I acquired a bunch of these bird heads last year because I knew they were unusual. They're painted bisque, and I can tell they are quite old. The woman who sold them to me said they were German- circa 1890- 1910, and were used to make bottle stoppers. (she was also selling the old Thuringia doll parts so I assumed they were the same doll factory) I'm not sure I believe that they were bottle stoppers, but have been unable to find out anything about these. Does anyone out there know the origin of these?
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I've used them recently in my strange Bird Lady series, and in some other mixed media projects. I'm currently making little "puppets" with them. I have quite a few & may be selling some- email me if interested.
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Here's just a few of the dolls I made......
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Dang, I mean art is cool and all, but those bird-head dolls are creepy as all get-out.
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