Details Set Porcelain Half-Dolls Apart

Half dolls made their debut at the Munich Arts and Crafts Guild exhibition in 1908 and remained very popular through the 1930s. Half-dolls, called tea ladies, were waist-up-only porcelain “dolls” that were attached to a base of wire or padding beneath fabric. They served as decorative covers for teapots, gooseneck telephones, pincushions, whisk brooms and […]