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“Live Auction” with www.Drouotlive.com English translation
International PRESTIGE Auction of ANTIQUE DOLLS & TOYS
Full color catalogue. Price: 15 euros ($20 with postage included) order by François THEIMER the catalogue can also be viewed 3 weeks before auction at the websites: www.theimer.fr & www.lombrail-teucquam.com
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12” Fre. A Steiner in impeccable, factory type presentation, possibly orig. starched organdy chemise, undergarments, bonnet and leather shoes. Her straight wrist, fully jtd body is marked “La Parisienne” and her orig. purple gray Steiner pate is attached beneath her orig. blond, mohair wig. $5875. Exhibiting: May 20 - Forever Young Doll Show and Sale, Pasadena Elks Lodge, Pasadena CA
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First Series Portrait Jumeau Marked 2 ~ Magical first series beauty with huge espresso spiral threaded paper weight almond eyes, beautiful bisque, original ash blonde wig with original curls, original satin bronze frock, Jumeau signed shoes and eight ball jointed chunky body. Incredible original lace and ribbon confection parasol. 18.5” of loveliness. Captivating! Call for details. Large and Small Lori by Swain ~ 22.5” and 10” Babies, both in wonderful overall condition! Excellent modeling on these two sleep eyed children! Large doll has incised LORI and both have green stamped neck. $1595 Large Doll $495 Small Doll
20” Regal Portrait Poupee ~ Pierre Jumeau had a love affair with these magnificent Fashion Portrait Dolls. C. 1875-1877 a gorgeous example with teardrop shaped pale blue spiral threaded eyes set in a demure face of perfect powdery bisque with gentle peach and rose tones. Original complex wig, lavish antique couture sapphire blue velvet ensemble & feathered netted chapeau accessorized with deluxe chatelaine, tiny diamond ring and timepiece. Pristine kid body. Superb! $7800~
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Earliest Marked 8 Over EJ ~ Mesmerizing earliest Emile Jumeau Bebe. This 19” Bebe was the sequel to the Portrait (also known as Bebe Incassable) and was distinctly one of Emile’s finest accomplishments. Dressed in azure blue to match her beautiful spiral threaded eyes, she is on her original signed Jumeau eight ball jointed body. Antique wig, antique leather shoes and scintillating beauty. $9,800~
Tiny 10.5” Emile Douillet by Jumeau ~ What a little lovely! Original wig & pate. Charming expression. Blue spiral threaded p.w. eyes, original earrings & signed Jumeau shoes marked 1. Small fire-line affords opportunity! $2400~
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Wee 9” Papier-Mache Boy ~ We attribute this tiny lad to the German Schilling Company with his darling inset brown eyes, excellent painting of features including painted hair in wonderful original condition! Wonderful crème colored jacket and pants with luxury French pocket watch and tiny leather shoes. $450~
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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls
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Auction Team Breker’s sale on May 20, 2017
A preview of the mechanical dolls and automata
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Our front cover shows a Pierrette automaton featured in Auction Team Breker’s sale on 20 Maz 2017 in Cologne, Germany. More details on p. 24 and 64.
The Tarnowska Collection A Personal Perspective by Francois Theimer – French Doll Historian and Expert
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1877 Jumeau Walking Dress By Margaret Kincaid
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Elegance in Miniature Wax By Linda Holderbaum
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A Journey to a Fantastic World Inside The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures By Jennifer Craft-Hurst
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Tiny French bisque bebe by Jumeau, Size 2, $5,488 Size 3 French bisque bebe by Jumeau, $3,584
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20” Beautiful Bru Jne Bebe, $16,800 Rare “J” French bisque bebe by Joanny, 16”, $7,280 8
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NEWS Doll Collectors On Tour Japanese Ningyō Tour: Festivals and Friendship Elizabeth Ann Coleman and Sue Nile
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n 1853 Japan was reopened to Americans. It took until 2017 for a group of fifteen American doll collectors from the length and breadth of the United States to be introduced to the rich variety of Japanese dolls by noted scholar and dealer Alan Scott Pate. The tour encompassed festivities and displays of dolls associated with the Girl’s Day Festival (Hina Matsuri) celebrated yearly on March 3rd; introductions to members of traditional doll making families and their present day doll creations; and visits to important public and private collections. Bases for exploration were Tokyo, Wakayama and Kyoto with an imperial doll couple never far from sight whether in a hotel lobby, shop window, behind glass in a museum or decorating subway stairs. In order to better understand the role of dolls in Japanese culture western minds had to absorb their duality of purpose. In Japan dolls are complex and difficult to understand – simultaneously assuming the role of toy and ritual object. Through Mr. Pate’s enlightening discussions and the group’s varied activities members of the tour were able to gain a better understanding of the wide variety of types, uses and traditions associated with the broad spectrum of Japanese dolls: Ichimatsu, Kokeshi, Saga, Kamo, Hina, Gosho and others. The tour had been organized around the Girl’s Day Festival where an imperial doll couple frequently presides over groupings of courtiers, mythical figures, entertainers, etc. Such dolls may be passed from generation to generation and are always a special gift to a girl by her parents or grandparents to be treasured throughout her life and beyond, and in the case of Hina dolls beyond can mean into eternity. The group was privileged to witness the passage of a shrine full of dolls presented, prepared and shipped off for “consumption” by the sea. They also roamed shops selling all manner of contemporary Hina presentation from Snoopy imperial couples to traditional seven-step fully accessorized imperial courts. In museums breathtaking Hina associated dolls ranged in date from about 1700 to the mid 20th century with many figures swathed in colorful, luxurious silks and usually distinguished by exquisite gofun features. Serendipitously the Boy’s Day Festival (Tango No Sekku) lead up began immediately following the Girl’s Day Festival and the group encountered showrooms of Samurai warriors in suits of armor and special displays of helmets as well as representations of newcomer Darth Vader. Following in the footsteps of Alan Pate’s most recent publication on Friendship Dolls, Art as Ambassador, the group was honored to meet Kobayashi Sumie, whose father Yamada Tokubei XII, had overseen the creation, dressing and accessorizing From top and left to right: Carved wood and painted Saga figure of Edo period (1603-1868). Saga Ningyō no Ie (Saga Folk Doll Museum), greater Kyoto / Japanese gofun face Geisha, part of a second special exhibit in Iwatsuki. / Celebrants of the launching ceremony of the Hina Matsuri, Kada. / Traditional turned wood Kokeshi dolls representing characters from Star Wars; on sale at Kyoto Crafts Center. Other representations of Darth Vader have become part of Boy’s Day displays. / Boat loads of Hina Matsuri from the Awashima-jinja shrine being launched, Kada. / Mid price range Hina Matsuri seven step fully accessorized display available from the Yoshitoku Doll Co., Tokyo. / Contemporary chubby gosho dolls by the traditional doll making family of Shimada, Kyoto 10
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of a number of friendship dolls through the Yoshitoku Doll Company which he headed. The meeting was in the presence of one of her father’s friendship dolls and was hosted by Masaru Aoki of the Yoshitoku Doll Company where we were treated to floors of Hina. Additionally the conservation of another Friendship doll was revealed in the studio of doll artisan Iwamura Kenji whose son, a fourth generation doll artist also welcomed the group. A third traditional doll maker, the fifth in the Shimada Kouen family specializing in Gosho ningyō, demonstrated his craft in detail to the admiration of all. And finally, for the newly installed Boy’s Day dolls we met two generations of the Ohashi-Ippou family doll-making concern at their shop. On a more contemporary note, visits were made in both Kyoto and Tokyo to the very different merchandizing emporiums of the Volks Company, creators of Dollfie resin ball-jointed dolls. Interspersed with these activities were visits to outstanding museum collections both public and private where all manner of historical gems of Japanese doll-making all too quickly passed before enthralled eyes. Our gained understanding not only of the meanings behind traditional Japanese dolls but the complex construction techniques added greatly to our enjoyment. Rounding out never to be forgotten experiences were glimpses into Japanese cultural sites, home life, samplings of cuisine, and the wonder and beauty of awakening spring-time in Japan. All in all it was a dream trip for anyone with the slightest interest in dolls, Japanese or otherwise, and one which, with expected Pate imaginative creativity and popular demand, may be offered with a different twist in the future. From top and left to right: Resin Hina doll display in the Volk’s Tenshi no Sato complex, Kyoto. / Billboards in Tokyo featuring Volk’s Super Dolfi ball-jointed dolls (BJDs). / A portion of the rich selection of antique dolls available at Tazawa Antiques, Kyoto / A Hina imperial couple with Jirozeamon-type heads, sometimes referred to as emperor and empress. Saga Ningyō no Ie (Saga Folk Doll Museum), greater Kyoto / Miniature ivory ningyō, Saga Ningyō no Ie (Saga Folk Doll Museum), greater Kyoto / Thousands of Hina Matsuri dolls on display in the Awashimajinja shrine, Kada, prior to being sent to sea. / Contemporary Samurai warrior for Boy’s Day celebrations made by the workshop of Ohashi Ippou. / Archaic style standing Hina imperial couple fashioned in stiff papers and with Jirozeamon-type heads for sale at Tazawa Antiques, Kyoto. / Flowering fruit trees, temple grounds, Nara. 12
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By the People, For the People The Final Rose Percy Fundraising Event, in The Land of Lincoln
Please join Miss Rose Percy when she travels to historic Springfield, Illinois Saturday, September 9, 2017
The Event
The Grovian Doll Museum will host this final gala fund-raising event, featuring Miss Rose Percy, in the hometown of her beloved Abraham Lincoln. A limited number of registered guests will be treated to a full day of festivities that include a luncheon fit for a President, a fabulous program, deluxe helper items, live and silent auction offerings, plus premier shopping opportunities. Attendees will each receive the beautifully illustrated, revised-edition book about Rose Percy, her possessions, and her accomplishments. Please help Rose one last time to raise much-needed funds for our Veterans and Active Duty Military.
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The President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, a DoubleTree by Hilton property, is not only one of Springfield’s most celebrated hotels, but is also within easy walking distance of the spectacular Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Lincoln Law Offices, and Lincoln’s Springfield home. President Abraham Lincoln Springfield 701 E. Adams St., Springfield, Illinois Mention the Rose Percy Event for a reduced rate of $129 per night (Double Occupancy) (217) 544-8800
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Please complete the Registration form below, and mail it along with your payment of $165 per person to: The Grovian Doll Museum, C/O Carmel Doll Shop, 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 For further information, please contact Mary Senko, Grovian Event Coordinator at: marysenko57@gmail.com
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Malevich, Kandinsky and Revolutionary Porcelain White Gold from 1917 to 1927
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pielzeug Welten Museum, in Basel, Switzerland has a very special Exhibition from 22nd April 2017 to 8th October 2017. It is called “Malevich, Kandinsky and Revolutionary Porcelain White Gold from 1917 to 1927” Over 300 porcelain pieces, are seen publicly for the first time in a porcelain exhibit that marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The exhibit includes work from 64 avant-garde artists such as Kazimir Malevich, Vasily Kandinsky, and Nikolai Suetin. The objects come from the world’s largest private collections of Russian revolutionary porcelain – collector/art dealer Vladimir Tsarenkov owns 700 works of art from his native country. For those of us who cannot visit this amazing collectors’ event, here is the story of propaganda porcelain... Russian porcelain of the period from 1917 to 1927 reflects the dramatic changes in Russian life at the time. It was a time of breathtakingly creative work for artists and designers who were searching for new ways to express their thoughts and ideals. Having emerged in the atmosphere of the Russian Revolution, this “white gold”, porcelain art works of the 1920s, was used for more than just propaganda and didactic purposes. In a period dominated by industrial design, many outstanding artists turned to it as the art form most likely to reach the broad masses. Technically superb craftsmen modeled their creations after designs by the artists. The combination yielded beautiful, never-before-seen Sailor with Banner, 1921 Natalia Yakovlevna Danko porcelain pieces that were often only made as one-offs or in small series. State Porcelain Factory After the October Revolution, Soviet leaders used porcelain and art as a means of propaganda. Artists and authors were associated with the politics of their countries, so a close connection was established between the contemporary artistic process and Russian porcelain. The resulting premium-quality porcelain objects were unlike classic Russian porcelain or English, French, or Italian porcelain. Rare because they were produced only for a brief period, their passionate, expressiveness was striking - colorfully painted, it made a highly political statement and had a lot in common with the political placard and banners of the revolutionary period. For the first time Russian porcelain art was influenced by current political topics and compositions show slogans, emblems and features associated with work and education, messages from the revolution, and anniversaries. New economic policies introduced in 1921 also affected the porcelain industry. Diplomatic relations slowly normalised and international trade was encouraged. Dish sets were made for Soviet embassies, and hundreds of pieces were sent abroad to professional exhibitions for industry and the applied arts. This advertised the new Cup and saucer with abstract composition, 1923 regime and provided the hard currency Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky that was so badly needed. State Porcelain Factory Soviet propaganda porcelain was shown for the first time in 1922 in Berlin
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Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy Bears Inc. 21” Tete Jumeau 10, brown PW eyes, antique clothing & pink leather boots, mohair wig $3595. Now $3195. 5” French Mignonnette w/ jointed neck, blue glass eyes, original mohair wig $675.
29” La Parisien A 19 Steiner, blue PW eyes, original body replaced right hand, $4500 Now $3995.
20.5” French SFBJ, blue sleep eyes, HH wig, pierced ears $450.
20” Kestner 167 91/2, blue sleep eyes, plaster pate, HH wig, antique shoes, nice body $485. 5” German All Bisque w/ brown sleep eyes, original mohair wig $175.
9” Herm Steiner on ball jointed body, blue sleep eyes $145. 20” Kestner 154 on fabulous clean body w/ sticker, original wig, shoes & stockings, brown sleep eyes $295. 14.5” 154 Kestner, blue stat eyes, sweet doll $147.50
17.5” S & H 949, blue threaded pw eyes, HH wig, $1695. Now $1450. 18” Handwerck #109, orig mohair wig, shoes & socks $395. Now $325.
German Flapper ½ Dolls: 5-7/8” Lady #4733 w/ mirror & great hat $345. 5-3/8” Lady #4625 w/ cloche hat, compact & powder puff $345. 5-5/8” Lady #4784 w/ red earrings, lipstick & compact $345.
German Kister ½ Dolls 2.5” Lady w/ blue hat, holding flower $150. 3.25” Girl in purple hat, wonderful sculpting, arm extended $345. 3.25” Girl in Bonnet holding apple $195.
32” German Walkure, blue sleep eyes, hairline back of head, BJ body w/ rubber hands $425. Now $315. 18” K star R 100 Kaiser Baby, blue painted eyes, chipped thumb $485. Now 4395.
23” Bebe Phenix by Henri Alexandre, blue PW eyes, pierced ears, stiff wrist body $3295.
11.5” Kestner #184 Character Child w/ brown painted eyes, 5 piece body, sweet expression $1695. Now $1450. 9.5”1953 Dewees Cochran All Original Baby, head marked D.C.53 PDI #1, HH wig $1250. Now $1125.
8” 1950’s Ginny Dolls by Vogue: 1951 Scotch from Frolicking Fables w/ hang tag $210. Steiff Ginny Pup w/ button & coat, super condition $150. Black SLW in 1955 Funtime #48 Beach $795. 1953 All Original #39 Tiny Miss Series – strung, painted lash $225. 1953 Angela #65 Debutante Series w/ hang tag - strung $225. Steiff Ginny Pup w/ coat, leash and bell $115. 1954 Davy Crocket #90 all original w/ pin $350.
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17.5” Toddler K * R 115 all original in sailor suit, blue stat eyes, beautiful molding & coloring $3750. Now $3250. 4” German all bisque boy, blue glass eyes, well detailed costume $265. Now $225.
25” Kestner K1/2, 14 ½ all original in dress, straw hat, pink leather shoes, HH wig, brown sleep eyes $795. Now $695. 13.5” Baby Gloria AM, brown sleep eyes, great expression $225.
27” SFBJ Paris, blue pw eyes, mohair wig, hands as is $750.
27” S & H 1039 w/ high forehead on French BJ Body, HH wig, brown stat eyes $595. 12.5” Steiff All original pressed felt face Girl w/ inserted blue glass eyes, 193743, w/ paper tag, underscored F button $825. Now $725. 13” Steiff Eskimo w/button in ear, 1908-1919, missing hood, felt on hands & left foot as is $995. Now $795. 10”x 14.5” Steiff Elephant on wheels w/ underscored F button, some wear $695. Now $585. 23” Kestner 146 w/ antique mohair wig & dress, blue sleep eyes $525. 5” seated early wooden / papier-mache toy – man on handle $150.
20” English Wax Montanari look, stamp on body – Emma S. Windsor, South Kensington, blue pw eyes, HH inserted (sparse in back), wax finish scuffed $595.
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at the First Russian Art Exhibition. The exhibition travelled through Europe and ended in Paris in 1928. Propaganda porcelain was also sold in government shops set up especially for the purpose in Petrograd and Moscow. Until that time, the government porcelain factory had never had points of sale, since all production was intended for the court in the time of the tsars. Despite their high prices, all pieces on offer sold quickly. Revenues covered all production costs. The propaganda porcelain may have been purchased by collectors and foreigners rather than the workers and farmers for whom it was actually intended. The propaganda porcelain aroused curiosity wherever it was shown, whether within the country or abroad. The vivid colours and unique patterns of the agitprop porcelain left no one indifferent, thus fulfilling the intentions of their creators. A lack of materials demanded a pragmatic solution, so the new art was made on porcelain of the past- from the period of the tsars: When it took over the State Porcelain Factory, the new administration found a large number of white porcelain objects from the tsarist period. Back then, it was common practice to produce a certain number of articles Peasant Carrying Water, 1920s in advance. Dishes, bowls, plates, platters, mugs, teapots, teacups, and Kazimir Severinovich Malevich saucers bore the monogram of the ruling tsar and the current year and Pencil on paper were stored until an order was received from the royal household. Only then were the requested objects painted, glazed, and fired. Unfinished porcelain objects from the reign of the last tsar, Nicholas II (1894–1917), were found in the factory. There was also an inventory with the monogram of his father Alexander III (1881–1894), his grandfather Alexander II (1855–1881), and even pieces from Nicholas I (1825–1855). After the death of a tsar, the unfinished pieces with his monogram were just pushed to the back on the storage shelves, to be found after the revolution. At first, artists only painted on pieces bearing the year 1917 on them. These are extremely rare and sought-after collectors’ items today. Between April and December 1917, the pieces were marked with an uncrowned eagle within a broken circle and the date 1917. This was the symbol of the provisionary government. The symbol was used further between January and May 1918, but without a date. After May 1918, artists began using earlier plates that already bore monograms. They covered the imperial sign with an oval or diamond-shaped green or black patch and added the seal of the State Porcelain Factory with the hammer, sickle, and tooth of a gear wheel as well as the year the piece was made. From 1921 onward, they usually left the imperial monogram uncovered and simply added the symbol of the State Porcelain Factory and the year. Suprematism (From the Latin word supremus, the highest) is a visual arts and modern movement related to futurism and
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constructivism. It arose in Russia and lasted from 1915 to the beginning of the 1930s. Kazimir Malevich, who developed this artistic style, understood suprematism to be the prioritisation of pure feeling over objective nature. Malevich designed a teapot that looked like a locomotive and some demitasses that were literally teacups cut in two. Nikolai Suetin also designed unusual teapots and a series of little inkstands that look like horizontal architecture or spatial compositions. The objects were very interesting and inspiring, but not really practical. Only very few such experimental pieces were actually produced. Suprematists saw the colour white as the ideal foundation, since it suggested weightlessness. This made porcelain the perfect base. For Malevich, the white color also symbolised eternity. These white backgrounds were decorated exclusively with patterns comprising red, yellow, black, and blue triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles. These appeared to interact with each other, to float, and to defy gravity. In 1922 and 1923, Malevich, Suetin, and Ilya Chashnik created designs for decorating porcelain objects, but only the last two actually painted the designs themselves. The first exhibit from the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) abroad took place in 1922. An active interest in avant-garde design and painting from Russia was apparent here. Chashnik and Suetin created one prototype for each of a variety of exhibits, and the factory artists then made a few dozen copies. Prototypes remained in Russia, and copies were sent abroad in order to be exchanged for hard currency. Indeed, it seems that most suprematist pieces were produced especially for export.
Porcelain figures of the revolution
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory produced countless figures in the empire, rococo, and other styles. They were very well executed, but tended to be somewhat boring. After the October Revolution, the State Porcelain Factory produced sculptures that reflected the new era. First a bust of Karl Marx was created, then sometime later a statuette that became known as the Red Guard. This representation of the Red Guard, defender of the People’s State, is the first Soviet porcelain sculpture to show a man of the new era. The figures, by Natalia Danko, became chroniclers of the characters of the new Soviet era. In 1914, Danko was appointed as the director of the sculpting workshop. She grounded her work in the old folk traditions of the Russian genre figures and created statuettes of contemporary relevance. Her themes included people on the streets and everyday life. Danko worked in the porcelain factory for 313 months and created 311 works in this time. (Some of these beautiful pieces are in the exhibit.) Copies of figures by Natalia Danko, such as the Partisan, were even awarded instead of medals by the Red Army in recognition of especially brave deeds. 18
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Vladimir Durov with Wild Animals, 1933 Olga Vladimirovna Kvinikhidze State Porcelain Factory
The Artists of the Exhibit
The October Revolution of 1917 had a significant influence on the formation of the Russian avant-garde. The relationship between art and the everyday lives of people was rethought, which gave rise to a new concept for art. Every artist hired by the government received maximum freedom in the implementation of this new role of art and the search for artistic solutions. The new Vkhutemas, founded in Moscow in 1920, was an influential government school of modern art referred to as the Russian Bauhaus. Works from great Russian avant-garde artists who did porcelain, such as Kandinsky, Malevich, and Suetin, are also on display in the exhibit. Malevich composed the designs for the porcelain pieces but never did his own painting work, while Suetin painted his designs himself.
The Factory
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to serve as gifts. The Imperial Porcelain Manufactory was renamed as the State Porcelain Factory, and from 1925 onward it was called the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory in honour of Michail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711–1765), Russia’s first great scientist. The factory bears this name to this day. After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks had to make pragmatic decisions about how their country would be run. They had given hardly any thought to how the country should be governed once they took it over. For the most part, specialists remained in the posts they had held before the revolution, as was the case with the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, where reorganisation was carried out relatively quickly. Artists and sculptors were classified as workers, so that there couldn’t be any class problems. The artistic bar was also to be raised above the somewhat tasteless standards of the pre-revolutionary time. To this end, the factory was expected to produce pieces that embodied the revolutionary ideals. There were 12 workers in the painting department and a total of 100 workers in the entire factory. Artists had to familiarise themselves with the work previously carried out by the artistic craftsmen and learn to paint brilliant colours on porcelain with a brush. For the art department, Chekhonin hired many new artists, both well-known and lesser-known. Among them were Michail Adamovich, Vasily Timorev, Elisaveta Rozendorf, Elena Danko, Alexandra Shchekatikhina-
Pototskaya, Maria Lebedeva, and Basilka Radonich. Established artists like Vladimir Lebedev and Vasily Kandinsky created designs for the State Porcelain Factory, even though none of them had any idea how to paint porcelain. For many of these painters, working in the factory was their first professional job.
Passionate Collector and Lender: Vladimir Tsarenkov The unique objects shown in the exhibit belong to one of the largest private collections of Russian revolutionary porcelain. Collector Vladimir Tsarenkov owns 700 works of art from his native country. There are approximately 100 globally unique pieces in Tsarenkov’s collection. Even the porcelain factory that produced the objects at the time no longer has any copies archived. It takes great dedication and effort to put together such an extraordinary collection. Vladimir Tsarenkov has made his works of art available to the general public. In 2017 alone, 12 museums around the world will display objects from his collections. This year there is higher-than-normal interest in Russian art, since this year is the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Further information: Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel, Steinenvorstadt 1 CH-4051 Basel Telephone +41 (0)61 225 95 95 www.swmb.museum
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Helen Kish – Artist and Doll-Maker By Ellen Tsagaris
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elen Kish became a doll artist when such doll makers were few and far between. She credits her own originality to this fact; there simply was no one to emulate or imitate, though she was mentored by the legendary Martha Armstrong Hand. Hand encouraged her to study art and anatomy as a classically trained artist might, not dolls. Kish has said that “Of course, all artists draw on inspiration from the work of masters, work that touches us at a deep level. From there, we must learn to tap into our own resources in order to be true to the art that only we can make,” she adds. “Power cannot be borrowed. I believe that at some point, I was able to find this source for myself. Although it is hard to put into words, this source is the wellspring for what I guess you could call my ‘look’.” (Dollsville Dolls and Bearsville Bears, 2017). The Kish “look” has been very successful. Dolls by Helen Kish are displayed all over the world. In over 30 years of doll designing and doll making, Kish has won many awards and has many devoted fans. Collectors see the result of Hand’s advice in the portrait-quality faces of Kish dolls. The delicate painting of Kish doll faces, with their expressive eyes and bee stung lips, is reminiscent of the face painting on French fashion dolls by Huret. On the other hand, Kish doll faces are themselves a study in painting; as any doll maker who is also an artist will tell you, painting doll faces teaches face drawing and portraiture as well. The same steady hand and knowledge of perspective and anatomy is required by both. Recently, Kish has created ball jointed dolls, aka BJD dolls, as her offering to one of the latest crazes in doll collecting. Her dolls can be posed and articulated, and they remind one of the wooden articulated bodies of Poupées Parisiennes and other French and German antiques. Of course, Schoenhut too was famous for making articulated bodies, especially those of his football mannequins. Tiny Riley is only 6 inches tall, but she has 5 points of articulation. She was introduced in 2016 and limited to 120 pieces. Riley is dressed in a red felt pinafore decorated with ABCs. Paired with her dress is a blue cotton blouse in tiny check. Her pale, long blonde mohair wig is topped with a blue bow. Zoe, an 11 inch BJD is made of resin and boasts 14 points of articulation. She represents a preteen girl with long, wavy mohair locks. Some of these dolls wear a mulberry plaid outfit. The Toy Shoppe offers a hand painted example of this dolls. Eight inch balljointed dolls like Gotta Dance date to 2013. Kish BJDs also come in 12 inch models (Olivia Primavera), and 14 inch models (a boy Phoenix Half Pipe-2011). Other antique dolls also had ball jointed bodies, including an unusual doll with a ball jointed wooden body and metal head, hands, and feet called affectionately, “Belinda.” Occasionally, a doll with a composition head and ball jointed body that is not marked surfaces, too. Kish has truly educated herself in how these bodies are constructed. Others educate themselves with dolls, too. G. Stanley Hall, the first person to receive a PH.D. in psychology in the United States, was a student of noted therapist William James. James, in turn, was the brother of novelist Henry James. Hall, and his colleague, Caswell Ellis, wrote a short book called A Study of Dolls (1897). For those interested, this
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slim volume is free through Google Library. Among other things, they argued that dolls were invaluable educational tools. A few years later in 1908, Laura Starr wrote The Doll Book. Starr was a teacher who traveled the world for a year collecting dolls and writing about them. The Doll Book is also available on Google gratis. Starr was herself an educator, and like Hall, she promoted dolls as educational tools. Since those two books were written, many other teachers have recognized the importance of dolls to teaching. One former teacher, Pleasant Middleton, created The American Girls to teach girls among other things, American history and culture. At one point, Helen Kish designed a line of 11 inch dolls for The American Girls series that represented different eras in American history. Each doll had an authentic costume, and the signature Kish Belinda, Ball Jointed Wooden Body, Metal Head, Hands, Feet, painted features. They were well done, but not Mohair Wig. Photo, Courtesy as well received as the 18 inch dolls or the Bitty Kirsten Anderson. Doll, Babies, so they are no longer produced. Author’s Collection. Recently, Kish began creating figurines, like the 7.5 inch resin cast Steampunk. This figurine represents a couple dressed in Steampunk chic, with the traditional, expressive painted face. This, and other figures, are meant to be cake toppers, but would look lovely in a doll case, doll house, shadow box, or gracing a fire place mantel. According to The Toy Shoppe, “This couple has donned their best bib and tucker and are standing up to the choker to help you have a positively bloomin’ special day! It’s like a grand Neo-Victorian fandango of the first water on top of your cake.” (The Toy Shoppe, 2017). There are other Kish figurines in the series including Renaissance Faire, Belle Epoch, Felix and Petunia (two pixies), and Yap and Katu (dog and cat). Most of the figurines are couples, but there are a few single figures as well. The single figures double as boxes. Kish figurines remind collectors of other statuettes included in doll collections, especially antique Heubach figures, Staffordshire figurines, German Badekinder and bathers, Half Dolls, Meissen figurines, Chloe Preston figures, Kewpie statues, and more. Many German, and later Japanese and Occupied Japanese factories turned out bric-a-brac for mantles and curio cabinets, some of them done with incredibly fine workmanship. Kish figures follow in the antique tradition. The truth is, however, that Helen Kish has created a doll-making tradition all her own. Those who would like to read more about Helen Kish, Kish and Co., and Kish dolls should consult Helen Kish: the Artist and her Dolls by Louise Fecher. The book is available on Amazon.com. Spinning Wheel’s Complete Book of Dolls has an excellent chapter on Heubach dolls and figurines. Selected Bibliography Dollsville Dolls and Bearsville Bears. Retrieved 25 March 2017 from www.dollsville.com/index.php?ProductID=3939&CategoryID=94 Fecher, Louise. Helen Kish: The Artist and her Dolls. Cumberland, MD: Reverie Press, 2006. Hall, G. Stanley and Caswell Ellis A Study of Dolls. E.L. Kellogg, 1897. “Kish & Co.” The Friend Company. Retrieved 25 March, 2017 from www.friendcompany.com/kishand.htm. Revi, Albert Christian. Spinning Wheel’s Complete Book of Dolls. Galahad Books, 1975. Starr, Laura. The Doll Book. University of California Libraries, 1908. The Toy Shoppe. Retrieved 26 March 2017 from www.thetoyshoppe.com.
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A preview of the mechanical dolls and automata in Auction Team Breker’s sale on May 20, 2017 “Dolls are trifles” wrote Charles Dickens in an 1853 essay in his weekly magazine Household Words. “True; but are they such trifles as to be quite unworthy of the notice of all except miniature-women of doll-loving juvenility?”
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n Dickens’ observation rests a question that has preoccupied collectors and historians ever since dolls came to be regarded as objects worthy of study in their own right. Is the doll a plaything or an artwork, a commodity or a collectable? In her essay “Dickens’ Dollmaker” Elizabeth Williamson examines the motif of Jenny Wren, the doll’s dressmaker of Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865), in the context of the 19th century doll as “a commercial product and a social icon”. In a scene from the second chapter of Book Three, Jenny proudly points to her costumes in a toy shop window: “....a dazzling semicircle of dolls in all the colors of the rainbow, who were dressed for presentation at court, for going to balls, for going out driving, for going out on horseback, for going out walking, for going to get married, for going to help other dolls to get married, for all the gay events of life.”
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Jenny is an adult-child whose work as an independent couturier in miniature provides the financial means for herself and her alcoholic father. Although the character is a mechanism for Dickens to discuss serious social issues, she still has something say to modern readers about the magnitude of the doll trade in the 19th century. Indeed, as Dickens argues in Household Words, far from being a frivolous occupation, doll-making brings into play aesthetics, mechanical skill, individual and even national idiosyncrasies. Moreover, “their manufacture employs hundreds of hands, and gives bread to many families”. Some of the figures quoted are astounding. An English manufacturer of glass beads received a single order for five hundred pounds’ worth of doll’s-eyes. A glass firm in Murano sold “cheap and common” eyes with a simple painted iris for sixpence per dozen but, if “if the doll be a great lady,” fine eyes at the extravagant price of three or fourpence a pair.
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Automaton Pierrette by Gustave & Henry Vichy, with bisque portrait head by Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Estimate: €12,00 – 18,000 / $12,700 – 19,100.
“Chinese Tea Server” automaton by Leopold Lambert, with Jumeau character bisque head and fine original costume, circa 1888. Estimate: €4,000 – 6,000 /$4,200 – 6,350.
Dickens’ essay reads like a ‘who’s who’ of 18th and 19th century innovation: Madame Montanari; the anatomical modeler Dr. Auzoux; Fleischmann, the miniaturist of Sonneberg; Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, patentee of the metronome and operator of Von Kempelen’s automaton Chess Player; engineers of artificial life Jacques de Vaucanson and Pierre Jaquet-Droz. By listing doll-makers alongside anatomists and horologists, the author not only acknowledges the weighty nature of the toy trade, but its interconnectedness with other, greater industries. “...the more ladylike dolls have a wider and larger manufacturing importance; they are the product of many minds and many hands. Like a watch, they have to derive one component part from one artist, one from a second, one from a third; while the master-hand puts together all the little bits which others have made for him.” The use of the term ‘artist’ recognizes the skill in toymaking and draws an implicit link between the cottage worker and the countess, for “aristocracy and democracy (also) find their way into the doll world”. The piecemeal nature of toy production persisted throughout the century. A visitor to automaton-maker Leopold Lambert’s factory in Paris described “a clockmaker’s shop – two workers, an apprentice, a day worker – a workshop with skilled seamstresses and milliners: six women”. A production piece such as the ‘Chinoise Verseuse’ called for the co-operation of an astounding number of artisans: the cartonnier to mould the papier-mâché body, the gear-cutter for the clockwork motor, the Jumeau factory for the bisque head and hands and, not least, the seamstress Eugénie Bourgeois Lambert for the costume. Antique DOLL Collector
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‘Monkey Schoolmaster’ automaton by JeanMarie Phalibois, 1878. Estimate: €8,000 – 12,000 / $8,500 – 12,750.
Jean-Marie Phalibois’ ink stamp used at the time of the Exposition Universelle of 1878.
During the 19th century, complex clockwork figures represented the aristocracy of the doll universe. According to Dickens, a speaking doll “rises to the dignity of an automaton,” suggesting that automata themselves transcended the fields of toy-making and mechanics alone. In France the manufacture of toys fell into the category of bimbeloterie, defined loosely as the art of making children’s trinkets and selling them. The novelist Victor Hugo describes a “boutique de bimbeloterie” as “glittering with tinsel, glass and magnificent tinplate objects” as well as fabric and luxurious dolls. By 1872 in the Seine region alone there were around 1,600 manufacturers of toys, employing 1,250 workers at an average of 5 Francs, 50 Cents per day and 2,500 earning an average of 2 Francs per day. The turnover amounted to 8,541,000 Francs per year. The industry was considered important enough to have its own section, Classe 42, at the Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris. The writer of the Guide Conty 26
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de l’Exposition marveled at “toys of every description, each more ingenious than the last”. Jean-Marie Phalibois was one of the exhibitors in the section. His automata, piéces mécanique and fantasies à musique included detailed vignettes under glass domes, such as the monkey schoolmaster and his pupil. Even at the time, the cost of such an object was significant. Automata, like the Montanari dolls Dickens encountered at the Great Exhibition of 1851, were “adapted rather for the children of the wealthy than for general sale”. The London importer Silber & Fleming advertised a larger version of the monkey schoolmaster for £22, 10 shillings in its 1884 catalogue at a time when a senior bank clerk earned around £100 a year. The same catalogue carried an advertisement for the ‘Negro Fruit Seller’ at the princely sum of £7, 7 shillings. This large automaton by Gustave Vichy, “richly dressed in colored satin,” carries a tray with three upturned papiermâché fruits (an apple, a pear and an orange) that open
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Illustration from Silber & Fleming’s 1884 catalogue. ‘Marchand des Fruits’ automaton by Gustave Vichy, circa 1880. Ex-collection of Betty Cadbury. Estimate: €25,000 – 30,000 / $26,800 – 32,100.
to disclose three mechanical apparitions: a monkey’s head turning from side to side, a waltzing couple and a white mouse running in circles. The significance of the magical orange would not have been lost on 19th century audiences familiar with the spectacle of the ‘Marvelous Orange Tree’ illusion created and performed by Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, whose mystery clocks, automata and stage illusions exploited the unexpected association. “The art of conjuring bases its deceptions upon manual dexterity, mental subtleties, and the surprising results which are produced by the sciences,” he wrote in Secrets of Conjuring and Magic: Or How to Become a Wizard in 1878. Robert-Houdin, one of the first gentleman magicians, is also widely credited as introducing evening dress into stage performance. By contrast, Alexandre-Nicolas Théroude’s magician clock produced during the 1860s harks back to an earlier and more exotic tradition in which magicians appeared in robes to heighten their oriental associations.
Théroude began his professional life as a wholesale dealer of toys and, after his first bankruptcy, re-established business and began the manufacture of automata in around 1840. His numerous patents for mechanical toys, wheeled toys, walking dolls and automata testify to his great ingenuity and yet comparatively few of his inventions survived his second and final bankruptcy in 1878. Théroude’s career is emblematic of the toy market at the time, characterized by fervor, invention, international gains and sudden, unpredictable losses. In an advert published some twenty years after Théroude went out of business, Gustave Vichy could claim that “modern electrical equipment allows (him) to construct an automaton mechanically so to speak, whereas formerly everything had to be done entirely by hand, which resulted in high prices.” Not every large-scale maker had the foresight or the opportunity to adapt his production methods in this way. Neither did every small-scale artisan have a representative to champion his individual rights, as Vichy did for the Antique DOLL Collector
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Magician automaton by Théroude with original Turkish costume trimmed with Dresden paper. Estimate: €18,000 – 25,000 / $19,000 – 26,500.
collective cause of the French toy-makers as president of the Chambre Syndicale des Fabricants de Jouets et Jeux. As Dickens was aware, there was a great difference between the production methods and the price of an expensive automaton, toy or doll: “Little girls would look sad to learn what a small fractional part of a penny a woman receives for stuffing a pair of arms.” Though recognizing the artistry and economic usefulness of toys too luxurious for working-class families to afford and too sophisticated for middle and upper-class children to play with alone, Dickens and his contemporaries nevertheless leveled a certain amount of criticism at the social conditions which influenced their production. For additional information about the pieces presented in this article, see advert on page 64 of this issue and www.breker.com. References: Christian Bailly, Automata, the Golden Age, 1848 – 1914. Arthur Chandler, “The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878”, expanded from World’s Fair Magazine, Vol. VI, No. 4, 1986: www.arthurchandler.com. Charles Dickens, Household Words, Volume Vol. VII, March – August 1853, “Dolls,” pp. 352 – 356. Mary Hillier, Automata & Mechanical Toys, 1976. Elizabeth Williamson, “Dickens’ Dollmaker”: www.academia.edu www.victorianweb.org
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The Tarnowska Collection
A Personal Perspective by Francois Theimer – French Doll Historian and Expert have known the Countess Maree Tarnowska for many years, since the late 1980s, and I’ve seen her collecting dolls in America, in England and in France. I know her to be a true doll connoisseur and her historical collection of French fashion dolls and clothing is curated impeccably. This month I have the pleasure of assisting with the sale of her collection which is being auctioned in Paris on May 27, 2017. This is a great event for French antique dolls. This collection, this gathering of dolls, can be viewed as a garden, a garden that was lovingly gathered and nourished painstakingly over forty years. It is a great privilege to share this event with the world. I must say that Countess Maree Tarnowska is indeed one of the best experts I ever met. Her collection is like immortal flowers. Each of them certainly had its own history with her, but equally as The Lady in Gold, Parisienne poupéee by important is the patrimony and witnesses to history that Emile Louis Jumeau. each one represents. Pressed bisque head on swivel neck, closed For, in my view, dolls are history and this collection mouth, blue insert enamel addresses and illuminates our French cultural past. I eyes, original folding body with bisque forearms. believe that the dolls we are talking about, the ones Brown original mohair wig. Extraordinary gown in the Countess’s garden, are showing our history with fine pearl decoration in the most beautiful, artful manner ever. This on the front, pink silk pompom, pink pearls and period of the 18th and 19th Century that we are miniature glass pieces. covering here is the greatest artistic moment for Pearl jewelry and colored stones — collar, bracelet French culture and style. Never before or after and earrings H 18”. has there been so great a flowering. Such ideas The doll looks like the painting by Gustav Klimt, are embodied in the dolls here. The Lady in Gold. Each of these dolls is in its original costume and in ninety-nine percent of the cases they are in very good condition (dolls and costumes) so they represent a part of the history of doll-making that is a rare panorama of French fashion in the 19th century, a century that, in France, can be considered a “reborn century,” coming only a few years after the terrible French Revolution. Imagine the enormous changes in life for all people. Yet, shortly, through the coming decades they became — from Napoleon First through Napoleon III - the most rich and admired country in all Europe. This short period was culturally like coming from Hell and walking into Paradise! And of course dolls are the best witnesses of this dramatic and paradoxical, exciting period.
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Parisienne poupee by Emile Louis Jumeau, pressed bisque head with swivel neck on shoulderplate, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes, original folding leather body. H 18”. Original red mohair wig on original cork pate. Wears ivory colored silk wedding gown with train and faux cut, lace border and wax flower crown (circa 1878) Original leather shoes with heels signed C.C. on sole, original undergarments. Extremely rare Parisienne poupée by Brasseur Videlier, pressed bisque head with swivel neck on shoulder plate, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes. Placed on fully articulated wood body by Emile Louis Jumeau with fitted wrists, original blonde mohair wig, Silk fancy dress with bells and matched hat, original undergarments, original leather shoes and socks. H 16” (circa 1875) Presented with her contemporary made white plush bear H 12”.
Parisienne poupée with pressed bisque head with swivel neck on shoulderplate by Emile Louis Jumeau, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes, original folding leather body with separated fingers. H 14”. Wears two-piece muslin with pleats on the skirt with long train. Original blonde mohair wig. Lace résille with flowers, leather boots with heels (circa 1875), crinoline under the dress.
The auction display starts with a show of the early “New Elegance” of style for women at the beginning of the 19th century — beginning with glimpses of such light and translucent women’s dresses that were inspired by Antique clothing styles of Greece, then followed on year after year by the French Fashion evolution during all that century. Step by step you can admire the fine and elegant work of the French couturiers, unique, artistic, and so perfect, totally inimitable. You can also in this collection admire the work of the French doll assemblers, firstly, and, secondly, the work of the doll makers. This is the particular industry which, at this time, created dolls and their accouterments and surroundings. This was done in an artistic way that would prepare the younger generations to fully appreciate and enjoy beauty and perfection in the things they made. Antique DOLL Collector
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Mademoiselle Louise - Parisienne poupée by Adélaïde Calixte Huret, pressed bisque head, swivel neck on shoulder plate with moulded and painted face, original full articulated gutta percha body with original painting, original skin wig. 18”. Also, original leather label on the torso indicating the silver medal that this company won in 1867 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The doll holds a pair of real miniature glasses in her right hand. Her gown is similar at the one sold by Mademoiselle Bereux for the famous doll “Blondinette d’Avranches” This doll comes with a trunk containing items such as a red leather case with miniature cards for “Mademoiselle Louise,” antique silk umbrella with bone handle, three bonnets made by Mademoiselle Bereux, and more.
Rare Parisienne poupee, fully articulated, wood, made by Achille Bulle Joseph Demontois (circa 1867), sculpted and decorated face, human hair wig. H 14”. Original black silk dress with plated corsage and belt buckle with red enamel, white and golden metal, double flounce on the bottom. Fine résille gloves and golden metal bracelet on the left arm.
Parisienne poupee by Leontine Rohmer, turning head patented 1858 with shoulder plate, original folding leather body with china arms and wooden legs. H 16”.Original blonde mohair wig. Green and black lined taffeta dress with black velvet decoration, matching hat. Antique leather shoes with heels, antique socks, antique undergarments. 32
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Parisienne poupée by Léon Casimir Bru, pressed bisque head with swivel neck on shouderplate, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes, original brown mohair wig, original full articulated wood body patented in 1869. Original dress with long train, bicolored silk, original undergarments and small patched hat, antique white leather boots. H 18” (circa 1870)
These French dolls today bear the name of their creators, like famous painters’ signatures: Mademoiselle Huret, (The first artistic leader in the doll making world, an extraordinary woman in a man’s world) Emile Louis Jumeau (the second son of Pierre François, he became the number one in France of a new generation of doll makers) Léon Casimir Bru (from the south of France with his singing French accent) Mademoiselle Rohmer (who wanted to follow her master, Mlle Huret) and so many others. Never before and never after has France made such beautiful items.
Parisienne poupée by Emile Louis Jumeau, pressed bisque head with swivel neck on shoulder plate, original fully articulated wood body with leather cover and bisque arms. H 16”. Original brown mohair wig . Original silk two colored lined gown on crinoline with blue satin fringe covering. Matched hat, original leather shoes (circa 1875) Original underwear.
The Countess, in her deep feeling for the art of dolls, kept all these jewels together for years, sometimes selling one to buy another doll that challenged her, but always seeking to perfect her ‘garden’. Always the result is the pleasure of contemplation doubled by the pleasure of acquiring knowledge. Now, it’s your turn to pick flowers for your own garden - François Theimer Please come to our “Doll Weekend” in Paris! Auctions are May 27 and 28, 2017. Countess Maree Tarnowska’s collection auction is on the May 27 and the next day we have another doll and toy auction. The public view is from 10 am to 1 pm and the auction starts at 2 pm. More information at www.theimer.fr
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Artist doll by Huret (Elisa Prevost period) (circa 1904) ; poured bisque head, signed Huret on the neck, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes, fully articulated original wooden body with fine metal hands. Original brown mohair wig, original silk dress with short sleeves and fine pearls decoration, matched hat, pink silk undergarments. Original leather shoes. H 18”.
Parisienne poupée by Marie Emmanuel Cruchet, pressed bisque head on swivel neck on shoulder plate, closed mouth, blue insert enamel eyes, original articulated wooden body with leather covering, patented 1862, metal arms and bisque forearms. Two-piece green wool gown, matched straw hat, blue leather boots with heels. H 18”. Original lamb wig.
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Who Is Countess Maree Tarnowska?
er family name is famous in history, but Maree is mostly known as a collector and dealer of antique dolls internationally. Many of you will know her name from her excellent book, “Fashion Dolls,” probably still one of the best guides for collectors in the field. The success of this work lead to her entertaining worldwide lecture series, and then in turn to another book “Rare Character Dolls” written in collaboration with the late Richard Wright in the USA where she now lives. Marlis Tabizel recalls her in the catalog introduction: “In the 1960s and 70s I remember her as the almost impossibly glamorous collector with a shop in the Antique Hyper Market in Kensington High Street in west London. There she presided over a stunningly beautiful window display facing the road...and she sold some of the very best antique dolls to international collectors. She was, and is, passionate and generous about her subject and passed on her knowledge especially of fashion dolls and their clothes. She has a marvelous eye for detail and quality... this is a unique collection from a very special and equally unique person,” — M T
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Antique & Collectible Doll Auction Saturday, May 20, 2017 Doors open at 8:00 a.m. AUCTION STARTS AT 9 AM
Preview: Friday May 19th FROM 2-7 PM Our Spring, 2017 Doll Auction will include over 430 lots from estates and collections from near and far. Contents of each lot will vary from a single doll to multiple amounts of dolls, etc. in each lot. This auction includes something for everyone whether you are a beginning collector, someone who likes to repair, fix or dress up dolls to the more discriminating collector or dealer looking for that special doll! Beginning at 9 am we will start selling discovery type lots which include vintage doll bodies, parts, wigs, clothes, shoes, all kinds and types of dolls, some which need repair/clothes, etc. Also included in this area of the auction is a collection of ethnic dolls in original costume obtained from a local public library that once used these for display purposes.
Listed here are some of the interesting antique bisque dolls we will be selling: A.M. #353 & 590, Kestners #164, 192, 235, 257 & Baby Jean, Sonnenberg #630, Kley & Hahn #525, Heubach “Coquette” and #7602 & 7759, S & H 1009, K Star R #100, Belton #121, DEP #15 (Simon & Halbig) head stamped Tete Jumeau, made for the French market, 21” open mouth Jumeau (small hairline on upper left side of neck), Grace Putnam Bye-Lo’s, small all-bisque German dolls, doll house dolls, 5 3/4” bisque shoulder head Kewpie #1387 5/0 on cloth body w/bisque star fish hands plus many other interesting bisque dolls not listed here!
Early dolls, etc. including a lot of (2) Joel Ellis wooden dolls (each need restoration), Alabama Baby, papier mache’ head dolls, (2) Milliner’s model dolls, (2) Biedermeir china head dolls, Emma Clear parian head girl w/molded bonnet, Ruth Gibbs china head dolls of various sizes, antique china head doll with covered wagon hairdo, Martha Chase girl with molded side part, Lenci #109, Dean’s Rag Book doll “Smart Set Elegant Lady,” black cloth folk art dolls, 1940’s Dora Petzold boy, plus more!
Collectible dolls, etc. will feature a vintage #3 Barbie, #1017 Barbie Wedding Party four doll set and other collectible Barbies and friends including some by Bob Mackie plus MIB Barbies, etc., desirable Richard Wright dolls (each MIB) include: Teddy Bear, Piglet, Kanga and Roo, Clifford Berryman, Columbine and Wizard of Oz Lullaby League 3 pc. doll set, vintage Lenci dolls, Madame Alexander cloth dolls: Dickens Boy, Alice in Wonderland, Little Dorritt and Agnes, contemporary German artist doll created by the late Peter Wolf, a gorgeous 14” hard plastic Mary Hoyer (legs need to be restrung), Ideal Toni, Patti Playpal, 32” Saucy Walker (A/O), other collectible dolls include Sweet Sue, Shirley Temple, Ginger, Ginny, Miss Revlon, Betsy McCall & others, vintage Steiff animals plus Steiff Circus Train and other circus animals, A. Himstedt 30” Lise - N. Mt., nice amount of newer MIB fashion/glamour dolls by Robert Tonner, Ashton Drake Gene dolls and Madame Alexander and much, much, more!
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Elegance in Miniature Wax By Linda Holderbaum
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Three ladies and a noble man show the simplified but intriguing costuming of these 5 to 5 ½-inch dolls. Extreme details were taken with the construction of the clothing. Silk fabrics used for the dresses of these court people is shredding in various places. The smaller doll (second from the left) has probably been re-dressed.
ranslucent and warm to the touch, wax has been used for doll making since the 1700s (and probably earlier). A wonderful material for making life-like images, the material is also very delicate and does not easily withstand the test of time. The miniature beauties featured in this article stand between 5 and 6-inches in height. All have beeswax type heads set on hemp torsos with wire armature for the arms and legs. While they all have carved wooden boots, their hands are made of wax with individually detailed fingers. The eyes appear to be black beads. Several of the dolls appear to have been made by the same artist—having the same facial structure. Some of the clothing has probably been replaced but it is felt the dolls are for the most part original and were most likely constructed sometime in the nineteenth century.
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Wax dolls populate many of the early doll houses. In the collection of the famous Mon Plaisir or ‘My Delight” doll house created by Princess Augusta of Schwartzburg over 350 miniature wax dolls, representing courtiers, servants and noble people, occupy the various rooms. The vast picture of eighteen century life created through this collection of dolls and doll houses resides in the Schlossmuseum in Arnstadt. There is no information on the manufacturer or origin of the dolls seen here. If only they could talk and tell us where they had traveled and what they had done. Anyone with additional information on these dolls, please contact me at Lholderbau@aol.com. Thank you to my sister, Rosemary Deal, for allowing me to use these dolls for this article. It is a great passion of ours and we enjoy sharing our collections with each other and with the readers!
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These two dolls, dressed in very simple home-spun type clothing lead us to believe that they were made to depict servants or towns people. The man stands 6 Ÿ-inches tall. This close-up of the man shows his kind, slightly smiling face. The detail to his face includes the careful molding of his eyes including the creases over his eyelids. The hair of his beard is stuck to the wax instead of inserted as hair often was on the larger wax dolls. The rather stern looking servant or town’s woman has her head covered with a medieval type hat. She has no hair. The character type look to her face leads us to believe that she may have been made as a portrait of a real person.
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A courtly pair wearing garments of nobility, the man (right) shows the extended neck similar to the servant man. Perhaps the elongated neck was used so the beard could be emphasized. Metallic thread is used to decorate the costumes and the man sports a tall faux black hat (a replacement of an original fur hat?). The lady (left) has a long train edged with brown mink fur that flows out behind her.
This 5 ½-inch young noble man has a very elaborate hat which may have had later additions. The shoulders on his dark pink shirt are starting to shred. He is the only doll from this set that is showing condition problems with the wax on his face.
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Another doll with a longer neck similar to the gentlemen, this head is similar in style to the other close-up. Her delicate clothing has seen the addition of various colors of yarn wrapped around her torso and sleeves—probably used to brighten her costume.
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This detail of one of the postcards that was available for sale of the Mon Plaisir Collection shows the tremendous attention to detail seen on these earlier eighteenth century dolls. The wax ladies have deep wax molded chest plates. The elaborate costumes and detailing was somewhat easier as they are slightly taller, up to 12-inches, then those pictured in this article. The dolls in this collection all have wax hands that end at the wrist attached to a wire armature. Many of the earlier eighteenth century dolls, particularly in the Mon Plaisir collection, have wax hands that extend up to the elbow. Note the detail of the fingers. With all the care given to the construction of these dolls, you would think there would be more detail given to the feet, but all the dolls have these same crude wooden carved shoes.
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1877 Jumeau Walking Dress By Margaret Kincaid
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1877 Jumeau Walking Dress Finished Back of Coat Dress
This dress is part of the original wardrobe of a very early Jumeau first series size 1 from the Musee de la Poupee in Paris. She is a 16 inch tall doll. This is a deceptively simple garment which depends on careful tailoring. This dress is made with cream color wool. I have used antique wool baby garment (this pattern used two baby wool petticoats). The trim is a very bright royal blue silk. The color has faded and I have chosen to match the more subtle faded blue. You will need a total of 9 feet of blue silk covered piping - find cording 2/10ths of a centimeter wide. Cut silk 1 ½ inches wide on the bias – cover the cord with the bias silk stitch along the edge with small running stitches.
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You will also need cream silk embroidery or buttonhole floss. When using this pattern, trace the pieces on tracing paper; so you can continue to refer to the original. Lay out following arrows showing direction of weave of fabric. *seams are not machine sewn but hand sewn with back stitch*
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Start on the pleated back skirt – 1 ¼” turn under ¼” and 1 ¼” again iron – hem with running stitch. Cut a piece of cream wool 8 ½” x 23” for the pleats in the back of the skirt Make 8 pleats across the back each fold at a peak or valley in the back jacket the last pleat on the right edge. 42
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Start with center back pieces wool together with lining, sandwich the piping between. Pin it together and stitch with back stitch. Do the same thing with the side seams. Trim the seams and whip stitch the edges. Put piping on the bottom of the jacket back and use silk edge of piping to hem the jacket. Be careful to maintain the points – I stitched it twice. Clip the inside and outside points before trimming and hemming. Stitch the sides together with piping in the seam. Match the hems with the pleated back skirt loose – the pleated skirt goes behind the back piece.
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Attach pleats to dress with cross stitches.
Pleats Do Not Line Up On Inside
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Sew shoulder seams. Baste pleats in place and iron. Try dress on a doll and adjust any seams that do not lay smoothly. Turn dress over firmly stitch pleats in place and attach to the jacket back with cross stitched tacking stitching. Turn and whip stitch all the seams.
Sleeves & Cuffs
Sleeves – Use cream wool. Match the A’s and B’s of the cream wool and stitch with a back stitch. Cotton lining - Match A’s and B’s again and stitch with running stitch. Press sleeve – I used tightly rolled paper towels in the sleeve. Insert lining inside sleeve. There is piping around the armhole. -First baste the piping around the armhole -Then baste the sleeve with lining match the A’s to the mark on the back -Check to make sure it is eased into the armhole with no wrinkles -Back stitch carefully around the armhole making sure it is tight and neat Cuffs - Sew the piping on the silk then stitch the lining to the silk and turn it inside out. Make sure the point of the cuff is pointy. Sew the sides of the cuff together. Turn inside out. With the sleeve right side out place the cuff inside the sleeve. Put the cuff seam where it is marked.
Hems - Double check the length of the hem. Pin in place. The hem of the original garment is not hemstitched but stitched with small running stitches. (7 or 8 to the inch) Make sure to tack down the piping where it is folder over.
Hat
This is a little hat which sits on top of the dolls head. The base is medium weight buckram. Cut a circle as shown.
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Try the coat on your doll. It is a double breasted coat and you can adjust it now. If you do not need to change anything proceed with the pattern as it is drawn. There is Piping down the front right side. The original is faced with wool, but the baby wool I am using is too thick; so I have faced it with the white cotton. After you have stitched the wool piping and facing together, trim the seam; so it is not too thick for the button holes you will be putting in. Left Side- Turn under the wool and straight stitch. Turn under the white lining to cover the raw edge. Try on again to make sure everything fits. Buttons – Place the buttons where they are shown on the pattern. The buttonholes are done by hand with silk thread in the Keyhole pattern. Pocket – sew lining to the top seam of the pocket turn it and press the seam so only the silk shows on the front then sew the piping to both the lining and the silk. Leave enough at the top to turn it under. Press everything so you have a finished pocket. Stitch to garment where it is shown in the pattern. Collar – make sure the collar lays flat or otherwise adjust. The collar is blue silk cut on the bias. Only ¼ inch of silk should show on the collar. Stitch the silk strip ¼ inch from the collar opening. Turn over the fabric and whipstitch invisibly on the inside of the collar opening. Fold over the ends of the opening carefully and stitch with small stiches which do not show.
Wire Basting
Fold the edges of the hat up along the dotted lines. The diameter of the hat should be 3 inches. Put a circle of florists wire in the fold. I wrapped a couple of 12 inch long pieces of florists wire into 3 inch diameter circles. Baste the fold with the wire in it and trim off about 3/8ths of an inch as you see on the pattern. This should leave about 3/8ths of an inch of buckram folded up. This is the base of the hat. The crown of the hat is made of the same wool as the body of the dress. Cut a circle of wool following the pattern. Attach the edge of the circle of wool just above the edge of the trimmed buckram using little tucks.
Baste Down Wool
Push wire together to make an oval.
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Randomly tack the wool to the crown of the hat making interesting crinkles and folds. I used two tiny stitches at each place and attached it at about 16 different points. Blue silk trim - Cut a piece of the blue silk on the bias 4 ½ inches X 12 inches. Fold under about ž inches. Put the raw edge at the rim and tack down about ½ inch from top edge stop before the other end. Put another tuck in and stitch it down. Before finishing with the blue silk put in the hat lining.
Cording
Take a length of cream colored silk 6 ply embroidery floss 36 to 40 inches long. Tie a 3 inch loop in each end. Put your fingers through each loop and start to twist one end. Twist it about 100 times.
Twist in one direction
For the lining use about 11 inches of 2 inch wide cream silk ribbon. Attach one edge of the ribbon with whip stitches to the rim. Stitch together the raw edges on the inside. Gather the other edge of the ribbon, pull it tight and make a knot. Poke the lining up into the crown of the hat. Return to the Blue silk trim. Make one more tuck in the silk.
Take the end of the tucked silk and turn it under and tack it down. This seam is now the side of the Hat. Now turn the raw edge of the silk into the inside of the hat. Hem this to the silk lining. The blue silk is trimmed with knotted silk cording. Silk cording is now very difficult to find; so I make my own.
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Put the two ends together and pull on the middle. Let go the ends and hope it twists up. You can pull out the twists and you should get about 12 inches of cord. Double your 12 inches of cord and put 3 loose knots in it.
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Start with the side with the seam. Place the first knot on the upper knot and tack down, then tack down the second knot in the middle tuck. Tack down the third knot on the bottom tucks. There should be enough cord to the midpoint on the other side and tack it down. Repeat this process on the other side.
B Placement of cording and knots.
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Tassel one side of the hat is accented by a tassel. I wrapped 6ply silk floss around a 1 ž inch card 16 times. Put cording though the loops. Take it off the card and wrap the end by the cording with many layers of silk thread, stitch this down. Tie a double knot in the silk cording. Stitch the raw ends of the cord down to the seam on the side. Each side has a very charming pattern of three leaves made of cording. Follow the drawn pattern. Be very careful to tack down the raw ends because the silk will easily fray.
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Folding Line For Buckram Trimming Line For Buckram
Cutting Line For Buckram Cutting Line For Cream Wool
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Facing Cut One Match dots 1 and 2 , tape together to make this pattern piece.
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14” JDK #152 Child, blue sl. eyes, mint pale bisque, old wig & orig. JDK pate, ant. wool jumper & cotton blouse, ant. hat, ant. leather shoes, GREAT orig. “signed” JDK body, DARLING!! $850.
18-1/2” S & H #1279 Character, mint pale bisque, sl. eyes, early flyaway brows, early model, 2 upper teeth, GREAT orig. mohair wig & pate, orig. dress, undies, socks, pink leather shoes & ant. ribbon & lace bonnet, orig. S & H body. Absolutely STUNNING!!! SALE...$2450.
16” Tete Jumeau #6, perfect bisque, pw eyes, Jumeau mohair wig & orig. pate, ant. Fr. wool & velvet dress, Fr. hat, orig. chemise & undies, ant. Fr. leather shoes w/rosettes & muff, orig. “signed” Jumeau body, fully “signed” head w/ head coil in tact. EXTRAORDINARILY beautiful face!! $5200.
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Gorgeous 15” rare Kestner pouty. Pale bisque. CM. SW.BR. glass eyes. Body finish original and in excellent condition. Thick curled blonde mohair wig. Old socks and BL. leather shoes. The dress is stunning and rare with tatting and lace in front and back of dress.Two tassels at shoulders.Fabulous straw hat with copper colored velvet and BL. and copper silk bow. A BEAUTY $ 5,600
11” JDK #221 Googlie, perfect bisque, huge side glancing eyes, watermelon mouth, orig. wig & JDK pate intact, ant. batiste dress lined w/blue cotton, ant. lace hat, orig. slip, socks & leather shoes, orig. fully jointed chunky JDK body. ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! $5800. 4.5” JDK All Bisque, sl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, “swivel neck” orig. mohair wig & ant. dress, multi strap boots, orig. body with RARE 2 clenched fists. ADORABLE!! Only...$2375.
3/4” Antique Perfume Bottles. Both are brass with bail for chatelaine or to ad a pin, one has red stone on one side & blue on the other, other long has 3 stones of turquoise & red. Both have their caps which do come off, perfect. $295. EACH
10” Fire A Steiner. Dark features. Dark mohair wig. Beautiful modelling. Dressed is gorgeous peach colored cotton dress with lace. White leather shoes with buckles on toe box. Ivory silk bow in hair. Nails are white tipped. indicating that this doll was made for the Paris toy store Au Nain Bleu. $ 2,550.
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Eugene Kupjack Silversmith shop. A master silversmith, all of the miniature silver pieces were created and forged by Kupjack. Photo: J. Craft-Hurst Kupjack Georgian Dining Room. Representing Era: 1714–1830. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
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kitchen set, eventually inspired the desire for a place where her growing collection could be shared. When Walter and Patricia moved to Tucson in 1979, Pat’s interest in miniatures was rekindled. After collecting for 30 years, Pat Arnell was finally able to share that collection with the public, when their dream of a museum became a reality. On September 1, 2009, the 15,000 square foot non-profit Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures opened its doors – an amazing museum that is a true gift from the Arnells to the City of Tucson. When first entering the museum, visitors are greeted by a state-of-the art multi-media presentation introducing them to the world of miniatures. Visitors can then begin their journey, either through the ‘Enchanted Realm’ or through the ‘History Gallery.’ The ‘History Gallery’ contains an incredible collection of doll houses and room boxes. The oldest item in the collection is a Nuremburg Kitchen room box from 1742. Beautiful cabinet doll houses from England, filled with dolls, including a tiny Grodnertal doll, grace the room. The Daneway House, circa 1775, holds a grand position in the first of the historical rooms. Known as a typical 18th century Baby House, this large cabinet has been loving restored over the years. Photos documenting the restoration process acompany the cabinet and form a fascinating story documenting the piece’s journey. As visitors move through the gallery, they are introduced to the history of doll houses, eventually moving into a fabulous display of mass-produced Bliss, Converse and Schoenhut houses. There also sits an amazing working automaton, displayed on a rotating base, so as to allow the viewer to see both the animated scene and the interior clockwork mechanism. This large 54
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multi-tiered scene (ca. 1885) was created by Emil Wick, a Swiss machinist, born in 1816. Wick’s automaton is a large village, with moving characters representing different members of society - from dancers to workers, to village people getting water. This piece is truly a work of art. Another unique addition to the museum is a doll house built completely of cigar boxes. Mostly made of boxes from the “Just Suits” brand, the house has thus been blessed with
the name “Just Suits.” The original creator of this house, which was made in Malden, Massachusetts around 1900, was struck and killed by a passing horse-drawn buggy. The subsequent owners chose to remember the builder’s death by placing a tiny skeleton and devil near the front door, and a miniature horse drawn buggy, just outside the house. The museum houses many of the room boxes that originally were in the famous Legoland Museum. They
The Swan Pub by Joanna Scarboro and Oakwood Cottage by Ron and April Gill. Photo: J. Craft-Hurst
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Just Suits cigar box house, Built in Massachusetts ca. 1900. Photos courtesy of The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures Daneway House, circa 1775. Photo courtesy Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.
also have an original piece by Narcissa Nyblack Thorne, designer of the famous Thorne Rooms, now in the Chicago Art Institute and the Phoenix Art Museum. A room featuring intricate silver and metalwork stuns the visitor with its incredible details. This particular room was created by the master miniaturist, Eugene Kupjack, one of the master workers employed by Ms. Thorne in the 1930s. In his lifetime, Kupjack created over 700 miniature pieces, which are currently displayed in museums all over the world. The Mini Time Machine doesn’t only house miniature houses and furniture. Along with the antique dolls meant for the dollhouses, the museum houses two other large doll-focused collections as well. The first collection is a series of 52 miniature dolls each created from a single grain of wheat. These miniature fantasies are displayed in their original tiny glass domes. Made by Elaine Cannon, better known for her 1930s Hickory Nut Dolls, these tiny items are all different and were originally sold to the public in the 1950s at Marshall Fields of Chicago. From beautifully detailed skirts to wide brimmed embellished hats, these dolls are each detailed with loving care, especially sweet in their minute size. A longtime Kewpie fan, Patricia Arnell’s magnificent Rose O’Neil Kewpie collection is also on display at the museum. With rare items such as an original glass Kewpie 56
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1930s Kitchen scene, featuring Pat Arnell’s childhood gift of Strombecker furniture. Photos courtesy of The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
s Automated House Emil Wick ca. 1885, front and back, showing clockwork mechanism. Photos courtesy of The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
Rose window, and one of the rare and desirable Kewpie and Elephant figurines, her Kewpie collection is just as exciting as the miniatures for which the museum is named. The museum also houses many modern miniatures, including Fantasy and Christmas pieces, but it’s the historical items that truly make this museum a destination to visit and enjoy. Amongst the magnificent pieces, there, mounted in the wall, are two room boxes created by Patricia Arnell and featuring her original Strombecker furniture…the pieces she received as a child of the 1930s. These unassuming boxes are truly the reason that the rest
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Pat Arnell’s beloved Kewpie Collection, including rare Kewpie Rose Window and Kewpie Elephant statuette. Photo: J. Craft-Hurst
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of the museum even exists. Without these particular pieces, Patricia’s love for miniatures would never have grown into the magnificent collection that is now lovingly presented in Tucson, Arizona at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. Tucson, AZ 85712 520-881-0606 www.theminitimemachine.org
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Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or Email: adcsubs@gmail.com. If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.
ONGOING
9/20/16‑ 4/30/17. Detroit, MI. Charles H. Wright Museum. I See Me: Reflections in Black Dolls Exhibit. Thewright.org. 3/25‑9/23/17. Germany. Office Antiques, Science & Technology & Fine Toys & Automata Auctions. Auction Team Breker. +49/2236/38 43 40. www. Breker.com. Auction@Breker.com.
4/22‑10/8/17. Switzerland. Russian Masterpieces of Art and White Gold from 1917 to 1927. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.
MAY 2017
4‑6 ~ Essington, PA. Doll & Teddy Bear Convention. Clarion Hotel & Convention Center. Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum. Terry Quinlan. 805‑687‑8901. 4‑7 ~ Framingham, MA. Doll Study Club of Boston Presents Little Women UFDC Region 15 Conference 2017. Sheraton Framingham Hotel. keepthefaith42@ verizon.net. dollcollector@charter.net. 508‑240‑1608.
6‑7 ~ Irving, TX. Marquis Auction of Antique Dolls. Dallas Marriott Las Colinas. Theriaults. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com 6 ~ Batavia, NY. Doll Show. The Quality Inn. Saturday’s Child. Martha Smith. 585‑506‑7948.
6 ~ Maitland, FL. Doll Show. Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. Barbara Keehbauch. 407‑678‑5678. 6 ~ Pleasanton, CA. Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Alameda County Fairgrounds, Building B. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com. 7 ~ Easton, PA. Doll Show. Forks Township Community Ctr. Twin County Doll Collectors. Earl Bethel. 610‑322‑7702.
13 ~ Kokomo, IN. Doll Show. Gay Anne Gressman. 765‑438‑6299.
16 ~ England. Dolls, Dolls Houses and Related Pieces Auction. Spa Hotel Royal . C&T Auctioneers / Valuers. Leigh Gotch. +44(0) 7736 668702 leigh.gotch@candtauctions.co.uk. 18‑20 ~ Suquamish, WA. Ball‑Jointed Doll Expo/ Convention. PNW BJD Expo. Clearwater Casino Resort. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com. 20 ~ Atlanta, GA. Doll Show. Vickey Harris. 404‑543‑8866.
20 ~ Columbus, IN. Doll Show. Bartholomew County Fairgrounds. Dolls Night Out Club. Barb Joy. 812‑376‑9124.
20 ~ Germany. Mechanical Music, Fine Toys & Automata Auction. Auction Team Breker. +49/ 2236/38 43 40 (F) +49/2236/38 43 430. www.breker.com. Auction@Breker.com.
20 ~ Knoxville, TN. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn West Cedar Bluff. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287. www.SouthEasternDollShows.com. 20 ~ Missoula, MT. Doll, Toy, Teddy Bear & Miniatures Show. Ruby’s Inn & Conference Ctr. Bitterroot Blizzard Doll Club. Kay Schrader. 406‑360‑7214. schrader1501@blackfoot.net 20 ~ Nazareth, PA. Antique & Collectible Doll Auction. Dotta Auction Co. 610‑759‑ 7389. www.DottaAuction.com.
20 ~ Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young. Sandy Kline. 818‑368‑4648. 20 ~ Williamsfield, OH. Doll Show. Williamsfield Community Ctr. Heirloom Doll Society. Lynne Morrow. 440‑344‑77747. 21 ~ Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Sherri Gore. 310‑386‑4211.
21 ~ Madison Heights, MI. Doll Show. Doll Show Productions. UFCW Hall. Sharon Napier. 586‑731‑3072.
21 ~ Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show. Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus. Carol Benson. 612‑669‑1613. 21 ~ New Hope, PA. Doll Show. 46 N. Sugan Rd. Mark. 215‑657‑2477.
25‑28 ~ Orlando, FL. 15th Annual Fire‑Flies Convention. International Palms Resort. Cyndi Harris. 321‑431‑3133. www.fire‑fliesdollconvention.com.
27 ~ France. International Prestige Auction of the Countess Maree Tarnowska Collection. Lombrail‑Teucquam Maison De Ventes. Francois Theimer. francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr. www.theimer.fr. (0033) 03 86 74 31 76. 27‑28 ~ France. Dolls Collection/Automata and Mechanical Music. Galerie De Chartres. +33(0)2 37 88 28 28 (F)+33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galeriedechartres.com.
28 ~ France. Auction of Antique Dolls & Toys. Ambassador Hotel. francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr. www.theimer.fr. (0033) 03 86 74 31 76.
JUNE 2017
3‑4 ~ Gaithersburg, MD. Doll & Toy Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Event. 410‑357‑8451. 443‑617‑3590. infoDOLLS@comcast.net
4 ~ Belleville, IL. Doll, Teddy Bear, Toy, Dollhouse & Miniature Show. St. Clair County Fairgrounds. Kay Weber Shows. 618‑233‑0940. 4 ~ Bismarck, ND. Doll Show. Ila Marvel. 701‑258‑7869.
4 ~ Concord, CA. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza. 101 Doll & Study Club & Friends. 415‑455‑8415. 415‑342‑8655. 4 ~ Santa Ana, CA. Doll, Teddy Bear & Toy Show. Santa Ana Elks Lodge. Rowbear. 530‑366‑5169.
10 ~ Green Valley, AZ. World Doll Day Event. Green Valley Recreation Center. Marti Nelson. 520‑393‑0502. www.WorldDollDay.com 10 ~ Rutherford, NJ. North Jersey Doll Club Luncheon. Meadowlands Hotel. 201‑231‑3100. www.renhotels.com. Registration. Jean. 201‑704‑2836. 10 ~ Salt Lake City, UT. Red Lion Hotel. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com.
10 ~ Tucson, AZ. World Doll Day Event. Tucson Doll Guild. Green Valley East Social Center. Marti Nelson. 520‑393‑0502.
11 ~ Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel Naperville. Karla Moreland. 815‑356‑6125. 11 ~ N. Hampton, NH. Doll Show. Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699. 21‑23 ~ Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Doll Event. 603‑478‑3232. withington@conknet.com. 21‑24 ~ Richmond, VA. Doll Convention. Madame Alexander Doll Club. 877‑691‑6864.
23‑24 ~ Asheville, NC. Doll, Teddy Bear & Miniature Show. Crown Plaza Expo Center. Stacey Haskins. www.InternationalDollShow.com. 23 ~ Lakeland, FL. Miniature Doll Show. Pat Gazie. 407‑733‑7988. 24‑25 ~ Council Bluffs, IA. Antique Spectacular Vintage Market. Westfair Fairgrounds. Melting Pot Productions. AntiqueSpectacular.com. kim. aspectacular@gmail.com. 712‑326‑9964.
24 ~ Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show. Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713.
24 ~ Raleigh, NC. Doll & Bear Show. Durham Convention Center. Southeastern Doll Shows. www.SouthEasternDollShows.com. Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287.
JULY 2017
1 ~ Germany. Steiff Special Auction. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. 0049(0)6203‑13014 (F) 0049(0)6203‑17193. www.spielzeugauktion.de. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. 19‑22 ~ Houston, TX. Barbie Doll Convention. Joni Holland. 817‑929‑1691.
19 ~ Layton, UT. Doll Convention. Davis Conference Center. Ann Dee. 801‑419‑2146. www.rosedollexpo. com.
30‑8/3 ~ Orlando, FL. National Doll Festival Annual Show. Rosen Plaza Hotel. Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349. DollFestival@aol.com. www.nationaldollfestival.com. 30‑8/5 ~ DollShowUSAOnlineShow.com. Doll, Bear & More Show Online.
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10 AM to 4 PM Ruby’s Inn and Convention Center, 4825 N. Reserve St., Missoula, MT 59808 Call Ruby’s at 800-221-2057 or 406-721-0990 for the discounted room rate Admission: Adults $5 - Children Under 6 Free Dolls, Bears, Toys, Clothes, Miniatures, Furniture, Accessories and Much More Exhibits, Raffle Items, Door Prizes For Table Reservations and Information Contact: Kay Schrader, PO Box 70, Darby, MT 59829 Phone (weekends only) 406-360-7214 Email (anytime) schrader1501@blackfoot.net
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AUGUST 2017
1 ~ Orlando, FL. Marquis Antique Doll Auction. Hyatt Regency. Theriaults. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com 2‑5 ~ Orlando, FL. UFDC Doll Convention. The Rosen Center Hotel. 816‑891‑7040. info@ufdc.og.
106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859‑289‑3344
5‑6 ~ Archbold, OH. Doll Show. Jeanette. 800‑590‑9755.
Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11-4 Open by appointment at other times, call 859-707-6123
9 ~ Philadelphia, PA. Paper Doll Convention. Embassy Suites. Registration Required. Linda Ocasio. 201‑602‑2902.
Visit us at www.kydollandtoymuseum.com
11‑13 ~ Clackamas, OR. Resin Ball Joint Doll (BJD) Expo. Monarch Hotel & Conf. Ctr. Jamie Rist. 503‑887‑7728. 12 ~ Huntsville, AL. Doll Show. Jaycees Building. Sonya Heim. 256‑585‑5436. 11‑13 ~ Clackamas, OR. Resin Ball Joint Doll (BJD) Expo. Monarch Hotel & Conf. Ctr. Jamie Rist. 503‑887‑7728.
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16‑18 ~ Hillsborough, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auctions. 603‑478‑3232. withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com 19 ~ Concord, CA. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza Hotel. Nancy Jo Schreeder. 925‑229‑4190. vallejodoll@gmail.com. www.nancyjodollsales.com. 26 ~ Schertz, TX. Doll Show. Schertz Civic Center. Attic Antiquity Dolls. Dorothy Meredith. 830‑606‑5868. 27 ~ Bellevue, WA. Doll Show. Red Lion Hotel. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin. 206‑669‑6818. 27 ~ Dedham, MA. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Boston Dedham. Collins Gifts. Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699. 27 ~ Fort Wayne, IN. Doll Show. Fort Wayne Armory. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier. 586‑73‑3072. 27 ~ Syracuse, NY. Teddy Bear Show. Cindy Malchoff. 518‑562‑4076. 28‑9/3 ~ Nashville, TN. Doll Conference. Sheraton Nashville Downtown. National Institute of American Doll Artists. Stephanie Blythe. 415‑455‑8415.
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“Expressions”
A Marquis Auction of Important Antique Dolls Highlighted by the Estate Collection of Liv Greta Brem of Oslo, Norway
May 6 and 7, 2017 Dallas, Texas at the Marriott Las Colinas in Irving For nearly 40 years, in her home just behind the famed Oslo Castle, Liv Greta Brem has gathered a consummate collection of fine European antique dolls including those once owned by the family of the Norwegian expressionist painter, Edvard Munch. Expressions, in fact, have been the theme of the Brem collection, as she sought dolls whose faces reflected human moods, both of children and adults. Fine antique dolls of bisque, porcelain, paper mache, wood and wax filled every cranny of this private museum. Watch for more details to be forthcoming of this important auction, but make your plans now to attend an exciting weekend. For auction information, to request a free brochure, or to order auction catalogs visit www.theriaults.com or call 800-638-0422. Facebook.com/TheriaultsDolls PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Maryland 21404
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