15 Unsettling Antique Dolls From the Past

Dolls are one of the oldest known toys, and they were part of every culture and civilization. The earliest dolls were made from clay, stone, wood, bone leather, and several other materials. Archaeologists found the wooden paddle dolls in the Egyptian tombs, and it dates to the 21st century BC. Dolls with movable limbs and removable clothing date back to at least 200 BC.

In some traditions and cultures, dolls have spiritual magical, and ritual values. Stories from ancient Greece around 100 AD show that little girls used dolls as playthings. In ancient Rome, dolls were made of clay, wood, or ivory. Stories from ancient Greece around 100 AD show that little girls used dolls as playthings. In ancient Greece, dolls were used by little girls as playthings.

Here below are some creepy and unsettling dolls from the 15th century to the late 19th century.

#1 Figures of Monks and Nuns made to open, wooden playthings from Berchtesgaden, 18th century.

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#2 Kasperl from a marionette theater of the 18th century.

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#3 German doll of the rococo period.

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#4 Child with doll; German, 18th century.

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#5 Rococo sedan chair with doll, German, ca. 1750.

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#6 Thuringen wooden toys, 19th century.

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#7 Swedish dolls of birchbark, 19th century.

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#8 German doll, 1860.

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#9 Gothic clay doll, Nuremberg, ca. 1450.

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#10 Spanish doll, end of 16th century.

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#11 Knight in tourney array, bearing the arms of the patrician Nuremberg family, German, ca. 1520.

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#12 Doll, German, 17th century.

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#13 English doll, end of the 17th century.

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#14 Domestics from the Utrecht doll’s house, ca. 1670.

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#15 French doll, 18th century.

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