Laura's Doll Hospital

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Laura's Doll Hospital

I repair and restore antique, vintage and modern dolls. Please see my website for more information.

29/12/2025

Angie went home earlier today, cleaned up with new eyes and a new outfit.

24/12/2025

Wishing all my customers, supporters and doll friends a very merry Christmas. Maybe you'll even find a doll waiting under the tree in the morning!

22/12/2025

These lovely twins are heading home for the holidays, cleaned up with new clothing and legs reattached.

19/12/2025

A new pair of eyes for sweet Vicki. She dates from the late 1960s.

16/12/2025

This is Colin, a celluloid doll made by the French company Petitcolin in around 1950. It was a lot of work to stabilise him and get him sturdy enough to restring as the celluloid had split everywhere, but here he is, cleaned up and back in one piece.

12/12/2025

Two lovely 1960s Roddy dolls heading home for the holidays. This doll must have been enormously popular because I meet them all the time!

10/12/2025

We're beginning to feel festive here! This little 1960s Christmas fairy has had her eyes repaired, ready to resume her place on top of the tree.

08/12/2025

A spa day, restring and new apron for this lovely 1970s German souvenir doll.

06/12/2025

Holly is a Cheerful Tearful doll: the version from 1990. She's been cleaned and her hair washed and detangled, and she's had an ink treatment for her face. It took over a month! Always nice to have dolls from my own childhood era.

04/12/2025

I said goodbye to Linda today. She had been with me for over a month since her owner specifically wanted dark brown plaits and it took a while to find the right wig. I also cleaned her, rebuilt her mouth and teeth, gave her new lashes and found some knickers and a cardigan to go with this dress that the owner handmade.

02/12/2025

These three lovely antique dolls came together: one china doll's house doll, one all-bisque mignonette, and Hazel - a black celluloid baby doll made by Schildkröt. All three have been cleaned; the mignonette was restrung and given a new hair ribbon; and Hazel has a new torso since her previous one had shattered to smithereens. This is not uncommon, sadly, as celluloid becomes extremely brittle with age.

29/11/2025

This 1980s ceramic baby doll has two faces. You can turn her head so she's sleeping peacefully or looking rather cross. I repaired her broken limbs, restrung her with fresh elastic, brightened up her clothing with a chemical soak and provided some new bedding.

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Southampton

Website

https://www.laurasdollhospital.co.uk/

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