May 2016

Antique DOLL Collector May 2016 Vol. 19, No. 4

Featuring The Ron Connor Collection of Antique Music Boxes and Automata at Auction

May 14, 2016

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Every Theriault’s auction brims with new discoveries for your collection. So why not join in on the bidding fun? It’s easy and fun. Choose your favorite way to bid.

Bid in the Auction Room Come to the auction, because nothing compares to the excitement and fun of being there in person.

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Bid on the Telephone Choose your dolls, and then call our office to make a reservation for telephone bidding. We call you when your dolls of choice come up for bidding, and you bid just as though you were there.

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A full color art quality collector’s book for the May 14th auction is available for $75 domestic with after-sale price key and free shipping.

Don’t You Wish You Could See More of These Dolls?

You can! Visit theriaults.com and click on the button for Florence’s Videos. You can watch Florence Theriault’s video presentation and discussion of many of the dolls in the auction (available May 7).

Would You Like to See All of the Beautiful Dolls in the “Soirée” Auction?

Visit www.theriaults.com and look for ISSUU. Click on that and you will be able to virtually turn the pages of the catalog to see the exquisite presentation just as it appears in the print catalog.

An Important Auction of Antique Dolls, Automata and Music Boxes Highlighted by the Estate Collection of Mary Ellen and Ron Connor of Rogers, Arkansas

May 14-15, 2016 Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel

The extraordinary auction features virtually every known bébé model of Emile Jumeau, from the tiniest sizes to the very rare most grand size 20, as well as rare portrait poupées

by Pierre-Francois Jumeau. The Connor Collection began with a fascination for music boxes which then led to musical automaton which finally led, as things do, to an interest in the bisque heads that were featured on automata, and thus a grand collection of bébés and poupees by the revered firm of Jumeau.

“Not since our auction ‘The Beautiful Jumeau’ have we such a superb collection of stunning dolls from that most important 19th century Parisian firm”, says Florence Theriault. Automata are highlighted by the very rare “Piano Watteau”, grand “Bébé Triste with Toy Theatre and Pup” and “Organ Grinder with Dancing Doll”, all by Vichy, and important music boxes including the extremely rare Swiss/American New Century Disc Music box, the Swiss musical box for railroad station with dancing dolls, and the American coin-operated Regina Corona (considered one of the first juke boxes).

To see more antique dolls from the May 14th auction look inside the front cover of this issue.

As if this would not be enough, there are also outstanding dolls from the collections of the late Shirley Bertrand of Wadsworth, Illinois and the late Carolyn Guise of Dayton, Ohio. During her early collecting “Soirée” Collector’s Book years, Carolyn available for $75.

Guise lived in Rhode Island, so it was only natural that she would seek out the wonderful American dolls from that New England locale, including an early doll by Izannah Walker and an outstanding collection of cloth dolls from the studio of Martha Chase.

The collection, too, features unique choices such as “Suzanne’s Doll” from Au Nain Bleu with complete labeled trousseau and fascinating provenance, rare Schoenhut dolls, all-bisque characters, collection of early Sonneberg and Simon and Halbig dolls, rare German art character dolls, Lenci, and much more.

A full color art quality hard-bound catalog, certain to capture a prominent spot in your home, is available for $75 with after-sale price key and free shipping. If you cannot attend the auction in person, your absentee bid, live telephone bidding and live internet bidding is welcome. To order the catalog or for more information about the auction call 800-638-0422 or visit www.theriaults.com.

The auction is available to view online after May 1.

Visit www.theriaults.com and click on “bid online”.

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Darling O/M Size 1 Jumeau - If you have always wanted a darling little mullatto with imploring brown spiral threaded eyes, original wig, adorable ensemble and original body, she has arrived!

Simply precious. Please call for details! $1995

Devine Bru Bebe - 25” Circle & Dot Bru Jeune with rapt expressive blue spiral threaded eyes set in a creamy perfect bisque.

Sturdy original body, kid edged shoulder plate and gorgeous bisque hands in excellent condition.

Spectacular pale golden antique wig, gentle coloration, signed Bru shoes. $19,500

16” Block Letter FG A treasure indeed, this darling Bebe from Francois Gaultier is a delight. Engaging amber eyes, very delicately painted pale bisque, excellent bisque hands and head, mohair or skin wig (not shown).

Beautiful early example! $6995 Depose Bebe - 16” Depose Bebe marked Depose 7. Pensive amber eyes, charming expressive face.

Excellent bisque. Dotted Swiss Bebe frock, antique leather shoes, antique mohair wig, French ribbon bonnet, Jumeau Blue eardrops. $6200

Sublime 13” Portrait - This wee Mademoiselle is truly one of the rarer to find from Maison Jumeau. Early signed eight ball jointed body, gorgeous pale bisque, mauve shaded blue spiral paperweight eyes, pressed bisque head, antique honey blonde mohair wig, couture ensemble and antique leather shoes. Excellent and rarer to find. $9800

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Charming Tiny 1079 - 10” Adorable Simon Halbig 1079 is ready for a day in Paris! Dressed in a fantastic crème lace with blue silk ribbon accents and tiny shoes!

Pristine and ready to light up your cabinet! $1195

24” Steiner Bebe - Steiner Bebe with rare bisque hands and especially pretty face. Beautiful large blue paper weight eyes ringed w/ lashes, accented with lilac shadow beneath sienna brows. Creamy bisque, exquisite attention to fine details of painting, coral earrings. Dressed in complex antique ecru lace & satin drop waist dress, antique bonnet trimmed with wax flowers. l Steiner body is in excellent condition w/Steiner emblem on her hip. $6400

Huge 34” Simon Halbig #1248 Beautiful huge doll, rare dark coral triangle on lower lip, excellent condition on original body. One owner since 1988. $1100

17.5” Mme. Cosette - A reprise of the fantastic Mademoiselle Cosette - She stands amid her treasures; many not shown, however to be certain she is a very well endowed young lady. Please call for numerous details and pricing. Generous terms available.

Sensational 13” Brevete Bru Jeune - Sinsational does not begin to describe the presence of this little one.

Spectacular blue spiral threaded eyes, pale creamy bisque, tender painting of features and a delightful mariner’s ensemble come together to make this doll a delight. Excellent. If you have always wanted a petite Bru from the early years, this is an exemplary model.

Marked 3 w/ marked 3 Bru shoes. $16,950 Ethereal AT 9 - 22” Bebe by A. Thullier. This is the early face so coveted by the AT collector. If you have been hoping to add this stunning doll to your collection, an invisible repair makes this stunner affordable. Her features are pristine and original. Dressed in satin and silky crèmes with a fantastic bonnet and antique leather shoes w/ balloon imprint. $24,800

Petite Steiner Bebe - 15” Disarming Bebe Fre. A Particularly charming little Steiner, well marked, excellent and dressed in a froth of lace. Very pretty Bebe! $2400

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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All Bisque Character Dolls of the Twentieth Century by Becky Ourant

Delightful character all bisque dolls gradually replaced the mignonette and the chubby German all bisque dolls.

The R. John Wright Brownies

by Krystyna Poray Goddu Since 2007 R. John Wright has found a receptive audience to their charming Palmer Cox Brownie dolls.

Changes in doll design began around the turn of the 20th century. The trend that saw character dolls replacing French Bebes and dolly-faced German dolls was also seen in all bisque dolls. Gradually the slim mignonette and the chubby German all bisque were replaced by character dolls, sometimes all bisque versions of larger dolls, or all bisque dolls based on popular illustrations. Becky Ourant shares an abundance of these appealing dolls including many rare examples. Cover by Andy Ourant

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The Witherspoon Rag Dolls by Margo Delaughter

The author researches the history of Maud Witherspoon and her rag dolls.

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Papier-mâché – A Common Material

by Maureen Herrod Make of inexpensive materials, these early dolls are anything but common.

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The story of the oldest continuously made American doll.

Art and Exoticism at Breker’s

The Stories Polly Heckewelder Dolls Tell by Mary Brown

May 2016

Preview: Auction Team Breker May 21st

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1) Cabinet Size Gottschalk Style House ca.1900 - rare small size for a 4 Room example with original papers inside and out, as well as choice, small scale Gottschalk furnishings, deluxe bead & pin velvet salon set, upstairs Study, wall hangings, doll etc - all in a convenient 16”t, by 14”w, and 6.5”deep!! $1495

5) Cunning 14” All Original French Trade G.K. ’38’ - with her pre-1900 Belton crown, factory wig, closed mouth, PW eyes, Bru-like arms and 4-layers of most delightful original clothes & shoes! All mint! $650

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6) 6.5” All Bisque Bye-lo w/ Swivel Neck - She is all original w/ sleep eyes, sgnd. jtd. body, w/minor mend beneath her wonderful original clothes in layers - just $350. Marklin Baby Carriage - a special limited edition for UFDC 50th Anniversary, enameled metal w/ lined satin carriage and collapsible hood! $175

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2-3-4) Important Early Glass Eye Paper Mache - a spectacular 1840’s model perfectly preserved with all her Original Clothes, shoes, and Handkerchief. An 22” extraordinary doll from a private collection in the Voit genre with egg shell quality modeling, tiny glass eyes w. tiny lashes, brush marked brows, and long articulated curls. Museum class! $3250

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7-8) Brilliant 15” Poupée Gaultier - The picture of grace in her mint, original tailored pink day dress, with its stylish matching chapeau, flawless, breathy bisque, uncut tresses, strolling in the gardens with her lined Upholstered Pram w/ sun shade. Such élan! $1750 9) Heirloom Original Figure ‘A’ Steiner - From the mint mohair wig to her leather shoes with satin bisque, letter perfect artwork and vulnerable blue PW eyes, closed mouth, signed mint stiff wrist body, plus working pull cord crier. A 19” flower in full bloom! $3250

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10-11) 1840’s Queen Victoria China in Original Clothes - among the most important of chinas, with rich Brown Hair with Exposed Ears and exquisite portrait facial modeling like none other, original body / porc. limbs, and her important original clothes in dramatic 1 Victorian colors... plus early UFDC ribbon! $4800

The Tender Years (The Small of It All.)

E 8 J Jumeau. Fabulous face that you can see across the room.

Excellent modeling.

Bulging BL. P.W. eyes. Early chunky French body. Applied ears. Orig. cork pate.

Head coil intact. Wears ecru and blue coat dress with antique straw hat. A MUST FOR YOUR JUMEAUX COLLECTION. $ 6,975

10.5“ Series A Steiner. Doll has rare and desirable dark features, brows and lashes.

BR. PW. eyes. Full and curly dark mohair wig. Brows almost meet in the middle giving this doll a unique look. Soft pink lips. Pierced ears with pink earrings to match dress. Fingernails are white which means that the doll was made for the Paris store Au Nain Bleu.

Body stamped in purple. Wears pink silk dress with off white bow on head as the Victorian girls wore.

Fabulous doll for your Steiner collection. $ 4,150

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15.5 “ Gerbruder Heubach. 7246 Pouty character.

Beautiful pink bisque as are all the Heubach characters. Blue SE. Brunette H.H. wig. Long lashes. Wears white and blue sailor dress, dress with matching jacket. Blue bow keeps jacket together. Wears Bl. bow in back of head FABULOUS HEUBACH CHARACTER. $ 2,875.

5” All Bisque Vi Vi from the Orsini family. Rare and desirable, br. glass eyes. Huge smile. All original. SO SWEET, SO DARLING!!! $ 1,900

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18” C Series Steiner.

Beautiful pale bisque doll with soft blushing.

BL. PW. eyes, narrow eye openings gives this doll a special look. Pierced ears.

Steiner hands. Honey blonde mohair curls. Mkd. on body and back of head in purple. Wears gorgeous ecru silk and lace dress with matching pleated silk hat. Finished with crocheted socks and French shoes. $ 5,975.

17” K * R 115 A. One of the beautiful of the K *R characters. Mint. Oily bisque, so rare and desirable. ST. wrists. CM. Orig. body finish.

Wears old pink silk organdy dress with white bib and pink silk ribbon. Vintage shoes and pantalettes. Wears a fabulous white silk and lace presentation hat. THE MOST WONDERFUL 115 A I HAVE EVER SEEN $ 3,200.

DOLL AUCTION Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 9AM Preview: Friday, May 13th from 4-7PM

Our spring Doll auction is here. This auction will consist of over 480 lots and is sure to have something for everyone whether you are a beginning collector, dealer, advanced collector or just perhaps looking for that “special” doll to add to your collection.

The selection includes a large variety of antique bisque head dolls including character faces, desirable mold numbers and the sizes vary from dollhouse size up to 32” tall. Some of our highlights include the following: Large variety of antique bisque dolls by various manufacturers including Kestner, S & H, Kammer & Reinhardt, A.M.’s: Bye-Lo Babies, Just Me, character face, etc., Gebruder Heubach, Heubach Koppelsdorf, Kley & Hahn, SFBJ-Unis France, French Verinique Marked “Petite Francaise,” Franz Schmidt, SFBJ BeBe, collection of antique bisque head dollhouse dolls, small all-bisque dolls and more!

Featured Items: Estate selection of antique Italian creche figures w/wooden and terra cotta features including a Santos frame doll and others, also from the same estate is an early and rare handmade 17” artist doll by Peter Wolf tagged “Golden Angel” and signed on the feet: P W 86, One of a Kind, several beautiful antique parian head dolls incldg. “Red Riding Hood,” antique papier mache’ dolls: Greiner, Superior, etc. wax head dolls, 17” wax over papier mache’ Taufling doll, Steiner 21” wax head mechanical doll, Ives crawling baby, R. John Wright 2003 UFDC Convention doll w/box, (3) Door of Hope dolls, Mary Todd Lincoln 21” china shoulder head doll, 18” French papier mache’ shoulder head fashion doll, selection of antique Millner’s models plus more!

Cloth Dolls, etc: Lenci’s of various sizes and ages, Polly Heckewelder, Bing, Martha Chase, Anna Nitschmann portrait doll, large selection of Steiff animals , Steiff 2000 Millenium Carousel with several boxed sets of animals, gondolas, etc., Heidi Ott, Shirley Temple dolls, Schoenhut, Ruth Gibbs china head dolls, Ideal (1982) Patti Playpal (black) new in box, (2) Ideal 24” Life size Baby Chrissy (black) each new in box, Barbie dolls, clothes and more!

M. Alexander compo dolls: S. Henie, Wendy Ann, Dionne Quints 8” set, Dionne Quints toddlers with original boxes, McGuffey Ana, Scarlett, Arranbee Scarlett, Trudy and others. Hard Plastic dolls: Mary Hoyer, Vogue Ginny and Jill, Betsy McCall, M. Alex. Cissette, Arranbee, Effanbee and others!

This auction will be available live and online through Invaluable.com, absentee bids are also accepted.

We will also be featuring Longaberger Baskets in a separate auction at 10:00 a.m.

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Preview: Auction Team Breker: May 21st

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s clothes are said to make the man, so in the world of antique dolls can an exotic costume tell its own story about the epoch from which its wearer came. Auction Team Breker’s sale on 21st May 2016 includes some fine examples of mechanical toys and automata with an East Asian and African background.

By the 19th century, France was the second largest colonial power after England, with colonies in Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal and trading interests in China, Japan and America.

Indeed, when Gustave Vichy was looking for an American subject for a new smoking automaton, he chose a man from a former French territory as his model, creating one of his most elegant figures in the “Nègre de la Louisiana”.

Vichy also created a pair of black automata depicting a flautist and a harpist from Ethiopia, at the time a disputed Italian protectorate. The harpist was described in an article on “Les Automates” in the La Nature Revue des Sciences on 7th November 1891: “..an Ethiopian woman who elegantly moves her fingers across a species of harp in time to the piece of music playing at the same time.

(Her) costume, very rich and elegant, pleases the eye and is complemented by various accessories (a harp, a vase) placed near the figure”.

Not only the subject is exotic, but the choice of materials too. Vichy achieved the light and playful motion of his harpist’s articulated fingers through the use of guttapercha, a natural thermoplastic material scientifically classified in 1843. Gutta-percha, produced from the sap of the Isonandra Gutta tree native to the Malay Peninsula, had the advantage of being both malleable and lightweight.

The breakthrough material was used in products as diverse as mourning jewelry, golf balls, musical snuff box cases and even underwater telegraph cables. Purchased in brick-form, gutta-percha could be softened in hot water, moulded to a high-definition and then painted, polished or even gilded. In the toy industry it found favour with the Huret sisters and Leverd et Cie as a material for doll bodies and by Gustave Vichy for the moving fingers of his deluxe automata.

One of the sculptors who inspired Vichy with his visions of characters from far-off lands was EmileCoriolan-Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) who made his debut at the Salon exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1870. A leading figure in the Orientalist movement, Guillemin’s oeuvre included Turkish, Moorish, Arabian and Japanese figures. His gilt-bronze bust of a richly-dressed young Japanese man, exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1878, may have served as the model for Vichy’s “Buste Japonais” smoking automaton.

Vichy’s choice of subject reflects the “Japonisme” of the late 19th century, a fascination with Japanese culture that inspired works as influential as Claude Monet’s portrait of his wife in Japanese costume and James Abbot McNeill Whistler’s “Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room”. Roullet et Decamps’ promenading peacock automaton is a delicate toy, with lifelike cast bronze feet and extravagant plumage, while Vichy’s Japanese nurse, with her tinted bisque head attributed to Francois Gaultier, continues the colour scheme in an electric blue and gold silk brocade costume preserved since the 1880s in the original factory box.

An automaton with a rare bisque character head is Leopold Lambert’s “Chinoise Verseuse”, whose amber-

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Roulette et Decamps Promenading Peacock Leopold Lambert’s “Chinoise Verseuse,” head by Jumeau.

Pair of automata by

by Vichy depicting a flautist and a harpist.

Vichy’s smoking automaton, “Buste Japonais”

tinted complexion and fine facial structure are set off by her original robes and hair ornaments. Described in Lambert’s catalogue as a “tête caractérisée”, the bisque head was presumably an exclusive commission from Emile Jumeau, since this particular face is found on Lambert automata alone. The decoration is similar in style to Vichy “Japanese Nurse” with head a series of dolls representing attributed to Gaultier different nations, amongst them the French colony Madagascar, produced by Jumeau for international expositions during the 1880s.

References: Alber, “Les Automates”, 7 November 1891, in La Nature Revue des Sciences 1891 (annual), p. 357; Michael Canadas, “La Gutta Percha”, http://www.carmeldollshop.com/articles; Christie’s New York, 15 February 1995, Lot 165 for Guillemin’s sculpture “un Japonais”.

For additional auction details, please visit www.breker.com, https://www.liveauctioneers.com/auction-team-breker or www.youtube.com/auctionteambreker.

The auction house can also be reached by telephone: + 49 (0) 2236 38 43 40 and e-mail: auction@breker.com.

AUCTION GALLERY Top row, L-R: Size 2 Bru, 13 inches, $19,500.

Simon and Halbig 1329, 12 inches, $5,400. The chinoiserie cabinet brought $1,000.

Smiling Bru poupée with wooden articulated body, $8,000.

Below: Rare Kewpie by Goebel, c. 1917, $9,500.

“A.T. Kestner,” 23 inches, $5,750.

Theriault’s March 19 Auction

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aples, Florida is always a popular location for a Theriault’s doll auction, particularly in late winter.

Their March 19 sale featured a wide array of antique dolls from private estate collections. Here are a few of the results. For more results visit theriaults.com or proxibid. Prices shown do not include buyer’s premium.

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16” Kestner Baby Jean marked JDK 12 Made in Germany, brown sleep eyes, beautiful molding & painting $695.00 5 x 4” Steiff jointed Tiger, button in ear $79.95

Heloise French Dolls, poured resin 21” 1991 Dorothee #99/100, brown eyes, blond mohair wig $750.

19” Valentine 10/60, brown eyes, honey blonde mohair wigs $975.00

10 ¼” Ernst Heubach 1900 9/0, brown stat eyes, stiff wrist jointed body, orig. mohair wig, antique clothing, Horseshoe mark $550.00

15” Our Little Girl Shirley Temple all original w/ pin, beautiful compo $325.00 12” 1959 Ideal Shirley Temple in box w/ orig pink undergarments, dress w/ purse $149.95 18” K star R 100 Kaiser Baby, blue painted eyes, beautiful body, left thumb as is, antique outfit $585.

3 ¼” German Holiday Nodder in gold snowsuit, jointed head $62.50 2.5” Hertwig Bunny all original in crocheted outfit, jointed arms and legs $350.00

15” Ideal Shirley Temple as Heidi all original $105 8.5” Mr Peanut all wood, ball jointed w/ original stick $182.50

18” SFBJ 301, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, small hairline on forehead, nice bj body $465 8” Swaine & Co F.P. 4/0 baby with green Geschutzt S & Co Germany stamp, blue sleep eyes, sweet face $425.00

12.5” French Becassine all original, some spots $95.00 10” Raleigh Baby doll, beautiful painting, little touch up top of head $325.00

14” Ideal doll all original w/ Shirley Temple head mold $115.00 5.5” Effanbee Wee Patsy all original, slight crazing, original paint $165.00

German Bathing Beauties 4 – 4.5” German set of 3 Standing Bathing Beauties #432 with molded suits, figure in red has glued legs $175.00 set 3.5” x 1.5” Blue stripe suit, blonde hair #5684 $75.00 3 x 1 ¼” Red cape & shoes, blonde hair, marked Germany $75.00 2 ¼” x 1 ½” w/ blue cape, marked Germany $39.95 3 ¼” x 1 ½” in green suit, cape & shoes #5684 $75.00

16” Seated 18” w/ Pedestal Monica Mechling Tatiana #4/15, bisque head, hands & legs $795.

Alexander Dolls Lissy in tagged red cotton dress w/ straw hat $165.00 1953 Strung Bridesmaid all original $245.00 1953 Strung in Smart School outfit #441 1955 $180.00 1954 Strung Southern Belle all original w/ wrist tag $295.00 SLW in Wendy’s Dress for Tea Party at Grandma’s #447 – 1955 $135.00 BKW in Wendy in Suspender 1957 #392 $89.95 BKW in tagged Sunsuit & Hat $60.00 16” Auburn Terri Lee in tagged outfit, Terri Lee on body $165.00 8” 1955 Muffie by Nancy Ann Storybook in #702 red flocked outfit $155.00 20.5” Toni all original in blue & yellow tagged dress, few scuffs on cheek $140.00 16.5” All original Toni Walker w/ hang tag, beautiful $145.00 16” Platinum Terri Lee in tagged outfit, Terri Lee on body $225.00

8.5” Prize Baby #208 all bisque by Hertel, Schwab & Co, brown sleep eyes $545.00

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Ginny Dolls B – SL Walker in #24 My Kinder Crowd 1954 $135.00 Br eyed Strung in Lucy #39 of Tiny Miss Series 1952 $225.00 Strung Lucy #39 of Tiny Miss Series 1953 $225.00 1954 SL Walker in #54 Candy Dandy $210.00 F – 1952 Strung Groom from Bridal Series, replaced hat $250.00 SL Walker in blue & white tagged 1950’s outfit $195.00 Brown eyed Strung in April #24 1953 Kindergarten Afternoon Series $210.00 Poodle Cut in Hansel 1953 #33 $395.

10” Lenci Mascotte all original in tagged costume $245.00 11.5” 1930 – 40’s Tagged Lenci, costume is all original except for red silk replaced on apron, beautifully painted, shawls silk as is $245.00

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All Bisque Character Dolls of the Twentieth Century

by Becky Ourant photos by Andy Ourant

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oll design changed dramatically around the turn of the 20th century. Character dolls replaced the lovely French Bebe’s and the sweet dolly-faced German dolls that were popular in the last quarter of the 19th century. Naturally this trend was reflected in the all bisque dolls; the slim French mignonette and the chubby German all bisque dolls were slowly replaced by character all bisques.

The wonderful flapper doll pictured on the cover has an incised Igodi mark and unusual swivel flange neck attachment.

The Igodi mark is the registered trademark and acronym for Johannes Gotthilf Dietrich of Berlin (J and I are interchangeable in the German language). This doll company held many patents and several German porcelain factories produced dolls for Igodi.

We do not know which porcelain factory produced her, but this amazing all bisque doll displays the brilliance of the Igodi company’s design with very high quality sharply molded features including the big blue bow in her bobbed hair. Her body has finely molded detail that is highlighted with pink blushing.

Around 1912 German doll maker Gebruder Heubach designed a series of all bisque children with toddler proportions.

These charming dolls have molded hair with painted features and their chubby bodies have jointed arms and legs with large brown shoes. The girl dolls in this series have a variety of faces and hairstyles accented with molded ribbons and bows; there is only one boy doll in the series with the big brown shoes. These wonderful dolls came in two sizes, five inches and nine inches. This series of dolls also came in a rare variation with swivel flange necks and were made to be marketed

by Johannes Gotthilf Dietrich. They are incised Igodi on their backs. Heubach designed another series of smaller boys measuring five inches that have impish faces with a wide range of expressions

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A group of three Heubach all bisque dolls with swivel necks, incised Igodi on their backs.

A brother and sister Heubach pair with their impish little brother.

A fine quality Limbach black baby with a swivel flange neck and unusual baby legs with curved knees that allow him to sit upright in a stroller.

These Limbach triplets have their own character but were clearly influenced by Heubach.

These two Asian babies were made by J. D. Kestner and are basically miniature versions of their popular Asian baby mold number 243.

The adorable group of Limbach babies displayed on their original German hand painted bench have charming smiling faces. This set may have been a display at a toy fair to show the different sizes available.

This group of Happifat dolls have the more unusual molded underwear.

with starfish hands and bare feet. Following the success of the Heubach character dolls, other German doll companies began to make all bisque dolls. Limbach’s all bisque character girls are very similar to the Heubach’s.

In 1909 Kammer & Reinhardt designed the very first bent limb five-piece baby body for their mold number 100 “Kaiser Baby” and soon all bisque babies with the same body design appeared in toy stores. Many different German companies started making all bisque baby dolls with molded hair or wigs and also with painted and glass eyes. Companies such as Limbach, Hertwig, Alt, Beck and Gottscalk and Kestner made all bisque babies, many are simply miniature versions of their larger dolls on composition bodies.

Illustration art and storybooks had a big influence on all bisque dolls. In the early 1910’s Grace Drayton created the Campbell Kids Antique DOLL Collector

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This pair of SheeBee dolls both have molded pink booties and white nightshirts, the one on the left has her original clothes tagged Horsman.

Max and Moritz are wearing their original clothes, they are accompanied by an unusual little friend with a molded topknot.

This funny little fellow with the big ears was called “Brighto”.

A seven inch September Morn doll with molded blonde hair and large googly eyes, the little girl breaking out of the egg resembles a Kewpie.

characters and also September Morn. Rose O’Neill designed the endearing Kewpie doll. The most common Kewpie doll is the all bisque version with only jointed arms, a harder to find style has jointed arms and legs. These characters with side glancing eyes and watermelon mouths influenced German doll designers to create the popular googly-eyed dolls. Many companies made all bisque googlies, one of the most sought after is the Kestner with jointed knees and elbows. These desirable double jointed dolls were manufactured with a swivel neck (mold number 112) or a solid neck (mold 111).

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The popular all bisque Kewpie was available with jointed and stiff legs.

This adorable pair of Kestner Googlies have jointed elbows and knees.

It appears these all bisques have had a disagreement, the naughty sister with a clenched fist has given her brother a shiner.

A group of Teenie Weenies with an assortment of molded outfits, the only girl in the group has a molded dress and bow.

Hertwig made these adorable dolls for the American market.

were perfectly captured in all bisque by J. D. Kestner. They were made in two styles, one set was made to be dressed and the other set came with molded clothing.

The Teenie Weenies, a comic strip popular in the 1910’s, featured tiny people living in a society alongside humans, occasionally borrowing items from them. A series of all bisques with jointed arms were designed from this comic strip; they had colorful molded clothes and big shoes and represented many characters from the comic strip. They were produced in two sizes, 6 inches and 4.5 inches tall.

In the 1920’s the George Borgfeldt Company of New York marketed the Geman made creations of American designers. Grace Storey Putnam created the Bye-Lo Baby and Georgene Averill designed Bonnie Babe, both of which were very popular and were soon offered in many sizes and styles in all bisque. Designer Helen Jensen’s iconic Gladdie doll was also made into an all bisque toddler. I have only seen one example of this little doll, so it is likely they were never sold commercially.

The all bisque Bye-Lo came in many variations, the most popular version has glass-eyes and a swivel neck, other variations include painted eyes with a stiff neck and a wigged baby with glass eyes. All these dolls came with bare feet or molded pink and blue booties. They were produced in many sizes ranging from four to eight inches. There Antique DOLL Collector

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Three different sizes of all bisque Bye-Lo Babies with glass eyes, two have molded shoes and one has bare feet.

A pair of wigged Bye-Lo babies in original organdy gowns sitting in a Marklin stroller.

These action Bye-Lo’s are in their original egg, they are lying on their backs with their legs kicking towards each other, the one in front is lying on his stomach.

The rare all bisque Gladdie has a sweet smiling face with tiny glass eyes, she has all the detail of the larger ones, next to her is Joseph Kallus’s Baby Bo-Kaye.

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The classic Bonnie Babe with deeply molded curls and pink shoes stands with Sonny, a rare toddler doll who was also designed by Georgene Averill.

Brother and sister Bonnie Babes with smooth bald heads getting ready for a nap in their matching Marklin beds.

This very rare Bonnie Babe has molded underwear. He is sitting in a Marklin crib with his favorite Hertwig animals.

He better make room for the crying Kestner boy behind him who looks like he needs a nap.

Georgene Averill’s adorable Rag and Tag are sitting proudly in a Marklin bed.

Two sizes of Mildred the Prize Babies with glass eyes are getting ready for a stroll in matching Marklin prams with parasols.

Riding in a classic pink Marklin carriage is a wonderful all original Tynie Babe with her original pin.

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A very rare Siegfried all bisque baby, he has a swivel socket head incised Siegfried.

An unusual large size Mildred the Prize baby with painted eyes.

The cover doll, this nine inch young lady has realistic modeling, note the blushing on her face and body.

The Igodi mark can be clearly seen.

A pair of seven inch Orsini Characters, Vivi and Mimi, note their characteristic pointer fingers and long white stockings.

were also frozen “action” Bye-Lo’s available in several different poses; these molds were also used to create glazed porcelain Bye-Lo salt and pepper shakers.

The all bisque Bonnie Babe was also made in many different sizes and styles. The most common has deeply molded curly hair. The smooth bald headed Bonnie Babies are a rare variation and highly desirable. But the rarest of all Bonnie Babes has incredibly cute molded underwear. All Bonnie Babes have glass eyes and swivel necks and either pink or blue shoes.

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dolls called Allie Dog and Allie Cat with bisque heads and stuffed furry bodies. Their all bisque counterparts are the awesome Rag and Tag, these adorable little characters have glass eyes, swivel necks and big molded booties.

The rarest of all of Georgene Averill’s creations would be the uniquely designed all bisque toddler named Sonny.

He is the only Averill designed all bisque doll that does not have a larger counterpart with a composition or cloth body. This adorable barefooted character with an impish face and pigeon toes must not have been a sale success, which would account for its extreme rarity.

A group of flapper dolls, the one on the left has molded hair with a molded loop for a bow, the one in the middle has a wig and painted eyes and the one on the right has glass eyes and a wig, all have over the knee painted hose.

Many other character all bisque babies were made in the 1920’s including Horseman’s Tynie Babe, Joseph Kallus’s Baby Bo-Kaye, Mildred the Prize Baby and Seigfried. All of these dolls except Mildred have a larger counterpart that comes on a cloth body.

Another popular doll designer, Jeannie Orsini, created a series of all bisque character children with laughing or surprised expressions and with pointed right index fingers. Mimi, Didi and Vivi were produced in two sizes, five and seven inches tall. All were made with wigs, jointed arms and legs with long over the knee stockings and Mary Jane style shoes. These three characters are collector favorites and can be found with glass or painted eyes.

As American doll companies starting producing unbreakable composition dolls, the era of the bisque doll was coming to an end. Some of the last all bisque dolls made in the 1920’s were flapper-style girls with slim bodies and long legs.

They came in a variety of styles including those with glass eyes, wigs and molded hair. Many had long stockings painted to resemble nylon stockings. These little all bisque flapper dolls were very popular and were available into the 1930’s.

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The R. John Wright

by Krystyna Poray Goddu

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rtist Palmer Cox (1840-1924) grew up in a small Canadian community of Scottish immigrants, listening to tales of mischievous mountain sprites known as Brownies, who mixed playful pranks with good deeds. As an adult, he turned to the folklore of his childhood to create an entertaining band of comic characters, divesting them of their more mystical elements but preserving their ethic of goodwill, charity and impishness. The Brownies first appeared in an 1883 issue of the children’s magazine St. Nicholas, and quickly became popular icons.

Palmer Cox is also recognized as a pioneer in the area of licensed merchandise. He allowed his wildly popular Brownies to be marketed by numerous companies selling a wide range of products and advertising promotions which included dolls, figurines, puzzles, games, toys, chinaware, soap, smoking paraphernalia, and countless other items now highly sought after by collectors. Perhaps the best known use of the Brownies in marketing was in the naming of a revolutionary new camera from the Easman Kodak company which first appeared in 1900. The Brownie Camera, as it was called, was a simple and inexpensive handheld camera which popularized low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot to the world. With his merchandising of the Brownies, Cox pre-dated by decades the Disney company’s employment of their characters to market spin-off merchandise.

Cox published thirteen books featuring his creations, whose “warm blend of fun-loving whimsy and steadfast morality” (as Dr. Arnold Blumberg has written in Toy Collector magazine), as well as their distinctive appearance—round bellies, spindly legs, oversized facial expressions—seemed to speak to the zeitgeist of their time. In 2007, John and Susan Wright took a chance that they would speak equally loudly to a contemporary temperament, introducing a Brownie Band of musicians, complete with Bandstand, at a special meal event at the UFDC National Convention. “The response from the crowd was overwhelming,” John says. “These are collectors who are familiar with

Brownie Band and Bandstand by R. John Wright

Brownies

by R. John Wright show their distinct personalities.

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R. John Wright captured the Brownies’ unusual body proportions and various comical expressions.

All bisque donkey nodder

Antique small jointed papier-mâché figures.

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the Brownies and know doll history. They knew we were breaking new ground.”

Aficionados of toy or publishing history are among a small group who would recognize the Brownies. Among the first popular cartoon characters, they were ubiquitous during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the band of Brownies playing musical instruments appeared on Estey Organ Company trade cards; packages of Lion Coffee and the New York Biscuit Company included Brownie paper dolls. In 1900, Kodak introduced the now-classic Brownie Camera, named for the mischievous characters.

One hundred years later, however, the characters had more or less disappeared from public consciousness. John and Susan had seen their first image in the late 1970s, when Elizabeth Andrews Fisher, legendary editor of The Toy Trader magazine, sent them a notecard featuring one of the Brownies. “It immediately appealed to us,” recalls John, “but to copy it with any fidelity was completely beyond our capabilities at the time. So the card was filed away for another time when we hoped our skills would do it justice.” Over time, they became more familiar with Palmer Cox and his comical creations, acquiring several of his books as well as a rare Brownie nine-pins game and other Brownies ephemera.

Coming to the point where they could create the Brownies’ unusual proportions “with ease,” took decades of developing technical skills on earlier collections. “Designing hands with individually sewn fingers was one development that convinced us we could now do the Brownie legs,” explains Susan. “We had also become much more proficient at sculpting and designing new molds.”

“What really excited us, once we started thinking about producing the Brownies,” says John, “was the realization that nobody had ever done really good renditions of them as dolls. The jointed papier-mâché figures were charming and probably the most accurate dolls based on Cox’s illustrations, but left plenty of room for improvement. In our view, the best three-dimensional depictions of the Brownies were the bisque figurines made in the late nineteenth century by Hertwig & Co. and Gebrüder Heubach in Germany.”

In addition to the five members of the Brownie Band, the collection now features a widening range of Cox‘s characters, some portraying cultural heritages, such as the Irishman and the Canadian, others depicting occupations, like the Sailor and the Policeman. While some collectors hone in on a particular one that reflects some aspect of their own life or background, others find their greatest charm is as a group of individuals. Longtime RJW collector Loretta Nardone is one of the latter: “I adore the Brownies as each one shows a different side of R. J. Wright Dolls. They are comical and each has its own distinct personality. I have all the figures made so far, including the Bandstand. The sculpting is different on each Brownie; the unique expressions range from wide smiling grins to a quizzical look of awe. Every time a new one is added to the series I’m enchanted again. The Dude is adorable with his monocle and walking stick. The Chinaman, holding his little paper lantern, is quite a charming fellow. In my display, they are all circling the bandstand, as if they have just ended their parade and are gathered together waiting for Uncle Sam to make his speech!”

In “The Brownies’ Ride,” the first poem that Cox himself wrote and illustrated for publication in St. Nicholas magazine in 1883, he noted: “Now, Brownies seldom idle stand,/When there’s a chance for fun at hand.” That Brownie spirit of finding delight in whatever is at hand seems to infect all those who encounter one of the most whimsical series RJW Dolls has produced. “They never fail to elicit a big smile,” says John.

Papier-mâché – A Common Material

by Maureen Herrod

Very early doll, identical to one that Queen Victoria played with as a very young child.

A very early papier-mâché.

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apier-mâché,”chewed paper” in French,” a most common material, has had many different uses over the several millenia. According to the internet’s Wikipedia, the common man in ancient Egypt fashioned his coffins and death masks out of paper and glue. In the Middle and Far East, boxes, trays, and even large cases utilized paper pulp, which was then dried and painted in lovely colors.

The Japanese often added decorative elements to their amour and shields.

In 18th century Europe, this common material was often used instead of carved wood or plaster for architectural accents. Many cultures made masks from papier-mâché.

And doll heads made of the chewed paper appeared as early as 1540.

In World War II, the British created faux tanks to fool the German enemies into thinking that the Brits had more tanks in more places than they did. Nowadays, the huge

This papier-mâché dolly has a very exaggerated Apollo’s Knot hairdo, and a typical milliner’s model body.

Milliner’s model with an “Apollo’s Knot” hairdo.

Very tall milliner’s model with a Victoria hairstyle.

She is believed to be a Kestner product.

carnival floats used in Mardi Gras parades are fashioned from the material, using a wood and wire base. Sets for stage plays often utilize this common material. Most puppets are found to be of papier-mâché.

So, a material that has been used for many centuries was, and is still very much in evidence. Why? The material is cheap and easy to use. All that is needed is a form of paper or paper pulp (with textiles mixed in sometimes) bound together with an adhesive such as glue, starch or wallpaper paste. Even children can be seen making fun items with papier-mâché – cheap, easy, even a small child can sculpt it, and it is nontoxic if a youngster eats it. A big plus is that the teacher, (parent, scout leader) does not have to spend much money for lots of kiddie entertainment.

Although papier-mâché was used as early as 1540 to make dolls, according to Wikipedia, we do not have many samples of these heads. The earliest that saw commercial production was around 1810.

These dolls were perhaps much cheaper that the earlier wooden head dolls. Two very early dolls, from roughly 1815 to 1820 are shown. The doll in the polka dot dress is identical to one with which Queen Victoria played as a small child.

When Queen Adelaide of England ascended the throne, the nobility and the

Pre Greiner with a “kinderkopf” hairstyle. The embroidery on the bottom her dress reads “Mary Ellen Abigail Hyde 1867.”

Huge pre-Greiner with glass eyes sitting in an adult-sized antique side chair. She does not have a label.

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A March 1858 Greiner with a baby hairstyle. She could also be classified as a “kinderkopf.”

Doll with a Queen Victoria hairdo, showing her exposed ears.

Barbara Kouri collection.

An unusual labeled Greiner that has what almost appears to be cornrows formed from her forehead and going straight back over her head. Sherryl Shirran collection.

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A Greiner doll with the baby hairdo, dressed as an adult lady.

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common folk were amazed at her exaggerated hairdo. It consisted of curl puffs at the sides of her head and a topknot at the apex. Of course, because the Queen was young and beautiful, all the court ladies started to copy her hairdo. The common folks (those who had enough money for a hairdresser) followed suit. And the doll makers had a heyday. Many of the little (and some not so little) dolls produced by the artisans copied Queen Adelaide’s hairdo. These dolls are referred to as “milliner’s models” and the hairdo is often called an “apollo’s knot.”

The bodies on these dolls were also very unusual. Of course, the head and shoulder plate were all of one piece and made of papier-mâché. The torso, upper arms, and thighs were of a soft kid, plumped up with sawdust. At the elbow and knee the material changed to wood. There were bands of colored paper that separated the kid upper arms and thighs from the wood of the lower arms and the lower legs. The feet were very flat and painted with a sandal-type of shoe in various colors: sometimes orange, or green, or yellow, or blue, or even red. Included with this article are pictures of the milliner’s models with their sometimes almost silly apollo’s knot hairdos.

In 1838, when Queen Victoria ascended the throne of England, suddenly it was her hairdos that everyone copied, so the later milliner’s models and other papier-mâché dolls frequently sported a Queen Victoria-like hair style.

Greiner label on the back shoulder plate of a rare brown-haired doll. It wasn’t known until this doll turned up that Greiner did other than black and blond hair colors on his dolls.

It is sometimes difficult to characterize the next groupings of papier-mâché dolls. This is because one group is called “pre-Greiners” and the other group are “Greiners. It is believed that these dolls were produced at roughly the same time, usually around 1840 to 1875. But probably starting with the Greiner group makes the most sense.

Ludwig Greiner, the maker of these dolls, emigrated to the United States around 1832. He hailed from Lauscha in Germany. Lauscha was in the state of Thuringia, known for doll and toy making.

He came with his whole family at the time, although several children were born here in the United States after they arrived.

Ludwig set up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and started a papier-mâché doll making business out of the toy store that he had opened a few years earlier. A variety of Greiners can be seen in this article as well as in the 2014 journal of the UFDC national convention, “A Dream Come True.” The most common of the Greiner dolls has a hairdo with a part in the middle of the top of the head with hair being combed down over the ears and ending in vertical curls at the back. Dolls with this hairdo will be shown, as will many others. Bodies can be commercially made by one of Ludwig’s doll-maker friends or made by “Mommy”

In an attempt to entire this doll into competition at the UFDC national convention national, experts could not decide whether she was American or European made. This name has been unknown in the past but her label clearly spells out “CB Indestructible.”

A typical blond extension Greiner with a beautiful head of curls. Barbara Kouri collection.

A blond haired extension Greiner.

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A fairly common hairstyle on a March 1858 Greiner in a plaid dress.

Very early Greiners, before Ludwig received his patent, were simply labeled “Patent Head” and stamped in black ink. These dolls are hard to find.

March 1858 Greiner procured from the Mary Merritt Doll Museum auction.

She has unusual brown eyes.

A large sweetheart with a Victoria hair style. She is not a milliner’s model.

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or “Granny.” There is quite a variety of both heads and bodies. Many of these dolls are very rare and include a brownhaired beauty, an adorable little boy, and a lady with narrow sausage curls that fall down her back. It is not safe to label a doll a Greiner unless she/he has a label on the back of the shoulder plate.

Most of them read “Greiner’s Dolls” and include a patent date, either March, 1858 or 1872. The 1872 dolls are referred to as “extension Greiner” as Ludwig’s patent was renewed in 1872. There are some variations of labels, but they always say “Greiner.” It has been believed for many years that Greiner only made dolls that

A perfect example of a “kinderkopf” in military uniform.

Greiner with very rare hairdo that has large poufs above her forehead and on the top of her head. She has a Greiner label.

had painted eyes. Since folks have not seen Greiner dolls with glass eyes, they have assumed that they did not exist. However, it does not make logical sense that Greiner only painted the eyes. He was born and raised in Lauscha, the glass eye center of Germany. He must have packed some glass eyes when he emigrated. And, indeed, although very, very rare, there are Greiner dolls with glass eyes in existence. Two such dolls are pictured in this article. One of them is in pretty rough shape, but she has a 1858 hairdo and is dressed appropriately.

The other has the most common hairdo and glass eyes. Another myth put to rest.

Pre-Greiner dolls are somewhat similar to the actual Greiners that have the label.

Many have common Greiner-like hairdos.

Often these dolls have a baby hairdo. And glass eyes are very common. Dolls that resemble a Greiner are often lumped into the pre-Greiner group. Shown here is a very large (about the size of a three-to-four year old child) pre-Greiner who also has an extensive and lovely wardrobe, perfect and appropriate in the time period that the doll was manufactured, which is probably between 1850 and 1860.

Many of the pre-Greiners have a childlike hairdo. These dolls are often called “kinderkopf.” “Kinder” is the German word for “child” and “kopf” is the German “head.” Some of these playthings have an open mouth with bamboo teeth and were

Rare Greiner that has ringlet curls from in back of her exposed ears all around her head.

Unusual black hairstyle on this extension Greiner with flat curls all around her face.

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Glass-eyed Greiner with the most common hairstyle.

The most common hairstyle found on the Greiner dolls. This time, she has painted eyes.

Greiner label showing the March 1858 patent date of the common black-haired doll.

Side view of the hairdo of the most common of the Greiner dolls. She has exposed ears and vertical sausage curls all around the back of her head.

This is the body of the common Greiner. She certainly has not missed many meals. Definitely a “Mommy” or “Granny” made body.

probably made by the Andreas Voigt Company in Germany. Others have closed mouths, and were often made by Kestner or Mueller.

Many of the heads were sent to France to be fitted with a body and dressed and were referred to as “French dolls.”

In fact, there is a whole category of papier-mâché dolls that are referred to as “French types.” They could come with either glass or painted eyes and frequently had a wig, which was sometimes hammered on to the head with nails. The top of their heads were frequently painted black. Many china heads also had black painted top of their heads, and it is even seen occasionally in parian-types.

These playthings were often found with human hair wigs. (There was one recently that sold for over $9000! Usually, papier-mâchés are not that pricey.) These dolls had heads made in Germany and body, clothes, and wigs made in France, so were considered a French product.

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bandwagon of the bisque headed dolls. The papier-mâché dolls simply could not compete. But there were a few manufacturers that produced the dolls well into the 1870’s and even up to 1880-1890. Greiner’s sons made their father’s dolls well into 1875, several years after Ludwig passed on. And M. & S Superior also had late production, as well as did HolzMasse. Pictures of a few of these dolls are included in this article.

There are always mysteries, dolls that are seen and even bought, to Another unusual Greiner with black hair.

Close up of one of the mystery dolls mentioned in the text of the article. She is a very large girl, with ringlet curls (much narrower vertical curls than the ones on the common Greiner.) She was bought with the assurance that she has been attributed to Greiner, but she has no label. She is in perfect condition. It is unknown whether she was made by Greiner or some other firm that produced Papier-mâché dolls.

Little boy Greiner with blond hair parted on the side and blue side-glancing eyes.

Another sweet glass-eyed Greiner with the baby hairdo associated with the March 1858 patent date. The two examples of glass-eyed dolls with Greiner labels shown in this article, show that Greiner did, indeed, make glass-eyed dolls.

Small Greiner with somewhat unusual hairstyle.

Side view of the very large mystery doll, showing her partially exposed ears and the ringlet curls

Black haired doll with a Greiner label.

She has unusual curls all over her head.

Unfortunately, she is in poor condition.

A French type Papier-mâché doll.

Sometimes these ladies came with a wig, as this one does. She also has glass eyes.

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Front view of a mystery doll bought at the Long Beach Flea Market for $45.

Close up of a mystery doll that sports a baby hairstyle like the March 1858 Greiner patent, but clearly is not a Greiner. She has no label. She sits on her own dolly-sized chair and is appropriately dressed.

which collectors have absolutely no idea as to who made them or even the country from which they came. In some cases, folks will not know whether these dolls are even antique. A doll with a bun at the high part of her head is pictured. Above is a doll with a bun at the part of her head.

She was purchased at the Long Beach, California Flea Market for $45. There were folks who saw her who did not believe that she was an old doll. She wears old clothes and has an old brown leather body, but the hairdo was not one to which most collectors were familiar. She does appear to 38

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be old. She was awarded the “Best in Show” ribbon at the San Diego Regional Competition Room, so the awarder of the ribbon felt she was old.

Another mystery doll was featured in a Theriault auction last year. She was referred to as “attributed to Greiner.” She is another very large doll, having ringlet curls falling onto her shoulders. Her condition is “almost new.” But, she does not have a Greiner label. It is difficult to say a doll is a Greiner, but does not have a Greiner label. It just is not known yet whether Greiner made dolls

A very unusual papier-mâché doll with glass eyes and a flower wreath around the crown of her head, plus a painted rose on her front shoulder plate. She has no label, so there is no idea who could have made her.

This blonde Papier-mâché is a Holtz Mass doll, probably made in the late 1880s. Such a sweet baby face.

This doll seems to represent a baby.

She has glass eyes, an open mouth with bamboo teeth, and a very short haircut. These dolls were probably made by the Andreas Voight company in Germany and then shipped to France to be fitted with a body and clothing, and then sold as a French product.

They are sometimes called “Paulines.”

Very tall French-type Papier-mâché doll.

She has a painted black area on the top of her head. This can sometimes be seen on parians or a china head dolls.

This doll came out of the Maurine Popp collection and was sold at the Skinner auction a number of years ago. She is a Judge & Early doll, patented on July 27, 1875. A late patent date for a papiermâché doll. She is very hard to find.

that he did not label. Maybe she was done by Greiner on commission. Or maybe some other manufacturer made her.

Finally, a doll appeared at the Theriault auction in January 2016 that looked like a Greiner. It had the typical Greiner “baby” hairdo. But, there was no regular Greiner label. She was stamped on the back shoulder plate, in red ink “Patent Head. Now, very early Greiners sometimes are found with “Patent Head” stamped in black on the back shoulder plate. But not in red ink. Plus, the baby hairdo was always found on the dolls in the March 1858 patent.

In looking at the pictures of this doll’s face and comparing

This doll was made by the M & S Superior company in Germany, around 1865.

hers with an 1858 doll with the baby hairdo, these faces are very, very different. The labeled Greiner has blue eyes, whereas the unlabeled doll has brown eyes. It is believed that some doll maker copied Greiner’s doll in an effort to make sales. She is old enough, but she is not a Greiner.

So, there are many, many varieties of these wonderful papier-mâché dolls, all made of this most common of materials. Common, and maybe inexpensive, but quietly beautiful and so very different than the bisque dollies that came later. Different, beautiful, and rare, so unlike their common material.

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The Witherspoon Rag Dolls

by Margo Delaughter

1. Ten inch all original Witherspoon boy shows distinctive Witherspoon face painting. (Author’s Collection)

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racing one’s ancestry has become a favorite pastime for many. We humans seem to have a desire to know where our ancestors came from and how their lives reflect on our own lives. I feel the same way when it comes to the dolls in my collection. It is just as intriguing for me to research a doll’s ancestry as it is for others to search for their family’s ancestry. I apply the old newspaper adage, “Who?, What?, Where?, When?”, each time a new doll joins my doll family. In the majority of cases I can easily find that information in one of my doll books. However, sometimes I can’t. That is when the fascinating search for a doll’s ancestry or history begins.

The cloth dolls in this article are a case in point. I had never heard of the Maud Witherspoon dolls until the Theriault’s October, 2014 auction of the Blackler Collection.

The entire collection consisted of early cloth dolls. Among the dolls were a group of wonderful black dolls identified as being made by Maud Witherspoon. The catalog gave some information about Maud and revealed that her dolls were made in New Orleans. The fact that they were made in New Orleans really piqued my curiosity as I do not live far from

2. “Honeymoon” Lady, 25 inches tall, smiles happily at the world. Red painted shoes complete her attire.

(Courtesy Marilyn Parsons)

that city. I wanted to know more about Maud especially after I purchased one of her dolls on eBay. I was not initially successful when I looked up Maud’s name on the Internet. I only found a small amount of information about her and her family. I did learn that Maud had a younger sister, Cora Bell Witherspoon, who was a well-known movie actress. Cora’s career spanned from 1905 to 1954 and most of what I learned was only about her! Poor Maud was only mentioned briefly as being Cora’s survivor at the time of her death. So what became of Maud and her dolls? Did she continue making them? Did she give up her small doll business? Did she spend her whole life in New Orleans? There just had to be information about her life some place, but where?

It was suggested to me by a fellow club member that I contact the Historic New Orleans Collection for information.

I did and what a marvelous experience that was! One of the reference associates contacted me immediately and the mystery of Maud and her doll company was partially solved. I can’t thank this organization enough for their help.

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3. This 12 inch young lady has been redressed.

Original paper label used to mark dolls.

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and died in June of 1970 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Henry Edgeworth Witherspoon and Cora S. Bell Witherspoon. Henry was an assistant surgeon with the Confederate Army 9th Louisiana infantry during the Civil War while her mother was an aunt of the civil rights advocate Judge John Minor Wisdom. Henry died in 1898 and Cora, the mother, in 1900. Maud, as mentioned before, had just one younger sister, Cora Bell Witherspoon.

Maud, while still in her teens, took care of her invalid mother after the death of her father. When her mother died she raised, at least in part, her sister Cora. She did this by forming the Maud Witherspoon Rag Doll Manufacturing Company. Articles about Maud and her doll company appeared in the 1901 Times-Picayune, the 1901 Indiana Weekly and the 1902 Troy Daily News.

The following is an excerpt that I found online from the 1902 Troy Daily News in the column entitled “Woman’s World”.

“Not so the pretty girl of nineteen, Maud Witherspoon by name, who lives in New Orleans and makes her living by making rag dolls. Miss Witherspoon used to make these dolls for her own amusement when she was a child, and when her father died and she had an invalid mother to

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support, she bethought her of her great success in making dolls and resolved to see if she could sell them. Her dolls have always been made to resemble the old-fashion black mammy with black faces, knitted hair on thin heads crowned by gracefully tied bandannas and dressed in the old-time guinea blue dress, white apron and white kerchief.

She made a number and sent them to a few large shops and they were sold at once and orders given for more, and very soon she opened a factory where only dolls were manufactured. She supplied large firms all over the United States and under the name of the Maud Witherspoon Rag Doll Manufacturing Company has quite an extensive reputation. She employs girls who cut, make and dress the dolls, but she makes the faces herself, painting them black and giving them the right expression.”

The article in the Times-Picayune found by the researcher at the Historic New Orleans Collection states that Maud’s doll factory was in the family home at 1014 North Rampart Street. The original building is still there today. It is unclear how long Maud continued her doll making, but in the 1907 New Orleans City Directory she is listed as an operator at

While we don’t have a photo of Maud, we do have photos of her younger sister Cora Bell Witherspoon, who was a well-known movie actress.

the Western Union Telephone Company. At that time she was no longer living on North Rampart Street. That is an indication to me, at least, that perhaps she was no longer producing her dolls. It would have been difficult to hold a full time job and to paint the faces of her dolls which she alone did. Then in 1910 she is listed as a druggist at F. C. Godbold. It is the opinion of the researcher at the Historic New Orleans Collection that Maud left Louisiana after 1915. Maud appears next in the 1920 New Mexico Census and is listed as “manufacture medicine”. Ten years later she is listed as a real estate agent. Maud certainly had a varied occupational history! The Social Security Death Index mentions that Maud died in June of 1970 in Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, but nothing could be found regarding her actual burial site nor is she listed on the family headstone in the Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.

Once you have seen one of Maud’s dolls you will find that they are fairly easy to identify. Since Maud painted all the faces, the dolls naturally display her unique style. The eyes are large and half-moon shaped with dark pupils and a white highlight dot. The nose is broad and the mouth has a very slight smile. The eyebrows are dark and thick. The eyes and nose are the most distinctive features of her dolls and almost identical on all of them. Once you spot those eyes, you will know who painted the doll.

The little fellow in illustration 1 is a case in point.

Standing proudly with his bright yellow sack of cotton over one shoulder, he gazes happily at the world. Note his half-moon shaped eyes, broad nose and slight smile. He is 10 inches tall and all original. He is stitched jointed at the shoulders, elbows, knees and hips. His hands are mittenshaped with stitched fingers. Under his black floppy hat are the remains of a black horse hair wig. He is wearing a red cotton shirt with plaid collar and blue and white seersucker knee length pants. The pants are held up by two shoulder straps. His pointed feet are painted black to suggest shoes.

I’m guessing he was most likely the smallest size made and probably one of just a few boy dolls that were produced.

Looking under his hat I can see where Maud painted the black facial features for the head on top of the brown fabric used for the bodies. The top section of his arms and legs are a lighter color than the bottom sections. His torso also is lighter in color. The material used for the doll appears to be cotton sateen. He is unmarked.

4. A large doll holds a rare topsy-turvey doll.

Courtesy Theriault’s, the Blackler Collection.

In contrast to this 10-inch boy is a 25-inch lady doll shown in photo 2. Like the boy she too is jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees and is constructed of cotton sateen. Her hands are mitten shaped with stitched fingers. Note the similar facial features. She wears a red and white cotton bandana, light cotton red dress and white apron. A white cotton half-slip and white drawers complete her outfit. Note her red painted shoes. A sparse amount of black hair peeks out of her bandana and gold bangle earrings hang from her ears. Because of her fragile clothing, no attempt was made to see if she was marked with the Maud Witherspoon paper label on her torso.

This large lady doll has an interesting story. She was purchased on a steamboat trip by a couple who were on their honeymoon. I imagine there was a gift shop either on board the ship or in one of the towns along the Mississippi River where stops were made. She might even have been bought in New Orleans itself when the ship docked there.

The young bride took her home as a remembrance of that all important event in her life. She must have loved her dearly as the doll has survived in remarkable shape.

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Courtesy Theriault’s, the Blackler Collection.

The following photos are the dolls from Theriault’s Blackler Collection catalog. All the dolls are jointed and painted in the same manner as those just described. The doll shown dressed and undressed in photo 3 is 12 inches tall and wearing an antique costume that consists of a black and white dress, apron, beige bonnet, black stockings and leather shoes. She bears the Maud Witherspoon paper label on the back of her torso which reads: Witherspoon Rag Doll Pat Applied For New Orleans. The other dolls may have such a label, but because so many are in original costumes, attempts may not have been made to remove the clothing when they were photographed for the catalog.

The 25-inch lady in photo 4 is holding a rare topsy-turvy doll.

The topsy-turvy doll depicts a brown complexioned doll on one side and a white complexioned doll on the other. Each face has artistically oil painted features. The white complexioned girl has brown eyes and brows and black mohair curls.

The remaining dolls pictured range from 14 inches to 16 inches and most are dressed in their original outfits. Some of the dolls wear gold bangle earrings while others do not. The dolls are the same and yet each is uniquely different in its own way.

The Witherspoon rag dolls have found a valued place in the collections of cloth doll collectors. They were made as inexpensive souvenir dolls for tourists to remember their visit to the south, but now have gone beyond that status to one of folk artistry at its best.

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Courtesy Theriault’s, the Blackler Collection.

Sources: The Blackler Collection catalog; Theriault-s Auction House The Historic New Orleans Collection Various websites on the Internet

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by Mary Brown

A very early Polly (late 1880s) in the collection of the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, part of Historic Bethlehem and Sites.

She has leather hands and handmade leather shoes.

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he Polly Heckewelder doll, the oldest continuously made American doll, is made in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Made and sold by the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society since 1872, this doll has stories to tell. There is the story of Polly Heckewelder, the person for whom she is named and the story of the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society who makes her. In telling the Polly doll story, of course, there is the telling of Moravians, one of the oldest Protestant denominations, who, in 1741, came and founded the Bethlehem community in the Pennsylvania wilderness. Since the Polly dolls were made to be played with and then “handed down,” each individual doll has a story of her own to tell: when was she made, who was the first owner, was she your greatgrandmother’s doll, has she had a new face or clothes or bonnet or shoes?

In the 1700s, the Moravians were organized in groups called “choirs.” There was a choir for single women (sisters), single men (brothers), married couples, widows and children. All except the children’s choir, had their own house in which to live and work. All worked to support the church and those missionaries sent to teach and tell the Indians about Christ. The places of worship and choir houses still exist in Bethlehem today.

Johanna Maria Heckewelder (who was called “Polly”) was born on April 16, 1781. Her parents, John and Sarah, were missionaries to the Indians in what is now the state of Ohio. The Heckewelders spent many years living and working among the Lenni Lenape tribe. John Heckewelder, Polly’s father, became a noted historian of the American Indians. Polly was so favored by the tribe that in 1782, they made her a cloth doll with a hand painted face on a ball-like head and dressed her in European style colonial dress. This primitive doll is now in the collection of the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem. In 1785, Polly was sent to the boarding school for girls in Bethlehem where she lived until her education was completed. She then became a teacher of ornamental needlework at the girls’ school in Lititz, Pennsylvania. At the age of 24, Polly lost her hearing and had to resign her teaching position. She then returned to Bethlehem to live in the Sisters’ House. When her parents retired because

1890’s Polly in the collection of the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, part of Historic Bethlehem and Sites.

of her mother’s failing health, they came to live in Bethlehem. Polly moved into her parents home and lived there until the deaths of both parents. She then returned to live the remaining forty-nine years of her life in the Sisters’ House. She died September 19, 1868, and was buried in God’s Acre, the old Moravian Cemetery located near the choir houses and church.

The Moravian Ladies Sewing Society, established

by Polly Heckewelder in 1861 to sew for soldiers during the Civil War period, was known as the Soldier’s Relief Society of Central Moravian Church.

After the war ended in 1865, the Society became the Freedman’s Aid Society and in 1869, it became the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society. So it remains to this day. Since the beloved “Aunt Polly,” as she was called, had died in 1868, it was decided by the group to make dolls in her honor. Perhaps Polly’s own childhood cloth doll influenced this decision as an appropriate way to honor her. The ladies could still have a sewing group and do useful work by making and selling dolls. So the first Polly doll was made and sold in 1872. That doll was about 19 inches tall and dressed typical of a little girl of that time in the 19th century.

She had a ball-shaped head and hand painted face.

Over the years, she has changed somewhat but is basically the same.

At first the dolls were made by the ladies in the society from scraps of materials they had at home. In the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem collection, there

Early 1900s doll belonging to Jane Geroulis. Leather boots were used prior to 1915. In the early years of production before checked gingham, other cotton dress fabrics were used.

The apron ties in the back.

Another early Polly doll from the collection of the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem. This photo shows her chemise, which has crocheted edge on the neck and armholes.

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Group of the 3 dolls in the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem collection which shows various heights.

is a doll made in approximately 1880, plus dolls identified as being made in the 1890s. At least one of these had a new dress and had a new face, painted in 1915 (a “face lift” Moravian style!) since these dolls could be returned for a new face or clothing parts as needed – for a price, of course.

Research indicates that 1915 was a pivotal year in the history of making Polly dolls. Prior to that the dolls had varied in length or height. In 1915 patterns, made of tin at first and later lucite, began to be used to cut out the body parts and the clothes. The height of the dolls was standardized at about about 18 inches.

The way the underwear was made changed. Panties were no longer split but closed and the “built up petticoat” came into use. Instead of lace on the hem of the panties, crocheted trim with periodic picots began to be used. The dresses, thereafter, were made of blue or pink gingham check. There have been exceptions when fabrics were unavailable. An example was during World War II when the dresses were solid blue chambray or solid pink sateen because gingham was not available.

Another example is footwear. Up until about 1915, leather boots were used and the earliest dolls had shoes made by the ladies.

During world war years, the ladies made shoes from kid gloves.

Otherwise, bought shoes have been used. In the last twenty years, bought tubing has also been used as stockings.

This is an older Polly doll in the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem Collection that had a “face lift” in 1915, according to museum documents, and then received a new dress. She was passed down through three generations. Moravian Museum of Bethlehem is part of Historic Bethlehem and Sites.

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This photo of Barbara Borne’s doll shows her underwear which consists of three pieces: a chemise, half slip and panties with lace on the legs. Photo by Barbara Borne.

This doll was given to Barbara Borne’s mother by her grandmother, who was a member of the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society, when she was a child. Her mother named her doll “Peggy,” played with it often and passed it down to the present owner who also played with and loved this doll.

This doll is well traveled. Peggy has lived in four states: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and Connecticut. She has stories to tell! Photo by Barbara Borne.

This doll with her “Original Box” has a story too.

Barbara Livingston received a phone call from Agnes Sura out of the blue one day about a Polly doll with a face unlike any Agnes had ever seen.

The doll was in mint condition, was for sale and Agnes knew Barbara would be interested as she was part of a group researching “Pollys”. Barbara took the information from Agnes about how to buy the doll. She called and bought the doll with her “original box” sight unseen. In 1994, at a DCA annual meeting, Barbara showed the doll in the box to Rosemary Bunting. Rosemary was so surprised when she opened the box and saw the doll. She said, “My doll!” She then reported she had bought the doll from the Sewing Society when she was a young girl and years ago had sold it. It had been circulating around for nearly sixty years! What a story this Polly has to tell!

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A 1940s Polly from the collection of Jane Geroulis made when blue checked gingham was not available. Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Spinelli.

A Polly of the late 1930s in the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem Collection is dressed in a solid blue dress in a time when blue checked gingham was unavailable. She is standing beside Mary Brown’s present day Polly. The clothes could be interchanged. Moravian Museum of Bethlehem is part of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites.

The doll comes in two forms: one has brown hair, brown eyes and wears a pink checked gingham dress, and the other has blond hair and blue eyes, and is dressed in blue checked gingham. The process leading to the completion of a doll is about 80 hours. The main body parts are stitched by machine and then stuffed and hand sewn together. The faces are hand painted on fabric squares which are then hand sewn to the doll’s head. The dress, with the exception of the neck ruffle which is hemmed on an antique sewing machine, is handmade. The pinafore, panties, slip, and undercap have some machine stitching, but for the most part are made by hand. The crocheted cap is handmade. Standardization in 1915 was a plus in that clothes made today fit dolls of the last 100 years.

Since 2009, dolls have the year they were made marked on their right foot. Prior to that time it was difficult to date a doll because there were several factors necessary to identify when a doll was made and one had to know the history of the doll-making. There are very few written records. Most of this information is learned from the group’s oral history and scrapbooks. These days the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society is trying to make this task easier by keeping better records 50

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to pass on to future generations, just as the dolls are passed on. The members of the Society meet weekly (Tuesday mornings, September to June) to sew on the dolls. Each member specializes in making a specific part or two of the doll. Over the years, the group has averaged completing and selling 40 dolls per year. The price of the doll is currently $200 and the waiting time is about a year.

At the end of the year, the profit generated from the sale of the dolls is shared among the Moravian churches represented in the group, and other church and missionary causes. For nearly a hundred years, part of the profits were used to make a surplice for each newly graduated minister from the Moravian Theological Seminary from the Northern Province of the Moravian Church; however, the group no longer makes the surplices. The importance of the Polly doll is that she represents a labor of love and dedication of many Moravian women working together through a period of more than 140 years to tell the story of the real Polly.

Other Benefit dolls which have been made in Bethlehem and named for Moravian sisters are the Anna Nitschmann, Benigna, and Becky Langley dolls, all of which are dressed in the style of the mid to late 1700s.

The Anna Nitschmann doll, still made by the Busy Workers Society of Central Moravian Church, is a portrait doll with ceramic head, hands, and feet. The clothes and body are made and stuffed by the ladies.

The first dolls, made using a bought body in 1939, were dressed by the group. Since 1953, the 14-inch china portrait dolls have been made by the Busy Workers Society. The group has a ceramist make the heads, hands and boots or feet and paint them. Then the ladies attach the head plates, hands and feet to the cloth stuffed bodies. In 1984, a special limited edition of 150 Anna doll were made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Society. These 12-inch dolls were dressed in blue instead of the usual gray dresses of the 18th century. In addition Gwyneth to the dolls, the Busy Workers make and sell many items Michel’s Polly donated to the group. Many church causes are benefited doll made in early 1950s. through their efforts.

Anna Nitschmann was said to have been the “most noteworthy woman of her time in the Moravian Church.” Born in 1715, she became chief eldress of the Church when she was only 14 years old. She came with her father, one of the founders of Bethlehem, to Pennsylvania in 1740. In Bethlehem she accompanied other missionaries into the wilderness to Indian stations and helped Benigna von Zinzendorf start a boarding school for girls. She wrote over 30 hymns and traveled extensively to oversee work of the Church. Anna became the wife of Count Zinzendorf after the death of his first wife. She died in Herrnhut in 1760 at the age of 45.

The Benigna dolls were created and made by the Bethel Circle of the King’s Daughters of First Moravian Church (now called Advent Moravian Church) and named for the founder of the first Protestant boarding school for girls in America.

Countess Benigna von Zinzendorf was 16 at the time and had traveled to the Pennsylvania wilderness with her father in 1741. The school flourished and exists today as Moravian Academy and Moravian College. At age 21, Benigna married Bishop John de Wattville and some of their descendants live in the Bethlehem area.

The Benigna doll is completely handmade and is the only one of the Bethlehem benefit dolls that is patented. There is a folded white satin tag sewn to the inside hem with “Benigna” on one side and “PAT. DES. 136830. Made in USA” on the other.

The patent was issued in 1943 to Ruth Pfohl Grams of Bethlehem, PA. She was the pastor’s wife and the sister of the makers of the MaggieBessie cloth dolls of Winston-Salem, The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are represented in this group, right to left. These dolls belong to the NC from the late 1800’s into the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society. During the 1980s dimity for the pinafores became unavailable.

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early 1940s. The Benigna doll carries a crocheted purse with a handwritten card which gives information about the doll. The dolls were made from 1939-1993, and were the most profitable of any of this group’s fund-raising projects.

In the 1950s a doll group was formed by women of Edgeboro Moravian Church to make a doll to sell to benefit their church causes. They chose to name their doll Becky Langley, who lived in the Single Sisters’ House in Bethlehem during the Revolutionary War era. She nursed wounded soldiers both in Bethlehem and Lititz. Becky taught sewing and was known for her fine needlework.

It is said she designed the banner which was made by the Moravian single sisters of Bethlehem for General Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who joined in the American colonists’ cause. The sisters presented it to him and dedicated the banner May 17, 1778. Henry W. Longfellow later memorialized this event with a poem, Hymn to the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem.

The Becky Langley doll was made using a purchased doll form and clothed in the attire of women of Bethlehem in the late 1700s. The clothes and patterns were designed

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Mary Brown’s present day Polly showing her built up petticoat with crocheted trim on hem as well as around arm holes and neck. The panties also have the crocheted hems.

were fastened and hats were tied with designated colors: cherry red for young girls, pink for single women, blue for married women, and white for widows. These dolls were made in the 1960s and 1970s.

Unless noted, photos were taken by Don Brown About the Author: Mary Brown is a member of Central Moravian Church and current president of the Moravian Ladies Sewing Society. Not only does she sew faces on Polly dolls, she is working on a book about the Polly Heckewelder doll. Formerly, she was a guide for Moravian Museum and Tours and a member of the Busy Workers Society who sewed aprons for Anna Nitschmann dolls. Mary serves on the Board of the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, which is a part of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites. Recently she helped curate the temporary exhibit: All Dolled Up: Polly and Her Moravian Sisters at the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem. She is retired and resides in Moravian Village of Bethlehem with husband Don, who is a camera and computer enthusiast.

They are parents of three sons and grandparents of six grandchildren. As much time as possible from busy lives in Bethlehem is spent visiting children and their families.

Back, left to right: Mary Brown’s Anna Nitschmann doll, made in 1980 and Mary Brown’s present day Polly. Front, Benigna doll belonging to Judy Hosking and Becky Langley doll, Mary Brown collection.

The Moravian Church dates its history back to the followers of the martyred John Hus (1369-1415). They organized a church called “Unitas Fratrum,” or Unity of the Brethren, in 1457, in what is now the Czech Republic. The church thrived at first. Its more than 200,000 members believed in proclaiming the gospel, the Bible and preaching in their own language, a strong belief in education and music in worship and daily life. A hymnal in their native tongue was published as early as 1501. During the Thirty Years War and after, the church and its members suffered as their church was suppressed. Still, a remnant prayed that it would survive as they continued to worship in secret.

About a hundred years later, in 1722, a small group of the Brethren from Moravia was offered asylum on the estate in Saxony of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. More of the Brethren joined them and they built a town called Herrnhut ( a place the Lord watches over). By 1727, the church was renewed and called the Moravian Church because so many of its members had emigrated from Moravia. With Count Zinzendorf as their leader and patron, the church embarked on a world wide mission movement in 1732. In 1735, missionaries were sent to Savannah, Georgia, in North America. After five years they moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The church then bought 500 acres of land and founded Bethlehem in 1741, to be the headquarters of their mission work in North America.

Count Zinzendorf came with a group, including his daughter Benigna, in December of that year and it was during a Christmas Eve worship service that Bethlehem received its name. The 275th Anniversary of Bethlehem’s founding is being celebrated this year.

References Aldridge, Isabell. “Moravian Dolls of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,” Antique Doll Collector, April 2003) pp.35-39.

Livingston, Barbara. “Polly Heckewelder - Moravian Doll.” Benefit Dolls (2003)

by Doll Collectors of America, Inc.

Borne, Barbara Wood. Letter, January 20, 2016.

Moyer, Del-Louise. “Rebecca Langley and the Pulaski Banner.” Blog Post, [http//alyssumarts.com/2015/11/22rebecca-langley-and-the-pulaski-banner/]

A recorded interview with Alice Knouss (1916-2007) on April 2, 2003 .

Interviewers: Barbara Caldwell, Elizabeth Heimbach and Alice Mosebach. Alice Knouss was past President and long time member of the Ladies Sewing Society.

Ruyak, Jacqueline. “The Polly Heckewelder Doll.” Piece Work: the Craft Magazine with a Difference (May/June, 1995).

Judd, Polly and Pam. “Moravian Dolls.” Doll Reader (October, 1987).

Scrapbooks of Moravian Ladies Sewing Society

Kurtz, Karen. “Little Dolls of Bethlehem: Parts I and II.” Dolls, The Collector’s Magazine, (June/July and August, 1998) Magazine

Stewart. Betty. Talk about Becky Langley doll given to Edgeboro Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA Fall, 2014.

Livingston, Barbara. “Polly Heckewelder Faces through the Years.” A Vagabond Song, UFDC Region 13 Conference (October 3-6, 1996).

Weidner, Catherine B. Unpublished research. For over forty-five years she sewed faces on many Polly dolls.

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1 N. Huntingdon, PA. Doll & Toy Show. The Hall at Robbins Station. Laurel Highlands Doll Club. Cindi. 724‑515‑5008.

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1 Easton, PA. Doll, Teddy Bear & Toy Show. Forks Township Community Ctr. Earl Bethel.

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7 Batavia, NY. Doll & Bear Show. The Clarion Hotel.

Saturday’s Child. Martha Smith.

585‑506‑7948.

7 Fresno, CA. Doll Show. Hope Lutheran Community Ctr. San Joaquin Valley Doll Club.

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7 Greenwood, IN. Doll & Bear Show. Greenwood United Methodist Church. Jo Ann Gates.

317‑882‑5787. gatesja@att.net.

7 Maitland, FL. Doll Show.

Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. Barbara Keehbauch. 407‑678‑5678. bkeehbauch@cfl.rr.com.

7 Rockford, IL. Doll Show. Hilton Garden Inn. Janet Flanagan.

815‑218‑9204.

11 Sequim, WA. Luncheon. Sunland Golf & Country Club. Olympic Peninsula Doll Club. Susan Wells.

360‑775‑1093.

13‑14 Albuquerque, NM. Doll & Bear Show. MCM Elegante. Crossroads.

Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com.

14 Dover, NH. Doll Show. Dover Elks Hall. San‑D‑Over Dollars. Priscilla.

603‑436‑2910.

14 Fayetteville, NC. Doll & Toy Show.

Headquarters Library. Lafayette Doll & Toy Club. Maureen Mercer. maureenmercer@mac1.com.

910‑916‑8532.

14 Kokomo, IN. Doll Show. Faith Presbyterian Church. Indianapolis 20th Century Doll Club. Gay Anne Gressman. 765‑438‑6299.

14‑15 Las Vegas, NV. Antique Doll, Automata & Music Boxes Auction.

The Bellagio Hotel. Theriault’s. www.theriaults.com. 800‑638‑0422.

410‑224‑3655. (F) 410‑224‑2515.

14 Nazareth, PA. Doll Auction. Dotta Auction Co. 610‑759‑7389. www.dottaauction.com.

14 Neenah, WI. Doll Show. Riverwalk Hotel. Enchanting Dolls of the Fox Valley. Kelly Paulson.

920‑420‑0553.

15 Madison Hts., MI. Doll Show.

UFCW Madison Place Hall. Sharon Napier. 586‑731‑3072.

15 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. American Serb Hall.

Orphans in the Attic. Sue Serio.

414‑871‑8696.

15 New Hope, PA. Doll Show. Eagle Fire Company Indoor Market.

Mark Lehmann. 215‑657‑2477.

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19 Dublin, CA. Celebrating 80th Anniversary of the Nancy Ann Storybook Doll Co. Holiday Inn, Dublin‑Pleasanton. Lynn Leatherman Zimmershead.

408‑792‑7438.

20‑21 Douglasville, PA. Dollhouse & Miniature Auction. Ron Rhoads Auctioneer. www.echant.com.

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20‑22 Suquamish, WA. Modern Ball‑Jointed Doll (BJD) Convention & Sale. Clearwater Casino & Resort. Pacific North West Ball‑Jointed Doll Expo. Marie Adair. 360‑779‑9806.

21 Columbus, IN. Doll & Bear Show.

Bartholomew Co. 4H Fairgrounds.

Doll’s Night Out Club of Columbus Indiana. Pam King.

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21 GERMANY. Automata & Fine Toys Auction. Auction Team Breker. +49/2236/38 43 40. www.breker.com.

21 Knoxville, TN. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff.

Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287. www.SoutheasternDollSows.com.

21 Missoula, MT. Doll Show.

Ruby’s Inn & Convention Ctr. Bitterroot Blizzard & Montana Shinning Mountain Doll Clubs.

Kay Schrader. 406‑360‑7214.

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21 Monroe Township, NJ. Luncheon.

Forsgate Country Club. Young at Heart Doll Club of New Jersey.

Ed Ferry. 215‑627‑5790.

21 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show.

Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young Antique & Collectible.

Sandy Kline. 818‑368‑4648.

21 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Alameda County Fairgrounds.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. www.crossroadsshows.com.

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21 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Doll Collectors of North Park. Denise Perkins. 619‑602‑9043.

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22 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show.

Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore.

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22 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Ctr. C Promotions Plus.com. Carol Benson. 612‑669‑1613. carol@ cpromotionsplus.com.

25 ENGLAND. Fine Dolls, Dolls Houses & Related Pieces Auction.

The Spa Hotel. Mount Ephraim.

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26‑29 Orlando, FL. Doll Convention Show. International Palms Resort.

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Cyndi Harris. 321‑431‑3133.

28 FRANCE. Fine French Dolls, Automata & Mechanical Music Auction. Galerie De Chartres. chartres@galleriedechartres.com. +33(0)2 37 88 28 28.

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28 FRANCE. Antique Games, Dolls, Toys, Curiosities & Automatons Auction. Ambassador Hotel Paris.

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3‑5 Dallas, TX. Asian Ball Joint Doll Convention. Hilton Anatole.

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4 Elk Grove Village/Chicago, IL. Doll Conference with Sales Room. Holiday Inn Chicago‑Elk Grove. PUDDLE Organizers. Jane Easterly. 309‑299‑0486.

4 Eugene, OR. Doll Show. Valley River Inn. Bleuette‑n‑Eugene.

Patti Langan. 541‑343‑9642.

4‑5 Gaithersburg, MD. Antiques Doll Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. InfoDOLLS@comcast.net.

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4‑5 Sturbridge, MA. Miniature Doll Show. Sturbridge Host Hotel.

Molly Cromwell. 703‑978‑5353.

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5 Anaheim, CA. Doll & Bear Show.

Anaheim Plaza Hotel. Rowbear’s Events. 831‑438‑5349.

5 Belleville, IL. Doll, Bear, Toy, Collectible & Miniature Show. St. Clair County Fairgrounds. Kay Weber’s Shows. 618‑233‑0940.

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

415‑455‑8415.

5 Mandan, ND. Doll Show. Baymont Inn & Suites. Bismarck Doll Friends. Ila Marvel. 701‑258‑7869.

10 Asheville, NC. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Crowne Plaza. International Doll & Teddy. Georgie Brown.

828‑713‑1889.

10 Bradenton, FL. Toy Show. Peridia Gold & Country Club. Gulf Coast Traders. Philip. 941‑343‑3908.

11 Green Valley/Tucson, AZ. World Doll Day Event Luncheon. Green Valley East Social Center. Marti Nelson. 520‑393‑0502. www.

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11 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine.

Sweetbriar Auctions. Dorothy Hunt. 410‑275‑2094. www.

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12 Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel.

Karla Moreland. 815‑356‑6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.napervilledollshow.com.

15‑17 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction.

Holiday Inn, Nashua. Withington Auctions. 603‑478‑3232. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com.

19 Lancaster, PA. Doll Show.

Lancaster Farm & Home Center.

Ron Funk. 717‑371‑0395.

22 Phoenix, AZ. Paper Doll Convention. AZ Biltmore Embassy Suites. International Paper Doll Collectors. Jane Alfano Rasor.

480‑838‑5717.

23‑25 Albany, NY. R. John Wright Dolls Convention. Desmond Hotel & Conference Center. R. John Wright Dolls. 802‑447‑7072. www.RJohnWright.com. rjwdolls@aol.com.

24‑25 Lakeland, FL. Miniature Show.

Hilton Garden Inn. Lakeland Miniature Guild. Pat Herold.

863‑682‑8491.

25 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show.

Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads.

Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com.

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

18‑20 Alexandria, VA. Artist Doll Conference includes Gallery/ Public Day. National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA).

Stephanie Blythe. 415‑455‑8415.

20‑23 Layton, UT. Reborn Dolls & Bears Convention. Davis Conference Center. Sarah Mellman.

720‑227‑5351.

26‑29 Washington, DC. 29th Annual Doll Festival. OMNI Shoreman Hotel. National Doll Festival.

Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349. www.

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27‑30 Washington, DC. UFDC National Doll Convention. The Washington Hilton Hotel. 816‑891‑7040. ufdc.org.

31 Orlando, FL. 30th Annual Doll Festival. International Palms Resort. National Doll Festival.

Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349. www.NationalDollFestival.com.

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