May 2011

Antique DOLL Collector May 2011 Vol. 14, No. 4

May 2011 Vol. 14, No. 4 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

Wonderful Dolls of Your Dreams are Coming For Auction This Spring and Summer, 2011 From Theriault’s Private estate and museums from England, Germany and France, and from throughout the United States will be highlighted at these wonderful auctions. Make plans to attend them all.

Sunday, May 22, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction Short Hills, New Jersey at the Hilton Short Hills.

June 12-13, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction on June 12th, followed by Theriault’s famous Ten2Go auction on June 13th. Annapolis, Maryland, at the Annapolis Sheraton.

Sunday, July 24, 2011 – Catalogued Marquis Auction at the Hyatt in Anaheim, California.

Sunday, August 28, 2011 – Estate Doll Auction At the Westin Bellevue in Seattle, Washington.

And plan ahead for a late fall visit to New York as Theriault’s returns to the Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20, 2011.

Visit www.theriaults.com for details about these auctions. Be sure to register your email address so you can receive up-to-the-minute emails about auctions. If you are not on our mailing list you are welcome to call 800-638-0422 to request a free color brochure.

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Visit my website: www.grandmasatticdolls.com 1. - 2. 17” Rare Heubach “Einco” Googlie Toddler, huge blue side to side eyes w/lever, mint bisque, orig. wig & pate, wearing orig. gingham dress, orig. undies, ant. leather shoes & ant. straw hat. On orig. "FULLY" jointed toddler body. Desired watermelon mouth & as cute as can be. Rarely found on fully jointed toddler body & rarely found great large size. Out of my collection & you can see why. She is special & AMAZING!!! $17,500.

3. 16" S & H #908, br. p/w eyes, immaculate pale bisque, 3 sq. cut teeth, fabulous ant. mohair wig & orig. pate. Wears vintage silk & lace dress, fabulous ant. Fr. velvet hat, orig. slip, undies, orig. leather shoes & silk socks. On orig. early 8 ball jointed st. wrist chunky body. Made for French trade & it shows. Absolutely STUNNING!!! $3350.

4. 24” S & H #1249 “Santa”Child, cornflower bl. sl. eyes, mint pale bisque, gorgeous curly ant. mohair wig orig. pate. Wears beautiful ant. batiste dress adorned w/ribbons & lace, fabulous ant. lace & ribbon bonnet, orig. pink leather shoes. On orig. S & H body. Desirable character, first out of mold modeling & incised “Santa”. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!! $2395.

5. - 6. 9" All Bisque Kestner, br. glass eyes, gorgeous pale bisque, swivel neck, 4 upper teeth, orig. mohair wig & Kestner plaster pate. Wears orig. batiste & lace dress & darling set of full 2 pc undies & ant. Fr. hat. On orig. Kestner all bisque body, perfect bisque overall except minor flake in right arm stringing hole, early peg strung, blushed in all the right places, painted black boots w/blue tassels.

OUTSTANDING & great large size all bisque.

Only…$4995.

7. - 8. 8" Kestner Pouty, immaculate early pale bisque, br. sl. eyes, feathered brows, orig. mohair wig. Wears darling ant. Fr. silk dress, orig. undies, orig. leather shoes & socks, great silk hat. On orig. early Kestner st. wrist body, jointed knees. Very pouty mouth. Absolutely adorable in a great teeny cabinet size!! $4250.

9. 4 3/4" All Bisque Bye-Lo Baby in Carriage, hazel sl. eyes, mint bisque overall, painted hair, "swivel neck", on orig. bent limb all bisque baby body w/label on chest, full incised mark on back. Wears orig. diaper & incl. ant. baby carriage w/orig. satin pillow. Adorable package & at a GREAT price. An absolute DARLING!!! $775.

10. 20” S & H #570 Child, blue sl. eyes, perfect bisque, orig. mohair wig & orig. pate. Wears orig. silk & lace dress & ant. Fr. hat. On orig. S & H body & she is ADORABLE!!!! $895.

11. - 12. 16” JDK “Hilda” Baby #245, mint pale bisque, 2 upper teeth, outlined lips, blue sl. eyes, full molded tongue, ant. mohair wig & orig.

Kestner plaster pate, wearing orig. baby gown, beautiful ant. wool baby jacket w/silk embroidery & ant. Fr. lace & silk ribbon bonnet. On her orig. Kestner baby body. She has the best of the Hilda faces & full incised head markings, incl. incised "Hilda" name. DARLING!!! $2500.

13. - 14. 14” Tete Jumeau #4 Bebe, immaculate bisque, huge bulging brown p/w eyes, luscious long lashes, orig. mohair wig, plus fabulous xtra ant. mohair wig & orig. cork pate, has head coil still intact.

Wears orig. Jumeau dress, orig. undies, orig. ant. Fr. shoes & socks & fabulous Fr. ant. silk hat. Fully “signed” head with full red Jumeau stamp & on orig. fully “signed” Jumeau body. Tremendous presence, you can see her from across a room.

A STUNNING beauty!!! $5500.

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1 and 4 - Door of Hope Groom $1650.

2 and 5 - Door of Hope Bride $2450.

Both original and excellent. ($3550 for the pair.)

3 and 6. - Miniature French sewing case or "etui" in the tiniest proportions.

Case measures only 1 3/4" long and orig. items inside include scissors, thimble, ivory needle case and ivory buttonholer.

Excellent cond. $975.

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A very pretty 30" S&H 1079 with creamy bisque original body with original finish all in excellent condition. $975

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17-1/2” Poupee Parisienne which we attribute to the Jumeau firm. What makes this doll especially wonderful is her unique look – the look we refer to as the “Simonne face,” due to it being the face one typically sees on a stamped Maison Simonne body as this doll is. What makes this fine example even more wonderful is her original trousseau.

Details include a perfect bisque head and shoulderplate with attractive coloring, especially wonderful lip and brow painting, deep blue spiral-detailed eyes, pierced-through ears and a lovely, very full light brown human hair wig. On a classic kid leather body that is in good condition showing normal wear and the Simonne stamp, she is presented here wearing her equestrienne ensemble that is complete with its stylish hat. In addition, she will arrive with six dresses/ ensembles that will provide a variety of looks, plus marvelous accessories, shoes and undergarments. A spectacular presentation for an equally spectacular doll. $18,500.

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THE BIRTH OF THE POUPÉE HURET

by François Theimer When Miss Huret introduced her groundbreaking creation, it was after long reflection and study of children’s playtime.

by Bodil P. Meleney, daughter of the artist Who better to relate the history of this talented doll-maker than her daughter.

As a little girl, the author spent countless hours in her mother’s atelier.

About The Cover

Our cover is a lovely early painted eye Huret, the very same doll which graces the cover of The Huret Book by François and Danielle Theimer. The esteemed researcher, François Theimer, discusses the period during which Mademoiselle Adélaïde Calixte Huret ran the company and her revolutionary innovations that impacted the doll industry. Cover Photo © François Theimer

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THE HISTORY OF RØNNAUG PETTERSSEN DOLLS

THE LEGACY OF MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG

by Judith Armitstead An interview with the curator provides a new look at this world famous museum.

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52 Mystery

60 Calendar

52 News

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SIMON HALBIG: THE EARLY YEARS

by Alicia Carver A look at some of the dolls from the factory’s early years of production.

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GAITHERSBURG, MD MARCH 5 & 6

A look at the March edition of this East Coast show.

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A MOTHER’S DAY GREETING

by Jennifer Craft-Hurst Our passion for dolls often begins with special times shared with our mothers.

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A Rare Kestner Wax – possibly Adolf Kestner, c. 1867.What a prize in such excellent condition with original silk clothes, wig and plaster pate, no craze or repair and cabinet size too at a slender 14” tall. $450 Choice Wax Pull Toy – companion piece to above in matching silk clothes, the 6” Baby in her wicker carriage waves arms, turns head and cries!

What a mint doll’s toy! $695 Discount for both.

4-1/2” Exquisite Long Curl Parian – in original silk, lace and silver mesh! Very fine arms and legs with lavender luster decoration. A jewel! $495 5” Mint Tuck Comb Wooden – great color varnish and detail!

All original with label. $495

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Pink Tone Biedermeier Lady – Fascinating 15” pressed china fashion doll with original long slender porcelain arms and flat sole slippers with painted flowers! Ornate hh wig over unusual bisque tonsure and all mint including her second generation fashionable attire. $895

31” Spectacular Babyland Rag – a real showoff with her early 1890’s hand painted features on silk and the original floor length dress and leather shoes. You never see this size in this condition! True Blue Americana made in New York State. by the legendary Horsman Co. $1200

Rare All Original Wood Body China – with coiled bun! What a treasure if you love “all originals” from her miniature straw bonnet with its lace undercap to her woolen, gartered stockings and leather slippers plus five layers of historic dress incl. gloves! A prize with glazed china limbs and owner held box that kept all 9“ of her so incredibly mint! $4200

Very Rare Wax Steiner – Steiner, wax and mechanical collectors take note of this important mid 1860’s “gigoteur!” One of the earliest of Steiners, this Bebe Parlant Automatique is well preserved with the original body, wig and clothes. When wound, and at her own discretion, she turns her head, open/closes eyes, cries and may even move her limbs. A lovely, immortal doll – so historic, so important. $3,000.

Left to right: 8” Portrait Face Half Doll with mint wig and remarkable features. $495 • Biedermeier Pink Tint (see see top right right) • 21” Romantic Pink Tint 1840’s – true brown eyes, long neck, watery glaze, antique factory made body with leather boots and richly elegant gown. Mint $595 • Dollypop – factory perfect incl. leather shoes and Bruckner label. $250 / Kitty Kat Doll with label…Oakland, CA 1918, etc. Rare! $250 • 14” 1870’s Rare Wooden Shoulderhead– carved and painted shoulderhead on leather body and original clothes.

Unique $650 / 12” Vermont wooden 1885, original metal limbs, jointed wood body and original clothes. $595

14” All ORIG Margaret O’Brien – rare celebrity doll by Mme Alexander, coy and demure with her dreamy eyes and lovely color, factory complete with label and lashes! Great price at only $750

Beautiful Big Girls! With perfect and gorgeous bisque, original large heads with great modeling, long uncut wigs, chunky fully jointed bodies and all fully dressed and display ready.

(1) 30” Doe-eyed Bergmann by Halbig $595 (2) 30” Scarce Halbig 1260 all orig. incl. shoes $750 (3) 32” Walkure with Kestner made head. $795 (4) 30” Sultry Kestner 164 with Kestner body. $695 (5) 31” Karl Hartman the Kestner lookalike. $650

25” Rare PatsyType Baby AM 518 – fabulous 25” lifesize character with 17-1/2” cir.

Head, shoe button sleep eyes, glorious bisque, tiny Patsystyle rosebud mouth, chunky bent knee toddler body too! Plus factory romper and bonnet. $695

17” Classic Bonnie Babe – the ever popular Averill Baby with the flawless and famous face in a manageable size with especially gentile complexion plus factory clothes and body. Beautiful! $750

22” SH 1299 Character – Mint, and all original, beautiful clothes and shoes, look at those “take me home” puppy dog eyes and say yes! $1100 18” Nancy Ann Style Show – factory perfect, unplayed with and crisp rich color and clear eyes, just $495.

Platinum Toni – bright color, clear eyes, uncut wig, mint factory dress. $195

26” Mint Franz Schmidt & Co. – pre 1900 French trade doll with Jumeau brows, hip length original wig and a really rare special patent signed Schmidt body! $895 28" Sonneberger Prozellanfabrik 3066 These mint German compositions never craze! Life-like happiness with 16" head and glass eyes, working voice box and factory clothes! 495

26” Lifesize Marseille 980 Baby – who couldn’t love this big bundle of joy with 16” circ. head, factury wig, such innocent sweet eyes, gurgling “wgoo goo” mouth w/ bisque quiver tongue sticking way out! You have to do it! $750

19” Rare AM 266 Biscaloid – really unusual Patsy style model with glass eyes and coiled braids over her ears, quality factory dress with matching red shoes! $395Classic Patsy – no craze, factory dress and shoes. $295 Little 12” Orphan Annie – early Freundlich model, ca. 1930, no craze, plus pin! $395

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17” Superlative Kestner Bru – not enough can be said about this particular example of Kestners interpretation of the luxurious French bebe.

Her immaculate complexion and compelling modeling, ice blue eyes and the iconic carved teeth between shapely closed lips render a stunningly unique poupee in the grand manner. She’s radiant in her lavish antique rose silk ensemble with the leather shoes. $3600

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All Original Roullet et Decamps – to amaze your dolls as well as your doll friends, show them this magical automaton by the celebrated French firm of Roullet et Decamps! See the luxuriously elegant but playful clown in silken splendor and painted face teach his eager dog new tricks as only a laughing Jumeau could! See the fuzzy little costumed creature spring into the air and twirl to the mellifluous tones of a spirited air! At only 11” across even your smallest dolls can enjoy the show! Down in front! $4500

Bonnie Babe – see opposite page. Gebr. Heubach aristocratic young lad. $395.

34” Jumeau Portrait of Princess Elizabeth – originally designed to commemorate the visit of the young English royals, Margaret and Elizabeth, to France. While produced for retail sale at only 18” tall, very few of this outstanding original presentation size, now on display at Windsor Castle, exist for sale today.

Life-like, she features an especially fine quality complexion, vibrant flirty eyes, full closed mouth in gentle smile as well as lovely antique clothes and shoes. Now you too can have tea with t his splendid, historic and captivating Playful Pony, a childhood fantasy with baskets French character. $3750 to fill. $1500 / Luxury Steiff “Diva” – as fussy as your fanciest doll! $250

French Fabric Egg – signed Paris. New home to your favorite mini! $125

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1. 6" China with rare hairdo, limbs replaced. $350 2. 6" China with rare hairdo $550 3. 6" Rare China man $650 4. 7" China with rare hairdo. Hairline on shoulder. $275 5. 17" Heubach - This cute happy face is in excellent condition. He is nicely dressed in vintage clothes. $850 6. 15" K * R #122 - This sweet character baby is nicely dressed in antique clothes.

He has his original wig & is in very good condition. $850 7. 26" P.D. - This outstanding, rare doll was made by Petit & Dumoutier. This doll has the rare metal hands & is in wonderful condition. She has her original tailed mohair wig that is so hard to find & is costumed in lovely antique clothes. $22,500 8. 20" F.G. Fashion - This is a beautiful lady with the rare bisque hands. She is beautifully costumed in antique clothes. $2850 9. 21" China - She has a very unusual hairdo. This doll is in excellent condition. $850 10. 18" Kamkins - She is a wonderful doll with original clothes & label. This doll is hard to find in this outstanding condition. $2250

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Steiff Lynx, button and ear tag. $250.

Nikilli girl, button and tummy tag. $175.

Bison, button and ear tag. $250.

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Auction Gallery Auction Preview: James D. Julia May 4 and 5

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t James D. Julia’s May 4th and 5th auction collectors will be delighted by a marvelous selection of fine French dolls including some exquisite examples from a New England collector. Seldom seeing the market is an outstanding cabinet size 10” Steiner F. On the other side of the size scale, a 37” Depose Tete Jumeau will be sold. Other offerings are a stunning 31” Long Face Jumeau or “Triste” and a fabulous and rare 16” painted eye swivel neck Huret fashion doll. Several lovely examples by Leon Casimir Bru include a 14” Bru Brevete with pale bisque and finely painted facial features and a gorgeous 16-1/2” Circle Dot with blond mohair wig and a trunk of outfits . A rare Kestner 6” all-bisque doll with a molded bird sculpted right into her hand is among the German bisque doll selections.

More information on the Julia auction can be obtained by going to their website at www.jamesdjulia.com or calling 207-453-7125.

Theriault’s: Curtain Call April 9 & 10 The Collection of Billie Nelson Tyrrell

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ctress Billie Nelson never became a household name, yet she definitely made her mark in the celebrity world. Like many other young hopefuls she came to Hollywood in the 1940s, winning small parts in television and film. She loved to talk about her younger years… the movie stars she dated… what a celebrity was really like behind his or her stage persona. She married another actor, David Tyrrell (among his credits, a small part in All’s Quiet on the Western Front) and began collecting movie and theatre memorabilia, recognizing the importance of this medium where fame can be all too fleeting.

In the 1970’s Billie opened a doll shop and it became one of our favorite spots to visit in Studio City. A cover shot for our magazine was taken outside the shop, bustling traffic going by as we photographed Billie’s Lenci Rudolph Valentino as the Sheik against a backdrop of dracaena bushes, looking like he stopped at a desert oasis.

Billie’s collection encompassed everything from the popular well known stars such as Shirley Temple, Jane Withers and Judy Garland to nearly obscure silent film stars, Auction Gallery continued on page 58

32 inch Leon Casimir Bru with rare painted teeth, $30,000.

18 inch cloth doll by Izannah Walker, 1865, $20,000. This doll original belonged to Mary Whitney Carter, who owned the doll as a child in Pawtucket. The chair that the doll has sat in for some 150 years was included in the lot.

“Pan” by Henri Delcroix, 25 inches, c. 1887, $25,000.

Few examples are known in this large size.

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Schmitt et Fils, 19 inches, c. 1882, $19,000.

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Early china head Huret with the goat’s hair wig (1863-1868).

Children’s books of the time showed dolls appearing as miniature versions of themselves. In this drawing two little girls admire the doll, one asking, “Do you see how quiet she is?”

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ll connoisseurs in the antique doll world know the name Huret. The Poupée Huret is the “queen of the play dolls.” She is absolutely not a “fashion doll”… she is a “parisienne doll,” created and realized in Paris by a Parisian woman, a doll that became famous the day she was introduced in 1850, and remained so for many years thereafter.

Unlike the so-called tall manikin called “Poupée de Paris” or the “Poupée de la rue St Honoré” of the 18th century, she never travelled the world as an ambassador of French fashion. She is, in the will of her creator, Mademoiselle Adélaïde Calixte Huret, a doll to play with, especially made for young girls and wearing dresses of the time.

It was in a quiet period in French history at the beginning of the French Second Empire (Victorian period) that the daughter of the very famous lock master, Leopold Huret, began to be interested in the creation of a doll. In 1850 the future seemed sunny for much of the Parisian people. The latest political troubles had ended and a new period of prosperity was beginning, yet France lagged behind England in industrial development and needed to advance further very fast.

When Miss Huret started her creation it was after long reflection and study of children’s playtime. She felt that the dolls from her period were not realistically made, they were too heavy, too stiff and generally ugly.

Was she a painter? Was she an artist? Was she an art student? Not at all, just a clever young woman blessed with an artistic education style and influenced by her surroundings. After the premature death of her mother, her father and an uncle guided the education of Adélaïde, her brother and sisters with an emphasis on elegance, good taste and beauty.

In her mind Adélaïde decided to completely change contemporary doll appearance, drawing a “new doll.”

For that she introduced two important features: first, to make the proportions of the doll as realistic as possible the body would be seven times the size of the head.

Second, the doll had to be in the exact scale of a child – one-third – and so she decided to use only one size to create her doll. At eighteen inches tall it was one-third the height of a six-year old girl.

The first change was a real revolution at this period as all the dolls were made without regard to proportions; they were mostly more “naïve” with heads too big, legs too long, etc. Next concerned the decision on the material. At this time making a doll required the head or bust to be separate from the body, to differentiate it from a sculpture or a statuette.

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The earliest china head Huret dolls were introduced in 1852 and wore wigs made of astrakan fur. This example is shown with a signed Maison Huret fancy wrought iron chair.

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Huret poupées in original signed silk taffeta dresses.

Since the French Revolution in 1789 French dolls had been made with papier mache busts and leather or fabric bodies. For decades Germany had tried to imitate this new style of dolls but were forced to send their papier mache busts to France as the leather bodies were too expensive to produce in Germany.

Miss Huret considered the French style doll much better than the German “old style dolls,” but she wanted a real toy that was easy to care for and pose. As she was completely immersed in her time, she decided to try two materials which had never been used for the doll industry: gutta-percha (rubber) for the body and porcelain (china) for the bust.

Using rubber for a doll body was a mini revolution.

It was perfect for industry or handcraft, as it could be moulded and so easily duplicated. She designed each part of the body to have three articulations: one at the shoulders and two at the legs, hips and knees. Later she added an articulation on the arm at the elbow. Each part could be moulded separately and the assembling was made with a simple wooden stick. It is important to note 20

that the shape of the Huret Poupée body is a young girl body without breasts, not a woman’s body.

The bust was moulded with china, a material first used by porcelain maker Jacob Petit in his 1843 patent. Petit was not a dollmaker; he was only the first to propose the use of china to make doll heads. His doll head was basically a continuation of the German-style papier mache head.

But Miss Huret used china to create a head with a completely different shape and face. After designing the head, she asked a sculptor to make a mould and a porcelain manufacturer to fire the head which had an open part at the top to place a cork pate to receive a sheep skin wig, which was also a new innovation for that time. In an aesthetic way she placed at the junction of the head and the body, a leather band with the name of the company, making it the first doll ever to be signed.

The face of the Huret Poupée is a likeness of the young girl who owned the doll. The Huret doll can never be confused with a lady representation.

At this time, not one dollmaker in Paris, not even Pierre François Jumeau, used china for their doll heads, as this

Huret doll with a la polonaise cradle in twisted gold wrought iron, made by Leopold Huret.

material was too expensive and considered a luxury. But Miss Huret could not imagine her doll made of any other material as it was exactly what she wanted for a play doll: a luxurious and precious object.

It was not simple at the beginning. For example, the face decoration of the doll bust became a real problem, as the porcelain painters considered working on doll faces ridiculous and not in their line of work. The only solution for Miss Huret was to educate special painters for this work and for that she was also the first in her field.

From the beginning of the Poupée Huret production her reputation and success were immediate. Rich families in Paris wanted to buy this spectacular and unique doll.

Each was “one of a kind” as she created the doll on order. Her small shop in the elegant district of Paris, surrounded by the new opera, the comic Italian theatre and all the famous cafes of the boulevards, flourished.

She sold her doll undressed, only wearing a long cotton chemise, hoping that the mothers would help their children to dress the doll, this giving them knowledge of sewing techniques. But this goal, this hope, was a mistake. Many mothers from elegant Parisian society wanted to purchase clothing for the Huret doll, but were unable to find appropriate clothing that would fit the doll.

Huret with gutta percha body and later bisque hands.

Pressed bisque Huret wearing a dress created by Mlle Bereux.

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Pressed bisque Huret dolls in original regional costumes.

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So the only possibility to resolve the problem was for Miss Huret to make dresses for her own doll. This became a new opportunity for the Huret Poupée .

She found the perfect person to dress the Huret Poupée, a couturier, the wife of an umbrella maker in Paris, Madame Farge. The period from 1852 to 1857 saw the realization of an entire industry of doll suppliers fashioning children’s style dresses and outfits for the Huret Poupée, as well as shoes, hats, gloves, purses, coats, undergarments and nightgowns.

A complete trousseau, which included sixteen items, was also offered in her advertisements. Everything was marked with the prestigious name of Huret, another first in the doll industry.

At the World Exhibition in Paris 1855 Miss Huret met a young girl, the daughter of a perfume maker, Mrs. Louise Jeanne Bereux, who had a real genius for sewing. She decided to add her to her staff (1857) as Madame Farge could not manage alone because of the enormous success of the Huret Poupée. Adélaïde Huret counselled her in developing her imagination, choosing coloured and fancy styles in the traditional costumes from other countries, carnival disguises, etc. Bereux created a large group of various and extraordinary styled costumes made especially for the Huret Poupée.

So popular were they that Parisian mothers asked their couturiers to copy the doll costumes for their children. And

Huret dolls enjoying a life of privilege and luxury.

Dresses are original creations made by Mlle Bereux.

so around 1860 began the style known as “child or enfantine fashion” which was directly inspired by the outstanding work of Miss Bereux.

Henceforth the Huret Poupée had the possibility of a complete wardrobe of a young child with miniature shoes, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, socks, elegant hats, etc… all made in a unique style that cannot be compared with any other clothing from the same period.

The evolution of progress in the porcelain industry field led to pressed bisque techniques, without the glazing over the porcelain and developing the possibility of working the bisque in several ways to permit a better decoration and colouring in the most realistic way. It was exactly what Miss Huret wanted for her doll.

She was the first to use bisque skin coloured bust for her Poupée , but not wanting to place enamel eyes in the face, as she felt that it would change the reality, she asked her decorators to cover the painted eyes with a light enamel glazing to give them a shine and intensity.

A few years later she designed the new Huret Poupée head in two parts: A-the head (without any change in the face mould) but with a “stick” at the base.

B- the bust separate from the head .

Huret poupee from the Huret-Lonchambon period (April 1864-July 1867).

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Huret dolls model Pierrete and Sultane dresses, made by Mlle Bereux.

The head turned free on the bust, but a metal piece inside the bisque stick was long enough to stop the head rotation on the left and right to give the doll an elegant and natural turn of the head, like a human neck turn of 45 degrees. As it was not proper for a young girl to look down, so it was with the Huret doll.

Meanwhile the doll industry was growing and others were using all the innovations of Miss Huret except for the unique size of the Huret doll. Parisian dolls became famous over the world. Imitated, admired but never equalled, the Huret Poupée became a reference for all dollmakers until 1870 (French/Prussian War).

In 1863 the Huret Poupée was at her apogee. It was thirteen years since its introduction and Miss Huret and her sister felt it was that time to transfer their doll business to their young brother Leopold, beginning a new chapter for the name Huret, but that is another story.

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Dolls from Private Collections Photography © F. Theimer

The Huret Book by François and Danielle Theimer is a must have reference for collectors of French fashions. An autographed English version is still available for 115 euros (approximately $150 which includes shipping) from the authors. Credit cards are accepted. To order email: Francois.theimer@ wanadoo.fr or write to François Theimer at 4 rue des cavaliers 89130 TOUCY. Fax 33 (0) 3 86 74 32 13. Visit theimer.fr for more books by this noted researcher.

The Huret Book may also be ordered (without autograph) from Theriault’s, The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Dollspart or Reverie Publishing.

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The History of Rønnaug Petterssen Dolls

by Bodil P. Meleney, daughter of the artist

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s a little girl I spent countless hours in my mother’s Atelier, playing, chatting with the ladies who worked there or just simply watching them work. During that time the workshop was in one of the large rooms in our apartment. At night, after the Atelier closed for the day, the door was shut and I was not allowed in there unescorted. I harbored an unspoken, but strong suspicion at the time that I too might have been made there.

My mother, Rønnaug Petterssen, was born on October 11, 1901 in a small fishing community in the Vesterålen archipelago, well above the Arctic Circle.

The family moved about a few times, but when my mother was around 19 she moved to Svolvær in the Lofoted Islands to work as a secretary for the postal service. Svolvær was already then established as a destination for artists who came to enjoy the drama of the landscape, especially during the summer months. Here my mother met people who were to become lifelong friends. Among them a doctor, whose family made it possible for her to study at the art academy in Berlin in 1929. It was also in Svolvær that my mother made her first formal doll. This 6-inch witch (Photo 1) can in all respects be called an art doll. A newspaper article quotes my mother’s own words; “The witch was my first work. She came to be out of an inner necessity…”. In 1932 my mother had a work related accident and was given leave of absence from the Postal Service. To recover she spent nearly two years in Spain and it was here that she began making dolls

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in earnest. She clothed the dolls in Spanish costumes and sold many of them to tourists. She also met my father Johannes Kunze, who had settled in Spain as an expatriate from Germany.

In late 1934 my mother went back to Norway and opened her Atelier, “Atelier Rønnaug Petterssen”, in Oslo and my father came shortly after. Her dolls dressed in Norwegian costumes won many prizes. My father who was a painter and photographer as well as an immensely practical person documented the production and worked with the technical and business end of things. The first costumes she made for the small souvenir dolls were those of the Sami Peoples of northern Norway. My grandfather’s family roots were in the group called Pite Sami, whose lands stretch from just south of Bodø and over the border mountains into Sweden, down to the Gulf of Bothnia. (Photo 2). Then she developed Norwegian costumes from other regions. (Photo 3) These dolls range from 5-8 inches tall, all individually created. These types of dolls come up for sale from time to time and should be well known to collectors.

In the beginning there were few adult costumes or even parts of costumes available to study. My mother however established early on a good working relationship with the Norwegian Folk Museum, who lent her costumes and costume pieces. From these costumes she was able to redraw and reduce patterns to fit her dolls, without losing the integrity and look of the original adult costumes. This was what set her apart from other makers. In fact, her dolls were considered so correct in their rendition that hers were the only dolls that the Folk Museum sold for many years after the war through their souvenir shop.

In 1937 my mother was invited to join the Norwegian Pavilion that would participate in the World Fair in Paris.

Two years later she was asked to participate in the World Fair in New York. Here she was the largest seller of souvenir items. Alongside the souvenir dolls my mother also developed a series of one of a kind character dolls. It was an incredibly creative and prolific period. (Photo 4) Around 1936 my mother began experimenting with felt faces for larger dolls. There is no documentation to tell us exactly what type of molds and hand press she used for this first type of large dolls. The face of this doll looks a bit different than the later dolls.

However the clothing on these dolls is exactly the same as on all the later dolls and should make the dolls recognizable as being made

by Rønnaug Petterssen. In 1937 my mother received a grant to go to Berlin, Germany to work with a bronze mold maker. Here she was able to develop her own doll face, a face based on a head of a small boy which she had modeled at the Academy in Berlin. This is the face she used for all the later costumed dolls, the face that is so easily recognizable as a Rønnaug Petterssen doll. Right from the beginning she began making play dolls along side the line of dolls dressed in national costumes. (Photo 5) The clothing for these play dolls were as beautifully made from the best materials available as were the national costumes

and were made to be taken of and be put back on the doll. (Photo 6) She also for a short period experimented with the use of glass eyes for use in the play dolls and Norwegian costumed dolls. They were made right alongside dolls with painted eyes. She also modeled a new head for a large Sami doll. On every doll made at the Atelier the features of the faces were painted by artists she hired. The only exception was the Sami faces, these my mother always painted herself. (Photo 7) Around 1938-39, with the success of the large felt faced dolls, my mother modeled a new face for the small souvenir dolls that were pressed in felt. With this face she started a new line of souvenir dolls which replaced the earlier souvenir dolls with which she had begun her production. (Photo 8).

Shortly after, based on one of the character dolls, the nisse, also came into being.

(Photo 9). Nisses were made in both small and large sizes with felt faces. A nisse is a Scandinavian entity. Every farm and dwelling has at least one nisse living in the house or barn and one has to treat him well and serve him porridge and beer every Thursday night. If one does not treat him well, he can create havoc. If he is treated kindly, he will make things go well for the farm and the family.

This folkloric character became over time melded with the Christmas Nisse, Jule Nisse or what is known as Santa. But the true nisse still

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exists in folktales as a separate entity. The large Jule Nisse (Christmas Nisse) and his wife were only made with a felt face and a cloth body. (Photo 10) World War II created difficulties for our family.

Norway was invaded by Germany in 1940 and after a while communication and trade routes were blocked.

Opportunities for new markets were lost and the workshop was closed between 1942 and late 1945. By the end of the war my parents had divorced. The Atelier reopened in late 1945 and around 1949 it relocated to a new and larger space around the corner from our apartment. My mother acquired a large hydraulic press which made it possible for her to increase production significantly. Because the hydraulic press used more pressure, new molds for the faces needed to be made. New sources for felt for the faces had to be located as well. The discerning collector may notice that the felt faces in pre-war and post-war dolls have a slight difference in color, texture and also sharpness. Because the war had altered the landscape of producers of materials and it was now difficult for my mother to find precisely what she wanted and what would work for the production. Processes for making various parts of the dolls were streamlined. She found people in different parts of Norway, mostly women, to work on specific parts of the production.

In between processes the items would come back to the Atelier for quality control. All the finished dolls were inspected at the Atelier before they were sent out. By 1950 the Atelier was producing dolls in 18 different costumes. The dolls came in sizes 45 centimeter (cm) – 18 inch, 22cm – 8.7 inch and 18cm – 7inch. (Photo 11) The 30cm was given up by mid to late 1950’s. (Photos 12 – 16) The production of

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play dolls was shelved. The large Sami dolls were made in the costumes from Karasjok (boy and girl) and a girl from Kautokeino. Only two or three boys in Karasjok costumes were ever made. (Photos 17 - 18) Alongside the regular production my mother was asked from time to time to make special dolls. One such occasion was in 1950 when she was asked to make nine special St. Halvard dolls to be exhibited at City Hall as part of Oslos’ 900 year celebration, St. Halvard being the patron saint of Oslo. (Photo 19) By the end of 1950’s the cost of production, especially the large dolls, had made the dolls almost prohibitively expensive to the consumer due to the increase in taxes and tariffs imposed by the Norwegian government, as well as the cost of making the felt faces and the cloth bodies. Therefore my mother licensed two factories, one in Norway and one in Germany to make certain dolls for her. The Norwegian factory, Simoa Plast, made small 17cm (6.7inch), a 20cm (8inch) and 30cm (12inch) versions of the costumed dolls. The 20 and 30cm versions had plastic heads and cloth bodies. The 17cm souvenir doll were also made in Sami costumes, as well as a series of character dolls described below.

The German factory, Reinische, produced heads and body parts for the 45cm doll. No large Sami dolls were ever made in plastic. Under my mother’s direction they developed a coating that was sprayed on the heads of the 45 cm dolls to make them more closely resemble the felt faced dolls.

(Photo 20) The large felt faced dolls with cloth bodies continued to be produced as before.

There are slight differences in the costumes made before the war and after. This is likely due to the fact that from the early through the mid 1900’s adult costumes had been standardized to create a uniform look for any particular region based on the work of Hulda Garborg, an ardent proponent of all things Norwegian. My mother needed the uniformity in order to maintain a manageable production. There are excellent books on the history of Norwegian costumes 31

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for those who seek more information. Another change the collector may have noticed is that before the war the 45cm dolls wore filigreed buttons in silver or gold at the throat.

The dolls made after the war have genuine costume jewelry.

In cooperation with the renowned jeweler, David Andersen, my mother was able to obtain silver and gilt brooches and buttons for her large dolls. She also found a factory in Germany who made doll wigs from human hair, imported from Asia, for the large dolls,. The earlier dolls had wigs made of Mongolian goat mohair.

The model of the nisse lent itself to a series of dolls. There were two or three smaller nisse variations. Some were made with felt faces, but most were made in plastic at Simoa Plast.

Other characters included the Jotun, an Eskimo man and wife, a snowman and also a pair called Buste (tousle haired) Per and Kari, as well as a few other types. (Photos 21 –23) The souvenir doll face was used to create a small version of Santa’s helpers, little boys and girls. The same face was also used for three different types of angels: a large standing angel holding two candles, a smaller angel, holding one candle and also the flying angel. All the angels are painted with the eyes closed. The flying angel model was also made as a Sandman who held an umbrella rather than having wings.

Additionally for a while my mother produced two types of egg warmers, one made in red felt, the other in white velour.

Over the years the dolls were increasingly sold internationally. In the early 1950’s Marshall Fields in Chicago began selling her souvenir dolls, opening a new market for her in the US. The 1960’s were a period of intense growth for the Atelier. My mother began taking part in a wide range of exhibits both nationally and internationally. One woman who was instrumental in getting my mother’s dolls exhibited so broadly during the early part of 1970’s was Aagot Noss, Head Curator of Costumes and Textiles at the Norwegian Folk Museum. This connection resulted in exhibits in Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Peru, USA, India and Japan and other

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locations. In 1973 my mother was invited a second time to, Krakow, Poland to participate in an international exhibition of dolls and here she won second prize. Also in 1973 Aagot Noss arranged an exhibit that was to travel throughout northern Norway. At the close of this exhibit the dolls came back to the Folk Museum in 1974 and were exhibited there. In the end the Folk Museum bought the collection which is now on permanent view in the costume and textile area. It is a beautiful exhibit designed by Aagot Noss.

In 1976 the Norwegian State Department also bought a collection of dolls which was designed as a traveling exhibit to be part of the celebration of 150 years of Immigration from Norway. The exhibit opened in New York at the Scandinavian import store called Norsk and traveled throughout the US for about two years. The collection then went into storage, but in 2005-2006 it was refurbished and is now on view at the Emigrant Museum in Ottestand, Norway. Dolls are also included in the collection of Queen Elizabeth’s doll collection at Frogmore House, Windsor Castle, England; Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa, Field Museum of Chicago and two museums, one in New Dehli the other in Mumbai, India.

Atelier Rønnaug Petterssen was closed in 1975, although my mother continued to make a few dolls with the remaining materials for people who had already placed an order. The production of the Norwegian line of plastic dolls, the Simoa Plast dolls, was sold and continued for a few years after my mother’s death in 1979. All other dolls ceased to be produced. She did not want there to be a decline in the quality of the dolls. Maintaining quality was immensely important to her. At the time the Atelier was dismantled most of the materials and supplies that were left, including bronze molds and patterns, were given to the Norwegian Folk Museum. The current Head Curator of Costumes and Textiles, Kari Anne Pedersen has since catalogued these materials. My mother died on December 18, 1979. She had then been making dolls for 40 years. (Photo 24)

Readers may contact the author at her email address: info@Rønnaugpetterssen.com About the Author: Bodil P. Meleney, the daughter of Rønnaug Petterssen, is a practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine, as well as an artist and a writer. Last year she completed a manuscript for a book about her mother and the dolls which she is hoping to get published this year.

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3. This month we bring you two more wonderful & amazing Nun dolls: a) all original Armand Marseille (AM) - mold # 1894 - excellent bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial feature - soft arched brows over enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes - slightly open mouth w/ soft amber shading - fully jointed compo body - original Mother Superior costume made by the order - exceptional condition - fully jointed compo body - 18” tall - $795. b) very unique and different is this lovely German compo made for the French trade and sold in Canada - excellent compo w/ lovely hand painted facial features enormous heavenly blue sleep eyes w/ heavy eye shadow - original five piece toddler body - she too is all original head to toe w/ tagged clothes - 14” tall - $595.

4. Wonderful and just as cute as he can be is the amazing “Tommy Tucker” by Bruno Schmidt - mold #2048 - excellent hand poured German bisque - solid dome bisque head w/well defined molded and side parted painted hair - superior hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over chestnut brown sleep eyes w/ human hair upper lashes - slightly open mouth w/ soft amber shading - original fully jointed body - 16” tall - $1,495.

5. Another truly rare & wonderful character child - this is “Freddie” by Simon & Halbig - mold # 1428 - exquisite hand poured bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched raised brows over baby blue sleep eyes - rare open/ closed mouth w/ that always desirable crooked smile - original fully jointed body - 16”tall - $1,695.

6. A truly extremely rare never to be found Simon & Halbig character young lad - mold # 1385 - all of the 1300 series by Simon & Halbig are so rare and wonderful and never ever to be found - as is this one - soft arched feathered brows over wistful lashes surrounding early heather blue paperweight eyes - closed slightly pouty mouth w/ just a hint of a smile original S & H body w/ wonderful factory original clothes - 11” tall - $12,500. - Oh no-o-o-o we have found an invisible neck repair - s-o-o-o-o his price is only $6,000.

7 . Rare & wondrous closed mouth beauty by Kestner - extremely early from the number series - she is marked only with a #10 on her head - superior bisque w/ exceptionally fine hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes - closed smiling mouth w/ soft rose shading & yes she has that very desirable white space between her lips - original plaster pate - original early straight wrist body - 17” tall - $3,495. - oh-o-o-o-o no-o-o-o-o we found a hairline at the back of her head - so-o-o-o-o- your very special price would be only $1,750.

8. Don’t you just love a Googlie - they just make you smile - here’s two more for you this month: a) ever so cute - ever so rare mask face Googlie w/ those big enormous baby blue glass eyes - original felt body - original mohair wig - 11” tall - $1,695. b) cute as a button & always desirable is this totally adorable #9573 by Gebruder Heubach - wonderful blue googlie eyes & that always desirable watermelon smile - 7” tall - $1,495.

9. Exceptionally beautiful character child by Heinrich Handwerck - mold # 109 - exceptionally high quality hand poured German bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - molded soft arched feathered brows over enormous heather blue sleep eyes - slightly open smiling mouth w/ soft amber shading - original fully jointed compo body - 21” tall - $995.

10. Utterly breathtaking very early Tete Jumeau w/ incredible eyes & such a unique wonderful face - wondrous hand poured French bisque w/ artist quality hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over wistful lashes surrounding the most enormous heather blue sleep eyes - closed outlined amber shaded mouth - early applied ears - original Jumeau body lovely antique clothing and French shoes - 32” tall - $9,500.

11. Lovely all original creche figure of an elderly woman - exceptional well defined smiling face w/ deep age lines - enameled deep blue eyes - wonderful detailed hair w/ bun at the nape of her neck - hands are in excellent condition - yes her shoes are intact - 13” tall - $1,995.

12. Lovely French court gentleman & lady in exceptional condition - both are German bisque head dolls with cloth bodies & lower bisque arms - probably made for the French tourist - both are in perfect condition - both have heather blue eyes & lovely hand painted facial features - their exceptionally well detail costumes are just amazing - beautiful brocade, beads, & lace - just exceptional - also both of their mohair wigs have amazing detail and are exceptional high quality - 10” tall $995.

13. Lovely & adorable “Marie” of the world famous “Dionne Quints” - all original - exceptional condition - in her original factory box - rare to find larger size on compo toddler body - just as perfect as she can be - “Marie” is stamped on box - 11” tall - $695.

14. A truly wonderful & unique German dancing doll by Armand Marseille - a lovely small size AM 390 in a very unique mechanical doll body - you wind her up she walks forward and then turns as if to dance - factory original - good working condition - 9” tall - 1,495.

15. Well - this is just about as rare as it gets - never to be found illegally made mold for a bisque head “Patsy” by Hertel & Schwab - mold #127 - this is an extremely hard to find doll in white and we have found her in black - she has flawless coco shaded bisque w/ molded well defined hair - exceptional hand painted facial features w/ soft arched feathered brows over lovely chestnut brown sleep eyes - open pouty mouth w/ heart shaped dark amber shading - original Patsy type compo body in same beautiful coco coloring - factory original clothes - 17” tall - $2,995.

16. Rare & wonderful as she could possibly be is this wondrous “Figure A” French Bebe by Jules Steiner - flawless hand pressed French bisque w/ artist quality hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over long luscious lashes surrounding breathtaking chestnut brown paperweight eyes w/. early dark outline - closed pouty mouth with just a hint of a smile & rose petal shading - original paper pate - original early Steiner body - truly exceptionally beautiful - 21” tall $5,995.

17. Another lovely German character child - this is “Bebe Elite” by Max Handwerck - wondrous hand poured German bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over heather blue sleep eyes w/ human hair upper lashes - slightly open mouth w/ outlined lips & soft amber shading - original fully jointed compo body - 24” tall - $995.

18. By far one of the very best sets of the Madame Alexander “Dionne Quints” we have ever had - exceptional condition w/ tagged clothes & pins - factory original swing w/ their names - and yes they even have their shoes - 18”wx11”hx9”d $2,995.

19. Lovely closed mouth Belton with that always desirable look made just for the French trade - this one was made to look like the world famous Simon & Halbig #949 - soft flawless bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - arched feathered brows over enormous dark outlined heather blue paperweight eyes - extremely pouty closed mouth/ soft amber shading early straight wrist body - 17” tall - $2,495.

20. Breathtakingly beautiful incised “Depose” Jumeau bebe - wondrous hand pressed French bisque w/artist quality hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over wistful lashes surrounding enormous chestnut brown paperweight eyes w/ early dark outline - just a tiny hint of eye shadow makes her all the more delightful - closed smiling pouty mouth w/ that prevalent white space and sweet rose shaded lips - original early straight wrist Jumeau body - size #7 - so she’s 17” tall - $5,995.

21. Full length of the lovely incised “Depose” Jumeau Bebe - breathtaking 22. Extremely rare & never to be found is this a lovely Madame Alexander “WAAC” - excellent condition - great compo gorgeous blue sleep eyes w/ lovely dark eyelashes - factory original head to toe including her purse - 14” tall - $1,295.

23. Well - just as rare as he can be is this lovely Swaine Toddler Boy - soft as butter bisque w/ first out of the mold quality - solid dome bisque head w/ soft arched feathered brows over heather blue glass eyes - rare open/closed exaggerated pouty mouth - he is marked “DV” - to make him all the more delightful he’s on a rare to find fully jointed toddler body 15” tall - $1,995.

24. Extremely rare and ever so adorable is this never to be found “Singing Heubach” girl in a delightful smaller size - side parted hair w/ large molded pink bow - deep intaglio blue side glancing eyes w/ heavy upper lids - open/ closed mouth that gives the appearance that she is singing - original kid body w/ bisque lower arms - - 12” tall - $2,995.

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25. Rare & wonderful all original “Baby Sandy” - the world famous Universal film star of the late 30’s & early 40’s made by Freundlich - great condition - enormous chestnut brown sleep eyes w/upper lashes - chubby five piece compo toddler body - she comes w/ her original life story book - 17” tall - $795.

26. Is he way too cute - yes he is - extremely rare German character boy by Kling - mold #182 - soft as butter bisque w/ first out of the mold quality - solid dome bisque head w/molded well detailed painted hair - wondrous hand painted facial features w/ soft arched feathered brows over outstanding intense blue intaglio eye - closed smiling mouth w/ such an adorable expression - original jointed compo body - to make him all the more desirable - he’s only 8” tall what a treasure - 8“ tall $1,495.

27. Ever so early and just as beautiful as she can be is this Simon & Halbig mold #739 - exceptional high quality bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over wistful lashes surrounding enormous chestnut brown paperweight eyes - slightly open smiling mouth w/ outlined soft amber shaded lips wonderful early straight wrist body - 14” tall $1,995.

28. Another rare & wonderful Belton - this one has more of a German face w/ that always desirable dewy patina wondrous high quality bisque w/ lovely hand painted facial features - soft arched feathered brows over wistful lashes surrounding the most amazing spiral threaded heather blue paperweight eyes - closed pouty mouth w/ soft rose shading - early straight wrist body - just delightful - 16” tall - $1,695.

29. Cute as he can be and always desirable is this “Uneeda Biscuit Kid” - excellent compo - blue painted eyes w/ high pink color - closed pouty mouth - all original tagged clothes w/ his original bisque box - 15” tall - $795.

30. Well, is she cute enough - what an adorable face - just as precious as she can be is the rare to find googlie by Kestner - mold #221 - exceptional high quality bisque w/ first out of the mold eminence - wondrous comical hand painted facial features - down turned feathered brows over enormous peacock blue side glancing eyes - wonderful & always desirable happy watermelon smile - original Kestner body - 13” tall - $7,500.

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31. We have a lot of very unusual and different wonderful dolls this month - here is another - uniquely different French papier mache child that looks just like the world famous Grace Cory Rockwell character child “Pretty Peggy” - just as cute as she can be in every way w/ her enormous heather blue eyes and her closed pouty cherry red mouth - five piece compo toddler body - truly a very unusual doll - 20” tall - $1,495.

32. Wonderful dark chocolate baby w/ exaggerated expression by Hermann Wagner - a lovely example of the English low fire pottery era - wonderful molded hair chestnut brown sleep eyes - closed very pouty mouth - five piece baby body - 15” tall - $795.

33. Two lovely children from the “Patsy” family by Effanbee - both have great compo - both are all original. a) “Patricia” in pigtails - beautiful green eyes - 15” tall $595. b) “Patsyette” - adorable side glancing eyes - 9” tall - $595.

34. Wonderful all original Lenci boy in amazing condition - original brown mohair wig - he holds his bouquet of flowers w/ a some what sad expression - original tag intact - 11” tall - $1,295.

35. Two utterly adorable solid dome bisque head babies: a) beautiful brown eyed “Bye-lo Baby - excellent bisque - tagged clothes - marked body - 18” tall - $695. b) lovely blue eyed “Dream Baby” by Armand Marseille - mold #351 - compo hands - 18” tall - $595.

36. Extremely rare Gebruder Heubach Googlie - mold # 10790 - in a grand large size - wondrous hand poured bisque w/ lovely hand painted comical facial features - fawn shaded brows over enormous baby blue googlie eyes - closed pert amber

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Rare & wonderful as she can be is this exceptionally beautiful “Miss Curity” mint condition w/ great compo - gorgeous blue sleep eyes w/ that always desirable eye shadow - original tagged clothes - breathtaking - 21” tall - $995.

Another rare and wonderful little treasure - breathtakingly beautiful closed mouth child by Wilhelm Dehler (WD) - for many years these were believed to be French dolls because the maker had a French address - as it turned out Mr. Dehler was German making his beautiful dolls for the French trade - exceptionally beautiful bisque w/ wondrous hand painted facial features w/ soft arched feathered brows over enormous chestnut brown paperweight eyes - closed pouty mouth w/ soft rose shading - original early straight wrist body - 11” tall - $1,995.

Just as rare & wonderful as she can be is this lovely closed mouth French papier mache fashion lady - (circa 1835) excellent condition - pierced ears - artist quality hand painted facial features w/ Icelandic blue eyes & a close slightly pouty smiling mouth - original pink kid body w/ early mitt hands - 15” tall - $1,995.

Extremely rare very early Kestner Character Boy from the upper 100 series - mold #186 - exceptional high quality hand poured bisque w/ wondrous hand painted features - soft arched feathered brows over honey brown upturned painted eyes - rare open/closed mouth w/molded teeth - soft amber shading - original fully jointed Kestner body - 18” tall - $4,995.

Utterly amazing near mint “Scarlet O’Hara” by Madame Alexander - excellent compo - big gorgeous green sleep eyes w/ upper lashes & heavy gray eye shadow

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Original opening night program book for “Gone With The Wind” goes with Scarlet Did you just take a deep breath-look how wonderful-exceptionally beautiful Bru Jne - w/that classic wonderful sweet face-exceptional French bisque w/ crisp first out of the mold features - artist quality hand painted facial features w/ soft arched feathered brows over early dark outlined enormous chestnut brown paperweight eyes- closed pouty mouth w/ soft amber shading- she stands 21” tall on her original jointed compo Bru body - $17,500 Wonderful & oh so rare to find - Gebruder Heubach character child - mold # 7622 - solid dome bisque head w/ well defined molded and painted hair - soft as butter bisque w/ first out of the mold quality - wondrous hand painted facial features with fawn shaded brows over heavenly blue deep intaglio eyes - closed extremely pouty mouth w/ soft amber shading - early straight wrist compo body - sweet shelf size 12” tall - $995.

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The Legacy of

Margaret Woodbury Strong

by Judith Armitstead

Margaret Woodbury Strong in her garden.

(Photo courtesy of National Museum of Play at The Strong.)

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he National Museum of Play at The Strong, formerly The Strong Museum, located at One Manhattan Square in Rochester, New York, has expanded and gone through many changes since it first opened in 1982. At its inception, the museum concentrated on its doll, dollhouse and miniature Jumeau twins. collections accumulated by Mrs. Margaret Woodbury Strong over many years. Today, the museum’s focus is to encompass all aspects of play and now includes the child-related collections of Mrs. Strong among many wonderful exhibits.

The museum’s current emphasis is on interactive children’s play with the first floor primarily being devoted to activities for children, families, and students including a full-size indoor carousel, indoor and outdoor butterfly gardens and many other educational and entertaining exhibits. This is truly a magical place for the young. For the young at heart who are fascinated with dolls, dollhouses and miniatures, the second floor displays portions of the vast collections of Mrs. Strong.

Margaret Woodbury, born in 1897, was the privileged only child from a wealthy Rochester family. She traveled extensively throughout the world and was introduced by her family at an early age to museums and to collecting.

In 1920, she married Homer Strong, an attorney, and in 1921 their only child, Barbara, was born. After the deaths of Barbara at 24 and later her husband, Mrs. Strong, as a diversion, turned her attention to more intensive collecting. Bru Jne. & Cie dolls.

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collections of dolls, dollhouses, miniatures and other objects of interest. As her accumulations grew, she added two gallery-like wings to her 30-room Pittsford, New York residence, Tuckaway Farms, and began to think of her collections as a museum. The Rochester Historical Society in 1958 sponsored the first public showing of her dollhouses which was publicized nationally. In 1968, Margaret obtained a provisional charter from the New York State Board of Regents for the “Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum of Fascination” - a name she took from the way her many guests often described her collections. On July 17, 1969, Margaret died in her sleep at age 72. In her will, she left her collections and most of her financial resources for a museum and, in 1982 the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum was opened to the public.

I had the opportunity to photograph portions of the museum’s collections for this article and to interview Curator Patricia Hogan, which is detailed below: JA: What should one expect to see at the National Museum of Play in relation to the doll collections?

PH: The museum’s second floor has many study cases, about 46 of which hold antique dolls. The dolls on

Grouping of Edmond Hieulle Gentlemen.

display trace three centuries of doll making beginning with early dolls of wood, papier mache, wax, composition, china and parian, bisque, leather, rubber, celluloid, plastic and vinyl. The collections on display include European-made dolls, ceremonial dolls from Japan, American-made dolls, and modern dolls made in Asia for American consumers.

JA: And the dollhouse collections?

PH: The museum also displays a range of dollhouses including American and European houses, some hand-crafted and very elaborate. Others were inexpensively manufactured and widely available. The structures represent country cottages and city homes, shops of all kinds, and specialty structures like stables, barns, spring houses, and greenhouses. The dollhouses on display range from a 1840’s Dutch townhouse to a 2003 twostory adobe house.

JA: How many dolls were in Mrs. Strong’s collections?

A. Thullier dolls.

PH: This question is not so easy to answer. The only count made of Mrs. Strong’s dolls occurred after her death in 1969.

A New York City auction house—Parke-Bernet—completed an inventory of all of Mrs. Strong’s possessions. Histories of the museum mention that the dolls numbered something like 26,000, but that number probably included figures and figurines. Duplicates and dolls of inferior condition were removed and the museum continues to acquire contemporary dolls.

JA: How many dolls are currently displayed?

PH: The short answer is there are about 2,200 dolls on display in the study cases last time I tallied the numbers. Various exhibits on the first floor and second floor display about 456 more dolls.

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Demonstrating various French Fashion body styles.

JA: How many more are in storage?

PH: According to the collection computer records, about 11,742 dolls are in storage.

JA: How often are the displays changed, or, in other words, how often are dolls rotated to be on view at the museum?

PH: In the exhibit galleries, the dolls on display change when new exhibits are developed and installed. In the doll study cases on the second floor, the museum rotates dolls on display continually, although it does not have a rigid schedule of rotation. With the help of two IMLS conservation grants, the museum staff began a process of surveying the entire doll collection, stabilizing the dolls in need of conservation and circulating dolls in need of a rest from display [from the lights] to the museum’s state-of-the-art storage facilities. This work continues, and once the conservator has completed the process for all of the dolls, she will go back and reevaluate the first dolls she looked at seven years ago. The process is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge— once the whole bridge is painted, it is time to start all over again.

Queen Anne-style dolls.

JA: Is there a particular focus of the doll collection?

PH: The doll collection is quite encyclopedic. When Margaret Strong collected dolls, she clearly favored late 19th century dolls made of bisque. I think she preferred French bebes over the German dolly faces and character dolls. She also appreciated china heads and parians, wooden dolls, wax dolls, composition dolls, novelty dolls like fortune-telling dolls, multiface dolls, automata, and dolls made of shells. She did not

Gbr. Heubach character dolls (with an American Schoenhut far right).

collect many dolls that were made after 1940 or so, so the collections team has acquired dolls of more recent vintage to make the museum holdings in modern dolls as impressive as the collections in antique dolls. So, the collection emphasizes the history of dolls Americans played with and admired from about 1690 to the present day.

JA: How do dolls fit in with the museum’s overall mission of play?

Various half or pincushion dolls.

PH: Historians suggest that there have always been dolls. The dolls we think of as an everyday plaything really developed in the 19th century when manufacturing processes and an abundance of materials made the production of dolls inexpensive and the dolls themselves affordable to a growing middle class. As playthings, dolls suggest how children learn cultural values, social behavior, and gender roles. They reveal how Americans spent their leisure 39

time and how their attitudes toward children have changed through the years. Dolls trace patterns in mass consumption and trends in popular culture.

And they document changes in manufacturing processes and innovations in the use of new materials, as well as the impact of both on everyday life in America.

As artifacts of childhood, dolls are the very tools of “learning and human development and they offer a unique window into American culture.”

JA: Could you briefly describe the antique dolls currently on display?

Izannah Walker dolls.

PH: On exhibit are rare Queen Anne dolls and hand-made dolls of anonymous seamstresses and woodcarvers. There are cases devoted to 19th-century papier mache, wax, and wax over composition dolls. Other cases display mid-19thcentury German and French composition dolls.

About ten cases display German china heads and all their variations. Twelve cases exhibit bisque dolls of the premier French manufacturers like Jumeau, Bru, and A. Thuillier. Five cases house French Fashion dolls. Several cases devoted to

Door of Hope dolls.

Dorothy Heizer dolls - George & Martha Washington and Paul Revere.

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German bisque doll manufacturers exhibit works by Simon & Halbig, J. D. Kestner, Kammer & Reinhardt, and others.

Cloth dolls on exhibit range from those by Izannah Walker and Martha Chase to Kathe Kruse and Lenci. More cases display 20th-century souvenir dolls. Also on display are American dolls by manufacturers such as Schoenhut, E. I. Horsman, Effanbee, Madam Alexander, and Ideal.

JA: Tell me a little more about the antique dollhouses on display.

PH: The museum also has 15 to 20 cases exhibiting dollhouses, room boxes and miniatures.

The dollhouses on display include several hand-crafted 19th-century Victorian houses, a massive Gottschalk blue roof mansion, two Mystery dollhouses, and dollhouses manufactured by Bliss, Converse, Schoenhut and others. Two cases display hundreds of samples of miniature furniture, housewares and other dollhouse furnishings.

JA: What are some of the museum’s recent developments?

PH: In recent years, the museum has been servicing collectors and other adults interested in antiques and collectibles; adults interested in social history; families and children; and increasing numbers of students, teachers, scholars and adults interested in the cultural and intellectual history of childhood, toys, games, and play.

JA: How can one access The Strong online?

PH: Many of the Strong’s multifaceted play-related resources are now accessible to anyone anywhere through a series of new websites. We expect to continually enrich this online experience in order to serve a growing and diverse global audience. In fact, thousands of the artifacts are already accessible online, including hundreds of examples from the National Museum of Play’s doll collection. The museum’s online collections can be accessed from the Collections tab at www.museumofplay. org. [On the homepage, there are numerous colored blocks.

To see portions of the antique doll collection: click onto “Online Collections;” then “Dolls;” then “Dolls from the Nineteenth Century.” To view portions of the dollhouse and miniature collections, the sequence is: “Online Collections,” “Toys,” then “Dollhouses.”]

Suzanne Seldes, Vice President for Marketing, described the following mission statement which aptly summarizes the museum’s role in curating the history of play, “The National Museum of Play is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the study of play as it illuminates cultural history.

It houses the world’s largest, most comprehensive collection of dolls, toys, and games. The museum blends the best features of both history museums

Interior of Large Mystery House.

Fantasy House with ormolu furnishings - portions of facade visible on both sides.

(extensive collections) and children’s museums (high interactivity) to serve a diverse audience including families, children, students, teachers, scholars, and collectors.”

I was very impressed with the museum’s way of integrating many aspects of play, be it for children or for grown-ups, and introducing collecting to those who might have never been previously exposed to the hobby. Many children with their parents or grandparents were drawn into the doll, toy and dollhouse exhibits right next to 41

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the interactive play areas. I overheard numerous conversations expressing awe and amazement.

It was inspiring to see youngsters admiring with enthusiasm the dolls and toys of our past and an earlier way of American life preserved in the dollhouses. I believe if Mrs. Strong could see the museum she founded today with so many happy children, she would be extremely proud.

My thanks go out to Patricia Hogan and Suzanne Seldes, who kindly met me on their day off to show me the collections and to open cases for photography.

Note: The museum in September 2010 renamed itself The Strong and carries out its mission through five programmatic arms or “Play Partners,” known individually as the National Museum of Play®, the International Center for the History of Electronic Games™, the National Toy Hall of Fame®, the Brian SuttonSmith Library and Archives of Play™, and the American Journal of Play®.

Reference:

Strong Museum. (2004) Margaret Woodbury Strong, Collector (2nd ed.) [Brochure]. Sandler, Carol: Author.

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1. Molded hair with ribbon decorations and glass eyes characterize the early production of Simon Halbig.

Courtesy Theriault’s

Simon Halbig:

The Early Years

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by Alicia Carver

2. An early all bisque with bare feet and glass eyes by Simon Halbig. Courtesy Theriault’s

ention the name Simon Halbig to bisque doll collectors and it is analogous to mentioning a familiar household name.

One would be hard-pressed not to find examples of Simon Halbig dolls gracing the shelves of most doll collections today. Their popularity with collectors is due not only to the factory’s abundance and longevity of production spanning 45 years, but primarily to their consistency in producing highquality bisque heads with exceptional painting and modeling.

The family owned porcelain factory operated in Thuringia, Germany from 1869-1914, the same region where some of the more prominent factories such as Kestner and ABG also ran their operations. It is important to note that since Simon Halbig was a porcelain factory, they produced only bisque heads, legs, arms and all-bisque dolls. They did not produce composition doll bodies.

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During their lengthy years of production, Simon Halbig also made heads for many other prominent companies such as Kammer & Reinhardt, C. M. Bergmann, Carl Berger, Cuno & Otto Dressel, and SFBJ to name a few.

This article will focus solely on some of the dolls from the factory’s early years of production ranging from their inauguration in 1869 to the early 1880’s.

The earliest doll heads were produced at a time when China dolls had dominated the doll making industry for over half a century. Like their China and Parian counterparts, these lady dolls had molded-hair, often with ribbon decorations in contrasting color with some examples also sporting molded necklaces and many with swivel necks (photo 1). Most had glass eyes and earring holes although there are some painted-eyed ones as well. Most of these early dolls were placed on cloth bodies with beautiful porcelain lower arms and porcelain lower legs. These early flesh-tinted molded haired lady dolls are not to be confused with Parian-types whose bisque is untinted. Even though Simon Halbig did produce some Parians during their early years, some with youthful faces, the vast majority were the flesh-tinted lady dolls featured in this article.

An example of their early all-bisque production is the very rare and early 6” peg-jointed all-bisque doll with a swivel neck and bare feet in photo 2. This beautiful doll features many of the same characteristics one finds in the early flesh-tinted bisque lady dolls, with the exception that it is a child doll. Her attribution to Simon Halbig is evidenced by the familial 3. Simon Halbig 920 glass-eyed wigged shoulder modeling and painting: sculpted short brown hair with contrasting black head with two-toned iris and flat eyebrows. band, cobalt blue glass eyes, a closed-mouth with a red line between the lips, long arched feathered brows, thickly painted lashes, and a sweet, pleasing expression. Compare these characteristics to the lady doll from my collection featured in photo 5 and the familiarity is unmistakable!

None of the company’s artistry was compromised by this exceptional little doll’s smaller size.

Simon Halbig also produced lovely glass-eyed wigged bisque one piece shoulder heads early in their production that remain elusive today. These early dolls are characterized by fine quality painting, pale, even-smoothed bisque, softly hued cheeks, lip shading on closed or open/closed mouths with the upper lips having upturned corners suggesting a smile, and very long and narrow flat feathered brows set close to the eye socket (photo 3). The Simon Halbig 920 from my collection featured in photo 3 has almond shaped stationary paperweight threaded glass eyes, and a less common two-toned iris which gives her eyes added depth. Her upper lips have upturned corners suggesting a smile.

Many of these early, wigged one piece shoulderhead dolls were made for 4. 9-inch doll shoulderhead made for the French the French market. The market. These early dolls have sew holes and are found on either cloth or kid bodies.

9” example featured here (photo 4) still bears part of the original French store label underneath her 5. An early lady doll by Simon Halbig has similar painting to the company’s vest. Interestingly, these early all bisque dolls. stationary-necked shoulder

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6. Circa 1870’s these 19-inch dolls are marked “S 7 H,”, on the front of the shoulder plates, and wear their original regional dress.

heads also have sew holes and are found on either cloth or kid bodies. Other features of these dolls include a domed head often with a ring around the head, nicely sculpted arms ending in a cupped hand with separate thumbs, and markings low on the front of the shoulder plate which typically bear an incised “S H” without the ampersand found on dolls produced after 1905. Sometimes the mark also includes a number indicating size.

This 22” very early, uncommonly found SH lady doll that I recently added to my collection has all of the characteristics of the early dolls (photo 5). Notice her narrow and long feathered brows and their close set to the eye socket. She also has almond cut threaded paper weight eyes, two-toned irises, molded eyelids, lip shading and upturned upper lip corners. In Jan Foulke’s comprehensive book, Simon Halbig Dolls: The Artful Aspect, she points out that this particular painting feature bestows many S & H dolls with a pleasing expression. She has similar facial molding and painting to their early all-bisque dolls.

Originally, many Simon Halbig dolls were wonderfully costumed in traditional regional European dress. The two large 19-inch examples featured here (photo 6) are dressed in charming Russian folk costumes made of cotton, wool, silk velvet, silk, and early metallic trim. They both have the early mark of “S 7 H” incised on the front of their shoulder plates and date to the early 1870’s. The fine painting that the factory is renowned for is evident in their beautifully painted faces.

By the early 1880’s, Simon Halbig had been busy competing with the booming Bebe market and had shifted most of their production to numbered closed, and soon after, open-mouth socket heads. The earlier closed mouth versions socket heads still retained their closed domes, but the open-mouthed versions had an open crown for the insertion of sleep eyes and teeth, a highly desirable innovation of the era.

The three early open mouth 719, 908 and 949 dolls from my collection typify the features of the early open mouth socket head dolls produced in the 1880’s: square upper

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and lower teeth, a French style crown cut with no rim ridge, a high forehead, and lip shading on the top and lower lip. Their modeling also includes a flat eyebrow set close to the eye socket and thickly painted lashes which give their eyes a penetrating gaze. These dolls also bear the company’s earlier mark of an “S H” with a size number incised between the letters. Interestingly, the 908 also comes on an early kid over wood ball jointed body, a characteristic I previously thought was reserved for their early lady dolls.

With all the attention this company paid to quality painting technique, it’s no 9. This 949, like the two prior dolls, is typical of wonder Simon & Halbig went the company’s open mouth socket heads being 8.

Early 719 with fl at eyebrows, molded lids on to produce heads for so many made by the early 1880s. and thick lashes. other German companies and Bibliography: remain in business for such a long time. It is their consistency in producing quality heads Cieslik, Jurgen & Marianne. German Doll Encyclopedia that continue to make Simon & Halbig dolls popular with 1800-1939. Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1985. collectors today. Hopefully, you will be able to identify and be Foulke, Jan. Simon Halbig Dolls: The Artful Aspect. charmed by their earlier dolls as much as I have!

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Great Dolly Weekend” was enjoyed by those who registered for the many events held in conjunction with this year’s Gaithersburg’s March doll show and sale.

Organized by the Dollology Club of Washington, D.C. and the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts, it added to the bustling excitement of this premiere East Coast doll venue, featuring many of our favorite antique doll dealers.

Don’t miss the next Gaithersburg, MD doll show, June 4th and 5th. Here are some of the items that caught our eye – be sure to check to see if they are still available.

9-1/2 inch F.G, Marion Maus. MD

18 inch Jumeau Fashion, $4450. Shari McMasters, OH Made for the French market with store label intact, Simon Halbig 1949, $2950.

Phil May Antiques, NJ.

Second series portrait Jumeau, $5500. Becky and Andy Ourant, PA.

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F 10 G, 22 inches, $6500 and Kestner 156, 28 inches, $1800. Linda Kellermann, VA.

Margaret Kincaid, MD., current president of the National Antique Doll Dealers Association.

20 inch Jumeau, $3200 and Kestner Daisy, $1625.Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears, IL.

Representing Morphy Auctions, PA, Dan Morphy and Jessica Bauman (left) and Becky Sponsler.

Shoes for fashions and bebes. Deborah Fratino, CT.

Long face Jumeau. Richard Saxman, PA.

Grandma’s Attic, Joyce Kekatos, NY.

Unusual crèche doll, $1950. Pat Vaillancourt, FL.

Rohmer Fashion, 24 inches. Jay and Connie Lowe, PA.

Andrew Truman from James D. Julia Antiques with some of the dolls in their upcoming auction.

A. Steiner, 21 inches, $4100.

Ann Lloyd, PA.

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Do You Have a Mystery Doll ?

ladys wrote us about a doll she hopes one of our readers can identify, a 5-inch tall Japanese doll with molded features and inserted black eyes. She describes her doll, “The material is hard, perhaps a type of papier mache. She has a straight black hair wig with a bun-type roll at the top of her head which was originally covered with hair. The head is moveable and is mounted on a shoulderplate which has an actual neck into the head. The arms are loosely jointed to the body. The bottom of the shoulder plate is mounted on a firmly stuffed rounded shape of flesh colored cloth. There is no indication that there was ever a lower body and legs. Can anyone tell me what she represents? Did she originally have a lower body and if so, how was it jointed and what did it look like? Gladys Naturally we turned to Japanese doll expert Alan Pate.

“She was/is a Japanese Ichimatsu doll from the late 1910’s early 20’s. She definitely would have had a lower body. Based on the hands she was only of modest quality when first made.

It is surprising, given her beaten and battered state that her hair is still intact. The pin cushion-like element on her head is a classic type of child’s hairstyle/bow which consisted of a chignon wrapped in fabric.” Thanks, Alan

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n response to Karen who wrote about her cloth doll with the chamois leather head (see page 56, April issue) we contacted Dominique Pennegues who wrote back, “I can only tell you about my own ‘guess’ on this very special doll: she definitely is not an AAP from Stefania Lazarska. She seems to have been made some time between 1915 and 1925. She makes me think of the dolls made by Aurore Lauth Sand, who made dolls with both embroidered chamois faces and painted faces like Karen’s (Sand’s husband was a well known painter). This pretty doll could also have been made by an artist, a hat maker or dress maker from this period. She is very probably one of a kind. Thanks, Dominique

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oes anyone know what these dolls are called, where they are from, and what they should be appraised at? They were given to my mother by my grandfather who was in the international trade business. They are at least 50 years old. Paul

Perhaps there is a doll in your collection that you and others have never seen before. Send us a high resolution photo and any information you have to antiquedoll@gmail.com (you may also send a print photo to Antique Doll Collector P.O. Box 39, East Petersburg, PA 17520). If you can identify a mystery doll, write to us at the address or email above.

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Izannah Walker Reproductions

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e want to congratulate doll maker Kathy Patterson who was featured in our December, 2010 issue. Kathy was recently voted by Early American Life Magazine as the leading artist for Museum Quality Reproduction Izannah Walker Dolls. She was a prior winner for her Santa reproductions and has also won for her Queen Anne style wooden dolls. Kathy advertises her dolls in our emporium section.

Princeton Doll & Toy Museum Honors Antique DOLL Collector

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very year the Princeton Doll and Toy Museum honors people in the doll industry who have given meritorious service to the museum and the doll world. We are proud to announce that Antique DOLL Collector received the award for Outstanding Journalism – Antique Dolls. Executive Director of the Museum, Virginia Aris, hosted the awards luncheon, held at the Yardley Country Club in Yardley, PA, Sunday, March 27. A lively event, it featured a salesroom, a wide selection of helpers, an exhibit of antique to modern fashion dolls, and a program by Barbara DeVilbiss on the history of fashion doll.

Virginia Aris, host of the March 27 luncheon and director of the Princeton Doll and Toy Museum.

An exhibit of fashion dolls and their accessories offered a tiny sampling what you can see at the museum.

Each attendee took home a vintage Madame Alexander doll, part of a collection of 850 dolls donated to the Princeton Doll & Toy Museum by the late collector Frances Stephens.

The Princeton Doll & Toy Museum is a New Jersey non-profit corporation founded in 1998 with the purpose of ensuring the preservation and continuing appreciation of dolls and toys. For membership information write to the museum at 8 Somerset Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525.

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Morphy Auctions to be Focus of a Reality Show

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orphy Auctions has entered into an agreement with Nancy Glass Productions to develop a documentary/ reality TV series.

Under the terms of the agreement, Morphy Auctions and Nancy Glass Productions will collaborate to create an antiques and auction related program for broadcast on a major television network.

“I had been considering the idea of a TV show about Morphy’s for a long time and had been approached by several production companies and networks,” said Morphy’s CEO Dan Morphy. “I chose Nancy Glass Productions because of their successful track record in producing quality programming.”

Nancy Glass is a former on air personality and six-time Emmy winner. Her company, Nancy Glass Productions, has created over 2,000 hours of prime-time programming for various cable networks as well as producing radio shows for Sirius XM and a recent feature documentary which took first prize at the LA Cinema Film Festival. They currently have eight series in production.

“We are excited to be working with someone as passionate and knowledgeable about antiques and collectibles as Dan Morphy,” Glass commented. “This program will go behind the scenes to showcase the fast-paced world of Morphy Auctions, their team’s interaction with collectors and the thrill of their actual auction events.”

The Old Pretenders and the Art of Doll Costuming

There are many aspects to take into consideration when dressing any doll, but they are particular when costuming a doll in early manner.

When choosing a style it’s important to keep in mind that although a doll’s costume reflected the style of the day, more often than not, clothing was cleverly constructed in a somewhat different manner than full sized examples. In order to recreate an effective reproduction it’s important to keep in mind that one is dressing a “doll” and not a person. The Old Pretenders – David Chapman and Paul Robinson – are guided by their extensive study, handling and restorations of 17th and 18th century English wooden dolls, reference and research of costumes via museum collections, paintings and even porcelain figurines, but in the end these considerations must be filtered through the eyes of a doll costumer of the period.

Despite Paul having a background in modern as well as period costume design, it is David that dresses the majority of Old Pretenders. Originally many antiques were dressed by doll maker’s wives or daughters, greatly skilled but not formally trained as dressmakers. In this case David’s expertise and lack of formal training turns out to be an advantage lending an authentic, antique feel to the end results.

Usually dealing in something both rare and of limited quantity, when at all possible they prefer to use actual 17th - 18th century fabrics to dress their dolls. The overall design depends on the antique textile they have on hand and how to use anything to its best advantage. The doll dressed in gold, based on an example from the 1740s, features a rare 18th century saffron colored lightweight floral damask. The handsewn dress is deceptively simple but carefully crafted. In keeping with the period it even features a bodice boned with tiny wooden stays. Many layers of both cotton and linen under-slips provide the proper fullness to the skirt which trains slightly to the back. As this is a less formal garment it is worn with a snugly fitted cap of the finest, drawnwork linen trimmed with fine metallic braid and handmade silk tassels. Short kid gauntlets complete the ensemble. As with all Old Pretenders, her clothing is permanently stitched in place.

This is partly to ensure a properly fitted garment but also due to the sometimes fragile nature of the antique textiles. Too much dressing and undressing of a doll could cause damage to her costume. Each Old Pretender doll is approached as a “total package” with a costume designed specifically with the doll in mind and it’s their hope that a doll will look the same in 100 years as it did the day it left the studio.

To contact the Old Pretenders email them at: secretgarden@shaw.ca

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Come Celebrate with Rose Percy, Duty’s Most Faithful THE EVENT Please join the members of the Carmel Doll & Toy Study Group for a premier charitable fundraising event. A limited number of registered attendees will be treated to a very full day of festivities that include a luncheon buffet, a specially created program about Rose Percy, deluxe helpers and shopping opportunities, plus each attendee will receive a copy of a beautifully illustrated book about Rose, her possessions and her life.

Please note that the exclusive book will only be made available to registered guests at Rose’s events.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011 WHERE Hayes Mansion Resort Hotel 200 Edenvale Avenue

San Jose, CA 95136 866.981.3300 Mention Carmel Doll & Toy Study Group for the hotel room block.

Rose Percy Event for a special rate $109 single. (Limited room block).

WWW.DOLCE-HAYES-MANSION-HOTEL.COM San Jose International Airport is most convenient for those flying in.

TO REGISTER Complete the Registration Form below and mail it, along with the $145 per person registration fee, to: Beverly Thomson, Event Registrar P.O. Box 7198 Carmel, CA 93921

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Come Help Celebrate Rose Percy’s 150th Birthday, and Take Home a Gift for Yourself From generous friends, from far and wide, we have received donations to help further Rose’s cause and we wish to give you a preview of them. On this page, you will discover just a small sampling of the exquisite Helper and Live Auction Items that will be offered at the Rose Percy Luncheon.

The members of the Carmel Doll & Toy Study Group would like you to meet “Posey” – their donation to the Live Auction portion of the day. Posey is a diminutive, antique, English poured Wax doll with a hand sewn trousseau that even our dear Rose covets. Posey is complete with clothing for many occasions, an assortment of accessories – even an antique dressing table.

Posey’s list of possessions seems to grow on a daily basis.

Carmel doll club member and award winning couturier Denise Buese has created an entire trousseau for the popular UFDC souvenir doll Marie Terese – and it too, will be a live auction item. Included are hand made shoes and accessories – Denise even made the boxes that house them. The Carmel Doll Shop donated the doll, so the lucky winner will have an entire package that can be enjoyed immediately.

You will find plenty of new books, plus antiques, modern dolls, teddy bears and lots of surprises!

We hope to see you there!

Child and Help Commemorate her 150th Birthday WWW.ROSEPERCY.ORG

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Cancellation Fee is $25. Cancellations will not be accepted, nor will refunds be made after May 1, 2011 Credit card charges will appear on your statement as: Legacy Antiques/Carmel Doll Shop Please make checks payable to Carmel Doll & Toy Study Group

A Mother’s Day Greeting

by Jennifer Craft-Hurst

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was recently rather have that asked when one?” my Mother I first started asked, pointing at a collecting dolls. beautiful Jumeau. I I had to stop and burst into laughter! think. I really think “Mom, I can’t afford I’ve been collecting that!” “Why not?” dolls for as long she asked. “Just save as I can remember. your money. Don’t You see, I caught buy everything you the collecting bug see just for the sake from my mother. of buying it.” I know I fondly recall our this sounds like My mother, Elizabeth Harris Craft. summer trips back logical advice, but to my mom’s childhood home in Ohio. Every year, to me, this was an epiphany. It had never occurred she would take her box of childhood dolls out of to me that I could own the fine French dolls of my the attic for me to admire. Opening the box would dreams. I heeded her advice, and, after more time reveal a trove of childhood treasures: a mint-in-box passing, she and I started traveling to auctions Wanda the Walking Doll, numerous Skookums, to actually bid on those wonderful French girls. a wooden bed filled with all-bisques, a Bonnie Our doll travels took us near and far in the United Braids, a Beautiful Arranbee Ballerina, and “Baby States, and even to Paris, where we enjoyed our Polly,” her beloved blonde Toni Doll. I wanted Mother/Daughter grand adventure. those dolls so desperately. Alas, as my mother In 2004, my mother passed away from cancer. would remind me, those were her dolls and not To me, this was the loss, not only of my mother, mine. Maybe someday I would have them. but also of my collecting partner and my best As the years passed, my mother fueled the friend. This year, as my father was cleaning out fire for my passion of dolls. Every Christmas, his house, he handed me numerous boxes and I received a beautiful Effanbee or Madame told me that I could have them. Inside were Alexander, which I would keep as pristine as the my mother’s prized childhood dolls; Wanda, day I first opened her. My mom and I became doll the Skookums, the all-bisques, Bonnie Braids, auction buddies, simply dreaming while following the Ballerina, and Baby Polly. They were mine. along in our prized catalogues. After I graduated Those amazing dolls were mine. The dolls I had college and joined the job market, I was finally dreamed of for so long were now mine. And I able to start purchasing those which I had so would give anything to have them back in my long only dreamed of owning. One day, as Mom mother’s attic, waiting for her to show them to and I were exploring antique stores, I pointed me again. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Thank you out a doll that I was considering purchasing. It for giving me the bug. And Happy Mother’s Day was a simple German Dolly Face. “Wouldn’t you to all mothers everywhere!

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Auction Gallery Simon & Halbig’s character boy 153, 17 inches, only made for one or two years, sold for $15,500.

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among them George Arliss, Sis Hopkins and John Bunny. The former Ambassador Hotel, home of the famed Coconut Grove, provided Billie with an amazing collection of silent film wax portrait dolls.

Into the early 1990’s Billie was still going to collector shows, taking along her celebrity dolls, where aging stars, delighted to receive recognition, signed them for her. She was our roving “celebrity” reporter, submitting photographs of former headliners.

The golden age of Hollywood is long gone, but thanks to Billie Nelson Tyrrell, a large part of its past has been preserved and will be remembered. Theriault’s auction April 9 and 10, fittingly held in Los Angeles, CA, featured her collection of celebrity dolls and related memorabilia, as well as a selection of fine bisque and Americanmade dolls. Here are some of the highlights. For more prices visit www.theriaults.com Prices do not include buyer’s premium.

Left to Right: Lejeune, a noted French sculptor, created this rare bisque model of British actress Dorothy Ward, c. 1915. 22 inches tall, it realized $14,000.

13 inch Premiere Bebe

by Emile Jumeau, $8,000.

Salon dolls by Lenci, representing Marlene Dietrich, c. 1930, 28 inches $2100, and Clara Bow, c. 1926, 31 inches, $5750.

Lenci doll inspired by silent film actress Ruth Roland, 25 inches, c. 1923, $9,500.

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“Mr. Common People” by Schoenhut.

Rare, one of a kind dolls, 16 inches. c. 1911, all original, $16,500.

One of a kind prototype of Charlie McCarthy by Edgar Bergen for Effanbee, autographed, 18 inches, $10,750.

30 inch Lenci Rudolph Valentino, c. 1920’s, $9,500.

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Jumeau Triste, 33-1/2 inches, original jointed body (overpainted), with fixed wrists, wig, (a small chip at the neck) sold for approximately $11,000 at the recent Ladenburger auction. Every year a new outfit was made for the doll, the costumes contained in this specially made cabinet.

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rare Munich Art doll by Marion Kaulitz sold at Sweetbriar’s April auction for $8900.

At 15” tall, she wore her original countrystyle costume.

petite mulatto Bru dating from the Girard period (c. 1890), signed Bru Jeune, size 2, 11 inches, with the original composition body and wearing the original costume, realized approximately $14,100 at the recent sale in Paris presented by François Theimer.

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rare Jumeau Phonographe doll with its patented device by clock and automaton maker Lioret, sold at the Galerie de Chartres for approximately $28,000.

The 24 inch doll wearing its original dress, is marked “Depose Tete Jumeau 11” and retained its original box and five cylinders.

Also of note was a Jumeau Triste, size 9, dressed in appropriate antique clothing for approximately $24,000.

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fashion attributed to Barrois, sold for $11,210 at Morphy’s April auction.

It features a swivel bisque head on bisque shoulder plate, brown leather fashion body with separately stitched figures and straight legs. The doll is elaborately costumed in what could easily be an original outfit representing a region of North Africa with multi-colored and layered fabrics.

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15 inch black bisque incised Van Rozen, original clothes (hairline at back of head and repair to chin) sold for $12,100 at Withington’s April 7th & 8th auction.

One-half inch taller was this white bisque Van Rozen which also brought $12,100.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation:

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ow Doth the Little Busy Bee”, an oil, watercolor and charcoal painting by Jessie Wilcox Smith, from the Kendra and Allan Daniel collection, sold for $386,500 at Sotheby’s New York on April 11. The painting was first published in 1910 in “A Child’s Book of Old Verses.”

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n all original 17 inch Bebe Parlant Automatique Steiner (kicking/ crying) in the factory costume brought $2,200 at Alderfer’s March 31 auction.

Alderfer Auctions, 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA 19440.

215-393-3023. www.alderferauction.com Galerie De Chartres, 10 rue Claude Bernard Za Le Coudray - BP 70129 28630 Chartres - Le Coudray. Email: chartres@galeriedechartres.com James D. Julia Auctions, 203 Skowhegan Rd, Fairfield, Maine 04937.

207-453-7125 www.jamesdjulia.com Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GMBH, Lustgartenstr. 61 D-68526 Ladenburg, Germany www.spielzeugauktion.de Morphy Auctions, 2000 North Reading Road, Denver, PA 17517.

717-335-3435. www.morphyauctions.com Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue New York, NY 10021, 212-606-7000. www.sothebys.com Sweetbriar Auctions, P.O. Box 37, Earleville, MD 21919. 410-275-2094 www.sweetbriarauctions.com Theimer Auctions, 4 rue des Cavaliers 89130 Toucy France email :francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr www.theimer.fr Theriault’s, PO Box 151, Annapolis, MD 21404. 800-638-0422. www.theriaults.com Withington Auction, Inc., 17 Atwood Road, Hillsborough, NH 03244.

603-478-3232 www.withingtonauction.com

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Calendar of Events

If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or Email: adcsubs@gmail.co adcsubs@gmail.com m. thru-5/15 Bellevue, WA. “Jules Steiner: The Great Innovator” presentation. Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. 425-455-1116.

4/30-5/1 Kansas City, MO. NADDA Annual Doll Show & Sale.

Embassy Suites Hotel. 816-756-1720. Sondra Krueger, Show Coordinator. sondkr@sondrakrueger.com.

5/14-6/19 Hiroshima, Japan. Doll Exhibition. Setonaikai Kisn, Hoshi. Hatsukaichi Art Gallery. www.hoshibld.co.jp

May 2011

1 Easton, PA. 31st Annual Show & Sale. Forks Township Community Center. Delaware Doll Club. 908-454-1853.

1 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Serb Hall. Sue Serio. 262-646-5058.

1 Rochester, NY. 21st Annual Doll Show & Sale. The Eagles Club. Henrietta Doll Lovers Club. Dottie. 585-889-2015.

1 Saginaw, MI. Timbertown Dollology Club 40th Annual Doll Show. Carrollton Middle School. Mary Randall.

989-631-0901.

1 St. Louis, MO. Toy & Doll Show. Jewish Community Center. St. Louis Fashion Doll Collectors’ Club.

636-328-4039.

1 York, PA. Doll & Toy & Teddy Bear Show. York Expo Center. 717-687-8101.

4-5 Fairfield, ME. Important Advertising & Toy & Doll Auction. James D. Julia Inc. 207-453-7125.

6-7 Vallejo, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Vallejo Fairgrounds.

Nancy Jo’s. 925-229-4190.

7 Atlanta, GA. Doll Show & Sale. Hilton Suites Atlanta Perimeter. A. Barrs. 404-321-5760.

7 Coventry, CT. Toy & Bear Show. Coventry High School.

Joy Kelleher. 860-742-6359.

7 Dayton, OH. 60th Anniversary Luncheon of Ohio Valley Doll Collectors. Koehlers. 937-224-9090.

7 Des Moines, IA. 23rd Annual Doll & Bear & Toy Sale. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Walnut Center Bldg. Colleen Holden.

515-986-1975.

7-8 Grayslake, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Grayslake Antique Market Lake County Fairgrounds. Zurko’s Midwest Promotions. 715-526-9769.

7 Maitland, FL. Doll Show. Maitland Civic Center. Barbara Keehbauch. 407-678-5678.

7 Nazareth, PA. Doll Auction. Dotta Auction Co., Inc. 610-759-7389. www.dottaauction.com 7 San Diego, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Al Bahr Shrine Ctr. Gloria Osborn. 619-298-2447.

7 Westampton, NJ. Dolls at Auction. Sweetbriar Auctions.

410-275-2094.

8 Madison Hts., MI. Doll Show & Sale. Doll Show & Sale.

UFCW Hall. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier.

586-731-3072.

14 Charlotte, NC. Doll Show & Sale. Metrolina Tradeshow.

Knight Shows. 803-783-8049.

14 Fresno, CA. Doll Show. Hope Lutheran Community Center. San Joaquin Valley Doll Club. slindal@kermantel. net 14 Oklahoma City, OK. Toy & Doll Show. Oklahoma City Fairground. Productions Unlimited. 405-810-1010.

14 Salt Lake City, UT. Doll Show. Utah Fairpark. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. info@dolls4all.com.

14 San Diego, CA. Doll Show & Sale. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Doll Collectors of North Park. 619-713-2002.

14 Spring City, PA. Miniature & Dollhouse Auction. Rhoads & Rhoads Auction Center. Ron Rhoads Auctioneer.

610-385-4818.

AUCTION: German Bisque Dolls, China head & Oriental Dolls, Convention Dolls, Doll Furniture & Accessories A public auction will be held at the V.F.W Building located at 106 SW Third Avenue in Aledo, IL. on

Sunday, May 22, 2011 • Time 11:00 A.M.

Approximately 60 German Bisque Dolls including J.D. Kestner; Armand Marseille; Kley & Hahn, Simon & Halbig; Gans & Seyfarth, Heubach Koppelsdorf; Bahr & Proschild; Schoenau & Hoffmeister; Heinrich Handwerck; Cuno Otto Dressel, Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, E. Metzler & others. Several china head dolls; Several oriental dolls; 1980’s & 1990’s Convention dolls; Miniature & cloth dolls; Reproduction dolls; Life size Mannequin; Doll furniture, doll parts, wigs, clothes & accessories. Estate of Beverly Johnson KILCOIN AUCTION SERVICE…Tom & Adam Kilcoin, Auctioneers…Preemption, IL… Phone 309-534-8121 or 309-737-8120. Terms: Cash or check, no property to be removed until settled for. Number system to be used. I.D. required. Kilcoin Auction Service serves solely as agent for the estate & assumes no liability of any kind. IL. License #440.000257 & #440.000293.

For complete auction ad & list of dolls visit us at kilcoinauction.com closer to sale date

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15 Mounds View, MN. 8th Annual Dolls & Bears Show.

Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. 507-864-3073.

Carol@cpromotionsplus.com 15 New Hope, PA. Doll Show. Eagle Fire Hall. Mark Lehmann. 215-657-2477.

15 St. Charles, IL. Collectible Toy & Doll Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. www.chicagotoyshow.com. 847-800-3009.

19-22 Lombard, IL. Collector Convention. Westin Lombard Yorktown Center. Tonnerdoll.com 21 Chartres, France. Behind the Garden. Exclusive collection from private dutch museum found behind wonderful garden. Galerie DeChartres. +33(0)2.37.88.28.28 chartres @galeriedechartrs.com 21 Columbus, IN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. Dolls’ Night Out Doll Club.

Barbara Joy. 812-376-9124.

21 Danville, IL. A Spring Doll Auction. Judd’s Auction Gallery. Mathis Doll & Toy Co. 217-446-3523. mathisdolls@aol.com 21 Fayetteville, GA. Doll Show & Sale. Treasures Old N’New. P. Green. 770-603-7880. patricaagreen@yahoo.com 21 Lodi, CA. Dolls & Toys Show. National Doll Festival.

831-438-5349.

21 Marietta, GA. Collectors United Annual Doll Show & Sale.

Cobb County Civic Center. 706-695-8242.

21-22 San Diego, CA. Miniature & Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Al Bahr Shrine Center. 858-454-4959.

21 Sequim, WA. Doll & Bear Show. Sequim High School.

Olympic Peninsula Doll Club. 360-582-9982.

21 Westminster, MD. Annual Yard Sale. Frizellburg Antique Store. 410-848-0664. calendar continued on page 63

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22 Aledo, IL. German Bisque Dolls & China Head & Oriental Dolls & Accessories Auction. VFW Building. Kilcoin Auction Service. 309-534-8121 or 309-737-8120.

22 Short Hills, NJ. Estate Doll Auction. Hilton Short Hills.

Theriault’s. 410-224-3655.

22 Willoughy Hills, OH. Doll Show & Sale. Willoughby Hills Community Ctr. Eileen. 440-729-9690.

25 Knightsbridge, London. Fine Dolls & Teddy Bears & Juvenalia. Bonhams. +44(0) 20 7393 3890. www.bonhams.com/toys.

28 Koeln, Germany. Specialty Auction. Fine Toys & Automata. Auction Team Breker. +49/2236/38 43 40.

Fax +49/2236/38 43 430. Auction@Breker.com. www.breker.com 28 Paris, France. Francois Theimer Doll Auction. Ambassador Hotel. www.theimer.fr www.theimer.f Email: francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr francois.theimer@wanadoo.f

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2-5 Orlando, FL. Fire Flies Doll Convention. International Palms Resort. Diane Milla. 863-644-1144.

4-5 Gaithersburg, MD. 154th Eastern National Antique Doll Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 443-617-3590.

4 San Diego, CA. Dolls & Bears & Jewelry Sale. Mission Valley Resort. National Doll Festival. 831-438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com 5 Anaheim, CA. Doll Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel.

831-438-5349. NatlDoll@aol.com 5 Mandan, ND. Doll Show & Sale. Bismarck Doll Friends.

Best Western. Ila. 701-258-7869.

5 Prescott, AZ . Doll Show & Sale. Historic Hassayampa Inn. Bayberry’s Antique Dolls & Victorian Retreat Dolls.

928-445-8559. 928-713-1909.

10-11 Columbia, SC. 43rd Annual Ceramic Show. Jamil Temple.

Jim Manship. 803-359-6401.

12-13 Annapolis, MN. Estate Doll Auction followed next day by Theriault’s famous Ten2Go Auction. Annapolis Sheraton.

410-224-3655.

12 Buena Park, CA. Barbara Peterson’s Show & Sale. Holiday Inn by Knott’s Berry Farm. www.vintagedollplaza.com.

714-525-8420.

12 Sandwich, MA. Antique & Collectible Doll & Toy Show.

American Legion Hall, Rt#130. Yesteryears Doll Study Assoc. 508-947-8157.

16-17 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction, Inc. 603-478-3232.

19 Lisle/Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Wyndham Hotel. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net 24-26 Online Show & Sale. Reproduction I.W. Dolls & Classes. paula@asweetremembrance.com 25 Algoma, WI. 47th Annual Doll & Teddy Bear Show & Sale.

Algoma High School. Al Hansen. 920-563-0046.

25-26 Puyallup, WA. Doll Show. Puyallup Fair & Event Center.

Dorothy Drake. info@dolls4all.com 25 Westampton, NJ. Dolls at Auction. Sweetbriar Auctions.

410-275-2094.

July 2011

9 Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Christmas in July Dolls & Bears & Collectibles Show & Sale. Amara Shrine Temple. Karen Monahan. 561-304-9581. youngatheartdolls@comcast.net 10 Ewing, NJ. Christmas in July Doll Show. West Trenton Vol. Fire Co. No. 1 Ballroom. Delaware Valley Doll Club of NJ. 609-371-1902. www.dvdc.org 23-27 Anaheim, CA. Doll Exhibition & Sale. Sheraton Park Hotel.

866-837-4197. National Doll Festival.

24 Anaheim, CA. Catalogued Marquis Auction. Hyatt Anaheim. Theriault’s. 410-224-3655.

24-25 Anaheim, CA. The Doll & Bear Artists Classic. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. 714-772-5900. National Doll Festival.

831-438-5349.

24 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. 507-864-3073.

25-29 Anaheim, CA. UFDC’s 62nd Annual Convention. Anaheim Hilton. 816-891-7040. convention@ufdc.org

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The Doll Works Judith Armitstead (781) 334-5577 P.O. Box 195, Lynnfield, MA 01940

Please visit our website for a fine selection of antique dolls, dollhouse dolls, dollhouse miniatures, teddy bears, all bisque dolls, bathing beauties, kewpies, dresser boxes, snow babies, half dolls, and doll accessories at www.thedollworks.net Arranbee Sonja Henie Ice Skater

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Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa Phone 623/266-2926 or cell 206/295-8585

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a classified marketplace for antique dolls and related merchandise Copy Ads: 35 cents per word, no limit; $12 minimum Ads with a border and boldface, add $10 to word total BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ADS we can convert your color ads to black and white 1/12 page ( 2 1/2” h x 2 3/8” w) $40 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $50 FULL COLOR PHOTO ADS 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $125 Please include payment with your ad. Larger ads are considered display ads — call us for information. 1-888-800-2588.

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ANTIQUE DOLLS – French and German Bisque, All Bisque, Chinas, Limited Ed. Doll Plates. SASE. Ann Lloyd, 5632 S. Deer Run Road, Doylestown, PA 18902.

215-794-8164. Email: alloyd@nni.com RubyLane.com/ shops/anntiquedolls Member NADDA, UFDC ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810-4351.

Phone 302-475-5374 Email: RSteele855@aol.com Visit my website: www.ReginaSteele.com

155 E. Haines Blvd., Lake Alfred, FL 33850 We specialize in antique and collectable toys and dolls and also deal in all types of antiques. Our doll doctor has over 20 years experience with all doll services performed on site. We make as well as restore teddy bears too. Our doll doctor can make wigs, clothes or any service your doll may need. We are located in central Florida and opened year around seven days a week. Monday thru Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm. Call 863-956-4333 or 863-221-4035. Email: Jerry@Shermansantiques.net Website: www.shermansantiques.net Member of UFDC

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Gebruder Heubach Mold 5636.

Uh Oh! Here is the most captivating li'l charmer you are ever going to come across! This amazing doll has it all!

Circa 1912 this little one has deeply incised marks that include the sunburst mark that the Gebruder Heubach Firm was known for. They began making dolls in 1910 and were off to a running start w/ the vast experience they had at making superlative sculptural figures & figurines of numerous depictions; especially with a focus on babies & children. She wears a cheerful red wool coat w/ faux fur trims at collar and pocket w/ matching beret atop a white eyelet dress. Her fabulous French ringlet pull-up wig is the perfect frame for her impish grin and innocent face. She is on her orig body & has a lovely bisque head free of defect. All fingers & toes are intact. At 16" she 's a perfect cabinet size! She is the best little charmer to come along in a very long time! $2575

20" Kestner Gibson Girl. This beautiful lady doll has a story to tell! She originally belonged to the author of A Portrait of Dolls; Carol Jacobsen. She was on the Vol II Edition and also featured inside. She has been kept in excellent condition; retains the same lovely elaborate gown and bonnet that she was photographed in for the book written some thirty years ago. Quite beautiful w/never removed plaster pate, orig Gibson style wig and espresso brown glass sl. eyes heavily fringed w/ orig real upper lashes as well as the obligatory deftly painted lower lashes. She has single stroke brown brows, aquiline nose & raised chin that give her the decided Gibson Girl air. Her lady body is cloth with attractive blue boots and straight wrist composition arms. She has four layers of dress and petticoats, lovely pantaloons, a corset and chemise & necklace as pictured on book cover. The doll and autographed copy of the book will stay together. This is a certain treasure; a classic & loved addition to a well rounded collection! $2995

All Bisque Simon Halbig 886. This doll is so beautiful with such a child-like expression. Made by Simon Halbig ca. 1880 on, she is incised 886 S 5 H and is in the rarer to find 9" size.

Her huge chocolate colored glass eyes are adorned w/ generous upper & lower lashes & dark liner beneath soft brown multi-stroked brows. Her bisque is gently colored in peach tones w/ full peachy lips with a sought after oily sheen .

Her open mouth reveals early square cut teeth, making this a very desirable doll.

Adding to her numerous blessings her body is in wonderful condition & she has the hard to come by yellow shirred stockings w/ double-strap black painted shoes making her so desirable! Her darling eyelet dress fits perfectly & the matching bonnet is a sweet compliment. Her long blonde curly mohair wig suits her beautifully! She has a small cork pate and is in generally excellent condition w/ leather liners at neck socket & inside arm & leg joints. She has wooden peg joints at shoulder & hips. This doll will enchant you! $4200

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Etude De Broderie sur Lingerie de Poupee 15" L by 10" W by 3.5" D Fabulous all original Etude for the discerning collector that adores these specialty items.

This box is in excellent condition and none of the items of clothing have ever been removed from the original bindings. Items would appear to fit a 13 to 14" bebe. These were considered to be deluxe and functional gifts for young girls to inspire them to learn and excel at sewing and needlecraft; in this case embroidery. The perfect addition to your doll cabinet or for your bebe! $1875

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Absolutely breathtaking 22" closed mouth K star R 192 with stunning deep blue spiral paperweight eyes! This is such a rare and gorgeous doll with an incredible character look. Her bisque is exquisite with exceptional coloring and deep modeling. She is on her early 8 ball straight wristed body with some areas of a light repaint. She is fabulous in her beautiful antique clothes and she even has an antique fur collar and muff! She has a beautiful black velvet antique bonnet atop her lovely antique mohair wig. Such an fantastic doll! $3195

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A darling closed mouth, all antique 11" Kestner 128 pouty child with her very own trunk! How can a doll be this adorable? This is one of the cutest little Kestners you will ever see! She has huge cornflower blue sleep eyes surrounded by long finely painted lashes, exquisite bisque and the sweetest little pouty closed mouth. She has her original plaster pate, blond mohair wig and is dress in a darling factory chemise that has a Germany tag on the front! She has a minty fully jointed Kestner body with it's original finish. Her antique trunk is filled with antique dresses, underwear and her own small bisque doll.

This is the cutest little doll you will ever see! Adorable! $1995

Fantastic all original sewing presentation box with a sewing machine and factory outfits! When have you ever seen a sewing kit with actual dresses tied in? This such an incredible treasure! This fabulous kit has the sewing implements still tied in, buttons still in their boxes, and threads still tied down. The 12 1/2" by 6" by 7 1/4" paisley paper covered is in beautiful condition. Beautiful box with such rare treasures! $1875

A tremendous and hard to find large size! 34" size 15 1907 Jumeau with mouthwatering beauty! This beautiful Jumeau is so amazing with her huge deep blue paperweight eyes, exquisite bisque and expert painting! A beautiful big French Bebe! This gorgeous girl is on her heavy and chunky Jumeau body and is wearing a lovely cream silk antique dress and an gorgeous antique bonnet. She has a beautiful long brown human hair wig and cork pate. $3250

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27.5” Steiner Figure A Bebe, incised J. Steiner Paris, large paperweight eyes, closed mouth, fully jointed Steiner body, vintage cotton and organdy outfit. $4995

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Open Sunday 9AM - 4PM or by appointment Visa/Mastercard 5.5” Simon and Halbig all bisque Asian child, swivel neck, glass eyes, long queue and cotton robe. $950 6” Simon and Halbig all bisque child, unusual sleeping eyes, closed mouth, swivel neck, long black stockings, original clothes and wig. $1800

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