Half-Dolls Are Tops

A century ago, porcelain half-dolls were at their height of popularity. Women stitched skirts to the bottom of the dolls’ torsos (notice the sew holes on the dolls’ hips) and sewed them atop pincushions or propped them over powder boxes, teapots, toasters or even small lamps. The best of them, made by European dollmakers, were […]