CLERMONT — A small company that nurtured the porcelain-doll-making craft into millions of dollars in global sales has closed after half a century in the vastly changing business. A few workers ...

The two women, who conduct the doll-making classes, also sell porcelain dolls they have made, serve as doll-part suppliers, repair broken dolls, sew doll clothing and exhibit dolls in shows.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- As a little girl, Diana Friend never had the luxury of owning a porcelain doll. Instead, she and her sister -- two of seven children in her family -- grew up playing with ...

Suzanne McBrayer, a Charlotte artist who creates unique porcelain dolls, will display her one–of–a-kind dolls at the Spencer Doll and Toy Museum through mid November. McBrayer is a native ...

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Betty Bading, 65, from Launceston in Tasmania was in her mid-20s when she was introduced to the art of porcelain doll making. She had amassed an impressive collection of 30 handpainted dolls, but ...