Description

This is a small, mignonette-style doll.  Made in Japan by the Nippon factory. She has a crack on her body but is completely glued (see photo). The knitted dress is also very cute. Basket and napkin not included

During the Nippon era (1891-1921) the Japanese produced a wide variety of bisque dolls.  The majority of these dolls were produced from 1915 through 1921; many were produced to supply the vast American market with dolls during the World War I when France and Germany couldn’t supply dolls. Dolls produced by Japanese manufacturers include:

All-bisque dolls – There are literally hundreds of different shapes and designs of Nippon-marked all-bisque dolls.  The Japanese copied all of the popular German dolls – Kewpie, Baby Bud, Chubby, Happifats, Wide-Awake, and the Kewpie soldier.  Additionally, they came out with many new designs.  Morimura Brothers produced a number of original designs including Queue San Baby and Dolly, both of which were patented in the United States.   Dolls with molded clothes, figurals (including bathtub babies), dolls with jointed arms and legs, and unusual dolls such as piano babies are just a few of the different types of Nippon all-bisque dolls that were made.