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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 97148, member: 44&quot;]Gee, old Charlie did breeze through my mine also! If this was bisque, I thought probably German that was why I questioned the OP (Original Poster) what they meant about France - bought or brought. </p><p><br /></p><p>If that is permanent stain on the dolls rather then easily brushed off, washable dirt, they may have been buried in the ground. According to the following website, the antique doll market is being flooded with dolls made from antique parts that the writer calls &quot;Frankendolls.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The antique doll market is being flooded with what I call &quot;Frankendolls,&quot; new dolls cobbled together out of old excavated parts.&nbsp; Since the reunification of Germany, collectors and dealers have been excavating doll parts and figurine fragments from the massive dumps behind the former doll factories in the Thuringia area of Germany, such as Hertwig and Company and Limbach. Some dealers are piecing together these pieces, creating new dolls out of old parts.&nbsp; I call these creations &quot;Frankendolls,&quot; because they are made up of buried parts and brought back to &quot;life.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Because these doll parts have been buried some of the parts are badly stained.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...the excavated pieces often have stains, rust, and dings from being buried in the ground for decades that even cleaning, bleaching, and recoloring cannot entirely remove.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now in all honesty, I don&#039;t think these dolls are the so-called &quot;Frankendolls&quot; because they are of good proportions and seem to have matching limbs that fit well with the body.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Because the arms and legs come from different dolls, the match and fit between the body and limbs are poor.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://bawdybisques.blogspot.com/p/the-curse-of-frankendoll.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bawdybisques.blogspot.com/p/the-curse-of-frankendoll.html" rel="nofollow">http://bawdybisques.blogspot.com/p/the-curse-of-frankendoll.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe a dedicated doll website like the following may have more help for you:</p><p><a href="http://dollreference.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dollreference.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dollreference.com/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nadda.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nadda.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nadda.org/</a></p><p><a href="http://community.ebay.com/t5/Dolls/bd-p/218" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://community.ebay.com/t5/Dolls/bd-p/218" rel="nofollow">http://community.ebay.com/t5/Dolls/bd-p/218</a></p><p><a href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/bisquedolls.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/bisquedolls.htm" rel="nofollow">http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/bisquedolls.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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