Composition doll

[2] However, over time the composite material deteriorated, leaving many older dolls with small cracks and flaked surfaces.

[4] Notable composition dolls include Bleuette of France, Marilú of Argentina and Mariquita Pérez of Spain.

[5][6] In 1877 French dollmaker Jumeau introduced the Bébé Incassable, with a bisque head portraying a young girl and a fully articulated composition body.

With realistic glass eyes and contemporary fashion styles, thousands of Bébé dolls were produced for an international market.

The American Ideal Toy Company began making composition dolls in 1907.

Created in the late 1930s, the Spanish composition doll Mariquita Pérez , is considered the most iconic doll of the country.
A French Bleuette doll from c. 1933–1939 , with a bisque head and a composition body.