860 to 1900 in France and Germany and became fashionable Read More
Charlie Toys – dolls, teddy bears and ..wonders
Hi , today I want to present to you an artist from Russia, Nastya Zhuravleva aka Charlie Toys. She makes amazing colourful creatures. She loves fairy tales Read More
History of China Dolls
China doll is a type of porcelain doll made wholly or partially of glazed porcelain. They were mainly made in Germany between 1840 and 1940 and were very popular between 1840 and 1890. They were also made in Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Denmark and Sweden. Read More
History of Japanese Traditional Dolls
There are many kinds of Japanese traditional dolls but they are, all together, commonly known as “ningyō”, which means “human shape”. They are made to represent children, babies, imperial court and common people, warriors, heroes, characters from fairy-tales Read More
History of Paper Dolls
Paper doll is a two-dimensional doll made out of paper or light card and cut out. It can have separate clothes made also from paper and holding onto a doll with tabs. They can be in shape of a person, animal or an object.
Before they were made in the shape that we know them today there were Read More
History of Action Figures
Action figures are figurine toys marketed towards boys and adult collectors. They are mainly modeled after some characters from a film, comic book, video game or a television program. Action figures are made for playing or, in case when they are collectable items, for display. Read More
History of Fashion Dolls
Fashion doll is any kind of doll made to be dressed to represent current trends in fashion. They are made of of vinyl or another plastic, most often modeled as teen girls or adult women and used as toys and as collectable items. Read More
History of Puppets
Puppet is a type of a doll used in puppetry, a very old form of theatre. An entertainer that animates the puppet is called puppeteer. Puppetry is known since the Ancient Greece and there are written documents that mention theatre of puppets dating since Read More