The world's first doll.
Still made by hand.
Reproduced from a 7th-century BC Boeotian original — wheel-thrown in clay, dressed in wool and linen, signed by the hand that made it. No plastic. No two alike.
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A doll that has marked new beginnings for 2,700 years
In ancient Greece she was the plangóna — the first doll a girl ever owned. Her bell-shaped body was thrown on the wheel, her legs strung on so they'd swing, her hair beaded with clay and faience.
On the eve of a new chapter, girls dedicated their doll to Artemis — a small rite marking the step from childhood into what came next. Fitting, then, for the start of a school year.
We revived her in 2009. She became the best-selling piece at the new Acropolis Museum, and every doll since has been made, signed and numbered by hand.
Four hands, many hours, one doll
Wheel-thrown
The bell body is thrown in clay and shaped to an ellipse.
Slip-painted
Decorated with clay slips that find their colour in the kiln.
Strung
Legs attached after firing with linen or leather strips.
Adorned
Finished with wool threads and ceramic or faience beads.
Why parents choose her
Everything the modern toy shelf is missing — and nothing it doesn't need.
Plastic-free
Clay, wool and linen — the way she's always been made.
An heirloom
Signed & numbered to be kept, not outgrown.
Screen-free
A tactile object for open-ended, imaginative play.
Made by artisans
Supports a small Greek studio keeping an ancient craft alive.
Meet the dolls
Sixteen one-of-a-kind dolls, each hand-decorated. When she's gone, she's gone.
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
Thetis bell-shaped plangona doll
A gift with 2,700 years behind it
Each doll arrives signed, numbered and ready to gift — a keepsake to mark a new school year, a birthday, or a milestone worth remembering.
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