Carlos Ottolini Bambola Dolls 1950s + Italy

Not much information has been found about this Italian doll maker, who made hard plastic and vinyl headed dolls from the 1950s on.  Many of their early dolls seem to be unmarked, however they have very distinctive Italian face molds and face paint of the lips are often similar

Here are some Ottolini bambola - dolls we have found and attribute to them.

	Doll at left - 1950s she is 13" tall, all light weight hard plastic, jointed body, sleep eyes, closed mouth, glued  on wig possibly human hair. Doll is unmarked.
Doll on right - 1950s she is 18" tall, all light weight hard plastic, jointed body, flirty sleep eyes that move side to side, closed mouth glued on wig. Doll is unmarked.
	Doll on left - ca. late 1950s she is 27" tall, all light weight hard plastic, jointed body, sleep eyes, real long upper lashes, closed mouth, glued on synthetic short curly wig. Doll is unmarked.
Doll on right - ca. late 1950s-1960s Sonja is 25" tall, hard plastic jointed body, vinyl head with human hair wig, sleep eyes with real upper lashes, closed painted mouth, painted molded high heeled shoes.   Doll is marked; Ottolini C & D MOD. DEP. Made in Italy.

Additional Carlos Ottolini dolls not shown:

Ellen, a high heel fashion doll 15" tall, similar to Bild Lilli or Marx's Miss Seventeen doll, painted eyes, glued on wig, closed painted mouth, strung doll, painted molded high heel shoes.

Carlos Ottolini Bambola Dolls 1950s + Italy

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