Yet More Variations on a Theme

Recently on this blog I posted a charming china bathing beauty with her bisque sister, both by Galluba and Hofmann.  Here is one more example showing how Galluba produced the same model in china and bisque.  The 4-inch long china bathing belle is in full molded beach regalia, while the bisque bather is dressed in a bathing suit of silk net and ribbon.  The china sister has molded brown curls peeking out from under her bathing cap, while the bisque sibling has a mohair wig.  Although the china models would have certainly been less expensive to produce, as there was no need to dress and wig them, they are less common than the bisque versions.  Although pretty and appealing, perhaps they were just not as popular with the public.