How Porcelain Dolls Became the Ultimate Victorian Status Symbol Class-obsessed consumers found the cold, hard and highly breakable figurines irresistible Maria Teresa Hart - Author, Doll November ...

But the dolls actually served a greater purpose than just being pretty playthings for girls in the mid to late-Victorian period. “Girls would learn to take care of the dolls, they would sew for ...

Antique dolls were found during a building assessment of Moncton's Thomas Williams House, built in 1833. And they were promptly put back by the construction worker who found them.

High fashion and art will merge in the form of Victorian porcelain dolls at a Luminato exhibit opening in June. Dolls by Viktor&Rolf features precisely scaled-down versions of designs by the famed ...

Helen Raine describes her mother's porcelain doll collection as "obsessive", and with around 1,000 in her possession by the time she died you could understand why. The planning for Aunty Joan's ...