Early German dolls were made of wood and called Dutch or peg dolls. Such as the doll on the right, in front of the book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls. This is a reproduced peg doll. The book was produced in 1896 in England by Florence and Bertha Upton. One of the best and favorite characters of the book is about a black doll called a Golliwogg. The cloth doll in the case is a modern Golliwogg doll made by the Deans Doll Company in England about 1950�s. The popularity of the Golliwogg endears him to many doll collectors.

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