The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1

A 18th century painted silk purse or case, the elliptical cream silk covered card sides, the front depicts a young gentleman building a house of p...

A 18th century embroidered silk envelope, each side with sprig of flower, grey ribbon edge, the outside retaining the original paper where the fl...

A 18th century doll’s pocket, two white ribbed cotton pockets held on cotton ribbon —2 1/2in. (6.5cm.) height of pocket

A 18th century silk pocketbook, the inside embroidered in black with a child releasing a bird from a cage and the opposite an upset child discover...

An 18th century painted silk box base, decorated with swags of flowers, initials MV, dated June 16th 1786 and Landown Grove on third side, lift o...

A very rare English wooden doll circa 1740, the carved, turned and painted head and torso with inset dark enamel eyes, dotted eye lashes, underlin...

An 18th century English wooden doll, the carved, turned and painted head and torso with inset dark enamel eyes, dotted eyelashes and eyebrow, red...

A rare 18th century style rococo doll’s armchair, the front legs with ram heads and arms with lion masks, the back with central mask and a mask ...

A very rare early English papier-mache shoulder head doll probably by a wooden doll maker circa 1780, with inset dark enamel eyes, dotted eyelashe...

A rare 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head soldier doll probably in 18th century British uniform, with blue painted eyes, black painted...

A fine mid 19th century fashionable doll, the pressed bisque socket head with bisque shoulder-plate and elongated almond shaped blue striated glas...

SALEROOM ANNOUNCEMENT - Please note that this doll has replaced fore arms.A fine Louis Doleac fashionable doll 1870s, the pressed bisque socket he...

A rare 1850s Mademoiselle Rohmer fashionable doll, the pressed bisque swivel head on flange joint with bisque shoulder-plate, painted blue upward ...

A Smiling Bru gentleman fashion doll 1870s, the pressed bisque swivel head on shoulder plate, both impressed C, blue striated glass eyes, brown fe...

A fine German bisque shoulder-head lady doll with flowers in hair, possibly Dornheim, Koch & Fischer, very fine features with blue painted eyes w...

A small unusual Alt Beck & Gottschalck bisque shoulder head girl doll, with blue painted eyes, red eyelid line, delicate features with slightly sm...

A rare Kling bisque shoulder-head doll with glass eyes and sculpted dress edge, with deep blue striated glass eyes, delicate features, half expos...

A rare German bisque shoulder-head doll with glass eyes and elaborate hair, probably early Kling, with bright blue striated glass eyes, pink paint...

An early Portrait Jumeau pressed bisque bebe size 7, with blue striated glass eyes with a dark rim to iris, pink shaded lids, delicately painted ...

A rare small size Bru Brevete bebe, with pressed bisque, blue striated glass eyes with dark rim to iris, shaded lids, pale brown brows, delicately...

An early Francois Gaultier bebe from the Alice K Early collection, with pressed bisque, blue striated glass eyes with a black rim to iris, shaded ...

An early 19th century Bazzoni type dipped wax over papier-mache shoulder-head doll, with high quality mottled grey/green glass iris with opaque wh...

An unusual early 19th century English dipped wax over papier-mache shoulder-head doll, with large dark glass eyes, unusual drizzled wax hair, pos...

A small Montanari poured wax shoulder-head child doll, with inset blue glass eyes, head turned slightly to the right, inserted blonde hair wig wi...

An English poured wax shoulder-head child doll, probably Pierrroti with inset blue glass eyes, inserted brown hair, brass tie holes, stuffed body ...

A Pierroti poured wax shoulder-head baby doll, with head turned slightly to the right, inset blue glass eyes, inserted blonde hair, stuffed body w...

A German wax baby in a basket candy container, the wax mask face with blue painted eyes, brown transfer brows, wax arms and legs, baby wrapped in...

An unusually large 19th century English poured wax shoulder-head child doll, the head turned slightly to the right, striated blue glass eyes, hap...

A very rare exhibition quality Pierotti wax shoulder-head King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Coronation Robes circa 1902, the King with inset ...

A rare mid 19th century Kister china shoulder-head boy doll with jointed wooden body, with blue painted upward glancing eyes, red eyelid line, nos...

A rare mid 19th century pink tinted wigged shoulder-head doll, possibly by Lippert & Haas of Schlaggenwald with brown painted upward glancing eye...

A small German china shoulder-head doll circa 1870, with blue painted eyes, black painted and moulded centre-parted hair formed into two peaks at...

SALEROOM ANNOUNCEMENT - Sadly this doll has been broken across her front shoulder-plate and the estimate has been amended to £600-800. A rare Germ...

A small early A.W. Fr Kister china headed young girl doll on taufling body, with flange neck, blue painted eyes, red eyelid line, mouth painted wi...

An unmarked early fashionable doll with solid domed head, probably Francois Gaultier with Huret type painted blue eyes with black eyeliner and eye...

A French swivel headed fashionable doll, possibly Barrois, pressed bisque with deep blue striated glass eyes, light brown brows, moulded ears with...

A Barrois swivel headed fashionable doll, pressed bisque with blue striated glass eyes with darker edge to iris, light brown feathered brow, pink ...

A rare Simon & Halbig fashionable doll with twill covered wooden articulated body 1870s, the German copy of Anqueulle’s body called ‘Maquette’, th...

A Jumeau swivel headed fashionable doll bride 1870s, pressed bisque with large grey glass eyes with darker edge to iris, black eyeliner to top lid...

A rare Simon & Halbig bisque swivel headed glass eyed moulded hair lady doll, with blue striated glass eyes, closed mouth, exposed ears pierced in...

SALEROOM ANNOUNCEMENT - this doll's lower right leg has been damaged and restored.An unusual German bisque shoulder-head doll with domed head and ...

A rare Simon & Halbig bisque swivel headed glass eyed moulded hair lady doll, with dark blue striated eyes, closed mouth, three thin stroke eyebro...

A rare Leopold Lambert reclining lady on chaise longue musical automaton 1880s, with Jumeau bebe bisque head, brown and black glass eyes, closed m...

A Jules Steiner clockwork walking automaton 1870s, with Francois Gaultier pressed bisque swivel-head, fixed blue glass eyes, closed mouth, pierced...

A rare Gustav Vichy lady at her toilette musical automaton 1870s, the pressed bisque French fashionable doll head with grey glass eyes with a dark...

A rare Gustav Vichy clockwork dancing doll, with pressed bisque fashionable doll swivel head, blue glass eyes, pink closed mouth with darker pink ...

An unusual bisque headed Chinaman squeak toy, with striated blue glass slanted eyes, closed mouth, moulded and black painted moustache and angled...

A rare mid 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head doll with elaborate hair and moulded comb, with two-tone blue painted eyes, black feathe...

A rare mid 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head doll with elaborate hair, with head leant slightly to the right, brown painted eyes, a s...

A first half of the 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head boy doll on French kid body, with blue painted eyes, single arched stroke eyebr...

A mid 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head lady doll, with blue painted eyes, red painted mouth, exposed ears, the moulded hair made in...

A 19th century German papier-mache doll with dipped wax finish, with inset dark glass eyes, pink painted smiling mouth, rosy cheeks, black painted...

SALEROOM ANNOUNCEMENT - the crack on Red Riding Hood's face, also has a branching hairline going under the chin of Grandmother's face. A very rare...

A Cuno & Otto Dressel bisque headed Uncle Sam doll, with fixed brown glass eyes, large modelled nose and ears, smiling closed mouth, grey painted...

A rare Gebruder Heubach character smiling black boy, with brown complexion, brown intaglio eyes, wide open/closed mouth with two moulded bottom te...

A Kammer & Reinhardt 101 character Marie bisque headed doll, with blue painted eyes, closed pouty mouth, single stroke light brown eyebrow, brown...

A rare German bisque headed character boy marked K, similar to the K * R 107 Karl with brown painted eyes, single stroke blonde eyebrows, large cl...