Doll-A-Day 2023 #165: Furga Girl

   Today's doll is a pretty girl.

She is made by Furga, an Italian company founded in 1872, and best know for their Alta Moda 'S Girls' series of dolls in the 1960's. I don't know what this dolls name is.

This doll has a very typical Furga face.

She has the Furga logo on the back of her neck.

I'm not sure what the intention was with the big indented circle on her back.

She apparently had the sides of her hair glued to her face. I suppose that was to maintain the look of her hair style. But it left a lot of glue residue in her hair, and on her face. It seems fairly easy to remove though.

Furga Alta Moda dolls have almost furry eyelashes. Sort of thick thread lashes. This girl seems to have similar lashes. There's weird glue on them too. Maybe someone tried to replace missing lashes. I found a site that discusses replacing those missing famous Furga lashes, with fringy yarn! What a great idea! You can see how they suggest doing it HERE. 

She even has some glue in her eyes, but it is very dry and wipes out. Notice she has decal eyes like some of the Chatty Cathy doll family.

She also has a very Furga mouth.

  Her hair is very full and combs nicely. 

 

She still has a lot of curl in the back of her hair, which reminds me that I forgot to photograph it!

Her face paint is nice. She is quite blushy. I love her natural looking lips.

Furga dolls usually have this complexion, somewhere between pink and suntanned. Sun kissed maybe.

She only has five points of articulation, so she can turn her head left and right, move her arms back and forth, and sit down.

She's about 15 inches tall, which is a bit shorter than the S Girls.

She has a terry cloth striped dress, or long blouse, a blue skirt, and red shiny boots.

I'm pretty sure this is her original outfit. Those are definitely Furga boots.

Her nails are painted. I think it's original because it matches her lips.

I think if she were blonde she would look a little like Charo.

  Why is  Charo showing up on this blog again?

  That's today's doll. See you tomorrow!

Doll-A-Day 10: Corinne Wanna Be Uneeda Clover Doll

  Today's doll is this girl.

  She's 15" tall.This is obviously her original outfit.

 
**UPDATE: I think I found out who she is. I found this picture online of a boxed doll that appears to be like her.
 

That would make her 'Clover' by Uneeda,made in 1973.**
She's an obvious copy of  an Italian doll named Corinne, made by Italocremona around 1965-67.

 

She's pretty indistinguishable from Corinne other than her lack of Italocremona markings and a slightly lower quality. I've had a Corinne, (I got them both at the Auction of Italian Dolls I keep talking about.), and the difference is very slight.This doll has some fading of her vinyl,mostly her left hand, and her face.It's more obvious on her face, where her colouring is mottled.

I'm thinking of using some make up on her face to even her out. I don't actually own any foundation make up though, and I'm too cheap to buy it just for her.

  She's pretty in spite of her flaws. I love the slight blue shading above her eyes.

She has inset eyes and 'real' lashes. Her eyes aren't sleep eyes.She has delicate hands and one bent knee.

You have to love her Mod outfit.

 

Her hair is long and fluffy, and a very pretty shade of red. I really want to say 'orange ' here. I have red hair, and so do Fuzz and Ivy. When Fuzz was very tiny and learning his colours, it really confused him when people commented on his 'red' hair. It's orange really, so we took to calling it orange. Fuzz and Ivy still balk at the phrase 'red hair'. They insist on calling it orange.
  Until tomorrow's doll...