Pink Lusterware Does have Metallic Elements and Gold

I was recently attacked by one KT on Facebook, who is a doll dealer.  Her basis for the attack was that while there is such a thing as pink luster, it is only used as an embellishment on doll heads, there is no gold in it, etc.  Not true.  I direct readers to Helen Young's "The Complete Book of Doll Collecting", to her chapter on china heads.

Unfortunately, in a lifetime of collecting dolls, I've met several "doll divas", who are in it solely for the money, which is fine, but who know enough to be dangerous.

Courtesy, Theriault's.com

The Coleman's refer to "Pink Tinted" heads in "The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls", Volume I.  See, pp. 408-409. The entry on p. 118 on china head refers to pink tinted dolls, and there are B/W photos of them on p. 120.  Others call these pink tinted dolls pink lustre, also spelled "luster." To make an allusion to Gertrude Stein, "a rose is a rose is a rose."

From Theriault's.com comes a doll that is pink tinted and has pink luster trim.  https://www.theriaults.com/node/800621

See, also below:   "Peonies and Orange Blossoms: Beginner's Guide to Lustreware China." Retrieved from http://peoniesandorangeblossoms.blogspot.com/2015/05/beginners-guide-to-lusterware-china.html

Luster Trim:  Luster Trim - metallic or pink color over glazed porcelain.  Retrieved from:  http://www.dollreference.com/doll_terminology_glossary.html

On Pinterest, see the following pins:

eBay

$135.28 Out of stock RARE Pink Tint Center Part 6 Hole Lustre Antique Covered Wagon China Head Doll. Retrieved from

 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/456130268485413154/

Pink Lustre China Dolls. Retrieved from:  https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=pink%20lustre%20china%20dolls&rs=remove&term_meta[]=pink|typed&term_meta[]=lustre|typed&term_meta[]=china|typed&term_meta[]=dolls|typed&remove_refine=head|typed

Lusters, china paints, and overglazes.  Retrieved from http://pottery.about.com/od/overglazes/tp/lusterover.htm

I have seen this term used in reference to dolls in many other books, but noted authors and authorities who were scholars and collectors in their fields, not just merchants.

Miss Turner felt the need to slander and attack me, and she didn't let go.   So, I'm responding.  Once again, I stand by my sources.