Antique DOLL Collector April 2015 Vol. 18, No. 3
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Spectacular 30” Rarest Portrait Poupee ~ Come along with me and take a peek into the year 1867 Paris, France. Pierre Francoise Jumeau had a dream... a dream to exhibit 20 statuesque Fashion Poupees depicting different ensembles for different aspects of a woman’s toilette... He was determined to create a doll with such impressive beauty and regal bearing that she would captivate and enthrall the attendees. This beauty has the look of aristocracy, having finely modeled lids, superbly sculpted features including an aquiline nose and pronounced attention to her shapely lips. Her long neck gives her grace. Clad in an antique silk made dress of plum with leaf green accents and matching chapeau with ostrich plumes, one cannot discern the amazing and exceedingly rare body beneath. Covered in a tightly knit twill-type fabric over articulated wood, she has incredibly articulated fingers and feet. Each finger and thumb is jointed just like a human hand and her toes also bend as well. She can hold the stem of a flower, her gloves or a book just as you or I would. Our lady comes with a bit of provenance having been the proud jewel of a single collector for upwards of 50 years. If you have longed for a doll that is like none other; this rare beauty may be for you... Please call for pricing and additional details.
See Beautiful Bebes: March 29th - New Harmony, Indiana, New Harmony Convention Center April 18-19th - Embassy Suites, Burlingame, CA (near San Francisco) May 9th - Shoreline Community Center, WA - Seattle Doll & Toy Club Show and Sale Stellar 28” Early Bru Fashion on Wood Body c. 1867 ~ Fabulous doesn’t begin to describe this serene beauty. Her presence is truly stunning. This gorgeous Poupee has huge blue threaded eyes set in pristine creamy bisque. Everything about this beauty is bewitching, from her contemplative expression to her exquisite articulated wood body with articulated waist, wrists and ankles. Mademoiselle comes ‘sans apparel’ and awaits your discerning eye to find just the right gown to match her gentle demeanor. It is quite possible this lovely was created for the Paris Exposition, so regal is her stature. Marked L (Undergarments included; not shown.) ~$12,500
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WHAT HENRY DID NEXT HENRY VICHY (1866 – 1950)
by Christian Bailly The leading expert on automata sheds light on the personal life of this talented artist and innovator.
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EARLY BÉCASSINE DOLLS AND COLLECTIBLES FROM THE PRE-WWII ERA
by Samy Odin 110 years after her first appearance, Bécassine remains a perennial favorite.
Christian Bailly, the author of the foremost book on automata, “Automata, the Golden Age,” shares knowledge gleaned from archival research and family history to learn of Henry Vichy’s life. The maker of many of the most celebrated automata of the belle époque, Vichy’s lasting legacy can be seen in the humor and grace of his inventions. Photo Courtesy Auction Team Breker
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A SPECIAL ENGLISH TOWN HOUSE
by Elizabeth Bentley Hamilton An 1880’s town house boasts charming Kate Greenaway-style wall coverings.
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UNDERAPPRECIATED CLOTH DOLLS
by Margo Delaughter Rarity and affordability makes these dolls well worth the hunt.
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MON PLAISIR… ON THE TLC GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR
by Donna C. Kaonis 82 delightful miniature rooms created in the early eighteenth century are a cameo of social history at the time.
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1) 19” Heubach ‘Dainty Dorothy’ – sgnd. doll for Sear’s Roebuck in the original box & lid with gold label, plus the address label & stamps to the original owner! $ 495
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2) 11” Scarce Kestner 174 – Factory hip length wig, plaster pate, sweet orig. clothes, (not shown) and fabulous little fully jtd. mint Kestner body. A Cabinet gem! $595. Mint Easter Heubachs: Signed ‘Bunny Bunny Child’, arms out w/ egg behind! $350; Seated Baby w/ factory Painted Egg on his lap! $250 3) 22” ‘Happy Smiler’ – scarce C.O.D. Baby w/ wobble tongue, big eyes, orig. wig, mint period dress plus the rare chubby Dressel body w/ its special hands! (inquire) $445. 9” Steiff Rabbit w.. button, & swivel neck. $110
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4 & 6) Animal lovers! Pretty Kitty and Dandy Doggie – 10” Paper Dolls in their original 15” envelopes filled w/ complete costumes, hats and playthings, brilliant colors and lots of charm! Rare! $595 the pair.
5) Factory Original K*R 131 Googly – Perhaps the hardest of all goggles to find, it is the only one produced by K*R and in very few numbers! This even more unusual & rare 12” size is all original from its perfectly amazing ringlet wig to leather shoes and boasting the High Knee Fully Jtd. Toddler Body– all in mint condition! Can there be another like it? $8250
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4 & 6) Fabulous colorful graphics worthy of framing.
9) 24” Mint K*R Celluloid – with factory wig & composition K*R body. This bouncing big blue glass eyed 128 dreamboat is a beautiful prize in the lovely original clothes! So perfect & so rare in this size! $695
7) 17” French Raynal Child– cheerful brilliant coloring in cunning Deco outfit w/ matching shoes and pretty blush! Saucey! $495 8 7
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8) 16” Art Movement Character – from the Munich Art Doll Era – in the tradition of K*R and C.O.D. characters. This choice museum quality example, rich in facial detail & color boasts a splendid ornate Factory Dress w/ complete layers and quality loose ball body. Looking for the unusual? $1795
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10) 17” Unusual ‘Side Part’ Chase – You have to love this Patsy like period piece so engaging with her lovely coloring, shoe button eyes and original period clothes & shoes. $650 11) 11” All Pink Frozen Charlie – Here’s one you rarely see – What a different face, great matte finish body and in a convenient friendly size too! $495 12) 23” 1850’s Darrow ‘Rawhide’ Doll – American made pressed & painted shoulder head beauty with the original homemade fabric body and button front clothes and boots! Important Americana – you know who you are! $1100
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13) Rare Glass Eye ‘107’ A.B.G. – comparisons to Simon Halbig are inevitable and valid in the expression of this early number model, a sublime beauty with mld. comb and decorated collar, original fabric body and leather arms. Important! $1595
14) 22” Brown Hair Damenkoph China – 1840s pressed china w. rich pink tint matte finish, winged panels and coiled bun high in back in a deep brown color, lovely long glazed arms, elegant vintage silk gowns, a masterwork! $2500
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15) 21” Attic Original ‘Philadelphia Baby’ – so named for the J.B.Sheppard department store for which it was designed ca:1900, with brown eyes, the usual but gentle wear, clean with loving aspect and quaint period clothes. $895
16) Stunning 15” Gbr. Heubach Figurines – What a pair! Perfectly pastoral. The innocence of youth and the hopefulness of Spring in a profound coupling of artistic sculpture and Victorian sentiment… so lucky to still be together. Magnificent! $1200
17) Early Bobbed Hair Chase – quite the ‘Little Miss’ with her richly stippled golden hair, storybook blue eyes with radiant lashes, original paint, bright color, clearly signed sateen covered body w. excellent condition. A love! $895
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18) 18” Rare Glass Eye China ‘Fashion’ – quite the lady with watery glaze, 2-tone smile, unusual open crown w/antique wig, paperweight eyes, her lovely glazed arms, wasp waist fabric fashion body stunningly attired in vintage voile 2-part gown and antique leather heeled boots – a show stopper! $3000
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19) 19” 1850’s Brown Eye China – a hallmark china model with her painted lower lashes only, translucent glaze, knowing expression, original clothes with glazed arms and early flat sole boots, so serene in her antique soft green dress A treasure. $950
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21) 7” Easter Candy Container – Perfect poured wax head w/PW eyes lifts out to access the interior of the papier mache egg, a delightful accessory ‘as found’. $145
20) ‘Marissa’ – 19” Halbig Type Mariner – Big Victorian PW eyes, lovely full closed mouth, unusual facial contours, perfect bisque fingers, french human hair wig, lovely antique under layers, and ‘owner’s note’ in hem too! $750 25) 15” Elusive Bebe Schmitt – sensuous modeling set the stage for her glimmering hazel paperweight eyes w/ shaded eyelids, soft brows and uniquely luxurious expression and luscious closed mouth, all framed by her abundant mint antique wig, wearing a magnificent ensemble with the original gauntlet wrist loose ball body signed w/ the coveted black ink Schmitt mark on its flat underside. An important acquisition! $12,000
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22) 12” Unusual Closed Mouth Kestner – What a face! Original plaster pate and mohair wig, PW eyes, early brows, early kid body, a jewel of a doll! $450 23) Choice 1880’s ‘B.P.’ Belton – the precious 13” 200 Series gem w/ snow pure bisque, blue PW eyes, closed mouth, the 8-ball stiff wrist body, mohair wig and exquisite welted couture ensemble w/ leather shoes. A cabinet treasure. $1495
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26) A Cherubic 17” Hilda ‘237’ Toddler – only every so often does a Hilda have a face like this one with such lyric modeling, pleading puppy dog eyes, tender mouth and eggshell delicate bisque – plus orig. pate & wig, and stiff wrist tubby tummy body! The one! $2250
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27) All Original 7.5” AM 200 Googly – people just love this hard to find model and its no wonder why! Plus, this one has the factory wig, belted ‘all-in-one’ romper and leather shoes! $1200
28) Elusive Glass Eye 17” ‘Gretchen’ – The K*R 114 is an important doll, but this one is actually very rare with glass eyes and the special K*R body that goes with it ! Her full closed mouth pout, square dimpled jaw and the tiny lashes unique to these characters. She is so crisp in her soft wool nautical ensemble and original leather shoes! A winning doll! $4500
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19” J.D.K. 241 character child. A desirable character on her original pink marked Kestner body dressed in antique clothing with her original tosca colored mohair wig. $2100
14” F.G. child on her original kid body with bisque arms. Marked on the rear of the head F. 2/0 G. her bisque is soft and even without any flaws! The kid body is clean and strong and still in the standing upright position. Clothing is antique and possibly original to the doll? $5500 29” Wooden Milk Wagon manufactured by the American Toy Company, circa 1920`s. This company, at times, also produced various toy items for the Schoenhut Company. All original paint and overall in very fine condition, the horses have some shelf dust/wear to their cloth covered bodies but not objectionable. $950
24” Black Smoking Dude by Lambert. The bisque head is unmarked yet quite the character styled face possibly by Jumeau. In all original condition with some deterioration to the clothing. The mechanism has been professionally attended to and is in operational condition. $5500 21” School Boy with Dunce Hat by Vichy. A great automaton with wonderful action! When activated the boy kicks his one foot, his head turns, arms raise and lower and his “donkey ears” flutter about. $4750
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21” E. 9 J. Jumeau Bebe, blue p/w eyes w/early mauve blush under brows, immaculate pale bisque, beautifully modeled applied ears, orig. head coil intact, ant. mohair wig & orig. cork pate, wears a well preserved Fr. ant. ornate pink silk & lace dress, gorgeous Fr. ant. hat, orig. undies, orig. “signed” EJ shoes & Jumeau socks, on orig. chunky fully “signed” early 8 ball str. wrist Jumeau body. The EJ of your dreams!! GORGEOUS!!! Tremendous presence!! Only....$11,500.
10” Kestner “Hilda” Baby #237, perfect bisque, sleep eyes, orig. mohair wig & pate. Factory orig. romper & lace & ribbon bonnet. Fully marked & incised “Hilda”, on orig. JDK baby body. Smallest size & the most ADORABLE EVER!!! $2800. 13” Steiner Figure C Bebe, gorgeous p/w eyes w/early mauve blush under brows, mint pale bisque, orig. mohair wig & pate, wears FACTORY orig. silk & lace dress, orig. undies, socks, orig. silk & lace hat & ant. Fr. shoes. On orig. early str. wrist Steiner body w/earliest Cadeus mark. ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!!!! $6775. 6.5” All Bisque Grace Putnam Bye Lo Baby, sl. eyes, perfect eye wax, perfect pale bisque, “swivel neck”, wears orig. organdy & lace dress w/orig. full matching undies, I have added a darling ant. bonnet (not shown), on orig. “signed” perfect all bisque bent limb baby body, fully “marked” on back, great large size. Too cute for words!! $1175.
7-1/2” S & H “All Bisque”, gorgeous pale bisque, sl. eyes, “swivel neck”, orig. long mohair wig & orig. pate, darling ant. batiste dress, orig. pantaloons & fabulous ant. Fr. silk & lace hat. On orig. early peg strung all bisque body w/rare peach stockings & multi strap bootines. OUTSTANDING!!! $2975.
8 1/2” Kestner #102 “Wrester” All Bisque, mint bisque overall, “swivel neck”, p/w eyes w/early mauve blush under brows, orig. mohair wig & pate. Wears orig. dotted Swiss batiste dress, orig. bonnet & orig. undies. Has desirable gold multi strap boots, 3 sq. cut teeth, on orig. perfect Kestner early peg strung all bisque body. STUNNING!!! $4350. 4” Kestner All Bisque Pouty, mint pale bisque overall, “swivel neck”, glass eyes, orig. long mohair wig, orig. lacy dress w/silk ribbons, orig. undies & darling little hat. Has multi-strap bootines, a pouty mouth & early peg strung. BEAUTIFUL early teeny all bisque & the first in this teeny size I have seen w/multi strap bootines. Too ADORABLE!! $1975.
RARE Genuine Antique Marklin Porta Crib, measures 5.5” in length, 3” width, 4.5 high at head & 4” high at end, both sides go up & down, baby & ant. quilt included & org. mattress. In great condition! Off white & gold leaf decoration. Fabulous accessory. $2100.
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13” RARE Tete Jumeau Bebe with Keywind Sleep Eyes, mint pale bisque, glass sl. eyes, orig. mohair wig w/wraparound braid & orig. pate, wears fabulous ant. Fr. silk & lace dress & Fr. ant. silk hat, orig. undies “signed” orig. Jumeau shoes & orig. “signed” Jumeau body. Tremendous presence w/ very rare eye mechanism with key in back of her fully “signed” head. AMAZING rare Bebe and GORGEOUS!!! Only....$5700.
Black Dolls at the Mingei International Museum
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rom the collection of Deborah Neff, San Diego’s Mingei presents presents an exhibition of over 100 unique handmade African-American dolls made between 1850 and 1940. Faithful yet stylized representations of young and old African Americans, the dolls portray playful boys and girls, finely dressed gentlemen and elegant young ladies, distinguished older men and stately, determined women of mature years. The dolls are believed to have been created by African Americans for children that they knew – members of their own families and communities as well as white children in their charge. BLACK DOLLS also includes rare nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs of dolls, clutched by their young owners, or posed alone; these provide a fascinating yet somewhat mysterious context for these handmade and cherished companions.
What Henry Did Next… Henry Vichy (1866 – 1950) by Christian Bailly
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ince the publication of Automata, the Golden Age in 1987, I have been asked by many collectors about the life of Henry Vichy in America. Henry Désiré Vichy, sculptor, artist, musician, romantic, was the heir apparent of a prestigious family firm at the forefront of the automata industry in Paris when he decided to embark on his mysterious voyage to New York in 1896. Little has been known of Vichy’s life in America or of his activities after returning to Europe. Archival research and the family history recounted by Vichy’s great-grandson, Daniel Donada, now throws more light on the narrative. Henry Désiré Vichy was born on December 20, 1866. Family photographs portray him as a vivacious personality, always at the centre of the group, playing cards or posing with his wife and three children. Henry Vichy’s marriage to Jeanne Marie Eugénie Brechet took place on February 23, 1890, during the period when father and son were working together in the family business. The year 1893 was a proud one for the firm; Gustave Vichy became President of the Chambre Syndicale des Fabricants de Jouets et Jeux while Henry, now sharing directorial responsibilities, exhibited with his father as Messieurs Vichy, G. & H. at the Chicago Exhibition. Company documentation from this period show the family firm at its peak, the recipient of four gold medals, producing automata with multiple figures, smokers of all sizes and advertising automata that could be adapted to suit any industry. The firm founded in 1864 had found its successor in Henry Vichy. Automata produced with Henry’s collaboration are characterised by their graceful modeling and sense of the fantastic (Figure 1 and 2). He was not only an artist, but also an innovator. On January 29, 1895 Henry Vichy and the engineers Charles Assi and L. Genès of 6 rue du Hâvre, Paris, submitted a Brevet d’Invention for a new “système de commande des mouvements des automates” with a principal and an auxiliary motor that ran at different speeds to create both continuous and intermittent motions.
Figure 1: “Pearl Fisher”, Gustave & Henry Vichy, c. 1895. Courtesy Auction Team Breker. Figure 2: “Equilibriste No. 1”, Vichy / Triboulet, c. 1900. Courtesy the House of Automata.
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Figure 4: “Soldat au Clarion” with Lioret phonograph mechanism, Gustave & Henry Vichy, c. 1895. Courtesy Auction Team Breker.
Figure 3: Catalogue of Gustav Uhlig, c. 1890. Uhlig of Halle, Sachsen, advertised as a supplier and manufacturer of mechanical novelties, amongst them several automata recognizably by Vichy.
Figure 5: Interior mechanism of “Soldat au Clarion”.
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Figure 6: Tune-card for automaton with Lioret phonograph, c. 1895. Courtesy Auction Team Breker.
and pierrot serenading the moon from a well, based on the French nursery rhyme “le Puits qui Parle” (Figure 3). The wax cylinder, activated by the same clockwork mechanism as the figure, was synchronised to play during appropriate parts of the sequence (Figures 4 and 5). Phonograph automata that played songs were originally supplied with the accompanying words inscribed on a tune-card that also bore Henry Vichy’s trademark and initials (Figure 6).
Figure 8: “Dahoméen Clown”, c. 1895. Courtesy Galerie de Chartres.
Figure 7: Vichy interior paper label. Courtesy the House of Automata.
Henry Vichy’s trademark on the firm’s keys and letterheads was the face of the full moon from the “Fin de Siecle” smoking automaton (Figure 7). A sculptor by trade, it is likely that this piece, among others, was modelled by Henry himself. Henry’s inspiration drew richly from the world of the cabaret, opera and circus. Indeed, the characteristic humour and grace of several of the most celebrated automata of the belle époque, including the “Dahoméen Clown” (Figure 8) and “Sonnette de l’Entracte”, may be attributed to Henry Vichy by the presence of his paper label inside the body or base. The latter piece is described at some length in Les Jouets, Histoire-Fabrication by Léo Claretie, 1893. “This famous clown attracted great crowds. Children were on their best behavior when they were promised a visit to see him, and indeed he was well worth the trouble, for he had a most pleasing appearance. Auguste is seated on a white stool, his left leg folded under his right knee, and he plays the guitar. His wrist moves feverishly, his head inclines with emotion, con amore; he rolls his languorous eyes, and gives all the signs of an artistic soul captivated by the melodious chords of his music. After a pause, there begins an adagio, majestic and slow … the sound becomes fainter, languishes; the head of the artist droops, the eyes blink sleepily...the arm again falls inert, the music stops, the clown sleeps. Suddenly a bell resounds and rouses him, his fingers begin again to strum the strings furiously in shame over his drowsiness; his face begins to smile again with the delight of the enraptured amateur, the piece recommences with a new ardor, until the next spell of sleepiness from which the next sounding of the bell will waken him.” (Figure 9) At the most promising point in his career, Henry Vichy left France and embarked on a sea voyage for America. What could have been the reason? The most likely is that Vichy, inspired by his success at the Chicago Exhibition,
Figure 9: “Sonnette de l’Entracte”, Gustave & Henry Vichy, c. 1890.
wanted to expand the family firm’s activities in America. We know that he left le Hâvre on la Gascogne in January 1896 and arrived in New York on February 10, 1896. He returned to France in May 1896. The prospect of doing business in America must have appeared favorable, for he made a second trip to New York on August 31, 1896 on board la Bourgogne. Jeanne Bréchet-Vichy and the couple’s three children joined Henry in September 1898. Henry initially busied himself with the attempts to establish an American branch of the firm. However, his efforts were unsuccessful and, as Donada recounts, Henry was living in New Jersey and earning his money as a violinist accompanying early silent motion-picture films, an experience which was to provide an important counterpoint in a later stage of his career. Located in West Orange, New Jersey, during the same period was the first commercial motion-picture studio in America. Thomas Alva Edison established the Kinetographic Theatre in 1893 to produce short films for his ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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newly invented Kinetoscope. Described as a building with a “weird and semi-nautical appearance”, a contemporary visitor to the Kinetographic Theatre (known to its employees as the “Black Maria” thanks to its construction of tar-paper) recalled seeing wrestlers, pantomimists, dancers, musicians and jugglers, “dramatis personae...recruited from every characteristic section of social, artistic and industrial life”. 1 Among the performers captured on film were Annabelle Whitford’s butterfly dance, “Caicedo, King of Rope Dancers” and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. William (Buffalo Bill) Cody himself had been depicted in mechanical form by the Vichy firm some years earlier (Figure 10). Production at the Black Maria ceased when Edison re-located his studio to more permanent quarters in New York City in 1901. A Vichy family photograph taken in New Jersey in around 1898 shows Henry, dressed in painter’s overalls, Jeanne and two of their children in the doorway of a clapboard house (Figure 11). The everyday photograph, possibly commemorating the family’s move into a new home, is
Figure 11: Henry and Jean Vichy, New Jersey, c. 1898.
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revealing: Henry at the forefront, his pose characteristically flamboyant, the son in a miniature version of his father’s overalls, Jeanne somber, appearing to look past the photographer. Perhaps the strain of living in an unfamiliar land was taking its toll, as at some point a serious quarrel must have taken place between Henry and Jeanne-Brechet Vichy, leading Gustave Vichy to travel to America in 1900 in order to escort his daughter-in-law and grandchildren back to France. Henry followed alone several months later. It is to be assumed that Henry and Jeanne Brechet-Vichy had effectively separated by this point, and that their separate returns from America represented a definitive breakdown of the marriage. Coupled with the failure of the American enterprise, his son’s nonchalant attitude to married life must have sorely tried the already strained relations between father and son. Vichy senior, who took his daughter-in-law’s side in the separation, continued to support her and his grandchildren after their return to France. The names of the witnesses to the divorce proceedings between Henry and Jeanne Brechet-Vichy on July 6, 1904 are significant in all being employees at the Vichy factory: Auguste Triboulet (born 1865), mécanicien, of 15 St. Mandé Avenue, Quinout, employed since 1890; Lucie Gosse (born 1876), married, couturier, of 71 Avenue Gambetta, employed since 1888; David Louis Ulysse Hubert (born 1877), décorateur, of 41 Boulevard de la Villette, employed since 1889. Auguste Triboulet’s ascendancy as the new heir apparent may have begun as early as Henry’s first journey to New York in 1896. An interesting feature of certain Vichy automata produced during this period is the use of Henry Vichy’s cards to shape the inner sleeves of the figures. The most probable reason for this is that the couturier simply used the nearest waste paper to hand, however another possible interpretation is that the firm was using up old “The Life and Inventions of Thomas A. Edison”, W.K.L. and Antonia Dickson, pubd. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (1894), pp. 313, 316. 1
Figure 12: Gustave Vichy’s death certificate, 1904.
advertising material which still bore the initials of father and son on the letterhead. What is more certain is that Henry’s collaboration effectively ended with his departure, and by the time of the prodigal son’s return in 1900, his participation had ceased completely. It had been Gustave Vichy’s intention to pass on the family firm to his son, however as a consequence of the changed situation, he did not retire but continued running the firm until his death, at the age of 65, less than a month after his son’s divorce, on August 5, 1904. His death certificate, witnessed by Henry Vichy and Auguste Triboulet, records the time and place of death at 3:00 p.m. at 36 Rue de Montmorency (Figure 12). The following year, Gustave’s widow sold the firm to Auguste Triboulet for 20,000 francs. By the early years of the 20th century, Henry Vichy was working as a sculptor and had settled in the Courbevoies district in the West of Paris. There he met Jeanne Henriette
Figure 13: Henry Vichy & Jean Prouzergues, Paris, 1921.
Georgette Prouzergues, sans profession, who had been born in the 5th Arrondisement of Paris on June 14, 1877, to Jean Baptiste Prouzergues and Francoise Meda. The couple were living at 61 Rue Victor Hugo in Courbevoies when their first daughter, Linda Vichy, was born on October 20, 1906 (Figure 13). Two more daughters, Betty and Germaine (the youngest), followed. A photograph from 1917 shows Jeanne and her daughters posed outside a porte de cour, presumably in the Rue Victor Hugo (Figure 14). Later the family moved to Nice, where Henry was employed as a sculptor and decorator at the Victorine studios. Established in 1919, the Victorine was the largest film studio in the South of France, a sometime rival to Hollywood and host to luminaries such as Jeanne Moreau, Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall and the director David Lean. With an atmosphere of glamour and intrigue, it is easy to see why the work would have appealed to Henry’s sense of the dramatic. It is interesting to note how frequently the
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Figure 15: Georges Méliès, “A Voyage dans la Lune”, 1902.
spheres of automata and early cinema touched. In 1902, the director Georges Méliès produced “A Voyage dans la Lune” which features as its centrepiece a personified full-moon reminiscent of several Vichy automata (Figure 15), most notably Henry’s trademark, the “Lune Fin de Siècle” (Figure 16). Also employed at the Victorine was the Italian sculptor Torquato Louis Donada, born in Rivolta in 1899. Donada was introduced to the family and, on September 22, 1928, married twenty-two year-old Linda Vichy. The marriage certificate shows Linda still as resident with her parents at 119 Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Georges Michot, horloger, and Albert lbert Selirrer, sculptor, were witnesses at the wedding, at which Henry Vichy and Jeanne Prouzergues were also present. Photographs of Henry in late middle-age show the same liveliness and energy present in his youth. Here he is pictured in front of his atelier in June 1931 (Figure 17). What prompted Henry Vichy and Jeanne Prouzergue’s decision not to marry, an unconventional choice at the time? The couple finally married on November 5, 1940 and their wedding certificate, bearing Henry Vichy’s characteristically bold signature, lists Henry as a sculpteur and Jeanne as couturier. At the time of his second marriage, Henry Vichy was 73 and Jeanne was 63. They were living at 11 Avenue Fremont in Nice and Gilda Vichy, coiffeuse, was a witness at the ceremony. After the outbreak of war, the Vichy family history becomes less clear. During the Occupation, Henry, the second Jeanne Vichy and their two younger daughters resided in the Rue de Paris in Tunisia, where Henry’s talents as a sculptor led to employment as a modeller and restorer at the Musée National de Bardo. After the Liberation and the family’s return to Europe in 1945, Henry and his wife resided with their daughter and son-in-law at the rue d’Auteuil. Henry Desiré Vichy remained active well into old-age, presumably working alongside his son-in-law, including set-building and decoration at the Studios de Bolougne, which had been founded by the producer Léo Joannon in 1941. One of the last surviving photographs of Henry Vichy, dated from March 1950, shows him at the kitchen window of 36 rue d’Auteuil in Paris (Figure 18). He died of prostate cancer in 1950 at the Hospital Cremlin Biset on the outskirts of Paris.
Figure 16: “Lune Fin de Siècle”, Gustave & Henry Vichy, circa 1895. Private collection.
Photographs courtesy of the Donada family, Galerie de Chartres, Michael and Maria Start at the House of Automata and Auction Team Breker of Cologne, Germany.
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Figure 18: Henry Vichy, Paris, 1950.
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Early Bécassine Dolls and Collectibles from the Pre-WWII Era by Samy Odin
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écassine, what a strange character she is! Yet, how strong it is to still capture our imagination 110 years after her initial appearance in the pages of the first issue of La Semaine de Suzette, on February 2nd 1905. Strong it needed to be to last, since Bécassine had not been planned! It simply “happened” to fill a missing page of this new magazine that was launched by Parisian publisher Henri Gautier the same year France voted to separate Church and State. Henri Gautier was the successor of the Blériot Publishing Company, traditionally involved in the publication of
Bécassine makes her first appearance in 1905.
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newspapers of catholic obedience such as L’Ouvrier or Les Veillées des Chaumières. In order to educate children in the values of Catholicism, La Semaine de Suzette developed a strategy that was to be extremely successful: it combined edifying novels with distracting pages, games, domestic advises AND doll related activities all focused on the “Queen of the party”: Bleuette. Young readers of the weekly journal were intrigued by this provincial housemaid named Bécassine. The name says it all: in French the bird named “bécasse” (woodcock) is known to be easily frightened and it tends to act silly when chased, making it easy prey. This explains why the term “bécasse” is also a synonym for “silly”, as in English you would say that someone is silly as a goose. Bécassine appears in 1905 as the proper incarnation of a girl who comes from a provincial village to serve into a middle or upper class household, a common occurrence at that time. Bécassine serves Madame de Grand Air in what looks like a typical old aristocracy “Hotel particulier” on the left bank of the Seine. Now, looking at this first story, one can notice that no mention of Brittany is in the text, or in the drawings. The very first scene represents Bécassine walking away from her familiar landscape. Does that look like Brittany? It doesn’t. Joseph Porphyre Pinchon, who sketched this first Bécassine story, was born and raised in Amiens. He then naturally drew the landscape behind his character getting inspiration from his native region, called Picardie. Notice the windmill in the far back and the horizon line, much closer to the northern coast than to the Atlantic one. The readers needed to wait until 1913 to discover that the new writer of Bécassine’s adventures, Maurice Languereau, alias Caumery, re-imagined the past of this endearing character by locating Clocher-les-Bécasses, Bécassine’s original village, not in Picardie but in Brittany. In spite of this slight controversy about Bécassine’s origin, what is important is the contrast of a cosmopolitan city like Paris to a character that comes from a provincial culture. Most of the comic dimension of the Bécassine’s stories is based on the difference between urban and country cultures. The language nuances differ, the behavior as well and the philosophy in life, especially, creates hysterical situations where Bécassine develops into a true novel hero.
The Gallais company made this early version of Bécassine, based on the sketches by Raymond de la Nézière and not on Pinchon’s version. (collection of Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol) This are the sketches of Bécassine by Raymond de la Nézière, published in the other summer publication by Henri Gautier: Les Vacances de Suzette.
Bécassine didn’t go unnoticed on that first issue of La Semaine de Suzette, yet the readers had to wait a few months, until July 6th, to see this hilarious maid come back in a little story called “Le livre d’or de Bécassine”, where she keeps getting in trouble for misunderstanding what her mistress tells her. This is basically what kept Bécassine going for as long as Jacqueline Rivière, the famous Tante Jacqueline, who was then directing the magazine, wrote her stories, illustrated mainly by Pinchon. In fact, another illustrator also sketched Bécassine for a summer publication that Henri Gautier suggested to the readers of La Semaine de Suzette. His name was Raymond de la Nézière. He illustrated Les Vacances de Suzette between 1909 and 1914. In its pages, Bécassine plays a constant role, not so much as a leading character for stories but as a leitmotif, appearing here and there, in a garland, in a charade and sometimes as a short stories character. The way Raymond de la Nézière drew Bécassine was different from Pinchon’s. Bécassine looked slimmer and much more caricature-like, which explains why she is often designed with a tiny mouth, which Pinchon, in his genial treatment of the character, only did occasionally. The oldest doll representing Bécassine, presently on display at Musée de la Poupée-Paris, was made by the Gallais company using a type of poured composition, based on casein, called “pryalythe” or “pryalytine”. Gallais
Bécassine breaks the plates from an ad of the period.
Fernand Martin introduced this delightful tin toy in 1914. (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection) ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Left: First unbreakable Bécassine from WWI era (Odin collection-Musée de la Poupée-Paris) Below: Plaster figurines from WWI era (Hélène and Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
was known at the beginning of the 20th century for making dolls based on famous illustrator’s designs, such as Hansi’s Alsatian characters Yerry & Gretel, Willette’s Pierrot, Colombine and Pierrette and Raymond de la Nézière’s version of Bécassine, that sports… a smiling mouth! In 1914, the genial French mechanical toy maker Fernand Martin presented at the Concours Lépine an irresistible tin toy called “Bécassine casseuse d’assiettes” (“Bécassine, the Plate-Breaker”), re-issued in 1928 by Martin’s successor, Victor Bonnet, with a variation in the color scheme and sold under a new brand name “Madelon”.
Left to right: Cloth Bécassine by Ateliers Artistiques Polonais (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection) Swinging paper-maché Bécassine from the WWI era (Odin collection-Musée de la Poupée-Paris) Wooden Bécassine made by the soldiers injured during WWI. (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
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Bécassine by SFBJ (Odin collection-Musée de la Poupée-Paris) Bécassine by SFBJ, earlier version (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
WWI was rich in representations of Bécassine as a plaything. Of course, the four stories that brought Bécassine into the action of the war years were extremely successful, which explains her rising popularity among the young readers of La Semaine de Suzette. Most of the toys and figures made during that period are made of composition, plaster or wood. This articulated doll shown above, from the author’s collection, has not been identified yet. It is precisely dated from the war years, from its private provenance, but no name of a specific maker can be deduced at this point. Painted with very expressive features, this endearing doll also has a mouth but looks more closely to Pinchon’s drawings than to de la Nézière’s. All of the plaster figures shown here not only look like Bécassine in the facial features but also in the body attributes. Note that all but one bears a tiny mouth. The most hysterical representation of Bécassine during the first world war conflict came from the Ateliers Artistiques Polonais. Stefania Lazarska certainly was masterful in capturing the expression of a character and this is no exception. Swaying dangerously on a metal spring that extends from her feet to her head, this paper-maché Bécassine from the late teens put too much enthusiasm in bobbing
around and ended up bumping her nose. Wounded soldiers who came home during the conflict often had the possibility of developing new skills compatible with their handicaps by joining the “Ecoles de mutilés de Guerre,” schools that arose all over the country as early as 1916. This wooden Bécassine bank comes from one of these workshops. Among the most coveted Bécassine “collectibles” are the dolls made by the SFBJ. They were made with a compo head with painted features and a fully articulated body similar to the classic one used for other play dolls of the same company. The first ones appeared in the Printemps Étrennes catalogues during the early 1920s. The head has fantastic modeling that perfectly reflects Bécassine’s personality. It was sold by this department store with explicit mention of La Semaine de Suzette, what leads the author to think this product was made with the benediction of Gautier-Languereau. Yet, no ad for these dolls ever was published in La Semaine de Suzette, probably because it was a luxury toy which sold for a much higher price than Bleuette herself. The older specimen by the SFBJ had a paler complexion and a thinner oval face while those from the end of the decade had a rounder face, rosier complexion and thicker eyebrows. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Bécassine by SFBJ (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
In the same Étrennes catalogues another Bécassine doll was mentioned, made entirely of cloth, that is extremely scarce today. It is the very first all cloth Bécassine ever made and it also dates from the early 1920s. Alas, the author was not able to determine which French company made it, but the fact that this doll was mentioned in the very same ads pertaining to the SFBJ articulated doll, makes it plausible that it also came from the SFBJ factory. 32
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Bécassine by SFBJ (later version) (Odin collection-Musée de la Poupée-Paris)
First cloth Bécassine doll sold by la Samaritaine between the two world wars (Odin collectionMusée de la Poupée-Paris)
Metal articulated Bécassine by Bucherer.
In Switzerland, the Bucherer company made a version of a fully articulated metal Bécassine with compo head and limbs, which was exported to the US by the Kimport company during the second half of the 1920s. An exceptional Bécassine from the thirties reminds us of the Picardie origins of this character. The Cabotans are street marionettes moved with strings and very popular in the city of Amiens. In a recent discussion with French historian Bernard Lehembre I discovered that even in the cathedral of this beautiful city certain Cabotans are featured as decorative sculptures, including a feminine Picardie peasant that wears a costume very similar to Bécassine’s! Between the two world wars Bécassine had become such a popular character that a myriad of objects was inspired by her personality. It is the case of this A street marionette known as a Cabotan. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Bécassine with a pinecone skirt. (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
2.5” Wooden homemade Bécassine from the WWI era. (Hélène & Daniel Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
Porcelain jam jar (Bugat-Pujol’s collection)
improbable jam jar where Bécassine is sporting green hair! Or, this figurine whose skirt is made out of a pinecone with the rest of the figure made of painted plaster. Also, this tiny home-made wooden figure arms akimbo and glued-on fabric coiffe. Or, this even funnier “tricotin”, a knitting tool made with paper maché and painted in Bécassine’s traditional color scheme, also with her indispensable accessory, a red umbrella. Before Bécassine was turned into the very official stuffed cloth doll that we all know, made by Reine Dégrais as early as 1949, this irresistible character had already had an early life as a plaything, explaining the dedication of present day collectors who actively hunt for unusual representations of this endearing French figure.
Tricotin made of paper maché from the Bugat-Pujol collection
Acknowledgments: The author wishes to express his gratitude to Hélène and Daniel Bugat-Pujol for sharing their treasures, among many, many others, for the special exhibition “Bécassine dévoile les Trésors de Loulotte” held at Musée de la Poupée-Paris until September 26, 2015. Watch for the bilingual catalogue of the exhibition, available soon at https://boutique. museedelapoupeeparis.com 34
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by Donna C. Kaonis
t would be difficult to pick one favorite stop on the TLC Grand European Tour but if pressed, I would select “Mon Plaisir,” located in Arnstadt, the oldest documented town in Germany. Mon Plaisir is a unique miniature world created by Princess Auguste Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (1666–1751) in her summer residence in Augustenburg and later moved to the Schlossmuseum in Arnstadt.
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Courtesy Schlossmuseum in Arnstadt, Germany
Eighty-two rooms, more than four hundred dolls and countless miniature accessories were created primarily in the 1720’s and 30’s, although as early as 1697 an invoice “for doll’s things” indicates the Princess’s intensions. Until her death in 1751 pieces continued to be added. Princess Dorothea’s goal was to create scenes that one might find in a small Thuringian town, a cameo of social history at the time. The interior room decoration is in Regency style, with miniature baroque-style furniture. Many small ceramic items in “Mon Plaisir” were made in the Dorotheenthal Fayence works, founded in 1715 in Augustenburg. 38
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Courtesy Schlossmuseum in Arnstadt, Germany
What I found so astounding about the small wax figures was their distinct portrait-like quality and the magnificent clothing which appeared as perfect as the day it was made thanks to natural dyes which did not cause deterioration. It is not known who crafted the figurines although it is possible that members of the royal household assisted and that her ladies in waiting played a part in the making of the dolls’ wardrobe. The Princess Dorothea converted to Catholicism in 1715 and recent research suggests that the figurines that relate to the Ursulines came from Ursuline Convent in Erfurt. The princess also collected East Asian and early Meissen porcelain, in fact, it is known that her enthusiasm for collecting caused numerous debt problems. For those who wish to see more and much better photographs, there is an excellent YouTube video available. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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A Special English Town House by Elizabeth Bentley Hamilton
This painted red brick town house ca. 1880, had special meaning to the late Flora Gill Jacobs, and came from Noel Barrett’s auction of her private collection in April of 2014.
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n a trip to D.C. a number of years ago, I visited The Washington Dolls’ House and Toy Museum where it was my pleasure to meet its owner, the late Flora Gill Jacobs. As a new collector of antique dolls’ houses I had much to learn and welcomed the opportunity to be taken on a “teaching tour” of the museum by its founder, who so kindly became my mentor in those early days, generously sharing her knowledge and expertise. It is therefore not surprising that when Noel Barrett’s auction of Flora Gill Jacobs’ private collection was scheduled in April of 2014, I studied the catalog finding the one house
With the exception of the curtains and built-in fireplaces the house had remained empty. Now, when the front panel is unlatched you see a parlor, bedroom and nursery presented with carefully chosen furnishings suited to the period and original wallpapers.
I really wanted and was fortunate to acquire a ca. 1880 English town house with Kate Greenaway-style illustrated wallpapers, in very good condition. In her write-up of this house on page 188 of her last book, The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses, Flora described with delight its charming wall coverings, and told how touched she was to receive it as a special gift from a friend who hand-carried it on the plane from London as a present for her. With its deep bay entranceway, central chimney and gabled roof, this painted red brick town house measuring ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Pale yellow wallpapers with imaginative drawings done in the delightful style of Kate Greenaway illustrations decorate the top and middle floors. These lovely fanciful figures, birds and flowers, make this a charmingly unique house. These two little girls love their story book bedroom! The delicate canopied bed with its pink ribbon bows came from the same auction as the house. The filigree soft metal washstand has its original complete set of accoutrements. The mantle displays a collection of colored glass cats, dogs, even a rabbit, and hanging from the ceiling there is a glass canary in a blue glass cage! The sisters and their dolls came from Joan Majeune of Golden, Co.
One of Flora’s cats gazes with interest as Mother walks toward the prie-Dieu with its red velvet kneeler and arm-rest, to say a little prayer before the carved mother-of-pearl crucifix on the wall above. The rosary with tiny glass beads spilling from its cobalt blue lacquer box, the intricately patterned rug of glass beads and the Biedermeier bed with pronounced gold tracing, were purchased from Susan Singer, the former proprietor of Lucy’s Doll House.
29” high and 15” wide, is otherwise comparable to the Silber and Fleming 3-storey box-backs so popular in their day, all with front-opening facades and central fireplaces. The main floor wallpaper shows an attractive fleur-de-lis pattern, while the walls of the bedroom above and the topfloor nursery are covered in soft yellow papers featuring the most delightful, imaginative story-book type figures dressed in the period and style of “Kate Greenaway”, frolicking in a fairytale garden…all, completely charming. As the house was unfurnished the full enjoyment of these drawings was possible, but with much thought, ever keeping the character of the enchanting wallpapers in mind, I carefully chose a family of dolls and their furnishings to add the dimensions of life and warmth, turning the playground of the dancing figures into a cherished home. To do so was indeed a challenge as the size and placement of furniture was critical, and outside of the carved mother-of-pearl crucifix in the main bedroom, no wall adornments could be hung in the upper rooms. The highly decorative Gerhard Schlke gilt-metal dressing table covered in lace and net, displays perfume bottles and an ormolu hand mirror with brush and comb. Very elegant for its day, both the dressing table with its attached mirror still intact, and the nicely carved prie-Dieu with strips of Dresden gold papers outlining its two areas of padded red velvet are rare pieces from the Private Collection auction. They are pictured on different pages in The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses.
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The only two large pieces used also came from the auction, and are pictured on different pages of The Small World of Antique Dolls’ Houses. Fortunately, both are light and airy in their structure, one being the lace and net covered canopy bed in the nursery, and the other the Gerhard Schlke lace-covered gilt-metal dressing table in the middle-floor bedroom. At first, early peg-woodens were the dolls of choice, but as they distracted from the fanciful images on the walls, certain bisque dolls were chosen instead. The little girl wearing her original crocheted dress and cap seated by her tea set came from the auction of The Washington Dolls’ House and Toy Museum in June of 2004. She had lived for many years on Mrs. Jacobs’ famed “Bliss Street”. Her older sister has a molded ribbon keeping her hairstyle in place. Wearing her original pale pink dress, she is pictured on page 45 of the lovely little book In A Miniature Garden, by Magdalena Byfield, which tells the story of two families of dolls living in a fantasy garden of various artificial flowers and plants, loofah trees, birds and animals, all under a large protective glass case. Considering their individual charm and history, these were certainly the children who would immediately be “at home” in this nursery! Mother, with her wig of mohair piled high atop her head, wearing a necklace of delicate glass beads over her original lace-trimmed dress, and Father, with his dashing mustache and somewhat flamboyant attire, completed the family, along with a cat, a dog, and two canaries. Once the main challenges were met, with time, patience, and the continued help of dealers who have become friends, the rest was easily brought into place. This special town house has now become a home created to recall the wonder of childhood imagination.
The black filigree Simon and Rivollet “penny” table from Paris is just large enough for a vase of flowers and the cup of tea Father is enjoying. A wax canary is content in its ormolu cage near the Biedermeier bookcase. The attractive paisley print recamier sofa with handsome matching chairs and the Kestner sideboard came from Sondra Krueger of Forest Ranch, CA. Because of its perfect size and fit, an American tobacco rug decorates the entranceway to this English residence with the full approval of the family dog.
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17-1/2” Fire C Steiner. Very early Steiner with pale bisque and light blushing. Threaded blue eyes. Eye cuts give this doll a stunning look. Lots of lashes and flyaway brows. Stamped on body Petit Parisian Bebe Steiner. Pierced ears with amethyst drop earrings. Lush blonde curls. A TRULY BEAUTIFUL STEINER. $ 8,175.
18” E 8 J Jumeaux. All orig. Excellent body finish.. Beautiful threaded blue eyes. Deep ruby lips. Blush under brow. CM. orig. cork pate. Head coil intact. Orig long honey blonde French mohair wig. Pierced ears. Straight wrists. Marked Jumeau Medal D›hor on it›s bottom. Wears gorgeous red silk dress. and Jumeaux shoes. Fabulous French presentation hat. Wonderful early French doll. $ 7,900.
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11-1/2” 1488 rare character by Simon and Halbig. Fabulous modeling with tongue between lips. Eight ball jointed body. Nice body finish. Long brunette mohair curls. Mkd. 1488 and Simon and Halbig at back of neck. Wears pink silk dress with silk bow at waist. Lace and flowers down dress. Pink hat that ties under chin with purple flowers and pheasant feathers. A SWEET CHILD. $ 2,650.
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The orig. American Character Tiny Tears with Rock A Bye eyes mint in box. One of the earliest ones. Cries tears and wets. Glass bottle. Clothes pins. sponge, diaper, pacifier, blow pipe, ivory soap, Kleenex, American Character pamphlet. Wears her mint romper that is embroidered Tiny Tears. She also has a mint dress, panties and bonnet and socks. Flannel night robe. She has high color, no fading. Her hair and clothes are spotless. She has no cracks or damage. Wonderful collectable doll. Comes from a non-smoking home. $ 750.
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Underappreciated Cloth Dolls
1. 18” Jane Gray Co. doll in original outfit. The doll’s brunette wig is full and caught in a braid behind her back.
by Margo Delaughter
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here is something about cloth dolls that appeals to both the young child and the adult collector. The child finds a soft easy to handle toy that will not break when dropped or dragged about during play and the adult collector admires the beauty and diversity that can be achieved through the use of various textures and fabrics when designing a doll. Cloth was a commodity that was available to everyone since the time the human race began to wear clothes. Years ago, though, cloth was not abundant enough or inexpensive enough to be wasted on producing toys. I feel sure, however, that even the poorest of mothers could find enough left-over scraps to make a simple doll or toy for her child. The beauty of the doll or toy itself depended on the sewing skills of the mother. No matter how crude the result might be, I feel quite sure that the toy was loved by the child regardless of the mother’s sewing skills and the toy’s appearance. Since most women in the past had some sewing skills, it stands to reason that those who were more gifted would use that talent to make a living for their family. This was acceptable in the male oriented business world both here and abroad. Thus we saw women like Izannah Walker, Martha Chase, Ella Smith, Kathe Kruse and many others who began to produce cloth dolls. Following their success we find other lesser known women entering the field to capitalize on the popularity of cloth dolls. Many formed their own companies or had their dolls and toys made by large companies who were well established. Some companies lasted for only a short period of time while others prospered for many years. This article is written to take a look at several types of cloth dolls that were produced by companies whose names you may or may not recognize. Many of these dolls have simply disappeared while in other cases just a few examples have survived. The simplicity of some of them have relegated them to the status of “common” or “cheap” or “unremarkable” and they have been given low values by collectors. If one studies them more carefully, however, their intrinsic value is in the pleasure they gave to a small child. They take us back to a time when childhood was a warm and safe place and dolly was there to share that warmth or give comfort when things did not go well. A rather charming 18 inch lithographed face girl is shown in photo 1. Her brown mohair wig curls softly around her face and then is drawn back to form a long single braid that hangs down her back. She is wearing her original two piece pink cotton dress that is trimmed with white lace around the collar and sleeves. The outfit is sewn onto the doll and was never made to be removed during play. Her original shoes and underwear were removable and unfortunately lost so they have been replaced. There is a tag on her body that reads: ORIGINAL “KUDDLES” TOYS” Reg. U.S. Pat, Off. By JANE GRAY CO. Inc. N.Y. City. The hands are mitten shaped with stitching to suggest fingers. The feet are pointy with no indication of toes. The arms and legs are loosely stitched to the body to allow for movement. She came to me with a tag around her right wrist which reads: To Judy from Florence Yordy Christmas 1927. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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2. Advertisement for the “Georgia Kuddles” that appeared in the July 1917 magazine PLAYTHINGS.
3. 16”American Art Doll issued by Strobel & Wilkins
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The Jane Gray Co. manufactured dolls in New York City from 1915 through 1929. Jane Stokes applied for and received a patent for an improved rag doll on November 28, 1916. The term Kuddles was used as the company claimed that the dolls are “Stuffed with Kuddles filler (covered by patent) softer and more fluffy than cotton – AND GUARANTEED NEVER TO LUMP OR HARDEN”. According to Linda Edward’s book, CLOTH DOLLS from Ancient to Modern, these dolls had the Jane Gray Co. name stenciled onto them. Since my doll has a body tag instead, it is my opinion that she might have been one of the Sarah Jane Veal of Georgia Georgia Kuddles which were produced by the Jane Gray Co. An advertisement for the Georgia Kuddles appeared in the July 1917 issue of Playthings magazine (Photo 2). The cloth dolls of Kathe Kruse of Germany are well known by doll collectors, but did you know that the United States had its own version of the Kruse dolls? The 16-inch pudgy faced boy shown in photo 3 is one of those dolls. He was made by the American Art Doll Co. which was actually controlled by the Strobel and Wilken Company who were wholesale distributors of a variety of American and German product lines. In 1913, they were the sole distributors of the Kathe Kruse doll, but by 1916 they no longer had this privilege as Kathe Kruse was using Butler Brothers for the sale of her dolls. Why Strobel and Wilken lost the contract with Kathe Kruse is unclear. The company, however, recognized the popularity of the Kruse dolls despite their high price and advertised the American Art Dolls as “replicas of the European article which sells for three or four times the price”. Surely they were referring to the Kathe Kruse dolls in this statement. The dolls vaguely look like the Kruse dolls and their price certainly was much lower, but these dolls were not of the same quality and are rather crude in construction. All the dolls were 16 inches tall and included both girls and boys. The American Art Doll pictured has a cloth covered cardboard two piece head that has one seam that goes across the top of the head from one side of the neck to the other. His ears are molded onto the front construction piece of his head. His painted features have a matte finish. The doll’s hairline is similar to the Kruse “quiff” with the bangs slightly curved onto the forehead. His eyes are blue and lack both eyelashes and eyebrows. His rosebud mouth is colored red as well as the two nose dots. His cloth body is disc-jointed at the shoulders and hips. The hands are mitten shaped with stitched fingers. The feet show no indication of toes and are not hard soled. He is wearing his original pink and white two piece short set with matching hat. The shoes and socks are replacements. I have only seen two of these dolls – this one and another boy identical to him. The dolls were advertised as being “washable” so perhaps that is why we see only a very few. Two seldom seen cloth boys are shown in Photo 4. These dolls were designed by Ida Gutsell and manufactured by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The Gutsell dolls are not commonly known by many collectors and rarely appear for sale. Ida Gutsell was born in Kirkville, New York in 1855. She began designing her dolls in 1888 when she and her husband moved to Ithaca, New York. Her design included a doll and its clothing stamped on a piece of fabric with directions for making the dolls at home. The dolls had a seam down the center of the face and feet that were turned toward the front for a more realistic look. A close-up of the faces show where both the center seam and the different facial painting of each boy are evident. The white boy is 15 ½ inches tall. His facial features appear to be hand drawn. His hair and eyes are brown and he has 2 sets of eyebrows. His nose is flat rather than molded and his mouth is small. The clothes on this boy are removable. The one pictured wears his original red pants with brown trim, dark reddish brown ribbed cotton socks and red and brown leather shoes with brown ties. He originally would have worn a white shirt with red trim and a red jacket with a printed white lace collar and cuffs and gold trim on the side openings of the jacket. His mitten hands show no indication of fingers. The little dark skinned boy is 14 inches tall. Unlike the white boy, his clothes are printed onto his body. His features are much more defined and he has a
4. Ida Gutsell’s boy dolls produced by the Cocheco Manufacturing Co. of Boston, MA. Courtesy of Marilyn Parsons This close-up of the boys shows the facial features of each doll. The darker boy has more defined features than his counterpart.
5. Three Art Fabric Mills dolls of various sizes. Courtesy Marilyn Parsons. This undressed doll (right) shows the common printed undergarments of the Art Fabric Mills dolls.
pointed chin and nose and a nicely formed mouth. A top his brown hair is a light colored beanie type hat. He wears a red and beige shirt with a beige bow-tie, dark brown knee length pants with red stripes and buttons on the side and brown high top button shoes. His hands have delineated fingers with nails. Although both dolls came printed on material for the home seamstress, the dark little Gutsell boy was produced later by the Cocheco Manufacturing Co. of Boston, Massachusetts as stated earlier. It is my belief that the white boy too was produced by Cocheco. The company was established in 1827, but did not produce dolls until 1889. New Haven, Connecticut and New York was the home of the Art Fabric Mills company. The company produced lithographed cloth dolls in sizes ranging from 30 inches down to 6 inches. The dolls, designed by the company’s president Edgar G. Newell, were produced beginning in 1900. The company also made advertising dolls and comic strip characters. One could purchase the dolls directly from the factory, from the distributor Selchow & Righter who took over the company in 1911, through toy stores and also piece goods shops. Most of the dolls are marked either on the bottom of the foot or on the back of the doll’s body. Three sizes of the Art Fabric Mills dolls are shown in photo 5. The dolls’ bodies are printed basically the same. Each doll has a lithographed face with blue eyes and a red bow in their blonde hair. The underwear is white with blue trim and a ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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6. Maude Tousey Fangel print of baby that resembles “Sweets” by the Averill Doll Co.
8. 10” Twinzy Twin girl. Note the markings on the back of the doll. Only the front of the doll is printed.
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7. 10” baby “Sweets” by Averill Doll Co. Courtesy Marilyn Parsons.
blue bow at the neckline. Each doll has red socks and black high button shoes. The undressed doll displays the printed underwear found on all three dolls. The largest of the three is 26 inches tall and has been dressed in white drawers, a red and beige print dress and a white apron. Her hands are nubs with printed fingers. The arms and legs of the dolls are loosely stitched to allow movement. She has no markings, but her underwear is the type used for the Art Mills dolls. The next doll in size is 18 inches tall. Beneath her dress we find the identical printed underwear, shoes and stockings. She wears a white lace trimmed short sleeve dress. Her hands too are nubs, but lack any markings to indicate fingers. The bottom of her right foot is marked “Art Fabric Mills New York”. The third doll is only 7 inches tall and is a size that would easily fit in a small child’s hand. She is wearing a pink and white checked drop belt dress with matching bonnet. Her nub hands do have markings indicating fingers. The Art Fabric Mills dolls were not the most beautiful of dolls, but they most likely were highly loved by their little mothers. These are the dolls that kept a child company during the day and pillowed a little body at night. What more could one ask of a doll! Have you ever looked at a painting of a small child or baby and thought the image would make a darling doll? I know I have and the image shown in photo 6 painted by Maude Tousey Fangel could well be the doll “Sweets” produced by the Averill Manufacturing Company following this artist’s design. Georgene Averill and her husband worked together as a team from 1913 to 1923. Even after they left the company in 1923 their doll production continued. The line of rag dolls produced by the company from 1923 through 1925 included designs by noted artists like Grace Drayton and later Maude Tausey Fangel. The Drayton dolls were made in sizes of 11 and 16 inches while the Fangel dolls were 12, 14, 17 and 22 inches. The Drayton dolls were marked with a stamp on the body and a paper label. The Fangel dolls produced in 1938 were marked on the side of the face, but the mark often was hidden in the seam. There were two versions of the doll we collectors know as “Sweets”. This doll comes from the designs of Maude Tausey Fangel. The version shown in photo 7 is the baby. “Sweets” is 12 inches tall and has a lithograph face with blonde curls around her face, brown eyes with lashes and eyebrows and a cute bow mouth. If the bonnet
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is removed, one would see that there is no painting of hair on the back of the head. She has a bent limb baby body with mitten hands. She is wearing her original pink dress and bonnet with white lace trim. Her feet are covered with white socks. There are no markings on the doll. She is soft and cuddly and makes a perfect companion for a small child. The last little cloth doll is not one that I would normally buy for my collection. She is rather crude in appearance (photo 8) and her worn condition shows that she was loved by some child. She is clearly marked on her back, “TWINZY TWIN (a drawing of twin girl stick figures) A TWINZY TOY WASHABLE”. It is the story behind the doll that I found so intriguing that I had to include her in this article as well as in my collection. The doll itself is 10 inches tall. Her lithographed features and clothing are still evident although they show wear. Her hair is blonde and wispy. Her black eyes gaze to her left and almost look like upside down commas. A straight little black line forms her nose and the black mouth is pursed. She has no arms and never did. Her legs are thin and straight. The printed outfit consists of a blue polka dot romper with a blue collar and two darling twin orange kittens with blue ribbons around their necks. There is a non-working squeaker inside the doll’s body. Blue and white stripe socks and white shoes complete her outfit. Oddly enough, she is actually one-sided as the back of the doll has just the company markings. This aptly named company was begun by twin sisters, Bernice and Blanche Squire (Photo 9). The twins’ father, Charles Squire, built a home for his new wife on Fremont Street in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1895. Behind the house he built a factory building in which he operated the American Manufacturing Company 9. Twins Bernice and Blanche Squire who which produced shipping and started the TWINZY TOY CO. merchandising tags on a machine he invented. Thus the girls had the perfect place to produce their line of toys. Bernice and Blanche made a wager with their father in 1918 that they could raise the money they needed to attend college. The girls began making the dolls to pay for their first year, but had so many orders that they decided to forego college and began to make their line of toys full time. They formed the Twinzy Toy Company and went into business in their father’s factory. The toys were extremely popular and by 1939 the girls opened a New York sales office. The line of toys included both dolls and stuffed animals. The company continued to produce toys well into the early 1950’s. Bernice and Blanche lived in their Fremont Street home until their deaths. Thanks to the Heritage Battle Creek organization in Battle Creek, Michigan, the story of the company has been preserved. Many of the original drawings are in the Community Archives of Battle Creek thus forming a lasting tribute to two enterprising young women. Collecting cloth dolls and learning of their history can be quite intriguing. There appears to be a growing interest in cloth dolls now as never before. The rarity of some of these dolls and their affordability make them highly desirable when they are found. Perhaps you would enjoy adding a few to your collection and searching for the stories they tell. BIBLIOGRAPHY Anderton, Johana Gast; The Collectors Encyclopedia of Cloth Dolls; Wallace-Homestead; 1984 Edward, Linda; Cloth Dolls from Ancient to Modern; Schiffer Publishing Co.; 1997 Judd, Polly; Cloth Dolls 1920s and 1930s; Hobby House Press; 1990 www.heritagebattlecreek.org
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From Elegant Edwardian to Fascinating Flapper; Mold 1469 by Simon and Halbig by Sharon Hope Weintruab
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n an article entitled “Brave, Gay, and Beautiful; German Flapper Ladies by Simon and Halbig and Armand Marseille,” which appeared in this magazine in August 2012, I wrote about the series of German bisque-head ladies often referred to as flappers because of their slender, womanly bodies, and long lithe legs with narrow feet molded to wear high heels. The beautiful bride shown here appeared in that article. Marked “1469 C&O Dressel Germany 2” and 14 inches tall, she is mold number 1469, produced by Simon and Halbig for Cuno and Otto Dressel (COD). Her antique hand-sewn antique silk wedding gown is trimmed with tiny white beads and a lace overskirt and the net veil is edged with the same silk rosettes that form her headband. I suggested in my article that although COD was marketing this doll in the 1920s, the mold itself may date from the 1910s, as this same mold is sometimes found carrying the name of Simon and Halbig rather than COD. These Halbig heads are found on the same type of slender female body, but often appear to have a gentler, wistful face, with multi-stroke brows and more softly full painted lips. Although I did not have an example to include in the article, I explained that I had seen several of these scarce Halbig versions in their original clothing, which more closely follow the fashions of the 1910s rather than the 1920s. I also noted that some of the Halbig 1469 ladies have pierced ears, which had fallen out of fashion by the 1920s with the advent of hats and hair styles that covered the ears and the introduction of clip and screw-back earrings. I speculated that Halbig may have introduced the 1469 mold under its own name during the 1910s, continuing to produce the same model for COD throughout the 1920s. I was finally able to add one of the elusive and exquisite Halbig 1469 ladies to my collection. She came from a family whose grandparents had operated a high-end candy store in Boston during the early years of the last century, and like many candy stores of the time, it also offered doll and toys. The contents of the shop were stored away for many years, and among them were boxes of doll shoes and clothing, all-bisque dolls, and this lovely lady, along with her two sisters, also from the same mold. Although she is incised on the back of her head only “Simon and Halbig 2,” she is clearly Mold 1469. A dainty 13 inches tall, this lovely little lass came with her original clothing, including her diminutive heeled pumps, and her abundant mohair wig. Unfortunately, the skirt of the silk dress was so shattered, I carefully packed the dress away in acid-
Cuno and Otto Dressel doll marked “1469 C&O Dressel Germany 2,” 14 inches tall, antique bridal gown. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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free tissue paper, replacing it with an antique blouse and skirt in a similar style. Although at first glance her original dress looks like the shirtwaist and long skirt that would garb a Gibson girl of the 1900s, the blouse is fitted to the body, without the full “pigeon breast” front typical of the Gibson girl era, and the skirt is cut straight and close to the body, unlike the bell-shaped skirt of a pre-1910 belle. The 1910s saw the end of the era of the curvaceous Gibson girl, with her puffed out bosom, tiny waist, and rounded back-thrust hips, introducing an elongated slender silhouette with little emphasis on the bust or waist. The straight lithe lines of this dress suggests that it is from the Edwardian era. The family history was that this doll may have been dressed by the grandmother, although
Original dress for Simon and Halbig 1469 doll.
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Simon and Halbig 1469 doll in original undergarments and slip.
Simon and Halbig 1469 doll’s original shoes.
there were also some commercially-made doll outfits in the store inventory. The dress is machine sewn and meticulously tailored and finished. Either the grandmother was a superb seamstress or the dress is in fact commercially-made. Our demure damsel poses shyly in her underwear, consisting of a single straight slip and a combination undergarment. The simplicity of this underwear, with no corset or full petticoat, also reflects the Edwardian period. There is no doubt in my mind that these undergarments are factory made. Her beautifully cobbled shoes are made of thin kid, sadly they have begun to show their age. A close up of her fascinating face reveals its delicate features. She has multi-stroke eyebrows and full pale coral lips. Her blue glass sleep eyes are a tad off-center, a flaw that seems fairly common among the 1469 ladies. Perhaps it was hard to set those narrow eyes, but I think this little eccentricity adds an individual charm to her otherwise preternaturally perfect features. Her lush wig is pulled back and tied with a silken ribbon (the ribbon has been replaced, as the original blue ribbon had deteriorated to the point it was just a few threads), and the sides are rolled up, held in place with a multitude of little hairpins and straight pins. Her ears are pierced, and I added the antique earrings. She has fine mohair eyelashes. Side by side the faces of the COD and Halbig show the heads are more or less the same size, although the Halbig version has a slightly more oval face, pointed chin, and longer neck. Her ears appear to be slightly more prominent as well, perhaps to accommodate earrings, while the COD version does not have pierced ears. The most noticeable difference is the painting, with the COD version having thin single stroke brows, heavier eyelashes, and darker, thinner lips. Her facial coloring is a tad higher too. Perhaps these changes reflect the fact that by the 1920s, cosmetics were more acceptable to society. In the next photo the ladies look at each other eye to eye. The one inch difference in the ladies’ heights is due mainly to the fact that although their bodies are nearly identical in style, the Halbig head is on a slightly more petite frame.
Close up of face of Simon and Halbig 1469 doll.
The fine mohair eyelashes on the Simon and Halbig 1469 doll.
Close up of faces of Cuno and Otto Dressel and Simon and Halbig 1469 dolls. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Profiles of Cuno and Otto Dressel and Simon and Halbig 1469 dolls.
After my article appeared in 2012, a helpful fellow doll collector directed me to the 1912 catalogue of the Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés et Jouets (generally referred to by doll collectors as S.F.B.J.). Formed in 1899 in response to increasing competition by the German doll companies, S.F.B.J. was a collective of the remaining French doll makers. Ironically, for a company formed to save the French doll industry from its German competitors, the S.F.B.J. catalogue includes dolls made by Simon and Halbig, including these elegant 1469 ladies dressed in exquisite Edwardian fashions. Yet the catalogue makes no mention of their German origin, instead labeling them “Silhouettes Parsiennes” and describing them as finely sculpted dolls with a woman’s articulated body, porcelain head, fine mohair wig, and sleeping eyes with eyelashes. The catalogue declares that the dolls come with detailed and tailored costumes, ranging from
A page from 1912 “Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés et Jouets” catalogue.
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evening gowns to city dresses, and are accessorized with bags, umbrellas, parasols, fans, and heeled pumps. This doll, the catalogue gushes, has lines specially created for dressing ladies and is ready for the creation of an chic toilet of every kind or genre. The second doll on the left appears to be dressed more like young lady than a fashionable matron, and her hair style is similar to the one on my doll, with the ample tresses rolled up on the sides and tied in the back with a ribbon. All the dolls wear low-heeled pumps, with ribbon bows on the front, also resembling the shoes worn by my doll. This catalogue helps resolve the mystery regarding why some Mold 1469 ladies are found without the Simon and Halbig name or mold number. It would not bode well for S.F.B.J. if a customer ordering from its catalogue discovered that his or her highly-touted and costly “Silhouette Parsienne” was in fact a fräulein from Germany.
A friend discovered an article in the 1913 edition of the French women’s magazine, Femina, which catered to modern, fashionable, and wealthy women. Entitled “Articles de Paris,” it pictures a number of dolls, all of which appear to be mold 1469, elaborately outfitted in the latest fashions of the day. The article describes a charity event in which these “delicious dolls” were dressed by the greatest courtier designers of Paris, including Paul Poiret and Lavin, and sold in a high-society charity event to raise funds for the L’Orphelinat des Arts, an orphanage and education center founded for children of artists, actors, and writers. These “half toy, half trinkets,” the article reports, were dressed in all genres from evening dresses to town frocks, made of sumptuous silks and fabrics in the most modern colors. The article ends by noting that these “unnecessary” objects are in fact necessary to add grace and good taste to a residence, “without which the most magnificent mansion remains cold and lacking intimacy.” So it therefore appears that the beauteous belle of mold 1469 graced two decades with her presence, first as Simon and Halbig’s exquisite Edwardian, and then as COD’s fascinating flapper. Bibliography Cieslik, Jurgen and Maryanne. German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939. Cumberland, Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1985. Cieslik, Jurgen and Maryanne. German Doll Studies. Annapolis, Maryland: Gold Horse Publishing, 1999. Foulke, Jan. Simon and Halbig Dolls; the Artful Aspect. Cumberland, Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1984 Theriault, Florence. S.F.B.J. Paris 1912; Catalog Reprint Series. Annapolis, Maryland: Gold Horse Publishing, 1997.
An article from 1913 Femina magazine.
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he Protean Figure with Metamorphic Costumes, 1811, in good condition, extremely rare being one of the earliest and most extensive dress-up dolls, with slipcase, cover, foldable set, figures and 12 cases with title signs for 12 costumes sold for approximately $3550 at the recent Ladenburger auction. The Margarete Steiff navy lieutenant, button in ear with “STEIFF” logo, 1912, 480 mm, missing his sword, brought approximately $2,000.
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1 Hatfield, PA. Alderfer Doll Auction. Preview 3/31. 215-393-3036. www.AlderferAuction.com. 4 San Jose, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Crossroads. 775-348-7718. info@crossroadshows.com. 9-10 Newark, OH. Doll Auction. McMasters Harris Apple Tree Doll Auctions. 800-842-3526. mark@mcmastersharris.com. 11 Columbia, SC. Antique Toy & Collectible Show. Jamil Temple. Colacollectorscom.webs.com. 11 Des Moines, IA. Doll, Bear & Toy Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Colleen Holden. 515-986-1975. www.desmoinesdollshow.com. Dolls50265@aol.com. 11 East Syracuse, NY. Doll Show. Dewitt Community Room, Fire Dept. St.#2. Mid York Doll Club. Janet Hill. 315-698-4501. Oldolls1@hotmail.com. 11 Holland, MI. Doll & Toy Show. Holland Civic Center. Jill. 231-780-4544. jancidolls@gmail.com. 11 Kingsport, TN. Doll & Toy Show. Kingsport Civic Auditorium. Ellen. 423-753-0022. Mary. 423-247-1639. 11 Largo, FL. Doll Sale Luncheon & Program. Royal Palms of Largo. Land O’ Lakes Doll Club. Kathleen Short. 813-854-6208. kpswalling@aol.com. 11 Newport, AR. Dolls at Public Auction. 20th Century Doll Museum. Grady Auctions. www.gradyauctions. com. Kenneth Grady. 870-523-5229.
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11 Riverside, CA. Doll, Toy & Bear Show. Janet Goeske Senior Center. The Inland Empire Doll Club. Judy Day. 951-371-4267. 11 Saline, MI. Doll Show. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Ann Arbor Doll Collectors. Lorrie Niekirk. 734-242-8816. 12 Livonia, MI. Mini Convention & Doll Show. Livonia Marriott. Grant-a-Wish Fund. Sherry Bonner. 248-408-1402. 12 Toledo, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Stranahan Great Hall. Sandy Bullock. 734-282-0152. Sandy4085@hotmail.com. www.toledodollshow.com. 17-18 Germany. Big Dutsch MuseumsCollection Speelgoedmuseum & Doll Collection Anneliese Stephan. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion Auktionshaus. Gotz C. Seidel. 0049(0)6203-13014. (F) 0049(0)620317193. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. www.spielzeugauktion.de. 18-19 Burlingame, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Embassy Suites Hotel. National Antique Doll Dealers Association/ NADDA. 650-342-4600. 18 Fresno, CA. Outstanding Kewpie Doll Auction. Dan Cobb Auctions. 559-577-3787. Cobb.store@gmail.com. 18 Knoxville, TN. Doll Show. Holiday Inn West. Knight Southeastern Doll Shows. 802-783-8049. www.knightshows.com. 19 Cedar Rapids, IA. Doll, Toy, Bear & Trains Show. 5000 J St. SW. Elaine’s Dolls. 712-889-2154. porcdoll@wiatel.net. 19 Laughlintown, PA. Doll Show. Ligonier Country Inn. Laurel Highlands Doll Club. Cindy Hawk. 724-515-5008. 19 Schaumburg, IL. Teddy Bear Artist Show. Best Western. Bright Star Promotions, Inc. Valerie Rogers. 502-423-7827. 19 Sturbridge, MA. Doll, Toy, Bear & Holiday Show. The Sturbridge Host Hotel. Kimberly S. Kittredge. 860-559-5040. KSKittredge@yahoo.com. www.treasuredmemoriesantiques.com. 19 Toms River, NJ. Doll Show. American Legion. Jersey Shore Doll Club. Rachel Martirano. 732-506-0719. 22-24 Nashua, NH. Antique Doll Houses, Miniatures & Dolls from Lucy’s Doll House. Auction & Show. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232. withington@conknet.com.
23 Columbus, OH. Doll Show. Double Tree Columbus. Artistic Figure in Cloth & Clay. Cyndy Sieving. 614-397-4147. 25 Grapevine, TX. Metroplex Doll Club. Grapevine Convention Center. Linda Crowsey. 903-564-9121. 25 Henrietta, NY. Doll Show. St. Marianne Cope Church of the Good Sheppard. Henrietta Doll Lovers Club. Dotti Dailey. 585-889-2015. Odailey622@aol.com. 25 Ringgold, GA. Doll Show. The Colonnade. Chattanooga Doll Club. Jane Heavener. 706-965-6031. mjheavener@catt.com. 25 Westampton, NJ. Doll & Dollhouse Auctions. Sweetbriar Auctions. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2094. SweetbriarAuctions.com. 26 Canada. The Greater Toronto Doll Show. Holiday Inn Oakville, Ontario. Mary Lou. 416-221-3093. greatertorontodollshow@gto.net. 26 Columbus, OH. Doll Show. Mid Ohio Historical Doll & Toy Museum. Henrietta Pfeifer. 614-837-5573. 26 E. Meadow, NY. Doll Show. Temple Emanu-el. Doll Study Club of Long Island. Bonnie Olson. 516-747-1425. 26 Grapevine, TX. Doll Show. Grapevine Convention Center. Metroplex Doll Club. 903-564-9121. Lindacc45@hotmail.com. 26 St. Charles, IL. Doll, Bear, Toy & Collectible Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Antique World Shows. Herb Regan. 847-800-3009. 30-5/3 Albany, NY. Doll Conference. Marriott. Priscilla McCaughin. 518-686-7928. Sally Griffin. 518-258-7155. 30-5/2 Essington, PA. Doll & Bear Convention. Clarion Hotel. Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum. Terry Quinlan. 805-687-8901.
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1. Jumeau Fashion, size 6, 22 inches, kid body, antique silk gown, original cork pate and wig, $4200. 2 Rohmer French Poupee, 13-1/2 inches, kid body with kid over wood upper arms, bisque lower arms and legs, original wig and cork pate, Maison Rohmer dress, kid body has wear and sitting strings are missing. Dreamy bisque face! $3800. 3. FG 9 French Bisque Bebe, 22 in. block letter FG, amazing blue bulgy paperweight eyes!, Swivel head, antique wig and cork pate, antique blue silk dress, extra special! $4200. 4. Antique Needle Point Slippers, 3 inches long, 1 1/2 inches wide, cotton lined, exquisite! $225. 5. Wonderful and unusual find! 6 1/2 in. Kestner doll rattle, original frail silk dress, darling accessory for a larger doll, $950.
6. Mon Cherie Paris Fashion, bisque shoulder plate, kid body, vintage cotton day dress, pierced ears, 19 inches, antique wig, sweet French mademoiselle!! $950 7. Madame Alexander Snow White licensed by Disney, 13 inches, all original with hangtag, UFDC convention first place ribbon winner, ca. 1939, $750. 8. Perfect cabinet sized darling with the most precious face! 12 inches, HW for Handwerck, factory finished ball jointed composition body, sleep eyes, pierced ears We could eat her up. She is cute!! $495. 9. Emma Clear, George and Martha Washington pair, circa 1944, bisque shoulder heads, cloth body with bisque lower arms, beautifully made vintage costumes, some provenance included, $950.
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Movie Costumes, Dolls, and Childhood Memorabilia from Her Personal Archives
Museums & Dates April 30 – May 3, 2015 The Strong Rochester, New York museumofplay.org May 7 – 10, 2015 Wenham Museum Wenham, Massachusetts wenhammuseum.org May 21 – 24, 2015 Morris Museum Morristown, New Jersey morrismuseum.org
Shirley Temple’s costume from “Curly Top,” along with her matching doll. Both are displayed in the “Love, Shirley Temple” exhibition.
June 4 – 10, 2015 Santa Monica History Museum Santa Monica, California santamonicahistory.org
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July 13, 2015 The Little Theatre Kansas City, Missouri
Now, several hundred of the memorabilia from the private family archives will be traveling to museums around the United States through the months of May and June 2015, under the sponsorship of Theriault’s. You are invited to attend.
The Auction – July 14, 2015 The entire personal collection of Shirley Temple, comprising nearly 500 costumes, dolls, playthings and memorabilia from 1928-1940, will be presented at auction at The Little Theatre in Kansas City. For more details or to order the commemorative hardbound book, visit theriaults.com or call 800-638-0422.
hile the dimpled-faced childhood sweetheart danced and sang and smiled her way into hearts throughout the Great Depression years of the 1930s, her mother was busy preserving the memorabilia that attended Shirley Temple’s more than 25 films of the decade. Film costumes, props, celebrity gifts, dolls, toys, playthings, all were cherished and saved in a private climatecontrolled, case-lined room for nearly 80 years...until today.
More dates and locations of the Love, Shirley Temple exhibition to be announced soon. Visit www.theriaults.com for up-to-the-minute details.
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