1970s Italian Furga Mia Doll

This is a 1970's Furga Mia doll with blonde hair, woven into the head. She has blue glass eyes with long eyelashes, and moving sleep eyes. The arms are and legs are bendable with realistic soft skin.

“Luigi Furga a nobleman from Canneto,Furga Doll mark Mantua Province in Italy, began his doll factory in 1872 and is still in business today. The first dolls from Furga were made with wax mask heads on a papier mache body, a little later dolls were also made on cloth bodies. Next they imported bisque heads from Germany to be put on their dolls. About WW I Furga built their own porcelain factory for bisque heads and all bisque dolls called Mignonettes. Furga also made doll heads of pastello a type of composition. By 1929 Furga bisque heads rivaled those of Germany. They also made pressed felt, composition, hard plastic and vinyl dolls. Furga dolls are always of good quality.

Early Furga dolls did not make it to the American market, but were exported to some South American countries and England. Furga dolls usually found in the USA, are generally from the 1960s-1970s, which were sold through Montgomery Ward, JC Penney, Sears and others.”

17" h

18%

Kat Liu Kevin Condardo | (917) 409-8412 | Katandkev@clearinghouseestatesales.com

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Inwood, NY 11096

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Saturday, 3/12, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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