
William Henry Goss bisque shoulder head doll, 24" |
William Henry Goss & Company of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England,
also know as the Falcon Pottery Works, is best known for their fine China,
early dolls or figures made by Goss were Parian porcelain busts. Later Goss made bisque, usually
shoulder head dolls, with bisque limbs in sizes to 36", bodies are
usually made of fabric, sometimes of pink
cambric stuffed with brown wool. After WW I doll production ceased.

Shoulder
heads can be marked Goss, plus a mold number or a size number.
Goss bodies were assembled by Potteries Toy Company or British
Toy Company and may have an oval shaped ink stamp. Goss dolls eyes can be stationary or movable, lips
tend to be painted a deep red.
Shown left, William Henry Goss bisque shoulder head has stationary glass
eyes, lightly feathered eyelashes, multi stroke eyebrows, wigged, deep red
painted partially open mouth, blushed cheeks, white cloth stuffed body, doll marked Goss 32. |