Appraisal: French Bisque Mignonette Doll, ca. 1880
Clip: Season 29 Episode 19 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: French Bisque Mignonette Doll, ca. 1880
In Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 2, Marshall Martin appraises a French bisque mignonette doll, ca. 1880.
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Appraisal: French Bisque Mignonette Doll, ca. 1880
Clip: Season 29 Episode 19 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 2, Marshall Martin appraises a French bisque mignonette doll, ca. 1880.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I was doing a general search on an online auction, and I came across a listing for a porcelain teddy bear doll, and when I clicked on it, I expected to see a teddy bear, and I saw this little doll instead.
APPRAISER: What did you pay for the doll?
GUEST: Just over $12.
APPRAISER: Wow, that's probably about what it cost to have it sent, right?
(chuckles) GUEST: It actually cost more to have it shipped.
(laughs) APPRAISER: Tell me what you know about the doll.
GUEST: I believe she's an all-bisque doll, referred to as a mignonette.
And I don't collect a lot of antique dolls, so my knowledge is not broad on it, and, which is why I brought her here today.
APPRAISER: The doll is a mignonette, which is a French word for a diminutive or a small doll.
The doll is referred to in the collecting world as a "poupée de poche," the French term for "a doll for your pocket."
And in the 1880s, they were very popular.
There were shops in Paris where the girls could go and they could buy a small doll like this, patterns and clothing and boxes that the doll could fit in.
It's hard to pinpoint the maker, because several makers made similar dolls.
But this is definitely a French one.
What I was amazed to see is the condition of the doll.
The moths have not gotten the hair.
It's clean.
All the clothing is original, and I don't know if you noticed, under the shoes, she has bare feet.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Which is a very good feature for an all-bisque or, or mignonette.
It's a five-piece body, which means it's strung at the shoulders and at the hips.
Sometimes, these dolls were jointed at the elbows and, very rarely, also jointed at the knees.
But this little doll has really all the bells and whistles...
GUEST: (chuckles) APPRAISER: ...of a, a good French all-bisque.
On today's retail market, I would easily put a price of $3,000 on her.
GUEST: Oh, my God!
(laughs) (both laughing) APPRAISER: I've seen those shoes for $500.
GUEST: (laughing): For just the shoes?
APPRAISER: Just the shoes.
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