The earliest fashion dolls were French bisque dolls from the mid-19th century.

The earliest bisque dolls from French companies were fashion dolls.

Child like bisque dolls appeared in the mid-19th century and overtook the market towards the end of the century.

Unglazed bisque dolls became popular after 1850.

When producing a bisque doll, ceramic raw materials are shaped in a mold and fired at more than 1260 C (2300 F).

China produced many cheap bisque dolls that were sold in discount department and chain stores often as decorator pieces.

The most expensive bisque doll ever sold went for US$200,000.

Near the bird-claw hand of another lay the fragments of a bisque doll, cracked to pieces in the heat.

A popular use for bisque porcelain was the manufacture of bisque dolls in the 19th century.

When Teddy opened the bundle he saw a cunning little bisque doll that sat in a little tin bath-tub.