How Porcelain Dolls Became the Ultimate Victorian Status Symbol
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Class-obsessed consumers found the cold, hard and highly breakable figurines irresistible
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DP436 - Victorian Lady Dolls House Porcelain Dolls
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Bread & Roses - Marquis Antique Doll Auction by Theriault's - Issuu
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How Porcelain Dolls Became the Ultimate Victorian Status Symbol
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Rare porcelain doll of the Queen as a toddler goes on sale
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Victorian Porcelain Dolls 9 inch GIRL & BOY Velvet Cap Springfield
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Charlotte The Promenade Collection Porcelain Face Doll Boxed
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