1,000+ China Half-Dolls - Types Makers Marks / 608 Page Illustrated Book

Description

This early out-of-print book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of antique china half-dolls.  Over one thousand color and mostly black-and-white illustrations picture these dolls including information on types, makers and marks.
THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HALF-DOLLS
by Frieda Marion and Norma Werner, Crown Pub., 1979.
“Here at last is the definitive book about china half-figures, those nostalgic reminders of the days when tea-cosies, boudoir lamps, perfume bottles and pincushions were topped with porcelain figures representing the upper portion of the human form.  The authors have illustrated, described and coded hundreds of models of half-dolls.”  Some treatment is given to wax half-dolls and other non-glass media used for producing half-dolls.  Entire chapters are dedicated to Dressel and Kister Company; W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik; Karl Schneider and others.  Lists of marks, a bibliography and lists of illustrations are included.  “This book can be enjoyed on many levels, as a delightful picture book for the novice, a valuable reference for the collector, or a useful working tool for the deal or museum curator.”  Truly a comprehensive treatment, this book will aid interested readers in identifying more than a thousand models “of these charming reminders of a not too distant past.”
Heavy 8.75” x 11.5”  hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  608 pages.
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