He looks like he just came in from a walk on the Normandy coast — sweater, knickerbockers, and all.
This vintage porcelain collector boy doll — the rarest format in the collector doll market — wears a complete and beautifully coordinated French preppy country outfit: a cream and navy Breton-stripe knitted sweater (marinière), a white Peter Pan collar, beige tweed-check knickerbockers, dark navy ribbed knee socks, and — the finest detail — black Oxford lace-up shoes with metal toe caps. Every element is present, intact, and well-preserved.
The face is immediately winning: a round child's face with wide blue-grey fixed glass eyes, a small coral painted mouth, rosy cheeks, and smooth warm-ivory bisque porcelain — no chips, no cracks. The short tousled golden-blonde hair is boyish and natural. The expression is open and curious — genuinely charming.
The shoes deserve a close look: perfectly proportioned black Oxford lace-ups with proper lace eyelets, black ties, and a silver metal toe cap reinforcement at each tip — a level of miniature shoemaking detail that is characteristic of the better-tier collector dolls...
Category
20th Century Toys and Dolls