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Antique DOLL Collector June 2020 Vol. 23, No. 6

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Precious 11” Hilda Toddler - Adorable brown sleep-eye Hilda Toddler on chunky articulated ball jointed body. She is shown in original costume of red muslin w/ lace embellishments & adorable tat-crocheted bonnet. She is modeling a DSB chestnut-tinted wig sold separately. She comes w/ original short blonde mohair wig & plaster pate. Generally excellent condition w/ minor scuffing consistent with age.

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DOWNSIZING Collecting antique miniatures

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MUSEUM NEWS The Dolls of the Rhami M Koc Museum in Turkey

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PATRIOTIC DOLLS A Doll Display Becomes a History Lesson

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IDEAL PURPOSE DOLLS A 1950s Vintage Favorite

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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward

Downsizing he collector gene is hard to ignore and many of us face the reality of crowded doll rooms or collections spilling out into other areas of our households. But for those of us that enjoy collecting antique miniatures, there always seems to be room for one more piece. A dollhouse or room box provides a myriad of opportunities for making additions to our collections without raising the footprint of allotted display space.

This is a philosophy that was embraced by some of the earliest collectors of miniatures. The Dutch curio cabinets of the 17th and 18th centuries housed treasure within, inviting the viewer into a miniaturized realm filled with intricate detail. During that period, developing these collections was primarily the occupation of wealthy women (men of the era collected other types of natural or manmade marvels to display in their curiosity cabinets), but today miniatures collecting is enjoyed by both men and women. During this same period in Germany, England and America “baby houses” were being made for the upper classes and were thought to be instructive to the future “lady of the manor” in teaching her how to order a household. These houses were either carpenter-made or artisan-made creations and were furnished with artisanmade, home-made, and commercially made miniatures and dolls.

Decorating wooden dollhouses with brightly lithographed papers inside and out was a method of production employed by many 19th and 20th century dollhouse manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic. This example is by Moritz Gottschalk. Photo courtesy of Alderfers Auctions.

Small dolls of any medium are comfortable living in the dollhouses and room boxes of the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. Those shown here measure 6 inches and under.

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Though collectors may seek early carpenter-made and artisan-made pieces, they are generally difficult to find for sale as most are already in the collections of museums or historical societies. Today’s collectors therefore mainly aim for the many commercially made dollhouses which were made from the mid-19th century into the early 20th.

The furnishings appropriate to dollhouses and room boxes of the 19th and early 20th centuries provide hours of interesting study into the various makers and trends of the individual eras.

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The Quest (continued from page 8) 1835. Made dollhouses and room boxes, including shops from the mid-19th century into WWI (company closed in 1927).

the ensuing decades, delightful miniatures of all types mirrored those found in real houses and have become microcosmic records of their times.

Some of the companies that made miniature furniture, room sets, and accessories are:

Silber & Fleming – London, England.

Founded in 1854 manufacturer and wholesaler. Made “box-back” style dollhouses until the turn of the 20th century.

Louis & Edward Lindner – Sonneberg, Germany. As early as the 1840s this company was known for its toy kitchens.

Moritz Gottschalk – Marienberg, Saxony, Germany. Mid-1870s to 1930s.

Bliss Manufacturing – Pawtucket, RI, USA. Founded in 1832. First offered dollhouses in 1889. Also made dollhouse furniture.

Furnishings used in dollhouses vary in style according to the decades of their manufacture. A Tynietoy dollhouse is furnished with the company’s miniature renditions of early American furniture. This mirrors the trend popular in the Colonial revival homes of the 1920s and 30s.

Dunham Manufacturing – NYC, NY, USA, 1890s-made Dunham’s Cocoanut Doll House.

Converse – Winchendon, MA, USA founded in 1878.

Began making dollhouses in the 1930s. Also made dollhouse furniture.

Whitney Reed Chair Co. – Leominster, MA, USA founded 1897 (1899 W S Reed Toy Co. merged with them). Product line included dollhouses.

Mcloughlin Brothers – NYC, NY, USA. Founded in the 1850s. Began making dollhouses in the 1890s, earliest were wood but best known for their folding cardboard houses and furniture.

G & L Lines – London, England. Began making dollhouses in the 1890s.

“Treenware” – Erzgebirge region of Germany. Turned wooden dishes in miniature, were made in many areas of the world but perhaps the most prolific makers were those of the Erzgebirge region.

Simon et Rivollet – France. Made miniature filigree furniture from soft metal. Their highly-detailed pieces are marked Depose France and/or RS. (It should be noted that German-made pieces in this style were also available.)

Erhard & Söhne – Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, founded in 1844. Made ormolu dollhouse accessories and furnishings from the late 19th century into the 1920s.

Tri-Ang – London, England. Founded by the sons of Joseph Lines shortly after WWI. (In 1931 the two companies merged).

Karl Shreiter – Erzgebirge region of Germany. Made pressed cardboard dollhouse wicker furniture. His Korbi furniture was available from about 1910 into the ‘30s.

A. Schoenhut & Co. – Philadelphia, PA, USA. Founded in 1872, line included dollhouses from 1918 through the 1930s.

Tynietoy – Providence, RI, USA, 1918 – 1953. Also made dollhouses and wooden dollhouse dolls, and sold a line of cloth dollhouse dolls.

Furnishings for dollhouses and room boxes again began as artisan-made but as early as 1799 Georg Hieronimus Bestelmeier of Nuremberg, Germany offered a vast array of miniatures through his company’s catalogs. Through 10

J.D. Schneegas and Söhne (later Gebrüder Schneegas) – Waltershausen, Germany. Made dollhouse furniture from the 1840s to the 1910s.

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J. E. Stevens – Cromwell, CT, USA, Made cast iron miniature furniture from 1867 to 1891.

Hubley Manufacturing Company – Lancaster, VA, USA, Made cast iron miniature furniture from 1907 – 1965.

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Alexander 9” Cissette’s 1958 Red Head in HTF yellow afternoon dress, all original $245.

1950’s Blond in Red dress, artist made shoes $110.

Strung Red Head Ginny in Talon Zipper School Dress $142.

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17” CM “D” Depose Tete Jumeau, blue pw eyes, pierced ears, faint hairline above right eye, HH wig, antique shoes $1750.

22” Jumeau French Fashion size 9 w/ red V mark, blue treaded eyes, beautiful leather body, patched at wrist, pierced ears, mohair wig, dressed wonderfully $3450.

19” Turned Head Kestner - Eliza, painted beautifully by C. Theesfeld 1999, SCS Mold, blue PW eyes, mohair wig $245.

27” Fabulous K star R 116 on toddler body, blue sleep eyes, great molding & coloring, left hand 3 fingers replaced $2150..

19.5” S & H 1279 DEP 9, blue sleep eyes, beautiful molding, antique clothing & mohair wig $950.

17.5” Depose Tete Jumeau 7 in red, blue PW eyes, pierced ears, HH wig, antique clothing $2495.

Parian Reproductions by Carolyn Theesfeld: 19” Blond w/ blue painted eyes, hair in snood, blue boots $120. 19.5” Dk Blond w/ molded hair, ribbon, curls & shoulderplate w/ collar & necklace, tan boots $150. 18” Dk Blond w/ molded hair w/ bow & shoulderplate w/ molded top w/buttons, grey boots, 2 hairlines on back $75.

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20.5” Smiling Bru K by C. Theesdale 2000, blue pw eyes, pierced ears, hairline on back $175.

15.5” 1907 Tete Jumeau, size 6, blue pw eyes, beautiful coloring, pierced ears $995.

24.5” Wax Gibson Girl by NIADA Artist Lewis Sorensen 1977, tagged on dress & NIADA certificate, train slightly soiled $295.

16.5” Depose Tete Jumeau in red 7 w/ Bebe Jumeau, label on body, brown PW spiral eyes, mohair wig & Depose shoes, very small eye flake on upper left lid $1695.

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Welsch & Co. – Sonneberg, Germany. 1911 om, assembled and costumed dollhouse dolls (among other styles of dolls) which had heads purchased from other factories.

Schindhelm & Knauer – Sonneberg, Germany. 1910s and 20s assembled and costumed dollhouse dolls (among other styles of dolls) which had heads purchased from other factories.

There is always another detail to be added to a dollhouse or room box, ensuring the collectors many years of happy hunting.

F.W. Gerlach – Naumberg, Germany (with later locations in Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, London, and Vienna) founded 1815. In the 1920s they were offering pewter dollhouse dishes and accessories.

Kilgore Manufacturing Company - Westerville, OH, USA, Made cast iron miniature furniture from 1922 – WWII. Arcade Manufacturing Company - Freeport, IL, USA, Made cast iron miniature furniture from 1925 – 1936.

Naturally, a dollhouse must have occupants, small versions of the wooden, china, wax, and paper mache dolls of the 18th and 19th centuries inhabit early houses. By the last quarter of the 19th century, doll companies were producing dolls designed especially for use in dollhouses.

These bisque and painted bisque dolls came in a wide range of styles and occupations so that a household could be fully staffed and its doll family large and prosperous. These dolls were available in scales of 1.5” to 1’, 1” to 1’ and .75” to 1’ which fitted well into the commercially made houses offered at the time.

Dollhouse dolls of the era include those made by: J. D. Kestner – Waltershausen, Thüringia, Germany.

Founded 1805. Manufactured dollhouse dolls from the 1900 – 1930s (possibly earlier).

Simon & Halbig – Hildburghausen and Grafenhain, Germany. Founded 1869, Manufactured dollhouse dolls from the 1900 – 1930s (possibly earlier).

Hertwig & Co. – Kutzhütte, Thüringia, Germany.

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Friedmann & Ohnstein – Breslau, Germany.

Assembled and costumed dollhouse dolls (among other styles of dolls) which had heads purchased from other factories.

SFBJ – Paris and Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. Founded 1899, small sizes of molds such as 301 were often used in dollhouses of the early 20th century.

Searching for the perfect details to add to our vignettes ensures that there is always something of interest to look for at shows, auctions, and online as we “downsize.” What could be more fun!

A number of informative books are available as resources for today’s collector. Some are out of print but available on the secondary market.

The Genius of Moritz Gottschalk, Evelyn Ackerman Victorian Architectural Splendor in a Nineteenth Century Toy Catalog, Evelyn Ackerman Family Dolls’ Houses, Vivien Greene I Remember Tynietoy, Herbert Hosmer Dolls’ Houses in America, Flora Gill Jacobs A History of Dolls’ Houses, Flora Gill Jacobs Dolls and Dolls’ Houses, Constance Eileen King Christian Hacker – Wooden Toy Factory in Nuremberg 1835 -1927, Swantje Koehler Ormolu Dollhouse Accessories, Swantje Koehler Moritz Gottschalk Catalogue Reprint, Swantje Koehler The Collector’s Guide to Dollhouses & Dollhouse Miniatures, Marian Maeve O’Brien Dollhouses, Miniature Kitchens and Shops, Susan Height Roundtree Dollhouse Furniture, Margaret Towner Bliss Toys and Dollhouses, Blair Whitton Antique & Collectible Dollhouses and Their Furnishings, Dian Zillner & Patty Cooper

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Buying & Selling Fine Antique Dolls 1025 Bowman Rd., Westfield, NC 27053 Everyone be safe during these troubling times and when it is OK to meet again make an appointment to come and see me anytime!

You’ll be greeted by goodies galore and fabulous opportunities to buy, sell or trade! Choose from my 20 plus year doll collection including hundreds of antique and vintage dolls. Plus, pick through my huge collection of antique and vintage doll dresses, slips, chemise, pantaloons, shoes, wigs, ribbons, fabrics, furniture and accessories. Bring your dolls to dress, trade and repair.

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30″ Jumeau $1850 32″ Kestner 196 $850 24″ CM Bergman $395 18″ German bisque character Kammer Reinhardt 127 $795

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24″ Armand Marseille Queen Louise Bride $395 17″ German character 536 Bahr Proschild $3200 24″ Civil War Era China Head Doll All Original $495 20″ German Bisque Character Baby by Kley & Hahn 167 Mold w/original Curacul Wig $495

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Experience pure doll Joy! Find all of these and more in my eBay Store Anniepoojewels For more information call: 336.755.1400 or email: dollsbearscookies@yahoo.com Also find us on Facebook: Anne Demuth Credit cards and layaways accepted

Outfits for your French or German Bisque dolls, most sizes available. Prices from $75 to $95. Other styles available. See my ebay site for other styles.

Left to right top row:

17” German Bisque Gebruder Heubach RARE Mold #7322 Doll $865

21” German Bisque RARE 2072 Bruno Schmidt Closed Mouth Toddler Doll $1575

15” German Bisque Hertel Schwab 172 Extremely RARE Googly Toddler $4550 Left to right bottom row:

16” German Closed Mouth Doll 260 Bahr and Proschild in Velvet Boy’s Suit $1299

Extremely RARE 15” C1910 Simon Halbig 1303 DEP Marquis Doll $16,700 Gorgeous C1909 14” Factory Original German Munich Art Doll $9995

Very Rare 16” German Bisque Art Character “Fany” by Armand Marseille $1900

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Auction News In spite of the difficult times, Antique Doll Auctions are baaaack!

Live and on line, here, news of four auction houses we love, coming, in the month of June.

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heriault’s “Other Kinds of Roses, Different Ways to Dance” Studio Marquis Auction is live on line on Saturday, June 6, 2020. Throughout its 50th anniversary year, Theriault’s Marquis auctions will echo our earlier catalog titles from the past, those that most capture our common sense of history. In such a spirit, Theriault’s revives a title from a 25th anniversary doll catalog, “Other Kinds of Roses, Different Ways to Dance” for their upcoming Studio Marquis auction. Highlighting the cataloged Marquis auction is the very fine collection of Madame Bossard of Luzerne, Switzerland, whose ancestral home sits sequestered by trees, while all-around its garden walls passes today’s bustling city life. The collection features fine early dolls as well as dollhouses and miniatures.

Also in this auction is the private, two-generation estate collection of Rose Rogan of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It includes the best of all doll genres from rare French to American wooden and folk.

You can watch and listen to the auction live online at Theriaults.com. Bid live online (or you can leave prebids). Bid live by telephone. Absentee bids accepted, too. Deluxe full color catalogs available for $59 including priority mail. For more information, or make a reservation to be called for live telephone bidding, email info@theriaults.com or call 410-224-3655.

French and German character dolls at Alderfer Auction on June 24, 2020.

Alderfer Auction in Hatfield, Pennsylvania presents a special selection of dolls from the collections of Regina Steele, Part 5 and Jim Ditzler and Herb Radlbeck, Part 2. View and bid online now through

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11 1/2” French bisque bebe by Leon Casimir; Bru is a rare size 1, with original body and signed Bru shoes, circa 1884, from the Rose Rogan collection. Auctioned by Theriault’s on June 6th, 2020.

Wednesday, June 24th at 10:00 AM at www.AlderferAuction.com. The auction will begin to close at 10:00 AM ET. You will find collectible and antique offerings from around the globe that include French fashion and character dolls, Schoenhuts, Googly, Chinas, all bisques, German character, and artist dolls and more. For the cloth doll collector, there are some fine examples of Moravians and Maggie Bessies. Also included are holiday items, as well as automatons and miniatures. The auction continues with a selection of antique clothing, a 26-room ‘Doll House’ and more unique finds that will surely appeal to a broad range of collectors.

The date for Alderfer’s Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls auction has been updated. It was originally April 1; now June 24 at 10:00 AM. McMasters Harris Apple Tree two day Premier Doll Auction, June 17th and 18th, Newark, Ohio. Featuring part one of the collection of Martha Antill from Mount Vernon, Ohio and Gloria Wall of New Haven, Indiana.

This auction includes a wide variety of dolls, From a selection at McMasters with focus on the extensive collection of vintage Harris Apple Tree two-day Premier Auction on June 17-18, Shirley Temple dolls, many mint in original 2020. boxes. Bidding will be via internet through Live Auctioneers and Invaluable, absentee through their website, and phone bids with a required $500 opening bid. Visit www. appletreeauction.com for further information.

Another long-popular doll event, the Withington’s Doll Show and Auction weekend gatherings in New Hampshire, has gone virtual, for the period when travel restrictions are in place.

The live event was originally scheduled for April 2020. Now it will be a Absentee Doll Auction – Bidding on-line. The event begins on Wednesday July 16th at 10 pm. Preview weekend is July 10, 11, 12th at 12-4 pm, or by appointment. They will present 350 Picture Dolls from the postponed event. Plus, on Saturday, July 11th, 10-4 pm, there will be a live outdoors tailgate doll show and sale in the “low field” where you can buy, sell, trade as always – or just see doll friends!

For more information, see WITHINGTON A selection of the beautiful AUCTION Inc., 17 Atwood Rd. Hillsboro, NH antiques waiting at the 03244 or call 603-478-3232 for more information.

Withington’s virtual auction in June 2020.

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Museum News

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ith travel limitations, and sheltering in place, we maybe don’t see enough dolls to satisfy our cravings!

For example, sadly, we can’t visit museums at present, and we miss that.

We believe museums are a great source of great dolls, dolls to learn from, part of our history, and, of course, vital to doll collectors. To this end, we often try to bring you reports on the great treasures to be found in museums large and small.

Spring and summer, and vacations, used to be a time to take a trip, perhaps including a museum visit…. something we cannot now do.

But we still can make virtual visits to museums, via this magazine or by going to a museum website, enjoy the dolls, do the research. There may be collections we don’t even know about, where great, and rare dolls of the world may be hidden.

In the past, Antique Doll Collector has shown you the contents of doll museums in America, from Rhode Island to California, in the UK and around the world. Recently collector/reader Nerida Watson traveled from Perth, Western Australia to Athens, Greece, then wrote about the Benaki Museum in a past issue of ADC. And last month, Mary Senko wrote a big article on the Theatre De la Mode exhibit in the Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington State. We invite other ADC readers to share stories of dolls museums discoveries they know and love.

On the next pages you will find a museum story that came in from a past friend of this magazine, the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Turkey. Earlier this year they shared details of a planned

Benaki Museum and dolls

A Paris street scene with smart suits and lovely smart dresses from Maryhill Museum of Art.

doll exhibition…. then the virus took away our freedom, and the exhibition, scheduled for March 2020, was postponed indefinitely… fortunately we can show some of their unknown treasures in our magazine…

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Curator Serra Kanyak guides tycoon and philanthropist Rahmi M. Koç around the doll exhibition at the time it was being set up.

The exhibition is now scheduled for a future opening.

The Dolls of Turkey’s Rahmi M. Koç Museum Photos by Ali Konyali & Tarkan Kutlu unless otherwise noted.

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Bertha Doll, Hertwig & Company, c.1905, Made in Germany, 48cm high, china shoulderhead and lower limbs, stuffed cloth body. Stamped on chest: BERTHA. Stamped on back: PATENT APP’D FOR GERMANY.

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he Koç Museums are in Istanbul and Ayvalik.

Lengerhane is the first building of the Museum. In 1991, the building was bought and restored by the Rahmi M. Koç Museology and Culture Foundation. After a meticulous restoration an underground gallery was added to the original building and in December 1994 the Museum opened its doors for visitors. This old Ottoman anchor house was founded during the reign of Sultan Ahmet the Third (1703-1730) on the bases of a Byzantium building from the 12th century and now it is considered as a secondtier historical tract. “Lenger” means “anchor and chain”, “hane” means “house.” In 2016 the building was renamed after Mustafa V. Koç in a family ceremony.

The seeds of the museum collections began when the father of founder Rahmi M. Koc returned from a trip to Germany and presented his son with his first electrical toy train. This was the start of a passion for collecting mechanical and industrial objects.

Over the years the collection expanded so much that Rahmi M. Koç’s homes, offices and warehouses were overflowing. When the Koç Group entered into a closer relationship with large, worldwide, industrial concerns

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Top left, 1876-1930 Heinrich Handwerk.

Heinrich and Minna Handwerck dolls were produced in Waltershausen, Thuringia, from 1876 until they were acquired by Kämmer & Reinhardt in 1902 after Heinrich passed away at the young age of 44.

Top right, Twin dolls 19001930, Germany Bottom left, Cherie Bisque Head Doll, 1910-1915, Limoges Bottom right, Composition head doll, 1916-1960, Made in France, Société Française de Fabrication de Bébé & Jouets (Photo: Bruno Cianci)

Left, Bisque head doll, Germany, 1930s, by Armand Marseille Right, Mualla Mezhepoglu, from Beirut 1901. (Photo: Bruno Cianci) Below: The historical building “Lengerhane” (House of anchors), which has been recently named after Mustafa V. Koç, stands next to the dolls’ exhibition venue.

(Photo: Bruno Cianci)

Tragacanth dolls, which are the most realistic ethnographic reflections of Anatolia’s social and cultural assets and authentic costumes and accessories. Skeletons of wire fleshed out with cotton fixed with gum tragacanth constitute the basis of this type of dolls. Gum tragacanth is a stiffener and glue obtained from the sap that is drained from the root of the plant and dried. A bodysuit of calico goes over the doll’s wire skeleton and is then stuffed with cotton to form the body. Thin strips of cotton, dipped in the gum tragacanth that is soaked in warm water until it forms a paste, are used to shape the head, neck, hands, and feet. Once the doll dries, the face is painted in the desired expression. Tragacanth dolls usually have hair of dyed wool and are dressed in traditional costumes.

Aerial view of the Rahmi M. Koç Museum of Istanbul; bottom right is the venue that will host the dolls exhibition; to the background is the Golden Horn.

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Rahmi M. Koç and Serra Kanyak at the workshop were most of the items displayed at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum are restored and maintained.

Wooden Doll, 18th century, England; Manufacturer: Unknown; Stamp/Symbol/ Label: None. This jointed doll made entirely of wood in England is dated to the early eighteenth century. The head and trunk are carved as a single piece. The features are carved and painted. It has black eyes, rosy cheeks, and a closed mouth drawn in. The arms are jointed at the shoulder and elbow with wire and the legs are jointed at the hip and knee with metal pins.

in the 1950s, he noticed that some of the companies had museums where they displayed their products from the very first model. He was much impressed by this practice and considered doing the same with the company’s own products.

But Rahmi M. Koç thought that such a museum in Turkey would be of little interest except to industrialists.

However the idea remained with him and, whenever he went abroad, he continued visiting scientific and industrial museums – in particular the Deutsches Museum in Munich and Science Museum in London. But it was when he saw the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit that he decided to gather all his collections under one roof.

Rahmi M. Koç started looking for a suitable location and simultaneously increased his collecting activities.

He bought anything he found agreeable, pleasing, or which attracted his interest. Not every piece was in good condition, so a workshop had to be established for their restoration. Meanwhile the search for a suitable site in Istanbul continued.

The museum opened in 1994 and later expanded to the Hasköy Shipyard, opening that location in July 2001.

Many valuable items have been donated or loaned by visitors to the museum, sometimes anonymously.

Various ragdolls of African provenance, 1970s. (Photo: Bruno Cianci)

A case in which various China head dolls are displayed (period unknown).

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Left: Dolls by Zehra Müfit Saner (18761956), famous for her Anatolian tragacanth dolls.

Turkey’s first doll exhibition owes much to this pioneering female artist of the early Republic Era. Right: Dolls’ House Figures, 1930s

Composition material doll, 1920-30s, unknown origin.

(Photo: Bruno Cianci)

Daria, Made in Russia, 2019, head and entire body: polymer clay; eyes: glass – fixed; hair: sheep wool; costume: cotton, silk, lace; accessories: leather boots and fleecy toy bears. Artist: Michael Zajkov.

(Photo: Bruno Cianci)

Pedlar Doll, England, 1930’s. This half doll with an upper body of a doll and a lower body of cotton quilt tea cosy has been designed as a pedlar. She has no legs and carries a variety of copper kitchen utensils in her basket and on her apron. (Photo: Bruno Cianci)

Dolls made by painter Nimet Demirbağ Sanlıman, who transformed an initial hobby into a profession, so much so that she opened in 1960 the Elif Doll Workshop in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.

Rahmi M. Koç has been collecting dolls and any other types of antiquities since he was a child. His very first collectible – he recalls - was a Märklin electric train brought to him from Germany by his father Vehbi Koç.

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Queen victoria as a Widow by Elizabeth Ann Coleman

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ueen Victoria’s name has frequently been associated with dolls, whether accurately or not. And over the years many talented doll artists have turned their skills to creating dolls in her likeness, beginning with realistic English wax dollmakers of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century a pair of English sisters were born who, beginning in middle age, would turn out their own iconic versions of this Queen, particularly as a widowed queen. Kath and Ada Peat were the longconcealed duo behind what are known to doll collectors as Liberty of London dolls. (Note should be made that Liberty did not exclusively merchandise Peat products but handled other commercial and craft dolls.) Each sister had specific roles in the production of over five hundred documented models made over five decades and in varying quantities.

One of their most popular models was the widowed Victoria, attired all in black except for her white headdress. It is thanks to a variety of archives and family interviews that we have insight into some of the creative and marketing background of these little miracles of fabric and wire.

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Ada and Kath Peat about 1913. Courtsey of Peat Family archives

Queen Victoria as photographed by W. & D. Downey about 1872. British National Portrait Gallery

So, who were the Peat sisters? Kath – Kathleen May (1890 -1980) and Ada – Ada Margaret (1888 -1986) were the product of a solidly middle-class English family who quietly lived their lives mostly in a series of towns near or on the south coast. Quite simply they were for their time, even our own, modern, entrepreneurial women who turned their passions and skills into a comfortable livelihood, one which eventually afforded them the luxury of owning their own home. They were home bodies from beginning to end and in all their dealings with Liberty, which began in the late nineteen teens, there seems to be little evidence of them ever going up to London for business. It was all conducted by mail. Their home was their workplace with a room usually set aside for supplies and the construction of the wire armature bodies. There is no formal evidence of them either hiring in-home production assistance or farming out work, though note should be made that

around the time of the 1953 coronation some dolls have a different look. Bookcases held their visual references from popular art publications featuring portraits of notables to similarly popular publications on historic costume to piles of newspaper clippings. Perhaps for them the most inspirational items were the sets and series of cards issued by British cigarette companies of the day featuring images of past notables in all areas of endeavor. Ada, the sewing sister, is remembered as seated in an upholstered armchair where on the arms she laid out in sequence all the findings she would need to complete a doll. She is the one who with a few judiciously placed stitches created the characteristics of the personage. Kath was the artist who drew sketches of potential models and who with a few brushstrokes completed the visage of a doll. She is the one who fabricated the bodies and kept the business records.

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Queen Victoria as a widow for Liberty of London. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

The Queen’s silk tulle headdress with long lappets. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

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Detail of soutache braid on bodice of Peat Queen Victoria as a widow for Liberty of London. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

Detail of painted white dowel walking stick, black felt shoes and Liberty label on Peat Queen Victoria as a widow for Liberty of London. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

Detail of black silk skirt and lace shawl. Peat Queen Victoria as a widow for Liberty of London. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

Victoria beginning in 1937. Sadly, the transmission papers of that date to Liberty do not indicate which model this was but since it was a coronation year it may well have been of the Queen in her coronation related regalia. The widow versions seem to have been issued later but prior to World War II. In near constant production, except for the years impacted by World War II, no two widows seem to be exactly the same. As World War II begins, we have a notation from doll dealer Elsie Clark Krug of Baltimore, MD, a long-standing importer of Peat/Liberty of London dolls, in which she claimed the Widow Queen was an exclusive model with her – “dressed in black (widow’s weeds) silk and lace with crisp organdy cap with streamers (and) ready to lift her cane in her imperious manner”. In undated, but war time, brochures Krug sells these 8-inch Queens for $10, a princely sum. We also find in a circa 1938 Liberty invoice to Krug a 9-inch H. M. Queen Victoria “as an old lady” for 8 shillings 11 pence.

While one would think that the difference of one inch on an 8- or 9- inch doll would be significant of a handcrafted Peat model it is to be expected. By 1961 the price the Peats were charging Liberty was a pound per doll. Krug would try, through Liberty, to meet with the creators of

Facial features painted by Kath and feature defining stitches by Ada Peat. Queen Victoria as a widow for Liberty of London. Luta Farrell Collection at Asbury Methodist Villiage.

her prized Liberty of London dolls but never succeeded.

Krug, until her dying day believed there was one person directing the production with lots of hands making the dolls. Liberty staff never corrected her assumption.

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ABOVE: Queen Victoria in an official photograph by Alexander Bassano commemorating her Golden Jubilee, (fifty years on the British throne) 1887. British National Portrait Gallery RIGHT: Queen Victoria as photographed by W. & D. Downey in an 1897 Jubilee commemorative image.

utilized both remnants acquired from Liberty’s world renown yard goods department and fabrics purchased locally for use in the construction of their dolls, so collectors should not be surprised to find a particular model dressed in a variety of fabrics and color ranges.

However. if a doll was based on a well-known image, they would initially try to keep with the color palette, or close to it, of the visual source and so it was with their representations of Victoria in her coronation robes and in her Robes of State. A fourth Victoria was of the young Queen in a party dress.

Because of the excellent references to inspirational sources for many of the historical personages, sources can be identified. But for Queen Victoria in her widow’s weeds the possibilities seem almost endless – she survived her dear Albert by four decades, all spent in little-varying mourning attire. Having been able to match up so many of the dolls to either Kath Peat sketches or more likely published references I knew I had access to far more resources today than the Peats would have ever thought possible. So, I set out to find 30

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matches for the Widow dolls – yes there are variations among the Widow dolls indicting the Peats used more than one image for inspiration.

A desired match-up came with two carte-de-visite images featuring the Queen in a profile view taken by one of her favorite photographers, W. & D. Downey, in about 1872. While the Queen is seated in the photograph one can easily relate the images to the standing doll.

Beginning with the silk tulle headpiece with long flowing lappets with rounded ends to the applied trim (self-materials in the photograph, braid on Peat dolls), to the displacement of the black lace shawl draped low on the Queen’s torso, and finally, the ruffled flounce at the hemline (more would not have been attractive on the doll). There is little question that these photographs were the inspiration. One question, however, remains unanswered: where did the idea for the Queen’s walking stick come from? Could it be that in the full- length view of the Queen the Peats were inspired by the end spoke or stile of the delicate Gothic revival chair-back.

For those interested in dating their Liberty of

London dolls, the doll’s noses can be a clue. The sisters began by using flat faces to which a few stitches and daubs of paint were added to create character, then in the early 1930s they came up with a pattern for a center seam dimensional nose. Subsequently, probably bowing to one of their major customers, Elsie Clark Krug working through Liberty’s, they reverted to the old flat face technique in the early 1950s. Another loose clue to dating is the early use of cloth covered wire armature hands to be supplanted at a later date by brown leather hands with slashed fingers.

In closing I am pleased to share the newest model to be added to my list of Peat/Liberty models. And yes, it is a previously unrecorded likeness of the widowed Victoria as she was dressed for a Jubilee. Her first Jubilee came in 1887 marking fifty years on the throne,

the second in 1897 marked sixty. For these major milestone events the approximately four-foot eightinch monarch would wear more elaborate variants of her usual attire but in both instances featuring a large white Honiton lace panel over the skirt. This panel began its life as trim on Victoria’s wedding dress, with portions being used for special family events and wound up covering the Queen’s face in burial.

What is interesting is that the Peats chose to dress this example of the Queen in purple, a color associated with later phases of mourning; Victoria seems never to have moved beyond black in her attire, but in this assessment, we are hampered by lack of color in popularly circulated images and in her remaining limited personal attire.

ABOVE: Queen Victoria with center seam face.

LEFT: Victoria depicted in the attire associated with milestones in her reign marking fifty, fify five, and sixty years.

Courtesy of Heather Hogan

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Patriotic Dolls

A DOLL DISPLAY BECOMES A HISTORY LESSON

By Susan Foreman

Overall display

The Ingraham clock that started it all

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t all began with a clock. I know this is a doll article, but this story begins with my acquisition of an antique clock made by the E. Ingraham Company in 1899. The clock commemorates Admiral George Dewey and his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Now came the question, where to display my new clock? I know, buy a table. Down to the local antique mall. Found the perfect antique drop leaf table.

And the story continues. At the 2017 Springfield Rose Percy event there was a silent auction doll that called out to me, and thankfully went home with me. The doll is an 8� bisque, circa 1898,

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Cuno and Otto Dressel Admiral Dewey. Besides being the perfect accompaniment to my Admiral Dewey clock, this doll is a wonderful example of the product from an important Sonneberg company that first entered the toy business as Verleger in the 1700s, finally opening a factory in 1862. The Cieslik’s note in their German Doll Encyclopedia says that COD filed a design patent in 1898 for “dressed dolls. No. 2736/P ‘McKinley’, 2736/M ‘Miles’, 2736/S ‘Sampson’, 2736/D ‘Dewey’, all in uniform with portrait porcelain heads” (The heads were supplied by Simon & Halbig).

Mary Krombholz’s book Identifying German Character Dolls provides additional information about these unique dolls: “In 1898 the Dressel doll factory was commissioned to create a group of portrait dolls of the Spanish-American War heroes.

When first considered, this decision is puzzling since the Spanish-America war lasted for less than a year, and the dolls had limited appeal from a long-term sales standpoint. But when we understand the history of the Dressel doll factory’s solid base of American customers it is understandable.” Krombholz provides this additional information: “The portrait dolls representing heroes of the Spanish-American War resemble William Thomas Sampson, commander of the Western Atlantic Squadron, who established the blockade of Cuba; Charles Dwight Sigsbee, commander of the battleship Maine at the time it was sunk; Richmond Pearson Hobson who sank the Merrimac in Santiago harbor in an effort to contain the Spanish fleet, Winfield Scott Schley who commanded the Flying Squadron from Norfolk; George Dewey, commander of the Asiatic Squadron who scored a victory at the Battle of Manila Bay; and William McKinley, president during the SpanishAmerican War”.

Soon thereafter I came across another 8” Cuno and Otto Dressel doll depicting another Spanish American War hero, Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.

The short lived SpanishAmerican War was not one that I had read much about, but now I felt obligated to learn more. In spite of the war only lasting ten weeks, the patriotism inspired was phenomenal, leading to fame for not only Dewey and Schley but also Admiral Sampson (I definitely need to find a COD William Sampson) and Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders (The Teddy Roosevelt

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doll connection comes later in this story).

The Spanish American War represented a major change in world politics and American history. On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result, Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, and Guam.

Yellow journalism, the war slogan “Remember the Maine!”, and the charge up San Juan Hill by the Rough Riders are all iconic symbols of the war. It also marked the first time since the American Civil War that Americans from the North and the South fought a common enemy.

Now, having learned about the patriotism inspired by this event, I turned to eBay to see just what sort of souvenirs were available. I purchased two photo cards depicting the two Admirals (I also bought a Sampson card, in case I ever find a COD Sampson).

The COD doll likenesses are uncanny. The facial modelling and painted details are nearly identical to the actual photos of these two men. Also acquired: two pinbacks featuring Sampson and Dewey (I am still looking for Schley): an 1898 Stereoview card of Admiral Schley; sheet music dated 1899 entitled “Dewey’s Victory” which further confirms Dewey’s popularity; a 1937 U.S. commemorative stamp featuring Sampson, Dewey and Schley; and finally, a marvelous 1899 book entitled The Life Story of The Hero of Manila for Young Boys & Girls by Edward S. 34

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Ellis. My table top Spanish American War display was growing!

I found the book for young adults to be especially interesting, both the commentary and the exceptional color illustrations. According to Ellis, Dewey, born December 26, 1837 in Vermont, was a rather rambunctious boy and “when angered he swore, and at school he was not only disobedient but openly rebellious…in short, he badly needed a good trouncing, and I am glad to say that just when he needed it most he got it to perfection.” Years later, Dewey took the hand of the instructor that had punished him and said “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you did to me when I was such a bad boy, for I believe that but for you in all probability I should have ended my days in the State prison.” Instead he went on to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduated 5th in his class of 1858, and proved to be a “fiery young Lieutenant in whose veins every drop of blood tingled with patriotic fervor.” And this “patriotic fervor” served him well during his first Civil War commission aboard the steam sloop Mississippi.

Following the Civil War, Dewey undertook a variety of assignments, serving on multiple ships, as an instructor at the Naval Academy, member of the United States Lighthouse Board, promoted to Commodore in 1896 and assigned to the Asiatic Squadron the following year. After that appointment, he began

Photo cards of Admirals

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preparations for the potential war with Spain, which broke out in April 1898. Immediately after the beginning of the war, Dewey led an attack on Manila Bay, sinking the entire Spanish Pacific fleet. After the battle, his fleet assisted in the capture of Manila. Dewey’s victory at Manila Bay was widely lauded in the United States, and he was promoted to Admiral of the Navy in 1903. He explored a run for the 1900 Democratic presidential nomination, but withdrew from the race and endorsed President William McKinley. He served on the General Board of the United States Navy, an important policy-making body, from 1900 until his death in 1917.

As for Winfield Scott Schley. Schley, like Dewey, was a mischievous child. However, the mischievousness continued when he was at the naval academy resulting in his graduating near the bottom of his class. But he did graduate and it was while at Annapolis that he and Dewey became friends...a friendship that would remain throughout their lives. An excellent website (www.spanamwar.com) describes Schley as follows: “In his adulthood, he was a jolly man, fond of a joke, and warm-hearted. He was always fair, and he put strangers at ease at once. He was easily approached, and had a quick and alert manner.

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He was a fighter by instinct. He was resolute, resourceful and daring, quick to decide in an emergency, and confident in himself. It would always be his instinct in battle to take the offensive, to strike the first blow.” He held numerous posts throughout the years and was one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society in 1888. For the purpose of this article, however, it is Schley’s accomplishments of 1898 that brought him fame. Schley was ordered south to Key West in 1898. He arrived on May 18 and met up with his dour old classmate William T. Sampson, who, as head of the Atlantic Squadron, was in chief command. On July 3 when the Spanish fleet came out to fight, Schley was in actual command, as Sampson had gone ashore to confer with the army commander.

Although the Americans won, a bitter dispute arose between the respective supporters of Schley and Sampson as to who was entitled to the credit.

Fanned by the popular press, the issue split the U S Navy to the point where its morale was seriously affected. Matters came to a head with the publication of a book violently attacking Schley’s conduct. He demanded a Court of Inquiry. Presided over by Admiral Dewey, it was one of the great trials of American history, as the lawyers refought the campaign in minute detail. In the end, the verdict went against Schley, though this was offset by a minority opinion from Dewey stating that Schley had indeed been in command and deserved the credit for the victory.

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Babyland Rough Rider and circa 1909 postcard

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did my collection. Soon another Dewey commemorative clock found its way into my home. This one made by the E.N. Welch Company. The table had gotten too small for another large clock. However, the clock looks fine standing beneath the table. And that clock is now accompanied by a very special doll…a rare, early Horsman Babyland Rag depicting the famous Rough Rider.

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successes. In the 1870s the popularity of archery enabled him to hire a hundred workers to make bows and arrows.

The 1880s brought him additional success when lawn tennis became popular and he sold Horsman made tennis racquets in enormous quantities. The 1890s brought his first doll success when he introduced the Babyland Rag doll in 1893.

The early examples having painted features as does my Rough Rider. My Babyland no doubt dates to 1898 when Teddy Roosevelt formed his famous cavalry group.

And as for the Rough Riders. Although short lived, thanks to Teddy Roosevelt, this would be one the most famous and most legendary cavalry groups of all time.

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Emperor Meiji and photo card

Teddy Roosevelt resigned his position as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy in order to form the Rough Riders, aka 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, on July 1, 1898. This was the only cavalry group to see combat during the Spanish-American War. In order to join the Rough Riders one only needed to be a skilled horseman and eager to see combat. The rag tag group consisted of frontiersmen and Ivy League athletes, Texas Rangers and glee club singers. Within days of the Rough Riders famous Battle of San Juan Hill, the Spanish fleet departed Cuban waters and by September 15, 1898 the war with Spain was over and the Rough Riders disbanded.

As an interesting aside it is worth noting that in 1896 Dewey was posted to the position of Commander of the Asiatic Squadron because of his friend Theodore Roosevelt who was then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. This posting would lead to Dewey’s reducing the Spanish defenses of Manila on May 1, 1898. And here is what Roosevelt wrote on May 4th, 1898 in a letter addressed to William Wingate Sewall “Didn’t Admiral Dewey do wonderfully well? I got him the position out there in Asia last year, and I had to beg hard to do it; and the reason I gave was that we might have to send him to Manila. And we sent him – and he went!”

Now, although this table display initially concentrated on the U.S. of 1898, soon it turned to Japan of 1898.

You see, on my all-time “Wish List” was the acquisition of an Emperor Meiji doll. Alan Scott Pate finally found my dream come true. And since my Emperor Meiji dates to 1900 and is attired in his admiralty uniform he had to be included. Japan of 1898

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continued to bring about an ever increasing interaction with the rest of the world. Japan’s society following Commodore Matthew Perry’s opening of Japan’s borders in 1854 (my Commodore Perry Watch made by Rockford Watch Company is displayed next to Meiji) began to change rapidly. Emperor Meiji introduced many changes to the Japanese society, including the development of nationalistic unity. Also at this time, Theodore Roosevelt was greatly admired and respected in Japan…thus connecting my Rough Rider Doll with my Meiji doll. I was also able to acquire a circa 1900 photo card of Meiji confirming that this doll is an amazing likeness to the real Emperor.

My most recent additions to this display are two dolls made, circa 1930, by one of my favorite Ichimatsu makers, Takizawa Koryusai II. These two dolls, depicting the nationalist theme, are costumed as a naval man and an army soldier, complete with all their accessories. Two circa 1930s Japanese manga postcards, one depicting army soldiers, the other navy sailors, show uniforms nearly identical to those worn by these two dolls. The nationalistic spirit, begun during the Meiji era, continued to grow throughout the Taisho and Showa periods leading up to World War II. I find it most interesting that Koryusai II created 19 of the Friendship Dolls promoting world friendship and peace at the same time that he was creating these figures depicting the nationalistic concept.

Since developing this interest in patriotic dolls, Ann Coleman (my dear friend and one of the most knowledgeable doll historians I know) and I have corresponded extensively. The information Ann shared with me (and there was a lot…pages and pages of notes and comments) dealt with British patriotic dolls.

Thus a forthcoming article will deal with these dolls, their makers, and their historical significance.

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Ideal ’s Dolls with a Purpose

“Fun to Play. Fun to Learn ”

By Donna W. Brown

ittle girls have always longed for beautiful dolls to play with, while parents want to be assured they are paying for a quality toy that may educate their child in some way. On the other hand, doll manufacturers are always trying to come up with a way to promote their dolls to outsell their competitors.

July of 1953, Ideal Toy Corporation ran a full-page advertisement in Chain Store Age magazine that was unique. The ad claimed that, “These dolls will be backed by the biggest promotion in doll history.” It advertised four dolls as, “Ideal’s Dolls with a Purpose.

Fun to Play. Fun to Learn.” Aimed at merchants, the ad boasted, “Now we offer a 3-D display built especially for impulse-selling to produce volume sales on nationally advertised quality dolls.” There would be 430,000 ads in the nation’s greatest magazines and Sunday supplements.

The four dolls used the childlike body of Ideal’s Toni doll. The line included the already popular Toni to teach hair care; Miss Curity was a way to school children in first aid; the Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll was to educate girls on beauty care; and Betsy McCall was an example of fashion and to teach sewing.

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Original July 1953 advertisement from Chain Store Age kicking off Ideal’s, “Dolls with a Purpose” campaign.

Ideal’s Toni, manufactured beginning in 1949, was an all hard plastic doll with sleepy eyes, strung head and limbs, and a nylon wig that could be washed and set. Ideal had obtained the use of the name of the Toni home permanent solution from Gillette Safety Razor Company for their Toni doll. She came with a box of curlers, curling tissues and the solution. A pamphlet with the doll explained how mother could make more solution with sugar and water.

The Ideal Toni came in five sizes 14, 16, 19, 21, 22 ½ inches. The 14-inch doll sold for $9.98. Ideal did not sell additional clothes for Toni, but authorized patterns by McCall’s, Simplicity and Butterick for their Toni doll.

An extremely popular paper doll at the time was Betsy McCall. She was introduced by McCall’s magazine in May 1951 and appeared in each issue until 1995. So popular was the character that Ideal Toys made a deal with McCall’s to produce a doll in her likeness. The Betsy McCall doll came with patterns for a child-size apron and a matching apron for the doll. Betsy also had additional outfits sold by Ideal to encourage a sense of fashion.

Betsy was 14-inches tall, had a vinyl head with a glued on brown wig made of saran, brown eyes and sold for $7.98.

Her face was sculpted by Bernard Lipfert who created not only Toni’s face but also Patsy, Shirley Temple, Patti Play Pal, the first Barbie and many dolls for Madame Alexander.

Catalog listing for Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll and Toni walking doll, 1953.

ABOVE: Aldens’ 1953 catalog listing for Betsy McCall doll and Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll.

LEFT: The first Betsy McCall paper doll in McCall’s magazine, May 1951.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Original 1949 Toni doll and 1953 walking Toni sold as, “Doll with a Purpose.”

Betsy McCall doll magazine advertisement.

Toni doll full page multiple magazine advertisement, 1953.

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The third doll in the promotion was a new Miss Curity doll. Ideal previously had a 1945 Miss Curity composition doll with an adult look, which was offered in 18 or 22 inches. There was also a small 7 ½ inch display type Miss Curity doll that was a premium from Curad Bandages on the children’s television show, the Howdy Doody Show, in exchange for a bandage wrapper and $1.00.

Ideal’s 1953 Miss Curity doll was 14-inches tall, cost $11.98, and used the hard plastic body, limbs and head of Ideal’s Toni. She had heavier eye shadow than the previous Toni dolls, had a saran wig in either the more common blonde or brunette, wore a nurse’s outfit and came with a 14-piece nurse’s kit. The kit contained gauze dressing, bandages, tape, first aid book and other supplies.

LEFT: Miss Curity doll promotion for retailers showing ad to be run in Woman’s Home Companion magazine, 1953.

RIGHT: Miss Curity doll beside vintage print of little girl nurse with dog. Doll is missing hat.

The fourth, the Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll, had a more interesting history. The doll’s origin begins with a woman born in 1849, Harriet Hubbard. A member of a wealthy Chicago family, she married and then left Herbert Ayer, moved with her two daughters to New York City and became destitute.

She began working as a saleswoman, which led her to Paris where she purchased the formula for a face cream, returned to New York City and beginning selling it in 1886 as Recamier Cream. She went on to promote her own soaps, balms, perfumes and creams and became the first woman to have her own cosmetics company.

Harriet Hubbard Ayer magazine ad for Roulette Red lipstick, 1950s.

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In 1896 she began to write for the New York World a woman’s magazine about beauty and the necessity of cosmetics. Ayer became the highest paid woman columnist in the country and was extremely successful at promoting herself and her products.

She wrote “Harriet Hubbard Ayer’s book: A Complete and Authentic Treatise on the Laws of Health and Beauty.” After her death in 1903, the use of her name was sold several times with Lever Brothers purchasing the line in 1947, adding a line called Doll Face Make-up. Cosmetics continued to carry the Harriet Hubbard Ayer name until 1967.

In 1950 Ideal Toys decided to obtain the name for a “Doll of Beauty” with a vinyl face that could have makeup applied and then washed off. Her body and legs were Toni’s, but Harriet had vinyl arms and a glued on saran wig.

Most vinyl would hold on to the colors and could not be washed off. Ideal hired BF Goodrich to invent a new vinyl and after three years of research they succeeded. The Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll came with a cardboard makeup table, beauty booklet and cosmetics: lipstick, face powder, rouge, eyeshadow, Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll perfume stick, eyebrow pencil and cleaner. with biography of her name sake. Dispensing Beauty in She was sold in 14, 16, 19 and 21 inches.

New York City and Beyond The 14-inch sold for $11.98. Harriet came with

by Annette Blaugrund. painted nails and wore a dress and apron in various colors. Though she sold well, manufacturing stopped because of a problem with the make-up used on the face that caused it to become sticky.

Though these four Ideal Dolls with a Purpose sold well, the distinctive advertising campaign lasted only one year. They continued to manufacture the Toni doll until 1956, when they also stopped production of Miss Curity. Betsy McCall was produced for two years and then the rights to her name were sold to American Character.

Vinyl dolls were quickly gaining popularity and hard plastic dolls became outdated. The new rage was for fashion dolls with adult bodies and grown up clothing. Nevertheless, these four Ideal Dolls with a Purpose were once cherished by their owners and are still sought after by collectors.

RIGHT: Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll advertisement placed in multiple women’s magazines, 1953.

LEFT: Make-up that came with the Harriet Hubbard Ayer doll.

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