Militín or Militina big Doll. Doll with a papier-mâché head and clothing body. This doll came in my hands with some shells on his head and body. It has been restored and is in impeccable conditions. The eyes are original. natural hair wig. It measures about 65cm.

The Militín or Militina Doll

The store called Milly, located in Madrid between the years 1941-1980. Select luxury children’s fashion, trousseau and exclusive toys, as well as some special doll creations for the house owned by Milagros Avial Llorens.

The manufacture of the dolls is carried out by José Florido. The first doll in the Milly house has the name of the store.

Milly is a doll that represents a baby with a cardboard head painted duco, natural hair wig, open mouth with painted teeth, sleeping glass eyes, stuffed wood body.

A short time later, a new model of Milly was made in papier-mâché, painted al duco, 60 cm high, which represents a girl of about five or six years of age, with a natural wig, oscillating eyes from 1952, in some cases with articulated body and also a walker. Another model of similar measurements with a flocked fabric body, known as Milly Peach, may have been made. Militín or Militina big Doll

The dolls popularly called Militín and Militina may correspond to the boy or girl version of the first model of Milly with a soft body.

The Florido Factory

Great factory of rag dolls and mechanical walkers, very fine babys with voice and movement covered in cloth. Supplier of the El Siglo department store. Company represented by José Palouzié Serra. Militín or Militina big Doll

With the manufacture of Mariquita Perez, the manufacture of a series of duco-painted cardboard dolls began, with natural hair wigs and glass eyes. It seems that the Mariquita Doll was born around the 40s and dresses like a Girl, it is manufactured in the Florido workshops.

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