May 2015

Antique DOLL Collector May 2015 Vol. 18, No. 4

Theriault’s Upcoming Marquis Auctions

Love, Shirley Temple

Movie Costumes, Dolls, and Childhood Memorabilia from Her Personal Archives EVENT DATE: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 LOCATION: The Little Theatre 301 West 13th Street Kansas City MO 64105 816-513-5000

The Billie and Paige Welker Collection

An Extraordinary Private Collection of Rare French Bébés, German Characters, and American Folk Dolls EVENT DATE: Wednesday, July 15, 2015

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LOCATION: The Little Theatre 301 West 13th Street Kansas City MO 64105 816-513-5000

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Movie Costumes, Dolls, and Childhood Memorabilia from Her Personal Archives

Museums & Dates April 30 – May 3, 2015 The Strong Rochester, New York museumofplay.org May 7 – 10, 2015 Wenham Museum Wenham, Massachusetts wenhammuseum.org May 21 – 24, 2015 Morris Museum Morristown, New Jersey morrismuseum.org June 4 – 10, 2015 Santa Monica History Museum Santa Monica, California santamonicahistory.org

Shirley Temple’s costume from “Curly Top,” along with her matching doll. Both are displayed in the “Love, Shirley Temple” exhibition.

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hile Shirley Temple, the famously dimpled child star danced, sang and smiled her way into hearts throughout the Great Depression years of the 1930s, her mother, Gertrude Temple, was busy preserving the memorabilia that attended her daughter’s more than 40 films of the decade. Film costumes, props, celebrity gifts, dolls, toys, playthings, all were cherished and carefully saved by Shirley and her family for some 80 years...until today.

Now, a number of pieces from the private family archives will be traveling to museums around the United States through the months of May, June and July 2015, under the sponsorship of Theriault’s. You are invited to attend.

More dates and locations of the Love, Shirley Temple exhibition to be announced soon. Visit theriaults.com for up-to-the-minute details. x PO Box 151 • Annapolis, MD 21404 Tel: 800-638-0422 • Int’l: 410-224-3655 Fax: 410-224-2515 • theriaults.com

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June 12 – 14, 2015 Stanford Theatre, Film Festival & Exhibit Palo Alto, California stanfordtheatre.org June 20 – 27, 2015 Fort Worth Community Arts Center Forth Worth, Texas fwcac.com Early July, 2015 Upper Midwest Location To Be Announced July 13, 2015 The Little Theatre Kansas City, Missouri

The Auction – July 14, 2015 The personal childhood collection of Shirley Temple, comprising nearly 500 costumes, dolls, playthings and memorabilia from 1928-1940, will be presented at auction at The Little Theatre in Kansas City. For more details or to order the commemorative hardbound book, visit theriaults.com or call 800-638-0422.

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Tiny Size 1 Bru Bebe - This petite sweet is ready to go home and take her place as the darling of the cabinet! Perfectly made and in pristine condition, this eleven inch Bebe will sweep your heart away. Gorgeous face, splendid hat and lace covered silk dress, tiny signed Bru shoes and chestnut tinted mohair wig. $17,500~

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Petite E6J - This little darling is 15” of Presence!

She has superb, darkly lined, spiral threaded blue eyes set in a pale and tenderly painted bisque head. She is crowned with a glorious long blonde mohair antique wig with the original silk ribbons from long ago that match her hat and the ribbon in her delicate lacey cotton dress. Her original bonnet is a confection of ruching and ostrich plumes and has maintained beautifully after all these decades. Original 8 ball jointed body with blue Jumeau stamp, antique shoes. Simply precious. $6900~

Rare to find, this precious 12”musical spinner marrotte is crowned w/ a sweet head appearing to be work of Kestner firm or Simon Halbig. Silk covered buttons over lace collar & red & ivory silk w/ metallic trim, harlequin styled costume; matching jester hat. Ruby pendant earrings, huge expressive blue eyes on socket head pivots & nods making this a rare marrotte find! $850

Devine Bebe Bru - A tender face graced with stunning, brilliant blue eyes set in perfect, delicately tinted bisque... This is a Bebe that is everything we look for from Maison Bru; classic beauty and exquisite workmanship.

25” Circle Dot Bru with kid body, flawless bisque from head to fingers, beautiful costume, pristine antique wig and signed Bru shoes. $18,500

What an adorable child! This 18” 1358 mold from Simon Halbig is such a lovely example of this sought after doll. Softly tinted bisque, expressive deep brown eyes, original wig and pate, lovely original ball jointed body, and factory clothing. Please call for additional details. $3600~

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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About The Cover

Our cover, a magnificent large china, is a product of Denmark’s Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory. In her article Laurie Christman discusses the history of the company which began making dolls around 1840. Around 1977 the company decided to reissue some of the dolls using the antique molds.

You will learn how to distinguish between the antique and the reissue in this well-researched article.

Collection and Photo Kirsten Johansen.

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“TO BE, OR NOT TO BE” – AN ANTIQUE OR REISSUE ROYAL COPENHAGEN DOLL – “THAT IS THE QUESTION!”

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BORN WITH A NEEDLE IN HER HAND – SEVEN FASHION GOWNS BY CARRIE HALL

by Laurie Baker A 28” F.G. gets an amazing wardrobe made by Carrie Hall, a notable high fashion designer.

Auction Gallery Mystery Emporium Calendar Classified

by Laurie Christman

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MUSEUM DER DEUTSCHEN SPIELZEUGINDUSTRIE

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by Dominique Pennegues Rare catalogue photos from the first French Lenci-type doll maker, Denis Giotti, the maker of Magali dolls.

MORE SENSE THAN SENSIBILITY – LADIES’ FASHIONS IN THE EMPIRE & REGENCY PERIOD (1790-1820)

by Alicia Carver

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by Susan Grimshaw The author discusses rare examples inspired

by Mt.Vernon, Spanish and Chinese-style furnishings, custom pieces and more.

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10.5” Swivel Neck Cabinet Parian - miniature perfection in this delicate 1870s work of porcelain, probably Early Halbig, with compelling facial artistry and mint parian limbs. A confection in the pastel shades of her fitted antique silk gown!

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13.5” Early Bru with Wooden Arms - but really graceful, shapely and beautifully made arms with thin wrists and long and perfect fingers. Scintillating 1860s expression with blue/grey pw eyes with flawless tender bisque that compliments her feminine vintage floral day dress and the original boots! Unusual gentle size! $4200

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16” Ultra Rare Socket Head Gibson Believe your eyes! A Gibson Girl with a Jointed Lady Body! She is also mint, with splendid features, Kestner Factory Pate and the mint classic wig, rare signed shapely Kestner body with original leather boots, and beautiful clothes, More rare than a Jumeau jointed lady! $7500

18” Rare Halbig Lady ‘970’ This never seen 1887 patent is one of Halbig’s earliest and rarest characters with the ‘smile’, square cut teeth, glimmering pw eyes and shaded lids. She is all original in stylish heirloom ensemble from wig and hat to fancy shoes! This twin mold to the very costly ‘969’ is museum rare and important! And just $2750

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9” CM all original “2” three hole Belton on French bj body, blue pw eyes, pierced ears (chips on holes) $1795. Now $1395.

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Caleb Early dark black boy $165. Early black Sasha baby $95. Prince Gregor mint in box $225. Read head Sasha #108, 1979 $215.

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by American Character w/box, hang tag, brochure, bubble pipe, sponge and diaper, outfit is all original – some spots on coat, hard plastic head & rubber body is beautiful, high facial coloring, box has some foxing $650.

1949 Madame Alexander’s - bright minty dresses 14” Beth all original with wrist tag $295. 14” Amy all original, loop hair style $495. 14” Meg all original with wrist tag $295.

27” FG on Gesland jointed body with bisque hands and lower legs (right leg has repair, left leg small hairline), originally styled mohair wig, blue PW eyes, pierced ears, antique silk dress $4995.

17 ½” Lenci Series 149 – 1930 – 40’s all original, brown painted eyes, mohair wig, few small holes in dress $895.

Rare 14 ½” 1952 Vinyl Terri Lee in original tagged outfit w/ beautiful, platinum blonde hair $375.

Terri Lee fashion #3560C Ballerina Costume in original box, lavender dress & silver slippers $95.

11 1/2” Schoenhut blue eyed toddler w/ painted hair, H.E. Schoenhut © 1913 label on head, few paint chips $355.

19” Kathe Kruse all original w/ hang tag, Feb. 24, 1986, blue hand painted eyes $245.

15” Chad Valley Palace Guard, blue hand painted eyes, great felt uniform, mohair hat $145.

10” Italian Fiore Girl w/ basket of flowers, blue hand painted eyes, some damage on hat $45.

11” CM FG Marotte on ivory whistle handle, Great 2 ½” Fashion shoulder head w/ blue PW eyes, pierced ears, all original silk and metal lace costume, great face, does not work $1250 $1250. Now $995.

18” Horsman Bride all original, hard plastic in satin gown w/ silver trim, veil (as is), mohair wig $75.

17” Mary Jane – Terri Lee type, 1955, G.H. & E. Freydherg, Inc., high coloring, great auburn wig $150.

8” NASB Muffie brunette straight leg walker $95.

14 ½” Alexander Snow White 1952 all original, hard plastic, high coloring, mint condition $425.

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15 ½” Ideal Shirley Temple Baby w/ flirty eyes, in vintage dress, hands have professional paint touch up $525.

14 1/2” Rare Apricot Blond Toni P-90 in original tagged outfit $225. 14 ½” Platinum Toni P-90 in vintage dress, original shoes & socks $95.

15” English PalToy celluloid w/ wonderful detailed head (small dent on right cheek), cloth body (some staining) $72.50 12 ½” Ronnaug Pettersen Norwegian, blond mohair wig, blue hand embroidered dress & bonnet, celluloid head, hand painted features $295.

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Auction Gallery Figure 1. Girl with Theatre Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy, circa 1895, estimate: $20,00027,000

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Auction Team Breker Featuring Fine Toys and Automata May 30, 2015

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n May 30, 2015 Auction Team Breker of Cologne, Germany, will be featuring fine toys and automata.

Figure 2 Here we present the highlights in their historical context alongside today’s auction estimates.

“It is common knowledge that toys do not not amuse in proportion to their price”.

So begins Chapter VII of Léo Claretie’s book Les Jouets, Histoire-Fabrication published in around 1894 by Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies in Paris.

The chapter provides an unusual insight into the way automata, arguably the most luxurious of all toys, struck a 19th century observer.

The cost of musical toys varied from 5 to 10 Francs for a simple figure with a hand-turned mechanism such as the German-made Organ Grinder (Figure 2, estimate: $2,000 – 3,000) to the Girl with Theatre by Gustave Vichy (Figure 1) advertised in the catalogue of Parisian department store Au Louvre.

This automaton embodies many of Vichy’s hallmarks, from the girl’s couturier costume to her magical props which seem to take on a life of their own when the mechanism is wound with a key stamped “G.V.” Who would have been the intended recipient of such an extravagant toy? A visitor to the 1867 Exposition reported: “Such a toy is not intended directly for the child, but is given as a pretext by someone who really wishes to give an expensive present to the mother”.

The London department store Silber & Fleming acted as agent for a number of Parisian automata-makers, advertising their deluxe mechanical toys alongside musical novelties and all manner of household goods. A glance through the 1884 catalogue reveals automata by Vichy, Phalibois and Jean Roullet. Top of the line was a near life-size mechanical flautist for £55 but many of the pieces were more moderately priced.

In the second category came mechanical scenes in picture frames and under glass domes, such as the Tightrope Dancer by Jean Marie Phalibois (Figure 3, estimate: $6,000-8,000) priced at £12, 12 shillings. Though cheaper than the larger and more complex figures by Vichy, this was still a sizable purchase. A senior bank clerk at the time might expect to earn £100 a year.

In 1881 a house in Walthamstow (a working class district of London) rented for between 10-40 shillings a week while a house in prosperous Holland Park went for between 7-10 Guineas a week. (1 Guinea = £1, 1 shilling).

Although the customers for luxury mechanical toys were from the upper and middle classes, automata depicting trades, albeit in fantastic form, were popular. Here an elegantly-dressed Monkey Baker rings a bell to announce the arrival of his wares (Figure 4, estimate: $7,500-10,000). Sometimes an entire world is represented in miniature, complete with animated landscape, animals and birds.

With over twenty moving parts, this remarkable picture is a larger version of one offered by Silber & Fleming for £6, 15 shillings.

The personified moon was a favorite motif in advertising as well as

popular culture at the end of the 19th century, found in illustrations for businesses as diverse as Brooke’s Soap and Maggi.

The moon was also a popular figure for automata-makers, including Roullet et Decamps who created the surreal “Clown sur Pleine Lune”, (Figure 6, estimate: $17,000-22,000).

The automaton, from the Decamps family collection, dates from circa 1900-1910 and draws on the same delight in magic, illusion and the unexpected as George Melies’s 1902 silent film “Voyage dans la Lune” or this handpainted magic lantern slide of

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Figure 5. Musical Clock Picture of a Blacksmith’s Shop by Xavier Tharin, Paris. Estimate: $ 8,000-12,000.

an astronomer and the moon (Figure 7, estimate: $150-250).

Roullet et Decamps produced some of the most imaginative automata of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From its foundation in 1865, the firm was particularly known for innovations such as Jean Roullet’s method of building lead weights into the feet of his larger automata to enable them to stand unsupported, thus increasing the illusion of life.

Not only was Roullet et Decamps one of the first to use electric motors in their advertising automata, from the early 20th century onwards, the firm also incorporated a battery compartment into some of their traditional spring-driven musical automata with effects that still startle and delight spectators today!

The automata featured here are part of Auction Team Breker’s sale of Science & Technology, Mechanical Music and Fine Toys on May 30, 2015. For additional highlights, please see the advertisement on page 3 of this issue.

Online catalogues, absentee and live bidding available at: www.liveauctioneers.com and www.invaluable.com Bibliography: Léo Claretie, Les Jouets, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies.

Mary Hillier, Automata & Mechanical Toys, Jupiter Books Ltd., 1976.

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Figure 8. “Négre” Musician by Jean Roullet, circa 1875, estimate: $8,500-13,000 Figure 9. Decamps Rabbit in Cabbage automaton with illuminated eyes, circa 1920, estimate: $1,500-2,000.

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12.5” E.J. Jumeau #4 Bebe, mint bisque, p/w eyes, orig. EJ mohair wig & pate, orig. silk & lace dress, orig. hat, orig. full slip, ant. undies, “signed” Jumeau shoes & orig. socks, on orig. “signed” EJ Jumeau str. wrist body. The most magnificent face.

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15” French R.D. Bebe, mint pale bisque, p/w eyes, ant. lambs wool wig & orig. pate, wears amazing silk & lace dress fabulously done in ant. fabrics, ant. slip & undies, ant. Fr. shoes & ant. socks, on orig. early str. wrist 8 ball body. Early RD face w/desirable tiny Bru type molded tongue tip.

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12” S & H #908 Character, immaculate pale bisque, bulging spiral threaded p/w eyes, 3 early sq. cut teeth, great newer mohair wig w/coiled side braids, orig. pate, wears gorgeous ant. swiss dot batiste dress adorned w/ silk ribbons, orig. leather shoes, socks & undies, on orig. SH body w/early str. wrists. From SH 900 Series. Tremendous presence & STUNNING!!! $2250.

7” Rare A Steiner #1, perfect pale bisque, gorgeous p/w eyes, orig. mohair wig & Steiner pate, wears orig. silk & lace dress, orig. slip & ant. undies, orig. Fr. leather shoes & socks, plus a little Factory beaded bracelet, on orig.

Steiner body. Absolutely DARLING in this very rare teeny size!!! $6950.

10” Steiff Molly Dog w/”Steiff Button”, mint condition having full & clean mohair coat. All orig. stitching.

Earliest & largest made in the most desirable multi color mohair w/big glass eyes. Has orig. Steiff button under left ear. ADORABLE!!! Out of my own Steiff collection. $895.

9.5” French E.D. Bebe, immaculate bisque, p/w eyes, ant. mohair wig orig. pate, wears beautiful Fr. silk & lace dress from ant. fabrics, ant. undies, ant. leather shoes, orig. socks & ant. Fr. hat, on orig. ED body. Darling RARE tiny cabinet size. A little JEWEL!!! $4800.

8” All Bisque Kestner, mint pale bisque overall, almond shaped sl. eyes, “swivel neck”, GREAT orig. mohair double braided wig, comes down passed dress, wears vintage ecru silk & lace dress, orig. undies, multi strap boots & darling ant. velvet hat, on very early slender perfect Kestner orig. all bisque body & early “peg strung”. She is AMAZING!!! $3650.

8.5” S & H #939 All Bisque, mint bisque overall, “swivel neck”, huge sl. eyes, early sq. cut teeth, orig. mohair wig & extra mohair wig & orig. pate, FACTORY orig. overall incl. undies & ant. silk & lace hat, on orig. all bisque SH body & is early “peg strung”. Tremendous presence & absolutely GORGEOUS!!! $2395.

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his 15-inch unmarked composition doll was given to the original owner as a child when her father returned to the states from WWII. She arrived in a generic blue and pink unmarked box. Her braids have wires to curl them upwards and she has an obvious cartoon quality about her. Her clothing is all original.

I have been unable to identify her. My 80 year old father thinks she might be an advertising doll, possibly from a trucking company in the western US. I hope one of your readers will be able to help me identify her. Thank you, Barb.

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“To be, or not to be”

An Antique or Reissue Royal Copenhagen Doll

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“that is the question!”

by Laurie Christman

enmark has been voted the happiest place on earth for several years in a row. We always thought Disneyland had a death grip on that appellation but Denmark seems to have successfully wrested away the title in recent years. This is understandable considering that Denmark is the home of Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Legoland, and Danish pastry. We must concede that Hamlet was one miserable Dane, and that rampaging Vikings practically invented looting and pillaging, but The Little Mermaid was created there along with Danish butter cookies. Come on, what could be better than that? You guessed it: a Royal Copenhagen doll!

Although we collectors naturally gravitate toward the photos in an article, it is equally important to understand the makers of the dolls we love. While collecting china dolls, I was never able to unearth much information about the Royal Copenhagen company. So, I feared there wouldn’t be much background or history available about this factory which produced so many interesting and beautiful dolls. Luckily, my friend Christiane Gräfnitz rode to the rescue, putting me in contact with Kirsten Johansen who generously offered me her photos and background knowledge. Kirsten spent innumerable hours providing me with historical information as well as donating many of the photos in this article. Without her help, this article would not have been possible. Kirsten’s collection of Royal Copenhagen dolls is seen in Photo 1.

Denmark, which has the world’s oldest uninterrupted monarchy, has produced some of the most intriguing and attractive china dolls to be found. Although porcelain manufacturing began in China, Europe produced a very high quality porcelain beginning in Meissen around 1710. Then, in Denmark, somewhere between 1772 and 1774, a certain Frantz Heinrich Müller, a chemist or pharmacist, used his mixing skills and a small porcelain kiln to come up with a concoction of quartz, kaolin, and feldspar, yielding a porcelain competitive with what was being imported. Through 1774, he attempted to convince wealthy Danes to invest in his new, Danish porcelain company.

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Müller was able to attract some private investors, but still needed the support of the royal family. Crown Prince Frederik helped with some of the practical arrangements, but ultimately Müller received the most beneficial support from Queen Juliane Marie.

Miraculously, she joined with Müller to establish Denmark’s royally chartered porcelain factory in 1775.

The queen may have had many reasons for wanting to start a porcelain factory. It appears that she felt it would be excellent for the national economy and was in accordance with her natural desire to support the development and production of useful and decorative arts. In addition, some think that she was a bit competitive with her brother who started a successful porcelain company at Schloss Furstenberg on the River Weser. A Danish porcelain factory could definitely do as well or better than the company started by her brother in Bavaria. So Juliane Marie supported this endeavor and did have a true personal interest and involvement with the company. Yet, there were many hurdles and difficulties. Some of the difficulties were financial and others were based on production issues. The debts were incurred while the company struggled to produce enough stock so that it could actually begin selling. As the bugs were being worked out regarding refining the porcelain process and producing sufficient stock, some investors became anxious about their investment and the idea sprang up to invite King Christian VII to take over.

On April 21, 1779, King Christian accepted and assumed financial control. Shortly thereafter, the company’s name became The Royal Danish Porcelain Manufactory (Den Kongelige Danske Porcelains Fabrik). The royal family continued its involvement in the company until 1868 when royal companies were privatized. It was later bought out and merged with the faience company, Aluminia, and was moved from Copenhagen to Frederiksberg. In recent years and for a period of time, the company absorbed Georg Jensen Silversmiths, Holmegaard Glassworks and Bing and Grondahl. This conglomerate became known as Royal Copenhagen.

Photo 1 Kirsten Johansen has assembled the most exquisite collection of antique Royal Copenhagen Dolls. Each doll is a prime example of its particular size. What a beautiful doll family!

Kirsten Johansen collection.

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The three wavy blue lines, coiled bun. She has curled hair which have always been wisps behind her ears. The boy the trademark of Royal doll sports caramel-colored Copenhagen, stand for the hair. All three of these three straits of Denmark: the reissues were taken directly Great Belt, the Little Belt, and from the antique molds, the Oresund. The symbol which means they are not was chosen by Queen reproductions but actually Juliane. When Arnold Krog the old made anew. became artistic director in All of the RC dolls have 1885, he developed a new blue eyes, but there are method of painting under subtle differences between the glaze, which became antique and reissued dolls, customary. This allowed both in appearance and for the painted scenes and in the way the dolls were landscapes on porcelain marked. Antique heads are which we all associate marked on the interior of the with the beautiful porcelain plate with the three blue lines, dishes and other items made which are hand-painted and

by Royal Copenhagen. Under not stamped. Occasionally, there Krog’s direction, the company is a blue dot adjacent to the lines. used its new techniques to This dot indicates that the doll was become world famous. made before 1850. There are some I had some trouble finding pre-1850 dolls that do not have the dot, written reference to when the Royal but the dot is a sure sign that the doll Copenhagen Company began is pre-1850. The antique heads were Photo 2 Large antique lady doll whose production of doll heads. However, pressed and not poured into the molds. mold may have been used for the larger I was told by a Danish contact with reissue head. Kirsten Johansen collection. They all had brown hair, which could access to some early sources, that be dark brown, but was not black. production began in 1842. This rings true, as the dolls’ Reissue heads were stamped either on the inside or hairstyles reflect the time period between the 1830’s and outside of the plate. We believe the earliest reissues were 1860’s. In The Book of Dolls and Dollhouses, Jacobs and marked on the inside. The reissue dolls also contain the Faurholt state that the firm produced heads between 1844 three wavy lines, which appear to be stamped rather than and 1884. They also state that the company originally hand-painted; the word “DENMARK” is also stamped produced 12 different molds, mostly females, although in green. Some reissues have a slash under the D and there was at least one male. Around 1977, the Royal others have it under the K. This was supposedly a way Copenhagen Porcelain Factory decided to reissue some of of dating the pieces. The company was not able to verify these heads using the official antique molds. Production the exact years designated by these slashes, but Danish extended into the 1980’s. Among the reissues was a large collectors seem to believe that if the slash is under the D, female head with bun hairdo. This head has a center then the piece was made before 1980. If the slash is under part with hair pulled back over the ears into a beautiful the K, then possibly the porcelain was produced after twisted bun, deep pink tint and appealing Mona Lisa 1980. This is just a theory! I was told that production of smile. Her hair is brown, but different examples vary the reissues stopped sometime before Bing and Grondahl from light to dark. merged with the RC company in 1987. Most of the heads Experienced Danish collectors have informed me had the painter’s signature or initials and sometimes a that, although the head is known as the “Amalie”, this numerical stamp identifying the mold. The large lady is nickname did not come from the company, as the mold number 5248, the smaller lady is 5249 and the boy company never named any of their dolls. Collectors is 5250. All of my reissue heads have an incised “A” on themselves put this name into colloquial usage, the inside of their plates. The large head is 5 ½ inches probably in honor of Queen Caroline Amalie, the tall. The smaller lady and boy are 3 ½ inches tall. wife of King Christian VIII who ascended the throne Photos 2 and 3 show an exquisite example of an in 1839, and who would have been monarch at the antique large lady doll. She is extraordinary. One can time of the dolls’ introduction. clearly see the artistic style and decoration of this The other modern reissues were two smaller heads, lady. Eyebrows are heavy. She has red upper eyelines one a lady and the other a boy. The smaller lady is a demarcating the upper eyelid edge. Her irises delicate thing with brown hair pulled back into a are blue, without accents and only partially

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Photo 3 Kirsten Johansen collection.

Photo 5 Large Reissue lady with heavy brows. Author’s collection.

Photo 6 Mark on inside of plate of reissue large doll. Author’s collection.

Photo 4 Mark on side of plate shows 3 lines and adjacent dot. Kirsten Johansen collection.

outlined with black paint on the right edges of the irises.

Her face is serene with a light pink tint and lovely bowed lips. Photo 4 shows her mark with the three lines and adjacent dot which seems to date the doll to pre-1850.

By comparison, Photo 5 shows a reissue of this large lady head. Note that this doll has a heavier pink tint than her antique sister but she has similar eye painting with the red outlined upper eye and blue irises with no accent. There is a partial black outline at the edge of the irises. Eyebrows are also heavy on this example and similar to that on the antique heads as well.

There are other reissues where the eyebrows are more delicately painted. The mouth is full on this reissue and the lips are less bowed than those of the antique example. Photos 6 and 7 illustrate how this particular reissue was marked.

Photo 7 Mark on the outside of the plate of reissue large doll. Author’s collection.

Another example of a reissue is pictured in Photo 8. Her painting style is different from the previous example shown in Photo 5. Eyebrows are more delicate and the mouth is quite full. She is a pretty example. The profiles of the antique example and the reissues of this model are nearly identical. The back views show that the antique example is more highly glazed. The hair of the reissues has very little shine to it.

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Photo 8 Large Reissue lady with more delicate eyebrows. Author’s collection.

Photo 9 Sideview of large antique head. Kirsten Johansen collection.

Photo 11 Back of large reissue lady. Author’s collection.

Photo 12 Back of antique large lady. Kirsten Johansen collection.

Photo 13 Small reissue head.

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Photo 14 Sideview of small reissue head. Author’s collection.

Photo 15 Example of an antique Royal Copenhagen lady whose mold is shared by the smaller reissue lady. Photo courtesy of Theriault’s.

Photo 18 Marks on inside of the plate of the smaller reissue lady. Author’s collection.

Photo 16 Sideview of antique head.

Kirsten Johansen collection.

Photo 20 Reissue boy with caramel colored hair. Author’s collection.

Photo 17 Back of smaller reissue head. Note hair wisps at the base of the head. Author’s collection.

Photo 19 Mark on inside of plate of a small antique example. Kirsten Johansen collection.

Photo 21 Back view of reissue boy.

Author’s collection.

Photo 9 shows the side view of the large antique head and Photo 10 demonstrates the very similar profile of the reissue head. Photo 11 shows the back of a reissue large head. Compare that to Photo 12 which shows the back of the similar antique head. Both dolls have the hair wisps below the bun.

The smaller reissue lady head is just precious. She has very delicate features and is quite beautifully painted.

Photo 13 and 14 are photos of this head from the front and side. Notice the wispy hair curls behind her ears.

She has a nice, even pink tint and her features are painted similarly to the larger doll. I had to look far and wide to find an antique doll which was made from the same mold as the smaller reissue lady. There are very few of these in the world. Stuart Holbrook of Theriault’s generously provided Photo 15, a most lovely example of this doll.

Photo 22 Side view of reissue boy. Author’s collection.

Photo 16 shows a side view of another antique RC doll whose measurements don’t exactly match that of our smaller reissue girl. Nonetheless, the side views of the antique and reissue dolls are very similar. The back of this smaller reissue head is shown in Photo 17. This smaller reissue lady has all of her markings on the inside of her plate, although some examples have markings on both the inside and outside of their plates. See Photo 18 for her markings. Photo 19 shows the markings of the antique doll that has a similar mold as to the reissue.

Finally, there is a male reissue head. He is very appealing with his tawny hair. Personally, I have always thought that this boy greatly resembles one of the most brilliant male ballet dancers, the late Erik Bruhn. Not surprisingly, Mr. Bruhn was a great Dane!

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markings only on the inside of his plate, see Photo 23.

The incised “A” is visible in this photo.

I tried to find an antique example of this lovely boy doll, but was unable to locate one. Donna Kaonis has kindly donated a picture of her exquisite, antique RC girl with beautiful china feet, Photo 24. Donna’s doll has a similar look but is a bit smaller than my reissue boy. Her doll’s height is 3 inches from bottom of plate to top of head. Total height of the reissue is 3.5 inches from bottom of the plate to top of the head. These do not match yet they offer an interesting comparison. A full length view of this lovely doll standing beside her beautiful antique friend can be seen in photo 25, courtesy of Theriaults.

Many of us would love to own a Royal Copenhagen doll from the 1840’s. It is always thrilling for a collector to be able to own something so precious and rare. But not all of us are so fortunate as to be able to own one of

Photo 23 Marks on inside plate of boy doll. Author’s collection.

these treasures either due to rarity or simple financial constraints. From my perspective, it is also thrilling to be able to own a doll that was reissued recently but reissued from the original molds. The reissue dolls look similar, feel similar and are very aesthetically pleasing.

Denmark has done it again and has provided those of us who love chinas with another reason to be happy.

Denmark really is the happiest place on earth!

Special thanks to: Kirsten Johansen for the time she spent educating me about Royal Copenhagen dolls, for her photos, emails, advice and dedication to helping me get this done.

Christiane Gräfnitz for introducing me to Kirsten Johansen and paving the way for our correspondence.

Donna Kaonis for her constant support, advice, photographs and general kindness.

Sherry Smith for sharing her wonderful books with me and for many fun ponderings about these incredible dolls.

Stuart Holbrook from Theriault’s for providing me with photos of some of the most beautiful dolls in the world.

Travis Hammond from Theriault’s for helping me with the photos that Theriault’s so generously provided.

References: “Company History: History Timeline.” Royal Copenhagen. Web. 4 October, 2014.

Grandjean, Bredo L. “The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory: The Period Between 1775-1790.” The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory 1775-1975, trans. David Honen. Copenhagen: The Manufactory, 1975.

Jacobs, Flora, Faurhold, Estrid. A Book of Dolls and Doll Houses. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, Inc., 1967.

Luckey, Pauline. Dolls in Denmark. Loveland: Oralu Corporation, 1992.

Photo 24 Lovely antique Royal Copenhagen doll with beautiful original china arms and feet. Donna Kaonis collection.

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Photo 25 Full view of two of the lovliest antique Royal Copenhagen girls. Photo courtesy of Theriault’s.

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Born With A Needle In Her Hand Seven Fashion Gowns by Carrie Hall

by Laurie Baker

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ou know those days. Days when all the stars align, when your vision for your collection takes a leap of faith into another realm. For me, it all began with a trip to the Carmel Doll Shop in Pacific Grove, where Michael and David invited my husband and me to tour their newlyrenovated shop. Their shop is a well-curated doll museum – the only difference?

Price tags! Too good to be true! Almost immediately, a well-dressed 28” F.G. fashion doll called out to me. But alas, I did not listen.

I returned home with another fashion doll, and left the F.G. behind.

A year passed. I heard her calling, all the way from Pacific Grove! This time, I listened, and she was delivered to me shortly after.

There was great joy in the doll room! I sent pictures to friends to celebrate her arrival. Imagine my surprise when Joy Kelleher, owner of Special Joys Dolls in Coventry, Connecticut, wrote back. She told me she had six gowns created by Carrie Hall, to fit a mannequin F.G. doll the same size as my new doll! Even in her large, lovely Victorian Bed and Breakfast, with an adjoining doll shop, there was not room to properly display all six. She would box them up and send them out to me, on approval.

While I waited for my box to arrive, Joy sent me a copy of an excellent article in the December 2012 issue of Antique Doll Collector. Dale Resling, a noted doll costume designer and doll educator, wrote the definitive article about Carrie and her remarkable career. I would refer you to Dale’s comprehensive history of Carrie Hall, the details of her life and accomplishments, and for viewing the gowns she featured in her article – they are wonderful creations!

For the purpose of this article, I will abbreviate Carrie’s story: Carrie Hall (1886-1955) had been sewing since a very young girl, honing her skills through the years until she became a high-fashion dressmaker to wealthy women in Leavenworth, Kansas, from about 1900-1920. When ready-to-wear gowns became available in local stores, she transferred her skills from high-fashion couture to American heritage quilts, and later, to sewing for dolls and her doll shop. Her close friend, Emma Clear, made an F.G. fashion doll for Carrie to use as a mannequin.

Carrie set to work creating gowns to fit the F.G. doll, illustrating fashion designs of the past. I did not know at the time that when Joy bought the six gowns at auction, she also bought the doll Emma Clear had made for Carrie!

The plain, brown box from Special Joys arrived at my house.

Under layers of tissue paper were six miniature gowns sewn with the same expertise, sewing techniques, and vision, using luscious fabrics and trims that Carrie would have used for her adult patrons. Dale Resling described two gowns that “got away” at her auction. There they were, in my box, along with another four! I decided that very day to find a way to share them with other doll enthusiasts. Antique Doll Collector was the perfect venue!

“The costume must be suitable to the occasion in fabric, line, and color, and to the wearer’s particular type and social position.”

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Gown #1 fashioned from lightweight floral China silk, illustrates the silhouette fashionable in the 1860’s, with a three-flounced, very full skirt, at the natural waistline. Carrie added stiffening to the underskirt, negating the need for a hoopskirt or crinolines. Reflecting a popular Oriental motif of the time, the basque jacket features Pagoda-sleeves, and a crenelated hem with fancy trim. The front closure has silk extensions and a tassel on each.

The interior construction tells the tale of Carrie’s talent with linings and handwork. Each eye of the closures is a crocheted loop, placed with precision to close the jacket properly.

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Gown #2, made of heavy silk faille and heavy silk velvet, was a real surprise to me. When I used to sew for my dolls, I never would have thought to use heavy trim in this scale. But lo! It works! Gathered, heavy silk velvet trims the overskirt, and forms binding for the skirt and underskirt’s scalloped edges, sleeves, and jacket. Black embroidered X’s trim the jacket edging, and fancy black lacy trim is sewn over a peach silk center panel. The gown itself is a coffee brown. Using peach with it is a stroke of genius.

The side view shows an overskirt with a modest bustle, trimmed with the same heavy gathered velvet. The bright blue matching hat, in person, is muted iridescent peacock feathers! The bustle is understated and fits close on the hip. This was a winter ensemble, certainly, being heavy and substantial. I imagine Carrie used leftover fabrics and trims from gowns she had made for adult women, including antique laces and trims from her own collection. Save your snippets!

Gown #3 (below) was a total show-stopper! Silk satin and matching silk brocade follow a similar style to the previous gown, but features an asymmetrical overskirt. The 1870’-1880’s fashionable, straight-front skirt, would have prohibited women from climbing or descending stairs! Triple reverse pleats allowed more freedom of movement. Carrie added beading to the jacket front and to the overskirt. Darker silk velvet trims the fitted bodice and cuffs.

Pleated silk satin forms an understated bustle, and a simple train. The underskirt is stiffened and edged all around with box pleating that is intended to show as the wearer moved about. The pleats are hidden from view when on the doll. I think this gown is a copy of one of her couture-gown styles for adult women, having features you would not see on a doll, but would be clearly visible when a woman walked.

Tissue paper, by this time was flying around the room in sheets as I removed each gown. Couture gowns in miniature…layer after layer!

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Gown #4 was next out of the box.

At first glance, I thought Carrie had gone off the deep end on this one! On closer inspection, I found that the use of wide antique lace, a zigzag overskirt with sequined trim, and velvet panniers over THAT, was a reaction to some of the more flamboyant fashion trends of the 1870-1880’s. Carrie used ice-blue brocade China silk brocade, heavy midnight-blue silk velvet, and wide lace to form the skirt, with a grand, gathered bustle, slightly longer in back. The underskirt has velvet pleats all around the hemline, ruched velvet in tiers down the back, with a silk satin bustle at the waistline.

Carrie Hall’s genius of needlework is evident on the back of this gown. I daresay I could not even begin to understand it unless I took it all apart, and then I would never be able to get is reassembled! A modern doll dressmaker would RUN from the large scale and trims of this gown, but Carrie followed her Muse. The matching velvet hat with metallic soutache, metallic tassel, and coral ribbon – well, not just ANYONE could pull that off!

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Gown #5 was simpler in design, an airy confection in one single fabric: the palest pink, China-silk brocade. Carrie trimmed the layers of this gown with countless yards of fringed silk ribbon, box-pleated with finesse. More in tune with styles in the 18901900 era, the bustle is gone. This ball gown focuses on a more loosely-fitted bodice, looser sleeves, and a skirt that skims over the hips. Long sleeves and a Bertha neckline are trimmed with box pleats of fringed ribbon. The excesses of the previous gown are in total opposition to this monochromatic gown. Yet, not to be accused of creating a “simple” dress, Carrie applied curlicues of darker-pink soutache to the two skirts, yards of box-pleated fringed ribbon, silk bows, and fancy, embroidered appliques that resemble fans.

The overskirt swags to the back, with bows down to the fancy hem, finishing in a long train. The underskirt is finished in a flounced hem. A simple straw hat with cream tulle completes the ensemble.

The hat weighs more than the gown!

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Gown #6 was the last one in the box. A perfect example of 1990-1910 style, made from the most delicate cream silk, it illustrates the fashion trend of focusing on the shoulders, a more natural waist, a high collar, Bertha neckline, and slight leg-o-mutton sleeves. The bodice is loosely fitted, caught at the waist with a pleated, rose silk sash. The skirt drapes over the hips and falls gracefully to the floor in a long train, with a bow in the back to match the sash. Carrie added silk binding to the hemline, again matching the sash. Antique lace appliques trim the skirt at intervals. The gown is so sheer, she also made a delicate petticoat for underneath, to give it definition and to respect the modesty of the wearer.

I can picture this gown on an adult woman of the times, on board the Titanic, her skirt billowing out with the sea breeze, turning the heads of gentlemen and inciting the envy of the women nearby.

Carrie made hats to complete four of her gowns. There is a prize for those of you who can match the hats to the appropriate gowns! (Just kidding – too easy for experts such as yourselves.)

The box from Special Joys was empty, at last. My heart rate returned to normal. The gowns were put upon dress forms and displayed in cabinets. They stand next to the antique F.G. fashion doll, the clothes horse of the doll room. I visit them frequently.

Years passed.

And then, serendipity! Joy sent me a picture of the doll Emma Clear had made for Carrie, and the doll was wearing…GOWN #7!! She knew I already had the antique F.G. fashion doll, but…might I be interested in just the gown?

Another banner day!

I think this last gown is Carrie’s tour de force. The tightly-fitted jacket is heavy silk brocade, deep burgundy and silver. She uses a solid silk fabric for the train and panniers. Because the fabrics coordinate so well, Continued on page 57

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MAGALI LENCI-TYPE DOLLS

by Dominique Pennegues enis Giotti started making cloth dolls in 1919 when he was only 22 years old in his city of birth, Nice, located in southeastern France, close to the Italian border. Catalogue photos in this article are from the only known Magali catalogue which was left to the widow of a seller for the company. This is the first time these photos have been reproduced.

He registered his company in 1926.

One may consider Denis Giotti as the first French Lenci-type doll maker. The company trademark shows a triangle marked ‘Magali” inside and “Marque deposée” under it. In the Almanach du Commerce the company was listed as “Fabrique de poupées artistique en feutre” (Maker of artistic felt dolls) 3 rue Cais de Piertas Nice. Représentative at Paris 49 rue d’Orset .

Denis Giotti not only made dolls, he also made stuffed animals, one of which is pictured in the Magali catalogue.

Magali doll from the late 20’s. This mold was used for girls and boys. Note the special painting of the brown, almondshaped eyes, with one white dot on the upper iris and a little brown line on the lower part. The particular design of the lips is very similar to that of Messina Vat dolls. Brown golden mohair wig. Note the elegant red felt coat inspired by Lenci, with matching hat, dress and shoes.

55 cm. Private collection U.S.A.

Above: Patented Magali label.

Left to right: Charming little doll dressed in a French marine outfit made of blue felt. Dark brown mohair wig and brown painted eyes. Original box. 42 cm. Circa 1925. Courtesy Galerie de Chartres. France.

Tennis player boy, with a white felt outfit and a wooden tennis racquet. Brown mohair wig.

48 cm. Circa 1925. Courtesy François Theimer. France.

“Parisian girl”. Blue and red felt vest, skirt, hat and shoes. 48 cm.

Circa 1925. Courtesy François Theimer. France.

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1. Series 25 from a vintage catalogue of the 20’s.

Produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

2. Series 30 from same catalogue. This doll has a rather toddler appearance.

Produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

3. Series 35 produced in 45cm and 58cm.

4. Series 36 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

5. Series 39 produced in only 38cm.

6. Series 83 and 23 produced in 38cm and 45cm.

7. Series 101 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

8. Series 103 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

9. Series 104 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

10. Series 108 produced in 45cm and 58cm.

11. Series 3 (teenager) produced in 60 and 70cm.

12. Series 2 (teenager) produced in 60 and 70cm 13. Series 1 (teenager) produced in 60 and 70cm 14. Series 4 (teenager).

Produced in 60 and 70 cm.

15. Doll on the left : Series 38 – Produced in 38, 45 and 58 cm. Doll on the right: series 5 (teenager) produced in 60 and 70 cm, with stuffed velvet dog.

16. Series 80 produced in 38, 45 and 58cm 17. Series 82 produced in 45 and 58cm 18. Series 28 produced in 45 and 58cm 19. Series 31 produced in 45 and 58cm 20. Series 86 Zouave. 45cm only 21. Series 84 produced in 45cm and 58cm 22. Series 87 produced in 45cm and 58cm 23. Series 81 produced in 58cm only 24. Series 24 produced in 38cm and 45cm 25. Series 22 produced in 45cm and 58cm.

26. Series 27 produced in 38cm only.

27. Series 32 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

28. Series 29 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

29. Series 26 produced in 45cm and 58cm.

30. Series 33 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

31. Series 21 produced in 38cm, 45cm and 58cm.

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Teenager. Although the series number is unknown we do know it would be between 6 and 19. This very rare Magali doll is all original and richly dressed in a matching red felt coat and beret, a white and blue felt dress and white cotton fine jersey long socks (different from the usual short “net ones” seen on the other series). She also has a mother of pearl necklace that other smaller Magali dolls do not have. Black Mary Jane shoes are not in felt like usual but in black faux leather. The upper body is made of stuffed felt to under the arms, and the lower part is made of pink/orange stuffed cotton. Magali dolls from the middle of the 20’s have specific red sharp lips which are not really appealing but are a plus to enable us to recognize them. There are no red dots in the corner of the eyes unlike most of Raynal dolls. 70 cm. Private collection.

France. Detail of the blue and white felt dress with a very 20’s fashion look. Detail of the long white jersey socks and the black faux leather Mary Jane shoes attached with a mother pearl button.

Nice and rare all original Magali girl and boy. Note the art deco look of the dress which is made of felt and silk organdy.

58 cm. Private collection. U.S.A. Note the difference in colors of the two molded faces. Most of Magali dolls use pale pink molded felt like that of the boy; the yellow/light orange color of the girl could have been especially chosen for an Asian girl, suggested by its rather Asian eyes, only the red hair tells us she is an European girl. We have not found yet any Asian Magali dolls but we do believe the firm made a few. Detail of the white cotton socks knitted with a net pattern. Those net pattern socks are seen on all Magali dolls from the early 20’s until the end of the 30’s except for the teenage line. Note the shoes close on the front, later Magali dolls will all have Mary Jane felt shoes with a button on the side.

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Nude Magali doll from 1927 showing the construction of the all felt Magali doll bodies. There is no separation between the leg and the feet (no seam at the ankles). On the back is hand written in violet ink “Maman à sa petite fille chérie Noel 1927” (Mummy to her darling little girl Christmas 1927). Private collection. U.S.A.

The Magali all felt dolls have rich clothing which differs from other French cloth dolls makers of the time.

One may note thirty-three different series in the Magali catalogue, including a very rare 45 cm black “Zouave” (French Colonial Army).

Magali dolls are often confused by collectors with Messina Vat dolls which were made later, this confusion coming mostly from the similarity in the design of the mouth. Magali’s white cotton socks with a net pattern is an easy way to distinguish the two makers. Also the hands are always of the mitten-type until the end of the production.

The dolls presented here, including those in the catalogue, should also help collectors to identify their Magali dolls from other Lenci-types.

Magali doll from the early 30’s. This is one of the last Magali dolls with almondshaped eyes, later dolls will be more open, like the eyes of Venus and Raynal dolls. 58 cm. Private collection. France.

Note the elaborate hair style also seen on some Lenci dolls. Detail of the painted eyes, which differ from other French Lenci-type dolls. Socks are white cotton knitted net pattern and shoes have one stripe closing with a white china button.

Magali toddler from the early 30’s. The black faux leather shoes are not original (they should be made of the same red felt as the dress). 45 cm.

Private collection. U.S.A. The painted features are softer, the mouth is more of the pouty type and the eyes are larger.

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This late Magali from the second part of the 30’s does not have the typical look of the Magali dolls from the 20’s and its features are closer to the French Lenci- type dolls of La Nicette, Venus and Raynal. The eyes are blue, while all the previous Magali dolls had brown eyes. The difference between Nicette, Venus and Raynal all felt dolls from the same period is in Magali’s luxurious clothing. Dressed in a costume from Nice that mirrors what someone might have worn, even the cotton underwear (long white cotton petticoats and long pants) is ornamented with red hand embroidery as is a black silk shawl. 52 cm. This doll still retained its original marked box. Private collection. France.

After the second part of the 30’s, the competition with Raynal, Nicette and Venus dolls became more intense and Denis Giotti started to give his all felt Lenci-type dolls a more ordinary appearance, making his production difficult to be differentiate from those of his competitors. However, till the end of the company’s cloth doll production in 1939, the high quality of the clothing made the Magali dolls still more luxurious than the other French dolls of the time.

After WWII, Magali dolls became internationally known for their very attractive celluloid dolls dressed in rich ethnic costumes, but sadly, they never returned to their artistic cloth doll making.

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More Sense than Sensibility Ladies’ Fashions in the Empire & Regency Period (1790-1820)

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by Alicia Carver

n the aftermath of the French Revolution, a different kind of revolution took place in womens’ fashion. As a rebellion to the excesses and extravagance of the French aristocracy, the tightly laced corsets, cumbersome underskirts and highly adorned and elaborately brocaded, wide-skirted dresses of Marie Antoinette’s French court were abandoned for a more natural and slimmer silhouette.

1803 French Painting by Louis-Leopold Boilly shows attire of the Regency period.

Circa 1810 Regency dress with puff sleeves and strong vertical embroidery.

Circa 1820 Papier Mache Lady wears simple white cotton period-style Empire dress.

Author’s collection.

Grecian style hairdos were the rage during the Regency period.

This papier mache lady, circa 1820, has an empire style assymetrical braided updo with soft curls framing her face.

Fanciful periwigs, lace and powder were traded for the simpler designs of the neo-classical Greek period. This trend extended to architecture as well where it reached its zenith in central London during 1806 in a period now referred to as the Greek Revival.

Simple, light and airy was the choice du jour for fabrics that draped loosely over the body from a high empire waist. Such were the fashionable dresses donned by the Regency gentle women of Jane Eyre’s world.

Day dresses were often made of delicate white, sheer cotton fabrics such as muslin, gauze or percale and were gossamer thin.

Embroidery often transformed these simple dresses into works of art. In an ironic twist to the accustomed personal modesty of the day, visible bosoms were sometimes part of this classical look. And while only daring fashionistas may have exposed their bosoms, exposed cleavage was not nearly as scandalous as exposed knees or legs.

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This 1810 stay creates a straight posture and pulls the bust line up quite high.

Stockings made of silk

Beneath the scanty outer dress, many layers of undergarments were worn to create the proper silhouette and for other practical reasons. The first layer closest to the body was the chemise (also called a shift) which was a thin garment made of white cotton, thin muslin or linen with short sleeves and a low neckline gathered by a draw string.

The shift, meant to protect the outer clothes from perspiration, was washed more frequently than any other garment and was therefore made of easily laundered fabric that stood up over time.

Although tiny waists tightly cinched by a laced corset were no longer needed, a type of corset called a “stay” was worn that provided bust support.

A stay is the precursor to the modern brassiere. Stays came in varying lengths from short to medium to longer ones finishing just above the hips.

Regency stays were made of sturdy cotton such as twill or canvas with cords and quilting for stiffening. The busk, a thin wooden strip about 1”-2” in width, was inserted in a vertical pocket between the breasts to help the ladies maintain an erect posture and a smooth line. Stays were tightened over a chemise.

The final layer was the petticoat, a sleeveless garment with a scooped neckline, fitted in the back with hook and eye closures, buttons or tape.

The lower edge of the petticoat was intended to be visible as the petticoat was considered part of the outer clothing and not underwear, and thus, the lower edges were often decorated at the hem with embroidery, rows, lace or ruffles.

Petticoats also served the function of giving shape to the hem of a dress, keeping it away from the feet and body; and without it, the gossamer thin fabrics would hug the body and reveal every natural (or unnatural) contour.

When crossing a muddied path, for example, women would often lift their outer dresses to reveal the petticoat to protect the more expensive and delicate material of the outer dress.

Underpants or “drawers” were not commonly worn yet by women of this period as the convenience of the modern toilet was still a way off. Those that came into existence in the later part of this era were saggy, two-legged, open at the crotch, tied at the waist and buttoned at the knees.

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Stockings made of silk were worn up to the thigh and tied with garters just above the knee or sometimes just below and were often white or flesh colored with embroidery or stripes.

A lady’s handbag called a reticule was a fashionable accessory of the day since “pockets” (a separate undergarment worn inside a dress) were no longer practical to place beneath the slimmer dresses. Made of silk, velvets and handmade lace or knitted fabrics, they were often beaded or tasseled and held by wrist straps.

In keeping with the minimalism of the Grecian style, high-heeled shoes of earlier periods were replaced by flat ballet slippers made of thin fabrics such as silk, canvas, velvet or kid leather.

Sometimes metal pattens were strapped on shoes to protect them from rain or mud, but often, the sole was made of soft leather or fabric.

Early wax-over, peg-wooden fashion lady wearing empire waist regency dress, bonnet and reticule.

Her period underdrawers feature two tubes of cloth tied to her thighs.

Her silk reticule reveals her status.

Grodner Tal peg-wooden fashion lady wearing late empire regency dress, stockings and slippers.

Regency Dancing Shoes Kid leather and canvas, silk ties (note, shoes are identical, no left or right)

silk stockings tied with silk ribbon.

Photos coutesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and MFA, Boston

Rare canvas needlepoint slippers, c. 1800

Strappy Greek-style sandals, probably worn by a young girl.

Her soft kid leather soles survive to this day!

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Short Spencer jackets worn by the ladies of the 1995 mini-series, “Pride and Prejudice.”

Regency Pelisses and Redingoats

1817 Fashion Plate shows green pelisse, for outdoors wear.

Pink cotton pelisse from the movie “Bright Star.”

Early paper mache lady wears her original mob cap and slippers.

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Early Tuck Comb Wooden Lady wears silk empire dress with Pelisse. Courtesy Theriault’s.

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For modesty and warmth, shawls, cloaks and tunics were often worn over the lightweight dresses. The favored wrap of the day was the Indian shawl, imported from Kashmir India (a British colony then) and made of cashmere wool, cotton or silk. These colorful shawls often featured a border print of Paisley.

Other protective outdoor wear were jackets. A short, high-waisted jacket called the Spencer jacket, and, later in the period, full -length Pelisses and Redingotes (developed from the riding jacket into a general purpose coat) were also worn over dresses and fabrics tended to vary depending on the season.

Early dolls from the Empire and Regency era that retain some of their originality offer us a glimpse into this sensuous era of fashion history where long silk stockings, sheer dresses, and exposed cleavage gave women a taste of a type of female liberation movement just before it took a long detour during the Victorian era. But it was the perfect breeding ground for female writers such as Jane Austen to create strong and independent heroines who challenged the female status quo of the early 19th century.

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Rarely found jointed body. A LITTLE JEWEL. Blue sleep eyes.

OM with upper teeth. Pierced ears. Mint Simon and Halbig body in excellent condition.

Two long blonde braids down back of head. White dress with pink bow. $ 1,150.

15” Antique Incised Depose Jumeau 5. Large brown paperweight eyes. Creamy white bisque. Bee stung lips.

Pierced ears with red crystal earrings. Blonde mohair wig.

Orig. Blue wool coat dress with ecru designs on it. Black leather French shoes. Lace Hat with silk ribbon and fabric. BEAUTIFUL AND SPECIAL DOLL. $ 6,450.

10” Fire A Steiner. Dark brown mohair wig. Dark brown PW eyes.

Dark brows. Pierced earrings with blue drop earrings. Lots of dark lashes. Rosy cheeks. Straight wrists. Fingernails painted white indicating this doll was made for the famous Paris toy store Au Nain Bleu. Stamp on body reads La Parisian. Made in Paris. Red dress with blue bow at neckline. $ 3,250.

15” Fire A Steiner bebe.

Factory orig. Deep blue PW eyes. Dark lashes. Feathered brows. Kiss me lips. Long curled blonde mohair wig.

Pierced ears with Orig. earrings. Wears purple silk and lace with matching hat.

Black leather French shoes. Has her orig. first place ribbon from Nationals in 1976. $ 7,150

19 1/2” Polish Jew and Jewes by Bernard Ravca. Hand sewn and painted by him. Possible Hasidic couple. Tag written by Ravca.

Man has side locks, Prince Albert frock, sash, and knee britches and many other Jewish pieces. Woman wears modest dress such as her long dress which also goes to her neckline. She also wears a headscarf. Comes from the original collection of Bernard Ravca. $ 895/ pair.

15” German Bathing doll.

White chunky body in mint condition. Has rare painted pink face with wonderful modeling and detail galore. Beautiful lace collar used as a coverall. $ 495.

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Rare and Unusual Tynietoy L

ast September, I was invited to give two presentations about Tynietoy at the venerable Handicraft Club in Providence, RI – the true birthplace of Tynietoy. The converted stables attached to the historic Truman Beckwith house is where Marion Perkins and Amey Vernon first opened the Toy Furniture Shop in 1920, and upstairs, Miss Perkins first undertook the bulk manufacture of Tynietoy furnishings. Although the offices and workshops eventually moved to more spacious quarters, the Toy Furniture Shop continued to operate in this humble and quaint venue for several

The wing chair copied from one in George Washington’s bedroom differs from the chair familiar to most collectors, and this one was purchased from the family of the original owner.

In this rare example, all four legs feature threedimensional cabriole legs rather than the typical flat legs, and are attached with stretchers. The arm detail is quite different as well. I’ve seen only two other examples of this Mt. Vernon chair in person.

It cost $4.50 in 1935 when the usual example was priced at $2.75.

Perhaps the rarest of Tynietoy furnishings, this replica of Washington’s bed at Mt. Vernon features a hand-embroidered candlewick bedspread and a canopy with individually knotted fringe. In 1935, this example was purchased from Tynietoy for $20, the equivalent of $345 today, and it was a true extravagance during the Depression. It was the single most expensive piece of furniture listed in a catalogue and I’ve never seen another example.

This old postcard photo of Washington’s bedroom at Mt. Vernon shows the chair and bed that Tynietoy replicated with such care.

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more years in the historic College Hill neighborhood near Brown University.

The Handicraft Club purchased one of my Tynietoy Colonial Mansions in 2013 and made arrangements with the neighboring Rhode Island School of Design to provide archival storage for a growing collection of historical artifacts related to Tynietoy, including original blueprints of the Mansion, catalogues, drawings, correspondence and even old metal dies used for production of the furniture. I also donated materials related to Tynietoy employee George LeClerc that were

Furnishings

by Susan Grimshaw

This side chair from a Mt. Vernon parlor is not quite as rare as the wing chair but is still quite difficult to find. The seats may be painted a solid color or in imitation of brocade. George LeClerc also made ribbonback chairs but his backs are usually very flat where the original Tynietoy design curves backward realistically.

featured in my previous ADC article such as his personal portfolio of drawings and photographs and numerous newspaper articles. Now the delicate artifacts will be preserved and made available to serious researchers in the future. And the Mansion is on public display in the very place where Tynietoy was born!

Many of the Tynietoy furnishings encountered by collectors are easily identified by the corporate trademark stamped on the undersides of furniture, from the catalogue illustrations so often reprinted in books and magazines, and from old magazine advertisements. Once the more commonly found furnishings have been attained, truly avid collectors may spend years seeking the more elusive examples of furniture and accessories, some of which never appeared in catalogues or were advertised for only a brief time. My morning lecture at the Handicraft Club examined some of these rare and unusual examples of Tynietoy furnishings.

Some of the more desirable furnishings are those inspired by iconic examples in George Washington’s Mt. Vernon.

Production of these rare items was very likely begun around 1932 when America celebrated the bicentennial of Washington’s birth, and Tynietoy did its part by producing just a few pieces replicating his bedroom furniture and furnishings found in the the more public rooms at Mt. Vernon, including the pleasant room where his step-grand-daughter, Nellie

Tynietoy copied their impressive harpsichord from the one that Nellie Custis played at Mt. Vernon. It was an expensive piece at $10.00 and it seems they continued to make them into the 1940’s when the purplish-red stain was used.

There was no stool or bench made just for the harpsichord.

It is a somewhat large piece that can be challenging to place in the dollhouse, but its rarity makes it desirable.

This very rare and handsome chest of drawers features wonderful brass batwing drawer pulls and escutcheons. It was not pictured in catalogues but appeared in a flyer featuring “special” furniture with other Mt. Vernon pieces and was advertised as a “scale reproduction”.

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Sidney Burleigh designed all the Spanish furniture in the late 1920’s when this type of revival furniture was becoming popular in the American southwest.

The homes of Hollywood stars who decorated in the style were shown in home decorating magazines around this same time. It was never very popular on the East coast so there wasn’t that much demand. Interestingly, Tynietoy introduced their New Model house around 1930. The Spanish furniture would display better in this more contemporary house, but very few of those houses were made. The armchairs featured heat-stamped impressed designs to imitate embossed leather and were painted brown or deep red.

One of Sidney Burleigh’s drawings for the Spanish cabinet. Burleigh’s drawings sometimes included notes addressed to George LeClerc, who was the shop foreman in charge of manufacturing in the late 1920’s.

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One of the prettiest painted pieces you will ever encounter is the Spanish bed. Very similar to the Victorian spool bed Tynietoy made, the headboard is what really distinguishes this piece with its detailed floral and scroll decoration – each one is like an original painting and it blends a little more easily with the more traditional Early American furniture we associate with Tynietoy.

Custis, played her harpsichord. The grouping appeared in only one catalogue and on a smaller flyer that Tynietoy mailed out to its established customers.

These pieces were more detailed than the usual items available in the catalogue and were priced accordingly, so they are very rare today.

Tynietoy’s first decade was marked by a close association with a man then considered the “Dean” of Rhode Island’s artists, Sidney Burleigh (1853-1931).

One of the founders and Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Burleigh was friendly with both Miss Perkins and Miss Vernon and when they officially incorporated as Tynietoy in 1920, he signed the incorporation papers with them. Although he had little to do with the business side of the venture, his imprint on the design side is significant.

In 1929, he designed the Spanish Colonial furniture that appeared for the first time in the 1930 catalogue. Meant to appeal to their affluent collectors in California and the American Southwest, the Spanish furniture featured more detail than many of the more popular Early American designs. Judging by their rarity today, they were not produced in great volume and they did not appear in the last catalogues.

Another group of unusual furnishings are those finished in a highly decorative Chinese lacquer style. Fine full-sized examples of this furniture were particularly popular in 18th century Boston and Tynietoy produced a limited number of furnishings in this style. The Queen Anne looking glass is widely found, but authentic examples of the larger furniture pieces are rare and, sadly, they have been subject to imitation in recent years. Some examples of this “special” furniture were shown on the back pages of later catalogues and the stock numbers were Roman numerals.

Other rare replicas of historically significant items include a desk and chair from Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, where George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. The original chair was made in 1779 by Philadelphia furnituremaker John Folwell, to replace the one John Hancock used when he presided over the Continental Congress. Its name comes from a comment made

by Benjamin Franklin in 1787 when

The Strong Museum in Rochester NY has a collection of Chinese lacquered furniture by Tynietoy and these pieces were photographed at the museum years ago by a collector. One can imagine how much fun the artists had decorating these items.

Original pieces painted by Tynietoy are rare. More recently decorated pieces are more common so collectors should be wary.

Also from the Strong Museum, these handpainted chairs have woven seats very similar to Tynietoy’s ladderback chairs, but the Queen Anne yoke-backs make this a very rare and unusual form.

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The Rising Sun chair that George Washington sat on during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was replicated by Tynietoy in a scale slightly larger than the usual 1/12 size, as befitting the sitter. It is has a real leather seat and arm padding attached with tiny brass brads and the sun motif on the crest-rail is hand-painted.

Rest assured the original motif on the full-sized chair does not have a whimsical smile like this! This particular chair was formerly in the collection of the Mildred Mahoney Museum in Ontario and rarely appears at auction.

A chair that originally belonged to the founder of Smith College, Sophia Smith, was replicated by Tynietoy in the late 1920’s and was never shown in catalogues but photos and drawings of the original chair survived among Tynietoy archival materials that have come to auction over the years. This chair is the same scale as the Rising Sun chair and because it is rare, it has taken me many years to assemble a set of four. The turned components are similar but not identical among the four I own and the Spanish brush feet differ as well. It is an especially charming memento of early New England.

Sidney Burleigh’s scale drawing of Sophia Smith’s chair gives the dimensions and shows the details that make the chair so unique.

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he compared the sun on the chair to the rising of the new republic. The Tynietoy desk was initially rendered a little crudely but the Rising Sun chair more successfully replicates the imposing stature of the original chair. Both these items were made to a scale slightly larger than the customary 1/12 of Tynietoy’s regular catalogue and approach something closer to 1/10 scale. Similarly, the very charming Sophia Smith chair with its intricately turned components and handwoven rush seat was also made to a 1/10 scale. It’s likely that these chairs were made larger so that more detail could be incorporated in them and they were probably never intended as dollhouse furnishings but as true miniatures to be displayed and appreciated on their own.

The earliest years of production at Tynietoy saw some familiar pieces constructed and decorated a little differently than those from later years.

The earliest canopy bed is dressed with ruffled bedspread glued to a cushioned cardboard base and there is no separate mattress. Also, ¼” plywood was used to make chairs, tables, settees and case goods. The wood was stained a dull walnut color and left unvarnished. When compared to later production, these pieces strike some collectors as a little

This early example of the Tynietoy canopy bed is made from plywood with a dark stained finish but no varnish. The flat mattress and bedspread were made as one single piece and the roll pillow is attached to the mattress in a manner similar to the bedding on the painted provincial bed. The canopy does not have the back drop behind the headboard as later examples do.

Made from ¼” plywood, this early chair features a form that was discontinued sometime in the mid -1920’s. Another way to identify early furniture is the use of paper or ink-stamp labels to mark furniture. The familiar impressed logo was not used until 1930, and the paper label continued to appear on some accessories such as pictures, mirrors and folding screens throughout the years of production.

Below: The parlor from the Philadelphia Electric Co. house features extremely realistic furniture and accessories made

by Tynietoy. The light fixtures are especially impressive and so stylishly evocative of the period. Many drawings for the furnishings of this house survive with the measurements clearly showing the pieces were made in 2” scale.

Photo © PECO Energy Company. Used by Permission.

naïve or crude and they usually sell for less than the later furniture. Yet there are some collectors who seek the earlier pieces because they are early and were made for a relatively short amount of time.

The rarest furnishings are those custom pieces commissioned by individuals or companies in both 1” and 2” scale. There is photographic evidence of several custom-designed houses from the early 1920’s (I’ve seen three of them in person) and original drawings survive for custom furniture for those houses and other projects. One particularly impressive example was a 2” inch scale model house made for the Philadelphia Electric Company in the 1930’s. The house was made by a local craftsman, but all the light fixtures and furnishings were made in exacting detail by Tynietoy. Its current whereabouts is a great mystery, but an illustrated brochure was printed when it was exhibited in downtown Philadelphia and the photographs are amazingly realistic!

Tynietoy also made accessories that are now considered rare and unusual, and they will be discussed in a subsequent article.

Because it was not photographed in the usual catalogues, we’re not quite sure which bed this may be. One catalogue mentions a “field bed” for $5.50 but describes it with a canopy top so that probably refers to the rope-strung bed shown in my previous ADC article about Dorothy Dixon’s dollhouse, which had many rare and unusual furnishings. This bed seems to have been made only in a twin size and never had a canopy. It also seems to have been made in the later years of production only.

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Auction Gallery cont. from p 13

Theriault’s Sells Berta Hackney Collection

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heriault’s presented the collection of Berta Hackney March 28 and 29 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

Spending time in Mexico City where her husband’s business was located, Berta discovered many fine dolls being sold from the estates of European émigrés. Her collection continued to grow over the years and she recently decided it was time to sell at auction.

Shown here are highlights of this diverse and important sale. For more information visit theriaults.com Prices do not include the buyer’s premium.

Bisque portrait bebe by Emile Jumeau, 24 inches, c. 1878, $20,000.

22-inch Schmitt et Fils in antique rose silk costume, $18,000.

This grand size bebe by Leon Casimir Bru with rare painted teeth, 29 inches, brought $14,000. She is holding an all original Bru Teteur, near mint condition, 14 inches, $18,000.

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The elusive “H” by Aristide Halopeau, 21 inches, c. 1880, wearing an elaborate antique costume and bonnet with milliner’s label, $44,000.

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Early Jumeau portrait bebe, c. 1877, 20 inches in original costume, $13,000.

Bebe by Andre Thuillier, 18 inches, marked A 9 T, c. 1885, $29,000. The rare pair of papier mache candy box containers, each 14 inches, originally from a luxury Parisian bon-bon shop, realized $17,000.

This rare French automaton “Bebe Photographe” attributed to Louis Marie Renou, c. 1895, $27,000.

19-inch solid domed taufling

by Jules Steiner with bisque limbs, 19 inches, $5,750.

The size 0, 10-inch Bru Jne in original costume and signed Bru shoes, brought $12,500. The 14-inch, size 0 Bru Brevete realized $16,000.

More Auction Gallery on p 56

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SELL A DOLL IN THE Auction Gallery

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25”Simon Halbig mold 1279. This beauty literally takes our breath away….this spectacular girl has it all. Very crisp modeling, gorgeous bisque and coloring, with dimpled cheek and chin.

Original blonde mohair wig with cascading curls. Her original clothes of old rose colored silk with three rows of lace on the pin tucked bodice, and a wide lace band at the waist are just perfection.

Original undies and tiny wooden heels on her original shoes. Her antique chapeau with shirred lace frames her exquisite face. $2700.

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21” SIMON & HALBIG 540 ALL ORIGINAL DOLL IN GREAT CONDITION $850.

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21” SFBJ 60 FRENCH BEBE ON JUMEAU BODY — ALL ANTIQUE $850.

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The charming Rohmer poupée in its trunk with trousseau and numerous accessories brought nearly $22,500.

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Phone 1-888-800-2588.

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n 18 ½” DEPOSE E8J $5,175 with stamped body, wearing an antique costume sold for $5,175 at Alderfer’s April auction.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation: Alderfer Auctions: www.alderferauction.com Galerie de Chartres: www.ivoire-chartres.com

Carrie Hall continued from page 34 I suspect they were left over from a couture gown back in her day as dressmaker to the wealthy. The jacket bottom is finished in a double row of silver silk. Covered buttons close the jacket. Slightly asymmetrical, the jacket fits tightly to the hips. The addition of a matching passementerie trim piece in front is “very Carrie.”

The underskirt has lightweight, palesilver silk ruching along the bottom, just peeking out from underneath. How she got the fabric to behave is beyond me!

Over all layers, she added a very long train in burgundy silk edged in tiny silver pleats. Side panels attached to the train fit tightly over the hips on either side.

A cotton petticoat lies beneath. A matching hat with millinery flowers, lace and jet beading complete this extraordinary example of Carrie’s art.

If I only had one gown to illustrate Carrie’s expertise, this would be the one I would choose. I am tempted to display it inside out, for the benefit of modern-day seamstresses who visit the doll room!

I feel as if I know Carrie Hall. I celebrate her artistry, meticulous needlework, and keen eye for style.

Her seven gowns have weathered the passing decades with scarcely a sign of age.

They serve as reminders of days past, when elegance and finery were part of a wealthy woman’s daily life. Perhaps she did make them to illustrate fashion trends, as a display for her doll shop in her later years. But I prefer to think she made them because she could, in bursts of creative joy, recalling the days when a Carrie Hall gown in one’s closet was a sign of privilege, wealth, and taste. It has been a pleasure to share these with you. I hope you have enjoyed them.

Now, if I should ever have another one of those days, when the stars align, and should I come across Gown #8….well… stay tuned.

Author’s Note: If you would like to know more about Carrie Hall, she has two books I recommend: From Hoopskirts to Nudity—A Review of the Follies, Foibles of Fashion from 1866-1936, and The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt. A special thank you to Special Joys and the Carmel Doll Shop, and to Dale Resling for her 2012 ADC article.

“If a woman’s mind dignifies her dress, and her dress has dignified her manners, then she becomes an inspiration, and (the) dress has done its perfect work.”

Carrie Hall, From Hoopskirts to Nudity (1938)

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Museum der Deutschen Spielzeugindustrie T

he Museum der Deutschen Spielzeugindustrie in Neustadt tells the story of the German toy and doll industry in the ThĂźringen area. A fascinating workshop displayed tools, molds and various implements of manufacture. Along with exceptional artist dolls we viewed scenes from fairy tales and historical toys and my favorite, an outstanding collection of over 800 international costume dolls, created in 1930 exclusively for the museum. These dolls appeared to be made out of plaster, their clothing, everyday as well as ceremonial dress, were facsimiles of that worn in various German states.

Photos taken during the 2014 TLC grand tour

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Calendar of Events

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.com.

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

2015 Ongoing

2/3-9/26. France. Musee de la PoupeeParis Special Exhibit featuring Collection of Claude Canlorbe, daughter of publisher of La Semaine de Suzette. www.museedelapoupeeparis.com. www.dollshopunited.com/stores/ museedelapoupeeparis/.

3/30-9/7 Oyster Bay, NY. Doll & Toy Exhibition. Manor House at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park. 516-922-8678. plantingfields.org.

4/18-10/11. Switzerland. The Rhine in the Course of Time from the Sources to the Estuary. Landscape paintings of Johann Ludwig Blueler & current photographs.

Special Exhibition. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

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2 Albany, NY. Doll Show. Albany Marriott Hotel. Shaker Doll Club.

Priscilla McCaughin. 518-686-7928.

2 Austin, TX. Doll Show. Norris Center/Northcross Mall. Joni Holland. 817-929-1691.

2 Canada. New Ottawa Doll Show.

Ernst & Young Centre. Anne Taller.

613-592-2720. Annetaller@storm.ca.

2 Columbia, SC. Doll Show. S. C. State Fairgrounds. Knight S.E. Doll Shows.

Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com.

2 Fullerton, CA. Mini Conference. Doll Council Serving Los Angeles, Orange & Riverside County. Crowne Plaza Fullerton. Frances Shelby.

714-847-2361.

2 Greenwood, IN. Doll & Bear Show.

Greenwood United Methodist Church. Greenwood United Methodist Women. Jo Ann Gates.

317-882-5787.

2 Maitland, FL. Doll Show. Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. Barbara Keehbauch.

407-678-5678. bkeehbauch@cfl.rr.com.

2-3 Morristown, NJ. Fine Antique Dolls Auction. Westin Governor Morris Hotel.

800-638-0422. www.theriaults.com.

2 Nazareth, PA. Doll & Basket Auction.

Dotta Auction Co., Inc. 610-759-7389. www.dottaauction.com.

2 Oklahoma City, OK. Doll Show.

Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Expo Hall #1. Kyle Productions Unlimited.

Kyle. 405-810-1010.

2 Spokane, WA. Doll Show. Spokane Community College. Bldg.#6. Lilac City Doll Club. Marylu Robinson.

509-328-5319. Mary Sherwood.

509-838-8487.

3 Easton, PA. Doll, Teddy Bear & Toy Show. Forks Township Community Center. Twin County Doll Club. Earl Bethel. 610-322-7702.

3 Leaf River, IL. Doll & Toy Show. River Valley Complex. JoAnn’s Doll Shop.

815-234-8332.

3 York, PA. Doll Show. The York Expo Center. Ron Funk. 717-687-8101. pastnpresent@comcast.net.

6 Elk Grove Village, IL. Doll Show.

Holiday Inn. Pullip & Dal Doll Lovers Event. Jane Easterly. 309-299-0486.

9 Arcadia, CA. Doll, Toy & Miniature Show. Oak Tree Room. Serendipity.

Michael Kouri. Dollchatternews4u2@ hotmail.com.

8-9 Bremerton, WA. Doll Show. Kitsap Conference Center. Pacific North West Ball-Jointed Doll Expo. Marie Adair.

360-779-9806.

9 Batavia, NY. Doll & Bear Show. The Clarion Hotel. Saturday’s Child.

Martha Smith. 585-506-7948.

9 Dover, NH. Doll Show. Dover Elks Hall. San-D-Over Dollers.

603-436-2910.

9 Salt Lake City, UT. Doll & Bear Show. Utah Fairgrounds. Crossroads.

Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. info@crossroadsshows.com.

9 Shoreline, WA. Doll & Toy Show.

Shoreline Conference Center. Seattle Doll & Toy Collectors Club. Joy Hill.

425-712-1575.

14-15 Dublin, CA. Doll Convention.

Holiday Inn. Nancy Ann West Coast Gathering. Lynn Leatherman Zimmershead. 408-792-7438.

14 Orlando, FL. Doll Convention.

International Palms Resort. Fire-Flies Golden Age of Dolls. Margaret Wulff.

636-825-7584.

Fire-FliesDollConvention.com.

16 Charlemont, MA. Doll Luncheon.

Berkshire East Ski Resort. New England Bone Frog Challenge Spring 2015. Brian Carney. 413-712-0306.

16 Columbus, IN. Doll & Bear Show.

Bartholomew Co. 4H Fairgrounds.

Doll’s Night Out Club of Columbus.

Pam King. 812-342-6106.

16-17 France. Dolls, Accessories, Automata & Mechanical Music Auctions. Galerie De Chartres Auction House. +33 (0)2 37 88 28 28. (F)+33 (0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galeriedechartres.com.

16 Neenah, WI. Doll Show. Holiday Inn River Walk Hotel. Sharon Roxanne Wallis. 920-739-0461.

16 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young Antique & Collectible Dolls. Sandy Kline.

818-368-4648.

16 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Alameda County Fairgrounds.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-3487713. www.crossroadsshows.com.

17 Madison Hts, MI. Doll Show. UFCW Madison Place Hall. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier.

586-731-3072.

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17 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center.

C Promotions Plus. Carol Benson.

612-669-1613.

17 New Hope, PA. Doll Show. Eagle Firehouse. Mark Lehmann.

215-657-2477. markleh@comcast.net.

22-24 Canada. Doll Convention. Crown Plaza Toronto Airport. Doll North at Anime North. Sabrina Conley. www.animenorth.com.

23 France. Games, Dolls, Toys, Curiosities & Automatons Auction.

Ambassador Hotel Paris. Francois Theimer. (0033) 03 86 74 31 76 (F) (0033) 03 86 74 32 13. Francois. theimer@wanadoo.fr. www.theimer.fr.

23 Mt. Pleasant, IA. Bussey Doll Benefit Day Doll Show Luncheon. Glenna Voyles. Gvoyles19@gmail.com. 319367-2614. admin@oldthreshers.org.

23 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Doll Collectors of North Park. Denise Perkins. 619-602-9043. Suzanne McHenry. 619-444-3529.

23 Stockton, CA. Miniature Show.

Stockton Scottish Rite Hall. Miniatures on the Waterfront. Leslie.

209-405-1206.

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MAY Calendar continued from page 61 28 Dallas, TX. Tonner Doll Convention.

Dallas Hilton Lincoln Center. Tonner Doll Company. 845-339-9537.

30-31 Denver, PA. Toy & Doll Auction.

Morphy Auctions. 877-968-8880. info@morphyauctions.com.

Morphyauctions.com.

30 Germany. Automata & Fine Toys Auction. Auction Team Breker. +49/2236/38 43 40 (F) +49/2236/38 43 430. Auction@Breker.com. www.breker.com.

30 Hershey, PA. “A Dolly’s Tea Party” Luncheon. Holiday Inn HarrisburgHershey. Central Penn Doll Collectors Club. Nancy. 717-802-1600.

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31 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore. 310-386-4211.

31 Mayfield Heights, OH. Greater Cleveland Doll & Bear Show. SherwinGilmore Party Center. Eileen Green.

440-729-9690.

June

5-7 Dallas, TX. Asian Ball Joint Doll Convention. Hilton Anatole.

DollAKon. Kelly Herrington. dollakoninfo@gmail.com.

6 Elk Grove Village, IL. Doll Conference. Holiday Inn. Jane Easterly. 309-299-0486. www. puddlestyle.com.

6-7 Gaithersburg, MD. Antique to Modern Doll & Toy Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events.

410-357-8451. 443-617-3590.

InfoDOLLS@comcast.net.

7 Belleville, IL. Doll, Bear, Toy & Collectible Show. St. Clair County Fairgrounds. Kay Weber’s Shows. 618-233-0940. www. kweberdollbeartoyshow.com.

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7 Concord, CA. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza Hotel. Stephanie Blythe.

415-455-8415.

7 Portsmouth, NH. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Frank Jones Center. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699.

9 England. Fine Dolls & Bear Auction.

Bonhams. +44 (0) 208963 2838.

Bonhams.com/toys. Rachel.gotch@ bonhams.com. +44 (0) 1666 502200. subscription@bonhams.com.

13 Rutherford, NJ. Doll’s Tea Party.

Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel.

The North Jersey Doll Club. Jean.

201-704-2836. www.renhotels.com.

13 Santa Ana, CA. Dolls, Bears, Toys, Miniatures & More Show. Elks Lodge.

831-438-5349. VintageApparel@aol.com.

13 Tucson, AZ. Luncheon & Program.

Green Valley East Social Center. Marti Nelson. 520-393-0502.

13 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction.

Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar. Dorothy Hunt. SweetbriarAuctions.com.

410-275-2094.

14 Naperville, IL. Doll Show. Marriott Hotel. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. www.NapervilleDollShow.com.

16 England. Fine Dolls & Teddy Bears Auction. Bonhams. +44(0)20 8963 2838. Rachel.gotch@bonhams.com.

Bonhams.com/toys.

17 Chattanooga, TN. National Paper Doll Convention. The Original Paper Doll Artists Guild. Embassy Suites Chattanooga. Jenny Taliadoros.

207-265-2500. Registration required. www.opdag.com/convention.html.

19 Fairfield, ME. Doll, Toy & Advertising Auction. James D. Julia, Inc. 207-453-7125. (F) 207-453-2502. www.jamesdjulia.com. atd@jamesdjulia.com.

24-26 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction.

Withington Auction. 603-478-3232. withington@conknet.com.

26-28 Lakeland, FL. Dollhouse & Miniature Show. Hilton Garden Inn. Pat Gazie.

407-733-7988. disniedoll@aol.com.

Carol Kira. 863-646-1354. kirafl@msn.com.

26-27 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake.

775-348-7713. info@crossroadsshows.com.

July

9-12 Portland, OR. Doll Artist Convention.

National Institute of American Doll Artists. Crowne Plaza Downtown Portland. Stephanie Blythe.

415-455-8415.

14-18 Denver, CO. Doll Show. Crown Plaza DIA Convention Center. R.O.S.E. International Doll & Bear Expo. Sarah Mellman. 720-227-5351.

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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

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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.

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JULY Calendar continued from page 62 14-18 Kansas City, MO. National Antique Doll Festival. Rowbear Lowman.

Adam’s Mark Hotel. 831-438-5349.

NatlDoll@aol.com. www.nationaldollfestival.com.

14 Kansas City, MO. Love, Shirley Temple Auction. Personal Collection of Shirley Temple. The Little Theatre.

Theriault’s. 800-638-0422. www.theriaults.com.

15 Kansas City, MO. Marquis Catalogued Auction of Exceptional Antique Dolls from the Billie and Paige Welker Collection. The Little Theatre. Theriault’s. 800-638-0422. www.theriaults.com.

16-19 Ft. Worth, TX. Sasha Doll Convention.

Embassy Suites Downtown Ft. Worth.

Brenda Myers. bjmyeye@aol.com.

16-19 Kansas City, MO. UFDC National Convention. Kansas City Marriott Downtown. 816-891-7040.

19 Columbus, OH. Teddy Bear Artist Show. Holiday Inn Worthington Hotel. Bright Star Promotions, Inc. Valerie Rogers. 502-423-7827.

29-8/1 Arlington, VA. Barbie Doll Convention. Hyatt Crystal City. Deb Gallo. debgallo@yahoo.com.

30-8/1 Austin, TX. Doll Convention. Ball Joint Doll Collectors Convention.

Omni Southpark. Sherri Rhein.

512-414-3793. srhein@bjdctexas.com.

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Ashley’s Dolls & Antiquities

Rare North Carolina Moravian Maggie Bessie Dolls Billye Harris • 723 NC Hwy 61 South, Whitsett, NC 27377 • (336) 266-2608 Website: AshleysDolls.com • E-mail: AshleysDolls@gmail.com Visit us on www.dollshopsunited.com/stores/ashleysdolls • Generous Layaways Member UFDC and NADDA

Hammer Prices Realized at Theriault’s January 10-11, 2015 Auctions

French Bisque Bébé

by Leon Casimir Bru

French Bisque Art-Character Doll

by Albert Marque

German Bisque Googly Toddler by Oscar Hitt

French Bisque Bébé “H”

by Aristide Halopeau

German “Max” and “Moritz”

by Kammer and Reinhardt

Googly, Model 165, Size 13,

by Hertel and Schwab

French Bisque Portrait Bébé

by Emile Jumeau

French Bisque Bébé A.T.

by Andre Thuillier

German Character, Model 125, by Adolf Wislizensus

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