July 2016

Antique DOLL Collector July 2016 Vol. 19, No. 6

More than 10 superb Bru bébés are included, ranging from the beloved Bru Jne bébés as shown here in original costumes, to Bébé Brevete, Circle/Dot Bébé, and Bébé Modele.

Three extremely rare art character models from the Jumeau 200 series are featured, including a 28” model 221, the model 217, and model 208.

Two beautiful French bébés A.T., in fine antique costumes; the girl on the left featured on the cover of her book, Precious Dolls.

Extremely rare French bébé

by Clement with near mint original hollow-leather body; only one other example is known.

Two beautiful French bisque poupées with splendid antique costumes and accessories.

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Fine luminous cafe-au-lait complexion on a Bru bébé wearing original dress, along with early miniature singing bird.

Ursula Brecht was captivated by small bébés (those that fit in the palm of one’s hand) and her collection features many, as well as a bounty of rare allbisque mignonettes.

The Brecht Collection poupées are highlighted by rare bodies, many being fully-articulated wooden such as this, and superb antique costumes and accessories.

The wooden-bodied Bébé Bru Modele poses with two all-bisque dolls.

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hen, in 2010, the Hanne Büktas Collection of fine antique dollhouses and miniaturia was presented

by Theriault’s in the memorable auction, Echoes of Remembered Rooms, the collector kept privately in her Vienna, Austria home ten of her most cherished rooms. Over several decades of researching and careful collecting, she had furnished these rooms with extraordinary miniature pieces and the rarest of dollhouse people. These ten rooms range

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

from a fine early Maerklin grocery store to two Viennese rooms (one attributed to Hans Makart), to extraordinary rooms from the Biedermeier and Victorian era. At the collector’s request, the rooms are being sold intact, each with its bounty of rare miniaturia, ephemera, and doll people.

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

Bid Live on the Internet Plan to spend the day at the auction in the comfort of your home. Watch and listen to the auction live, and get ready to bid live when the dolls of your choice come up for auction.

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

Bid Absentee Place your bids right up to the time of auction by mail, fax, email or phone. Advise us of the lots and your top bid. We will bid for you fairly and competitively.

From a great group of lovable googlies

by French and German doll firms.

Fine maitrise model doll furniture pieces such as this, as well as rarities including the parlor stove, and spiral staircase are in the July 26 auction.

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Lenci dolls from the personal collection of Nancy Lazenby, author of Lenci, The History and the Dolls, are featured in the July 26 auction.

Kewpie collectors will delight in these rare models.

Early baby rattles of fine silver were known as “coral and bells” and a collection of 15 are presented from the Brecht Collection.

Questions? Just call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 or email info@theriaults.com and we’ll review all the details and help you choose the bidding option that’s best for you.

A full color art quality collector’s book for the July 26th auction is available for $75 domestic with after-sale price key and free shipping.

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

You can! Visit theriaults.com and click on the button for Florence’s Videos. You can watch Florence Theriault’s video presentation and discussion of many of the dolls in the auction (available July 10th).

Would You Like to See All of the Beautiful Dolls in the “Bread & Roses” Auction?

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

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An Outstanding Marquis Auction of Antique Dolls and Automata from the famed Ursula Brecht Collection of Munich, Germany, and Important Dollhouses and Miniaturia from the Hanne Büktas Collection of Vienna, Austria.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016 At the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Pierrot serenades the moon, in this rare musical automaton, and the moon winks back in appreciation.

For nearly a half century, Ursula Brecht sought, studied and cherished the finest of European 19th century dolls, with a special love for French bébés and poupées. In the early 1980s her books, Precious Dolls and Kostbare Puppen opened the eyes of antique collectors to the special beauty of dolls, some say creating an entire new Jumeau bébés are highlighted generation of collectors. This important collection by early portrait models such is presented at this auction, along with important as this in original costume. selections from other fine private collections.

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

The auction is available to view online after July 10th. Visit theriaults.com and click “bid online”.

Six early metal carriages are in the collection, such as this, posed with a lovely petite poupée, and tiny all-original Steiner bébé.

To see more antique dolls from the July 26th auction look inside the front cover of this issue.

The grand French musical automaton “Pifferari”

by Jean Roullet celebrated the centuries-old tradition of the Italian troubadour. It is very rare, enhanced by splendid portrait bisque head by Jumeau, and in entirely original costume. The automaton is one of ten rare examples in the Brecht Collection.

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Important Huret china fashion w/ orig. gutta percha body, full, early Huret stamp on chest, Huret mar ke boots. Seldom se d en with orig. body, exceptionally beautiful face.

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

July 2016 Volume 19, Number 6

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English Poured Wax Baby Dolls

by Claire K. Davies Queen Victoria’s nine royal children were the impetus for English poured wax doll makers to create baby dolls as playthings.

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Oh What A Tangled “Webb” We Weave

Theriault’s to Auction the Legendary Doll Collection of Ursula Brecht, July 26 in Washington D.C.

by Carol Cameron The author researches the maker of these seldom seen leather dolls.

In her 1983 book, “Precious Dolls,” Ursula Brecht designed magnificent vignette scenes for her dolls, the same photographs shown in our cover article, highlighting her exemplary collection of French dolls which will be sold by Theriault’s Tuesday, July 26 in Washington, D.C.

About The Cover

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Bambole Lena, in the Shadow of Lenci

by Samy Odin The author discovers another Italian cloth doll maker whose dolls have been mistakingly sold as Lencis.

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Yvonne Spaggiari’s Art Cloth Dolls

by Dominique Pennegues The life and work of French doll maker Yvonne Spaggiari whose creations Bernard Ravca often claimed as his own.

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1-2-5) Rare Christian Hacker Manse - ca: 1885. - Architecturally grand, with the Hacker mark plus FAO Schwarz Label! Original glass windows, 9.5” ceilings, tin moldings, deep bays - all sweepingly elegant.

Overall, 25.5” across, 20” deep, and 30” tall. Stately & so rare!

(Furnishings sold separately) $1995

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3-4) 21” Rare Socket Head Parian w. Glass Eyes! - Beautifully preserved in layers of All Original Clothes on her original and rare 1874 Lacmann Body w/ heeled leather boots and slender waist. A unique and important early Fashion. Mint! $1650

7-8) Captivating & Rare 28” Figure ‘C’ Steiner - profoundly beautiful artwork; and knowing, blue PW Eyes, shaded lids, tender Closed Mouth in gentle smile, immaculate bisque w/ dewy blush, framed by sensuous mohair wig, and mint signed body - all wrapped up in vintage petal pink delicacy!

Breathtaking! $7200

6) 26” Luscious Closed Mouth Tete Jumeau - a fully signed ‘Size 12’ with perfect creamy bisque, blue PWs, original body w/ label , cork pate, coil, French wig, and mint antique finery! $2750 5

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10-11) Rare Size ‘4’ Block Letter F.G. - a choice 12” Gaultier jewel with ‘Bee Stung’ closed mouth, dreamy blue PWs, orig. stiff wrist body, very minor invisible ‘paper cut’ under mohair wig - dramatic wine red ensemble w/ plumed chapeau! just...$2500

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12) 20” Bahr & Proschild Fashion Lady - early, superior Closed Mouth model, Bru like w/Belton crown, snow pure bisque and ice blue PW eyes, plus early leather lady body, w/ mint bisque arms! $750

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9) 1880’s Closed Mouth 14” Child Fashion - gentle blue PWs with early flat brows, delicate French Trade features, bisque arms and good, early gusseted leather body.

So elegant! $550

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13-14) Wonderful 12” 1830’s Pedlar in Original Clothes - Historic English icon w/ perfect wax head, leather body, and original basket tray drenched in every manner of miniature wares! Fascinating! $1650

15) 14” Factory Original Limoge Fashion - shapely Mademoiselle Lady with swivel neck, and fancy silk gown, matching chapeau, fancy trims, pretty leather slippers, and French label! $695

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16) 11” Rare Antique Sewing Companion - Wonderful 1870’s China w/ old body and porcelain limbs, Her marvelous dress has pockets containing antique needles ,thimble and thread, plus her ‘Hat Pin’ hat. Historic sewing icon! $795

17) 7” Artist Made Milliner’s Model for 2003 UFDC Regional in orig “Stitch in Time” box. Mint $95- 6” Antique Pair of Milliners Model original painted features and perfect wooden limbs, as found, contained in their old French perfume box. $350

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21) 18” Closed Mouth Kestner in Original Clothes - great orig. body, mint bisque arms, blue sl. eyes, orig. wax, silk dress frail, good underwear, shoulder plate invisibly mended, mohair wig.

Just... $325

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22) 10” Early Closed Mouth Pair - great early straight leg French Fashion Bodies, snowy bisque, one blue, other brown PW eyes, one has a single shoulder plate break, other is perfect..

So French! $995 the pair.

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18) Mint 23” Rempel & Breitung Child - dreamy blue sleep eyes w/ orig.wax, early french brows, mint bisque & body, orig shoes, perfect fingers too! Rare maker! $375 19) 32” Heinrich Handwerck Project - 15.5” c. mint head, blue sl eyes, porc. teeth, pc’d ears,great orig. sgnd. body w/ orig. finish & perfect fingers; body needs some easy work.

Just..$495 20) 21” Pre-1900 Closed Mouth Kestner - early ‘Letter Series’ beauty w/ turned head, blue sl eyes, plaster pate, excel.body and her mint long luscious blonde ringlet tresses! Romantic! $650 23) 21” Authentic Male China - scarce one with tousled hair & brush marks, molded tufts, waves & sideburns; no damage; cloth body, porc. limbs, handsomely painted w. elongated brows. $450 24) Lady China w. Brushmarks - 24” with long neck & sloping shoulders, watery glaze, great hairdo, mld.exposed ears, ever so minor hairline on shoulder, slender old lady body w.leather boots.$495 25) 31” Lifelike Simon Halbig Child - mint 16”c. head! Big blue sl. eyes, perfect satin bisque, well shaped chunky jointed body w. slip and panties. A big innocent sweetheart $595 26) 12” All Original Print Body China - mint fabric, historic battle scenes,nice large size, orig porc. limbs, in 4-layered ensemble. $295...12” Curly Top w.Wardrobe - mint head, orig body, limb damage, authentic 5-piece wardrobe incl. hooded caplet, all in quaint period shoebox. Attic find! $495 27) Etherial 15” Closed Mouth Kestner - brown sl. eyes, 2-tone lips, dewy sheen, plump tender cheeks, mohair waves, early all leather body, panties,slips & boots, Juliet cap. All excellent! $595

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28) Closed Mouth 18” Bahr & Proschild fashionable lady w. PW eyes, closed crown, mint head w.long lush antique auburn tresses, original slender body w.patches, one hand as is, orig pantaloons. Dramatic $475.

16” Pre-1900 Ernst Heubach - dazzling PW eyes, tiny mouth, early French brows, near mint clean body w. perfect fingers. All fine quality $195 29) 24” Striking Kestner ‘166’ - flawless beauty, mint plaster pate, blue sl. eyes w.wax, porc. teeth, unusual honey blonde brows, hip length matching wig,plus good old underwear , jtd. pink kid body can sit, perfect hands $375 8” Scarce Dwarfed Heubach always an adorable miniature that you rarely see offered. $275

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30) Very Early 20” Gaultier Poupée - magnificent ‘Bru era’ Barrios made example! Orig. cork pate and wig, great body, plate has a super professional invisible restoration.This early face is stunning in her gorgeous size! $1650 31) 6” Seated Bisque Alsacian Knitter - beautiful quality French woman, rich artwork so unusual. $195

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32) 14” Early Bru Poupée - Sublime pure quality, swivel neck, orig pate & wig; rare fabric Fashion body with lovely perfect bisque arms, only a minor plate touch up, important doll! $1895

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34) 26” Exceptional SFBJ ‘301’ - ca: 1899. Vivacious jeune fille, top quality, blue sleep eyes with orig lashes, original Jumeau era body with slip & bonnet. Excellent! $695 35) 19” SFBJ ‘238’ Character - beautifully made desirable lad, perfect mate, blue PWs, invisible spider line under antique wig & beret, plus original Jumeau quality body. Exciting young man! $895 36) Rare 30” Simon Halbig ‘979’ - early 1887 model,perfect head, brilliant artwork, square teeth, vibrant blue stat.eyes, antique wig, rptd. chunky orig. stiff wrist body w/ its orig. elegant costume as found. Important rare size doll! Just $1650

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37) Mint Barrois Poupée - early tender quality, mohair wig/ cork pate, excel. orig. body and fine underwear including boots and great corset - all ready for her gown! $1550

38-39) 14” Wood Body Fashion w. Bisque Arms exquisite chiseled features, delicate color and blue paperweights, cork pate, great clean posture, flexible arms, (3-mended fingers ?).

A dream for the dressmaker! $4500

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40) 24” Artist Made Bru - fantastic modeling & quality, PW eyes, shaded lids,gorgeous mint body with such authentic beautiful bisque arms! Yours to dress.Mint! $450 41) 16” Unusual Lady Doll - post WW I rarity, swivel head, perfect bisque, antique eyes, pierced ears, good orig. body, lovely old layered clothes. A unique fashion...$750 42) 19” Elegant English Wax - young lady w/ usual age wear, orig. slender body, one arm as found, sleeve would cover, perfect fingers, toes & wig, an 1870’s beauty . $395 43) “Little Miss Limoges” - 13” adorable dimpled face character with hazel PW’s, closed lips w. tongue, fine artwork, good kid body w/ bisque arms. A Petit Four! $495

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A 12 inch Kewpie and a 10inch wigged Kewpie make a delightful pair!!

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Sweater Kewpie- $1195 Wigged Kewpie- $1095Want Both? $1995 pair!

Early Block Letter F5G This precious 15” Bebe has the most serene expression with pale perfect bisque, deep amber eyes framed by sweeping lashes, and delicate tinted lips with cheeks of coral hues. Early leather body with bisque hands. Skin wig, original dress and bonnet, matching antique silk shoes. $6900

Precious Tiny FG Block Letter Bebe Adorable 11” Block Letter FG with extremely desirable early face having large expressive espresso colored eyes and excellent modeling. Lovely tinted cheeks and lips, excellent bisque, beautifully formed closed mouth with hint of modeled tongue. This wee doll is on an early straight wrist French 8 ball jointed body that is in excellent condition, having no repairs or defects and in original finish. This little prize will tuck in very nicely with a larger Fashion as a young child counterpart or with other diminutive Bebes. She is also a perfect “dolly” in the lap of a large doll. The choice is yours. She is truly a little cherub deserving of your affection! $6200

27” Simon Halbig 1079 DEP Original hair lashes, French human hair wig, silk two pc. outfit with matching hat. Huge Eyes, Darling Doll! Excellent Condition-$995

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Precious Basket of Etrennes - Filled to the brim with tiny toys and dolls for the special New Years Day gifts that marked the coming year with smiles and cries of glee. Pintuck Comb Wooden, Sweet Coquette, flocked sheep, Snow Baby, Doll House Dolls & Toys, miniature spy glasses, tin pull toy horse, sweet painted wooden doll, and more. $1995

28” Kestner 171 - What a pair! Ready to go on a picnic, our lovely girl is dressed in pinafore & cotton dress topped with a jaunty straw bonnet.

This popular mold is in generally wonderful condition; albeit, a former little mommy opted to paint her fingernails. She did a nice job and these can be easily removed.

Otherwise, Perfect!! $675

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AUCTION GALLERY

Theriault’s May 14 Auction in Las Vegas

Bisque portrait bebe Jumeau, 25 inches, pressed bisque socket head, original body, $9,000.

French musical automaton of Bebe Triste with toy theatre and pup in basket, 30 inches, formerly in the collection of Christian Bailly, $40,000.

The rare poupee by Leverd & Cie with unique wig system, kid gusset jointed body, kid over wood upper arms and bisque lower arms, realized $35,000.

A lovely French E.J.A., size 12, 25 inches, with pressed bisque socket head, circa 1879 (made for only one or two years) and offered in two sizes, 10 and 12, sold for $27,000.

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eaturing virtually every known bebe model of Emile Jumeau, along with rare portrait poupées

by Pierre Jumeau, Theriault’s May 14 auction in Las Vegas was a dream come true for French doll collectors. Also included in the sale were rare examples of automata, American cloth dolls, Schoenhuts, all bisques, German bisque dolls and more. Here are some of the highlights. Prices do not include the buyer’s premium www.theriaults.com

Perhaps representing a storybook character, this rare male cloth doll by Martha Chase, 14 inches, brought $6,250.

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Rare black cloth doll by Martha Chase, 12 inches, c. 1890, $5,250.

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In her fine original gown, this 18‑inch paper mache lady, c. 1840, realized $1,800.

Known as the “Ballerina,” this Leopold Lambert automaton, with head by Simon and Halbig, 23 inches, in working order, sold for $10,000.

21‑ inch bisque shoulder head, kid joined body, in original wooden box with four antique costumes, undergarments, apron and boots, $3,000.

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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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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

TO REGISTER

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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eatured on the cover of their May 28 catalog, Galerie de Chartres sold this size 1 Bru (29 cm) dressed in an original costume for € 16,000.

The rare bebe francais

by Falck et Roussel with pressed bisque head marked F.R. 8, 48 cm, sold for € 10,500. www.ivoire‑chartres.com

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Bébé JUMEAU Triste (Long face) size 13, 72 cm, pressed bisque head, original marked body, realized € 15,274 at the Hôtel des Ventes de Monte‑Carlo doll auction on April 30. The Jumeau EJA, 68 cm, sold for € 23,496. www.hvmc.com

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n outstanding French pull toy with the lady rider having a pressed bisque character face by Bru, leading four dappled horses, measuring 20” long, sold for € 6,000 at François Theimer’s recent auction. This lovely fashion doll made by Terrene, with pressed bisque head, original leather body, lower bisque forearms, 18” tall, brought € 6,500. Prices do not include the buyer’s premium. www.theimer.fr.

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he May 20th and 21st Ron Rhoads auction was an important event for dolls’ house and miniature collectors and dealers. It featured consignments from long time collectors including this small English dollhouse, referred to in the catalog as a box back, which brought $16,000, the top selling lot in the auction. Among the dolls’ house dolls this 7” joined peg wooden doll brought $3,250. Prices do not include the buyer’s premium. www.ronrhoads‑auction.com

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large Grodner Tal painted wooden doll with baby, dating to the 1820’s brought € 5,000 and a rare mid 18th century pair of English beeswax lady and gentlemen dolls sold for € 3,300 at C & T Auctions in the UK. (Excluding buyer’s premium). candtauctions.co.uk

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Proud to be an American!

Theriault’s to Auction the Legendary Doll Collection of Ursula Brecht, July 26 in Washington D.C. n 1983, the legendary German collector, Ursula Brecht, wrote this in her book, Precious Dolls, published that year in English: “During my childhood, before World War II, I was allowed to rummage through the attic in our house. I was fascinated by all the old boxes and trunks. They held so many mysteries that going through them was always an adventure.

One day, I found a trunk filled with silk-and-lace dresses from my grandmother’s childhood. As I took out the dresses I found an old, jointed doll lying among them. She had a delicate, finely molded porcelain head, expressive glass eyes and a disheveled, curly wig.

For the astute German collector, it was always the face of the doll that compelled her. Gentle visages of early Bru bebes were especially sought.

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The Ursula Brecht collection is enhanced by very fine miniature doll ephemera such as Maerklin carriages, toy animals, and rare accessories such as bonehandled parasols that are carried by many of the poupees.

The brilliant blue paperweight eyes of the classic Bru Jne bebe sparkle against her blue silk costume, while her accessories include early beaded miniature purse and wooden toy jumping jack.

The extraordinary character faces created by Jumeau enhanced the amusing actions of the Lambert automaton, as seen in this crying child whose Polichinelle toy needs help!

One of the very beautiful Steiner bebes that is presented from the Ursula Brecht collection.

Her trousseau was in a small wicker hamper. It was filled with beautiful, hand-sewn dresses, lace shirts, frilly stockings and ankle-length boots. They were items that a mother would have used 50 years earlier to dress up her daughter.

The doll was a dream from a bygone era, and she filled me with wonder. She became the center of my fantasies. I spent hours inventing stories about her.

Sadly, these games ended with the war. Our house was destroyed during a bombing raid. Along with everything else. I lost the doll. But I never lost hope of finding another like her...�

The book had originally been published three years earlier in a German edition, Kostbare Puppen, and its stunning photographs of antique dolls took the doll world by storm. Few full color books that showcased these splendid beauties were available at the time, and it would be fair to state that the Ursula Brecht book was the inspiration for many a new and budding collector.

Ursula Brecht continued her story: When the war was over, my family and I had a difficult time.

Years passed, and I didn’t have an opportunity to look for a doll.

Then, shortly after my wedding day, my husband and I visited a flea market in Paris. As I looked through a pile of antiques, I saw her. She had threadbare, dusty clothes, a moth-eaten wig and a lovely porcelain face.

A fabulous array of fashion dolls from the Brecht collection will delight every collector.

The poupees in the Brecht Collection are garbed in fine antique costumes and coiffes, and enhanced with accessories such as the fine miniature purse. She stands alongside a rare mignonette, one of many that are featured.

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The Christmas scene features a beautiful painted eye poupee by Huret alongside Bru’s Brevete with most gentle expression and delicate bisque hands.

Immediately the old fascination returned. I wanted more than anything to buy that doll and take her home. But I could not. There were other more important things to buy. In the ensuing years, I was busy caring for our children and the house. I had no chance to resume my search for a doll. But the desire to find one remained strong.”

Then some years later, about 1965, her family now raised, and with more possibility to pursue her own interests, Ursula Brecht was strolling though a street in Cologne and spotted a shop window which displayed more than 20 dolls.

Every collector reading this knows how the story continues.

Beginning with one doll, returning to the shop for another,

Ursula Brecht favored the gentle expression of the earliest bebes of Emile Jumeau, often displaying them with their own small doll in contrasting style and size.

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French bebes by Jumeau and Schmitt pose in a holiday setting amidst their little miniature gifts.

and then another, and so the story goes. She began to travel far afield, to other cities in Europe and to the then famous flea markets of London and Paris, and her collection grew into one of the most landmark of all Europe. Her favorites, she says and her collection confirms, were the French dolls with their “serious contemplative expressions and a noble quality”.

During the preparation of of her book, Precious Dolls (Kostbare Puppen), Ursula Brecht became fascinated with designing vignette scenes which were photographed for the book, and then, over the ensuring years, presented in stunning large-scale calendars which collectors still cherish.

Splendid large eyes known as “wraparound” dramatize the gentle expression and pale bisque of the very early Jumeau bebes.

What could be more entrancing than with endearing expression of early Steiner bebes - unless it is one of these bebes wearing her original costume?

Tiny French bebes have been special favorites of Ursula Brecht, displaying superbly as “children” of their elegant poupee mothers.

In choosing her French poupees, Ursula Brecht sought examples with rare body styles, particularly articulated wooden bodies, as well as having gorgeous faces and costumes. The lovely example, here is shown with examples of the numerous rare all-bisque dolls from the era.

It is the Brecht photographs that are shown with this article.

After the publication of her book, Ursula Brecht continued to search for exceptional dolls, and during the next quarter century carefully gathered some of the world’s finest doll treasures, with particular emphasis on her favorite French dolls. Her collection encompasses virtually every significant doll maker from the golden years of the Parisian doll scene, with examples of both Huret bebes and poupees, superb

examples by Leon Casimir Bru, Schmitt et Fils, Mothereau, and early Jumeau. Poupees parade the scene with very fine original costumes, and rare body models. And everywhere are divine furnishings, accessories, and those rare little “special touches” that have become nearly impossible for today’s collectors to find.

Ursula Brecht’s other great fascination has been roses, and her homes and gardens are filled with these exquisite

Poppy-red antique dress and bonnet highlights the pale bisque of the early Schmitt bebe, one of several in the collection.

No fashionable lady of Paris would stroll along the Champs-Elysses unless in a stunning costume such as this. Having bisque arms, and wonderful accessories and jewelry enhances this example.

The gentle-faced poupee of Adelaide Huret, with classic dreamily-painted eyes, is wearing a fine early costume with accessories, one of dozens of fine poupees in the Brecht collection.

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There are several examples of this beloved portrait Bru poupee, with variations of original body, and each wearing an exquisite original costume, with accessories.

flowers, many featured in the beautiful doll photographs in her 1983 book, Precious Dolls. In that same year, 1983, across the ocean, unknown one to the other, Theriault’s presented an auction of antique dolls titled Bread and Roses. Pure happenstance? Perhaps, perhaps not. It, nevertheless, seems fitting that this title be restored, a third of a century later.

The Ursula Brecht collection of more than 300 important dolls and ephemera will be presented at a Marquis auction,

Plump-faced poupees from the early 1860s, including examples by Huret and Rohmer, abound in the Brecht collection.

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Automaton in the Brecht collection range from this Vichy lady with stroller, to grand paper mache examples including the rare exotic black harpist by Vichy in grand size.

Bread and Roses, conducted by Theriault’s on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. The auction also includes rare Lenci dolls from the personal collection of Lenci doll author, Nancy Lazenby, important dollhouse rooms and furnishings, and more. For full details about the auction see the inside front cover of this magazine, call 410-224-3655 or visit www.theriaults.com. Full color catalogs of the collection are available for $75.

Early model bebes by Gaultier, in original dress, also include the rare kid-bodied model in very petite size.

Another view of the dreamy-eyed French poupee with gown having lace-edged draping, and with wonderful jewelry and accessories.

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English Poured Wax Baby Dolls

by Claire K Davies

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t is generally agreed that poured wax baby dolls appear in the antique doll timeline later than those representing adults and older children. The first wax baby dolls produced in any volume were, in fact, not intended for play, and origins may largely be traced back to European religious models of baby Jesus made by catholic nuns of the Carmelite and Ursuline orders.

By the late nineteenth century the European wax baby Jesus was revered not just in cathedrals, churches and public festivals, but also within the homes of wealthier citizens where little shrines of personal devotion were formed for prayer at home, or popularly presented beneath glass domes as gifts for baptisms and first communions. These babies - especially those from France - are sometimes confused with English poured wax play-dolls, but in fact have a distinct identity of their own and very characteristic body construction which is key to their identification.

Some were cast entirely of solid wax with glass eyes making them very heavy, almost always recumbent, with legs bent and finely modelled feet, often with one big toe upturned, one ankle partially crossed above the other and arms outstretched to embrace.

Sometimes two fingers are raised in blessing. This type is sadly prone to having the arms broken, as there is no flexibility in construction.

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and stringing, but are glued on or secured by means of cloth tabs to the body. Hair is rarely inserted, but is more often either individual mohair or other natural fibre curls affixed directly to the wax scalp, or human hair inserted into a central hole bored into the crown and spread out to cover the head.

There is also a range of upright poured wax baby Jesus dolls, inspired by the sixteenth century wax-coated wooden Infant of Prague, a standing baby Jesus character based at the Carmelite Church of our Lady Victorious in Prague which attracts many thousands of pilgrims annually who come to pay homage to the holy infant.

Beyond the religious and moving into the secular world, spectacular fullscale wax human models taken from life were made; intriguingly realistic wax anatomical models were cast for purposes of medical instruction and research, and as funeral effigies, and costly likenesses of both the living and the dead were cast as three dimensional portraits. Madame

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French sleeping baby - right hand detail

Montanari baby - Prince Albert Edward

Tussaud paved the way in Europe in the late 1700’s for nobility and the fashionable, wealthy elite to commission their own handsome wax models with inserted human hair and glass eyes.

She travelled to Britain with her touring exhibition of skillfully sculpted waxworks in 1802. Fueled by the general public’s deep fascination with the realism of sculptures in wax, by 1835 she had established a permanent exhibition of wax figures in London which eventually became the Madame Tussaud’s known globally today, with waxwork attractions in over twenty locations worldwide.

The rare sleeping baby presented here is an extraordinarily moving example of a life-size poured wax infant made in France in the mid-eighteen hundreds.

It’s peaceful face is relaxed beneath the gossamer veil of heavenly, eternal sleep, in a face of such powerful realism that it transcends doll and affects the consciousness on a more profound and instinctive level, posing questions about maternal and paternal love, and the transience of life and death. Finely modelled eyelids, parted lips, detailed ears and realistic individually posed fingers gently mimic those of a real child.

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So, it is evident that the wax baby as a simple plaything was a concept somewhat new to large-scale English toy production in the mid-nineteenth century. It came at a time when dolls were very much influenced by Queen Victoria and becoming more so as the press began eagerly following her nine picturesque Royal children - five girls and four boys. Popular magazines and news publications followed them avidly from their birth into their childhood years when they became old enough to play with toys. As a girl, Queen Victoria herself had expressed a long-standing interest in dolls and their costuming until her own dolls were put away at the age of 14. Now, as a mother, she could legitimately immerse herself in the world of dolls once more, buy dolls for the Royal nursery, and even write reviews about wax dolls she had seen at exhibition.

The title ‘The Inventor of the Royal Wax Model Baby’, was coined by several of the poured wax doll makers, but the earliest to produce them in quantity appear to be the Montanari and Pierotti families. There is evidence that the English poured wax doll makers still dabbled on the fringes of the European creche baby. Lucy Peck made a very rare recumbent model apparently heavily influenced by the ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Pierotti baby in original early hand-embroidered gown All-original Hamleys Pierotti baby

wax depictions of baby Jesus. Similarly, the Pierottis’ who embraced their Italian Catholic heritage, and John Edwards, noted as being a pious and devout man, both made infants influenced by their religious sentiments. But the primary driving force of initial market demand for poured wax babies in England was evidently baby dolls representing the Royal babies with their beautifully modelled limbs, finely inserted blonde hair and blue glass eyes.

The early all-original Montanari Royal baby illustrated here depicts Prince Albert Edward, future King Edward VII, wearing the blue riband of the Order of the Garter, having been made Prince of Wales at the age of just four weeks old. The sole of his leather slippers is marked in ink with a scrolled E and his hand-stitched and embroidered clothing is of the highest standard befitting a tribute to the Royal child.

Mr. Montanari even staged a solo exhibition in Leicester Square at which the star feature was Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the prince consort ‘surrounded by their illustrious young family’, all depicted in wax and no doubt dressed by his wife and award-winning wax doll maker Madame Augusta Montanari.

This topical fascination naturally lead to a far more broad appeal for baby dolls for little girls to

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nurse and practice their parenting skills for the future.

They began to be regarded as having moral and educational value, with children learning to care for their ‘infants’, to dress their diminutive offspring and stitch their clothing and bed linen themselves. Thus the appeal of the classic English poured wax baby became deeply established amongst those who could afford both a good education and the most expensive dolls, and it lasted for over fifty years, well into the Edwardian period.

Over the next few decades, the family firm of Pierotti produced their highly desirable poured wax babies in relative quantity for a hand-made doll, with different but very distinctive moulds, with the same narrow waisted cloth bodies used for dolls representing adult ladies, with generic poured wax limbs and shoulderheads mostly secured with stringing through sew holes made in the wax. Although the most commercially popular was the fair blonde, blue-eyed baby after Queen Victoria’s children, they came with different coloured inserted human or mohair wigs - brunette, the famous Pierotti titian red-gold, auburn and dark blonde.

There were different glass eye colours of a multitude of blues, and much more rarely deep brown, hazel green, dark amber and russet. Pierotti developed their signature narrow, crescent shaped eye-cuts - a shape exclusive to their manufactory. The majority of poured wax babies had fixed eyes, but a scarce few remain to demonstrate sleeping eyes - either the weighted rocking eye mechanism as seen in bisque headed dolls, or the older lever-eye mechanism of the earlier dolls which was revived and adopted by Lucy Peck. Here you can see how the wire lever, which is connected to the eyes within the head, protrudes from the lower torso and can be pushed up or pulled down to open or close the eyes.

Mouths were closed, pouting, and cupid-like, sometimes moulded with a little tongue peeping out, as illustrated by signed Pierotti baby Susanna photographed here. Open mouths with teeth were very rarely produced, and are largely reserved for wax over composition dolls. It was even possible for a customer to have a bespoke poured wax doll made in a particular likeness and using their own eye colour and hair to create a one-of-a-kind portrait doll.

Having stocked them for decades, by the turn of the century luxury London toy store Hamleys even claimed the Pierotti wax baby as its own, with advertisements featuring ‘Hamleys celebrated baby dolls with long robes, cloaks and hoods’ depicting wax dolls in long christening gowns and bonnets. The most expensive of all the dolls, in ‘pretty embroidered cloaks and hoods’, these poured babies cost 30, 50 or 63 shillings all the way up to six pounds 6 shillings at that time. Interestingly, the Hamleys wooden doll crate was an optional extra as advertised in 1901, so this explains partly why so few remain in existence - they did not come freely with the sale of a doll and had to be purchased separately, primarily for the purpose of postage by mail order. In addition, the boxes were very heavy, and once they had served their purpose

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of transporting a doll home safely, were probably set aside.

The other optional extras offered by the store were trousseaus and layettes packed in folding baskets or trunks. The deluxe all-original Pierotti baby shown here enjoys both its original wooden crate and a full complement of original clothes comprising a swansdown trimmed satin bonnet, two piece matching set of bib and bonnet in spotted Swiss muslin, a gown, and knitted woollen booties. The Hamleys babies from this time were now largely made by Charles Ernest Pierotti, as one of the last remaining wax doll modellers, and feature both the rose pink tint and the delicate flesh tint wax, wool or silk capes sometimes with an embroidered fabric Hamleys label stitched inside.

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Original hand-stitched underclothes and booties of boxed Hamleys baby

From the late Victorian period onwards, the English poured wax baby heroically fought a brave fight in competition with the mass production of more affordable German and French bisque baby dolls by popular makers such as Armand Marseille, Heubach, Kestner and SFBJ, but by the 1930’s, the poured wax baby had all but become extinct. The 1940’s heralded a new era of baby dolls of hard plastic and, later, vinyl. What remains today is the legacy of just a very few remarkable decades of poured wax doll production, but which is viewed by many as one of the richest jewels in the crown of British doll-making history.

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1. Seldom found early E J Jumeau - seven over EJ, 19”, c. 1880. Stunning doll, perfect bisque and body finish, original spring in head, exceptional outfit, $9,950 2. Outstanding AT Kestner - this one has “the look”, original body and perfect head, hard to find doll, 19”, $10,950 3. Wonderful and large black all bisque, perfect original condition. Swivel neck, glass eyes, orig. wig, great expression, marked #23, a prize for any collection, 10” $2,750 4. Martha Chase Black Mammy doll, c. 1895, exc. orig. condition, a rare doll in this impressive 26” size, $8,950 5. K * R 116 toddler, blue eyes, perfect cond., adorable little boy in this hard to find model, great outfit, 22”, $2,450 6. Cute as can be! 10” blank button Teddy Bear by Steiff with shoe button eyes, pads and mohair exc., $1,950 7. Deeply carved early wooden head gentleman in original tux outfit, c. 1880, wood lower arms, hands and feet, exc. cond., 18” $1,950 8. Exquisite wooden body French fashion lady, 15”, marked H&S, luxury doll, 1875, $6,900 9. A dream of a doll by Bru - the Brevete model, 18”, perfect head, shoulder plate and hands (one finger tip off left hand), great outfit and original Bru shoes, 18”, $16,950 10. Outstanding WWI French solder with elaborate military outfit with all the accessories, red terra cotta, 13”, put out by Musee de la Guerre in 1935 on the 20th anniversary of WWI, $1,950

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11. Large and unusual early creche figure of a prince in elaborate costume and crown, original and exc. cond., beautifully preserved, 15”, $750 12. Rare Find! Swiss carved lady doll with detailed orig. outfit, carving and paint exc., carved braids circle the head, exposed ears, c. 1890, 14” $2,495 13. Long Face Triste Bebe, c. 1880, designed by Carrier Belleuse, size 11, 24”, perfect bisque and body, Jumeau shoes signed 11, especially nice, gorgeous doll! $17,950 14. Original attic find - this portrait Jumeau fashion lady is all orig. (dress, hat, wig, shoes, socks and undergarments!)

Just the way you want to find them. A stunning example, 19”, $6,750 15. Wonderful addition to any collection, this bride and groom from the Door of Hope Mission in Shanghai, China are in beautiful condition, the bride with a carved bun, all orig., 12” $2100

16. Door of Hope man doll in rare costume, carved wood and cloth, 12”, $950 17. Heubach Dandy #7911 in orig. fancy white linen outfit with striped shirt, perfect bisque, 19”, great modeling, open closed mouth with tongue, $1,950 18. Large and handsome #7602 by Heubach, superb bisque and modeling, great costume, c. 1912, 24”, $2,250.

19. Gretchen by K*R, blue painted eyes, beautiful bisque, great presence, small wig pull, 19”. $3,250 20. How sweet! This rare 10” EJ Jumeau charmer is in exc. cond., orig. body, beautiful brown eyes. gorgeous costume, size 2, $7,450.

21. Outstandingly orig. “Mascotte” by May Freres in rare 11” size, wonderful doll, mint, beautiful blue eyes, $5,950 22. Sonneberg child doll - this little 10” beauty has exceptional bisque, piercing blue eyes, feathered brows and French cut bisque head. A little jewel for any collection, $2,450

23. Haven’t seen this one before! Rare WWI Heubach German snow solder smoking cigarette, all bisque, perfect, 7”, $1,150 24. Large, perfect and beautiful, a 16” bathing boy has white china body with pink luster head, blue eyes and blond hair, outstanding features, maker’s mark on bottom of left foot.

Quality piece, $850 25. Pretty little girl in elaborate pink outfit by Lenci, “Lucia” face, c. 1920, silver tag, nice condition with a little dust, $850 26. Are you smiling? Who could resist this all original AM Googly 323? Outstanding doll, beautifully preserved, perfect sleep eyes, 9.5”, $1,295 27. Beautiful Kathe Kruse Type I, 16” superb sculpting, marked, a wonderful example of this sought after doll, great outfit, $2,950 28. Kathe Kruse Type X, c. 1930, nicely dressed, a hard to find model in exc. cond., 14”, $1,595 29. Wonderful boy doll by Martha Chase, 16”, great size and condition, marked, blue eyes, $875 30. Adorable little girl by Martha Chase, rare small size at 13”, body marked including orig. “paper work” brown eyes, blond hair, exc. cond., $895 31. Martha Chase child doll, blond hair with rare side part, blue eyes, exc. cond., 16”, $1,250

Oh What A Tangled “Webb” We Weave

by Carol Cameron

than the head. When I obtained her I was told she dated from 1920. I have no other doll like this one. I think she is most unusual and I am sure she would be appreciated by someone who likes dolls that are a little different.”

If the pictures of the doll were not enough, anyone who has seen my collection will know that that last bit of the description clinched it for me!

I duly bid, and was lucky enough to acquire her. It was love at first sight. The photos shows her with no clothes. She came in a knitted outfit that was not original so I have preferred to display her showing off her wonderful body until I find out what she should be wearing (but more of that later). I looked through all my doll books but could not find any reference/picture to this sort of doll. And then, three years later, as often happens, the breakthrough came…

Prior to coming to UFDC in July 2009, I was looking though the Theriault’s catalogue for their pre convention auction when my heart skipped a beat. There, looking at me, was the big sister of my leather doll! And, what’s more, it had a maker’s mark and patent number on it and, what’s even more wonderful,

ne of the many wonderful things about dolls is that, no matter how long you have been collecting, you suddenly see a doll you have never seen before and before you know it, you are off down another “line of enquiry” (yet another group of dolls added to your collection!)

Such a thing happened to me back in the middle of 2006. I was browsing eBay (as one does) and suddenly I saw this really beautiful and very unusual all leather doll.

The description read: “This is another of my old dolls which I have just discovered in my chest of bisque dolls. I have had her for 35 years and can honestly say I have never seen another one like her. She is in completely original condition. She is 17 inches tall and is all made of kid leather which is faded pink. Her beautiful head, which can swivel, is all hand painted with closed mouth, blue eyes with defined eyebrows and most unusually, inserted eye lashes. She retains all her original hair which is inserted into the kid of her head. The doll has a well shaped body with separate fingers and shaped feet with toes. An added bonus is that she is shaped so that she can sit, the body being softer The 17-inch leather doll that started my quest.

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Purchased at Theriault’s, this 22-inch doll had the maker’s mark and patent date. The tag attached to the doll gave the doll’s name and the address for Dora Webb. Further research proved she was the daughter of the maker.

a luggage label with the owner’s name and address.

Florence, as ever, had done her homework and the result was reflected in the description: “Rare English Cloth Doll by Florence Webb with Original Patent Date and Maker Label: 22 inches (56 cm.) All-cloth doll with head, hands and feet made of leatherette, pressed and oil-painted facial features, defined eye sockets with outlined blue eyes, painted lashes and real lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with full outlined lips, blushed cheeks, defined ears, brunette human hair in bobbed fashion, stitch-jointed limbs, individual fingers, toes and thumbs with wire framework for flexibility, wearing green linen romper dress with smocking, hair ribbon, bloomers, and carrying shoes. Condition: generally excellent.

Marks: Webbs Patent No 104075 1916. (paper label on neck).

Comments: Florence Webb of England registered her patent design in 1916 for a doll head, hands and feet made of “mock kid leather”, with head molded over a buckram form and stuffed with cotton wool. Value Points: very rare doll with most appealing expression and artistic details; the doll has a pencil written note “my name is Ginger, born in 1918,” and on the backside is lettered “Miss Dora Webb R.M.S., 106 Burton Rd, Melton Mowbray”.”

I spoke to Florence about the doll and she said she found the reference in Pollock’s Dictionary of English Dolls (ed. by Mary Hillier, Crown Publishers, New York, 1983, first published in the UK in 1982 by Robert Hale Ltd). The reference was very simple – “Webb, Florence, 1916. Obtained patent no. 104075 for a doll head, Antique DOLL Collector

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hands and feet made of mock kid leather. The head was moulded over a buckram form and stuffed with cotton wool. The fingers, thumbs and toes were made flexible by means of a wire framework.”

I did a search on the European Patent Office (EPO) website and found the original patent application. This is the only patent application I can find for Florence Webb so maybe this was the only doll she ever made – who knows?

But what about the luggage label – who was Miss Dora Webb R.M.S.? Given Florence and Dora shared the same surname, the address on the luggage label (almost) matched the address listed in the patent and the date for the patent was just a couple of years earlier than the date on the label, common sense would suggest there was some relationship between the two people.

At that point I stopped and put further research on hold – in the pile of things labeled “after I retire”. But in the meantime, I found another three examples of Florence’s work.

Well, I retired end of last year so when Donna asked me to do an article, I chose to pick up where I left off and complete the mission. Firstly Dora – I googled her and retrieved the following information: “Dora Webb – 1888 – miniature painter and sculptor, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. She studied art privately with Alyn Williams in 1902, two years later at the Grosvenor School of Art with Walter Donne. Exhibited RMS of which she was a member, RA, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, at Paris Salon and in the provinces. Her full name was Mahala Theodora Webb and she was the older sister of Cecilia Webb, the sculptor, with whom she lived in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.”

I found a number of examples of Dora’s miniature watercolours – two caught my eye – perhaps because they reminded me of the dolls?

I also looked up Cecilia Webb, to see if that provided me with any more information on Florence. I found the following: “Cecilia Webb, 1888-1957, also known as Millie Webb, sculptor, born at Stamford Lincolnshire, daughter of the architect Morpeth

The original patent

22-inch example with teeth!

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Webb. She exhibited RA, RSA, RMS and Paris salon. Lived at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.”

I also found that Cecilia had been a nurse during the First World War at Wicklow Lodge Military Hospital in Melton Mowbray. She had created a book of poems by the patients, along with their autographs. This was used years later to create a book that focuses on the wartime experiences of eight of the men who signed the book, recounting their battlefield traumas at notorious sites such as the Somme. This is one of the many things I love about dolls – it takes you down all sorts of historical paths.

So I’d made a start on the family connections – Dora and Millie, both daughters of Morpeth – but still no link to Florence. So I called the Local Melton Mowbray Museum. I explained what I was doing and why and was very relieved with their response (I don’t know about you, but more often than not, when I mention research on dolls to people, they either glaze over or look with sympathy at this deranged person in front of them – me!). Tracey, who answered the phone, already knew about Cecilia and Dora. She told me they had a brother – and wait for it – they had one of the Webb dolls on display in the museum! So I gave Tracey my shopping list including family history and photo of the doll and waited.

I did not have to wait long. True to their word, the museum came back with the following family history: “Dora and Cecilia were the daughters of Morpeth Webb (1863-1930), an Architect and Surveyor and his wife Florence Sophia Webb (nee Cousins) (1866-1949). The family moved to Melton in approximately 1892 and took up residence at 106 Burton Road. They married in 1886 and had three children: Mahala Theodora Webb (6.5.1886-1973) born in Stamford (known as Dora) Millicent Cecilia Webb (1889-1957) born in Stamford (known as Millie) John Adams Webb (1893-1957) born in Melton

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A young boy, seated, wearing a white smock before a coast, signed/dated ‘Dora Webb RMS 1930’.

Watercolour on card 7 x 5.5cm. In a glazed gilt metal mount.

Watercolour on ivory of a seated girl in a wood paneled room, signed lower right Dora Webb RMS, 1927. In a gilt bronze frame.

Height of ivory 11 cm. (4 1/4 in.)

Dora Webb started painting at 14 and was the only pupil of Alyn Williams P.R.M.S. RBM, celebrated Victorian miniaturist and founding member and president of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. She exhibited at Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Paris Salon, and Toronto.

Dora was given a commission of 10 miniatures for the King’s Library of the Queen Mary’s Doll’s House by Princess Marie Louise. A pen and ink drawing of the late King George V was accepted by the then Duchess of York for her daughter princess Elizabeth in 1936. She was elected a full member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Engravers in 1928 and her sister Cecilia was an associate for many years before being elected a full member in the late 1960s, for her work with miniature sculptures.

Dora also started and ran Melton’s first guide company, and the girls would often meet in the garden or sitting room of 106 Burton Road.

I have attached copies of a newspaper article that includes photos of both sisters, it is the best picture we have (see below), sorry. Also attached are pictures of the Dora Webb doll we have on display here at the museum.”

So – bingo – Florence was the mother of Dora and it was Florence, at age 52, who made the patent marked doll for her daughter Dora when she was 32 years of age – even in those days grown women were into dolls!

But what about the last sentence – “the Dora Webb doll”?

I called the museum to thank them for their info and ask about this. Amy, who works with Tracey, told me that the doll had always been called “Dora” so they had assumed

The Melton Mowbray Museum sent an old newspaper clipping with photos of the two sisters discussing a showing of their paintings and sculpture in London.

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Unfortunately, they had no further info on Florence – she was only known to them as the mother of the famous Dora and Millie. But, because of her patent, we doll lovers know Florence as the maker of these wonderful leather dolls.

A few P.S.’s if I may – first the clothes – as you can see from the photos, the original clothing is a short plain dress with lovely smocking. So I am now on the hunt for two of these to dress my unclothed dolls.

Secondly, the red hair. Unfortunately, the museum only had black and white photos of Dora and Millie so there is no evidence of where the red hair came from – but I would like to imagine both Dora and Millie with lovely red flowing locks that were used to make the wigs for their mum’s dolls!

Thirdly, I checked and the Melton Mowbray house is still there – it is described as a semi-detached with 3 reception rooms, 7 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, so ideal for the large, creative Webb family!

Lastly, I would love to hear from anyone who has any of these dolls as I would like to build up a photo library – you can contact me at waxlady83@aol.com.

So there we are – another “tangled webb” doll mystery solved – hope you enjoyed the journey!

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Yvonne Spaggiari’s Art Cloth Dolls

by Dominique Pennegues

Group of Spaggiari dolls with her very first creation in the middle front, made in 1918 for her 3-year-old daughter Cecile.

Courtesy Patty Garbarino

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vonne Spaggiari is one of those French cloth doll makers, who, like Stefania Lazarska, has her beautiful artistic creations well known and prized in the States but, unfairly, under another person’s name. In the U.S., Stefania Lazarska’s artist dolls are mainly known as “Mme Paderewski’s dolls,” while those created by Yvonne Wendremaire Spaggiari are known and collected as “Original Ravca dolls.”

It is time to illuminate the creations of this great artist and give her the renown she deserves which unfortunately Bernard Ravca took benefit of (the Antique DOLL Collector April article on Ravca’s art shows how this artist took advantage of other American artists creations such as Margaret Zimmerman’s and even his own wife, Frances Dieck.)

Yvonne Wendremaire Spaggiari was a French artist, born in Bezons (northwestern suburbs of Paris) in 1895, into a family where for several generations, the men worked as printers on fabric and the women as seamstresses. This could explain Yvonne’s choice to use cloth as the medium to create her dolls as early as 1918.

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Old French peasant couple. Circa 1927+.

Trevor Henley photographer.

Early creation by Yvonne Spaggiari representing a French peasant. Note the large nose and round face typical of her early creations from the 20’s. Like most of the small size dolls, it has no fingers, just plain hands. The clogs are made of wood while Ravca’s are made of a kind of fine white “plasticine,” wrongly said to be made of “bread crumbs” and painted like wood. Circa 1927. Photographer Trevor Henley.

Her childhood seems to have been one of poor circumstances although her father’s side of the family was well established. Her father and her uncle were twins, born in 1865. At that time, there was very little chance for twins to survive and her father, Theophile Armand Wendermaire, could well have suffered brain damage, as he seems to be the only one in his family to not have access to a stable profession, and was even confused about his own age, even as an adult.

Theophile’s “extrait d’acte de naissance” (French record of birth and marriage) does not mention any

Yvonne Spaggiari 1927 patented trademark “Les Originaux de Vovonne”.

Comparison between a creation made by Yvonne Spaggiari and one by Bernard Ravca.

Yvonne’s Spaggiari’s is an accurate portrait of an elderly woman while that Ravca’s is a grimacing caricature.

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Portrait of a Spaggiari doll from the Italian period. Hand painted stockinette cloth doll. Notice the beautiful sculpted face, great details in the painting of the eyes and the skin. 45 cm. circa 1935+.

Courtesy Renée Lange. U.S.A.

Old French peasant couple, early period. This early Spaggiari couple was wrongly used by Bernard Ravca as his own creation: note the silver paper label attached to the woman’s milk pot marked “Original Ravca Paris”. Circa 1927.

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Interesting doll representing an old man probably from the basque part of France (black beret) sitting on a wooden chair.

Note that he has blond mohair hair while most of basque people have dark brown hair. French Basques live in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain on the Atlantic coast. Circa 1927+. Trevor Henley Photographer.

marriage to Yvonne’s mother, Delphine Lucie Huan, herself born from a disadvantaged family with some of her siblings born of unknown fathers. However, Theophile did recognize Yvonne at her birth and gave her his family name. At the time, he listed his profession as a day laborer on farms, which was the poorest activity one could have, always on the roads, going from farm to farm to get work and sleeping outside most of the time. Yvonne’s mother came from a family of farm day laborers as well, and this could explain how the young couple met.

The couple had a second child in 1898, a son named Marcel Wendremaire. At this period, Theophile was a delivery man, which indicated he was making progress in his earning ability.

Sadly, Yvonne’s mother died when she and her brother were still young, and both children remained in the custody of their father. As Yvonne was not baptised until age seven, which was unusual at the time, it is possible that it was around this time that her mother died and her father may have made the decision to have his daughter baptised for the benefit of having Godparents to care for her when needed.

By the time she was eighteen, Yvonne was no longer living with her family: her father and brother were living at rue des Rosiers, at St Ouen, near the well known Paris flea market, while Yvonne was living at 113 rue Caulaincourt Paris 18e, in an elegant Hausman building. As she did not list a profession at this time, we do not exactly know how she was making her living.

Her father’s home was not far from Montmartre and it might

Old French peasant couple, the woman sitting (probably a wooden chair) and her companion is holding a rake. Circa early 30’s. Trevor Henley Photographer.

Below: Man in ethnic costume from Brittany. Circa 1927+. One may note that the later dolls have smaller heads than those made during the early period.

Trevor Henley photographer.

be how Yvonne met her husband to be, Silvio Ugo Spaggiari, an Italian artist painter, thirteen years older than she. They married in Paris in January 1914 when Yvonne was only eighteen and Silvio a mature thirty-one year-old man. Her father, now a wine seller, indicating the family situation had improved, was present at her wedding.

The French-Italian couple did not live together long as Silvio had already left Yvonne when she gave birth to their only daughter Cecile Sylvie Spaggiari in February 1915. We have no information about the reason why Silvio had left his young wife so early. WWI had begun in France in June 1914, but had only started in Italy in May 1915. One possible explanation could be that Silvio had chosen to voluntarily join the French Army, but this does not seem realistic as which normal husband would leave his young pregnant wife while his country, Italy, remained neutral?

We do not have any information if Cecile ever met her father as Silvio died in Italy at the end of WW I from Spanish Flu.* So, we may imagine Yvonne alone with her young child, not knowing how she managed for their living, as she declared in 1926 no particular profession. Perhaps her Godmother and Godfather, or some other members of her family from her father’s side might have helped her and her young daughter.

She had moved to 105 rue Caulaincourt Paris 18e by this time and we know from family records* that she was already making cloth dolls. The earliest doll (shown here) was made for her 3 year-old daughter Cecile, in 1918. It is a soft sculpture cloth doll, like the Russian cloth dolls of the time. One has to recall that many Russians came to live in Paris in 1917 and later on, and we know, from Stefania Lazarska’s testimony, that some Russian ladies were involved in cloth dollmaking during the WW I period and later on.

Yvonne’s cloth dolls improved year after year, the earlier dolls often having round faces with large noses. By 1927, when she patented her trade

Woman from Normandy with her ethnic costume and the typical high Norman cap with embroideries. Note: the woman has dark grey hair, not the usual white hair. The doll’s face appears younger with fewer wrinkles.45 cm. Circa 1927+. Courtesy Musée de la Poupée. Paris.

Woman in her ethnic costume from Britanny. A paper tag probably written by Yvonne and sewn on the apron says “Bretonne – Paimpol.” Paimpol is a tourist destination in the Côtes-d’Armor area in Brittany in northwestern France. Note the unusual black eyebrows while the hair is white.

Circa 1927+. Photograph Trevor Henley.

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Couple dressed for bedtime. Both wear warm, comfortable sleepers. Circa late 30’s. Trevor Henley Photographer.

Woman with grey/white hair dressed as a poor peasant, a moving portrayal from the early 20th century. Circa 1927+. Trevor Henley Photographer.

Clam fisherman with rare white curly beard.

He holds his clam tool and carries a fishing net. Circa 1927+. Trevor Henley Photographer.

Italian fisherman made during Yvonne’s Italian period from 1935 up to 1971. Note the broad colored sash to hold the pants at the waist. Red cap lined with black. He carries a fishing net and basket. Here again, Bernard Ravca has attributed Yvonne Spaggiari’s for his own: see paper label attached to the waist, marked “Original Ravca Paris.” Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Detail of Bernard Ravca label attached to Yvonne’s doll.

Interesting couple with unusual long faces. The man holds a fishing net, the shy woman clasps her hands.

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Detail of Italian wooden clogs, different from the French clogs: the tips have four sharp sides, while the French clogs are softly rounded.

mark “Les Originaux de Vovonne” Yvonne had, once again, moved to 103 rue Caulaincourt and her doll-making had reached its apogee. The fact of having met Silvio, an artist painter, had likely allowed Yvonne to improve her skill in painting. The dolls’ painted faces are pieces of art, representing real people, while Bernard Ravca’s are more caricatures (see photos for comparison).

In 1930, Yvonne patented five of her models and one may realise how appreciated her creations were as some of her dolls are tagged with the luxurious Parisian toyshop “Le Nain Bleu,” label sewn on the clothing, as well as the label of the elegant parisian chocolaterie “La Marquise de Sevignée” place de la Madeleine.

Even with such success, Yvonne was once again living a mostly painful situation as her only child Cecile had developed schizophrenia during her teenage years*. Yvonne left France for

Patented models (5 of them) registration, presented by Yvonne Spaggiari in March 1930. The model shown here represents a man from Britanny.

Detail of Bernard Ravca French clogs made of a kind of very fine white plasticine painted to give it the appearance of wood.

Italian fisherman. He holds a pipe and carries a fishing net and basket.

Navy blue beret. Most of the time, fishermen from southern Italy wore a red scarf, while those from the north wore a scarf with a pattern. Note: While in Italy, Yvonne gave her dolls larger heads than those made in France. 45 cm. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Right: Short little old Italian woman, busy knitting a yellow scarf. During all her doll production period, Yvonne’s knitting women were copied by Bernard Racva. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

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Couple of Italian peasants. Note their appearance of short and Elderly couple: the woman seems to have put on her best dress but wears stocky people with big heads. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer. wooden clogs, while her companion wears a comfortable day Alpine costume with leather shoes. He is holding a wooden pipe but has obviously lost his hat.

Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Couple of Italian peasants. The woman is holding a copper pot. One has to note that Yvonne Spaggiani worked to represent “ordinary people,” to our knowledge she only made a few dolls representing upper class people. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Could we find a cuter couple than this one? They seem to be going to the market, the man holding a red umbrella and a basket, and his companion a smaller one. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

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Italy in 1935 with her 20 year-old disabled daughter, to live with a new Italian companion and his family in Genova.

She carried on the making of dolls, helped by Cecile who was in charge of the dolls’ clothes and delivery to the shops. While her creations represented French peasants when still in France, she seems to have focused on Italian people during her stay in Italy. It appears that her Italian creations were no longer tagged with the French “Les Originaux de Vovonne” label.

After a whole life devoted to her mother’s dolls, Cecile died from a brain tumor in 1971, and Yvonne, aged 76, stopped her making of art dolls soon after. She died in Genova (Italy) in 1976, aged 81.

Of course one may ask why this talented artist did not sue Bernard Ravca for having not only copying her patented models, but also for plagiarizing her patented trademark, and even worse, attaching his own label “Original Ravca” on some of Yvonne’s creations.

The answer might be that Yvonne had never been aware of this scam, as Bernard Ravca waited till

Knitting Italian elderly woman with a colorful silk scarf. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Italian couple: the woman is holding a spinning wool bobbin and her ďŹ sherman husband is holding a pipe in his right hand and a basket with his left arm. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Back to France with this sweet elderly widow and her knitting. Note the elongated silhouette and the small head compared to the previous Italian couples.

Circa early 30’s. Henley Photographer.

Another happy couple, she is busy knitting a scarf while he is wearing his gardener clothing and tools.

Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Italian woman with her wooden knitting.

Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Woman with dark grey hair going to the market, wearing a straw hat and holding a basket. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

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Alpine couple. The man is holding a wooden pipe and wears the classical Alpine costume with a beige felt halt, green velvet costume, home knitted jumper and Alpine leather shoes. The woman is busy knitting another nice jumper for her beloved husband. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Back from the market with goodies in both baskets, this couple looks happy. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Italian gardener with his wooden rattle, straw hat to protect from the sun and blue apron. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Grandpa and Grandma coming back home. Grandma is obviously tired and years of hard work have shortened her poor body, but Grandpa is supporting her while holding his basket on the other hand at the same time. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Details of some shoe soles marked “Italie�, some wooden clogs are also marked the same, but not all.

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Grandma waiting for her husband to bring fresh fish for dinner. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Grandma and Grandpa in their best clothes, going to an gathering with flowers as gifts. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Gardener holding his tools, his wife at his side holding a copper jar. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Italian couple, the man is wearing a hunting outfit and a shotgun, the woman is holding a copper jug. Circa 1935+. Henley Photographer.

Couple at home. They represent an older peasant couple, with basket and walking sticks. Like all Spaggiari dolls, they have beautifully painted and sculpted faces. Clothing is very detailed, and the woman has several layers of skirts. 45 cm. Circa 1935+. Courtesy Renee Lange.

Yvonne had left France in 1935 to officially start his own doll-making business in 1936. While still in France from 1936 to 1939, Ravca never used the famous label “Original Ravca,” instead, his trademark in France was “Vieux et Vieilles.” *Mrs. Patty Garbarino ‘s sources. Many thanks to Mrs. Garbarino for the photos of some of her rare Spaggiari dolls.

She is currently working on a book which will include a large chapter on Yvonne Spagiari’s dolls.

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Bambole Lena, in the Shadow of Lenci

by Samy Odin

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The back of each postcard has lines for addressing and placing a stamp and this inscription “BAMBOLE LENA.”

nce a research starts, it’s amazing how pieces of information can appear unexpectedly. For years, I had in our postcards collection an unusual one representing Lenci-type dolls that I had perceived as coming from the Netherlands since it was handwritten in Dutch. The postcard was diligently stored in the collection and I completely forgot about it.

After the publication of my article about Alma, I was still hunting for Alma-related documents when I happened to find more postcards of the kind of the one mentioned above, except that, this time, I computed a little better that both the postcards and the dolls represented on them came from Italy and that the inscription “Bambole Lena”, printed in the back, was referring to a doll maker I still ignored.

Of course, I bought the postcards and continued looking for more, ending up with different ones. I have the feeling these 8 postcards are the complete set but, who knows…

I still kept ignoring the history of this maker, since nothing has been discovered in the archives in Italy, YET, I didn’t despair because, in the first phase of my research, I thought these beautiful dolls only existed on paper…

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doubts, some time ago, I was hunting on the Internet when I noticed a socalled Lenci doll that reminded me of a model I had just seen on one of my Lena documents… I immediately contacted the owner of this gem and discovered it was a doll dealer I already knew in Italy! Arrangements were made for me to pick it up as soon as I could travel to this gentleman’s area and, a few weeks later, I was the lucky owner of the Lena doll shown in this article.

Not only do we know these dolls exist, we can now also state they are of excellent quality, which explains why they must often have been sold under the Lenci label. More Lena dolls than we think may be resting in some collector’s cabinets, here and there, mislabeled, misrepresented, contributing to the legend of their much more famous competitor and detracting from their own… It’s about time we spread the news, we “call a cat a cat,” while trying to discover more about who made these beautiful Italian playthings of the Roaring Twenties.

Looking more closely to my Lena doll, one can immediately tell it is heavily inspired by the Lenci model Gisella featured in the 1925/1926 catalog, bearing reference number #109/50 (See Theriault’s, “Forever Young”, Lot 309, dated 1/9/2016). We are not speaking of plagiarism, here, we observe playthings from a specific era when the style was very well defined and narrow were the margins doll makers had to keep within what was sellable. Most of the stuffed dolls from the Twenties and Thirties, no matter if they were produced in Italy, France, England, Germany, Spain, Belgium, reflected this exact style. Each company was more or less successful, some, like Lenci, Käthe Kruse, Steiff and Norah Wellings become industrial giants to the extent of asphyxiating their weaker competitors but it’s important that, today, we rediscover the achievements of these smaller companies that contributed grandly to the success of these artistic stuffed dolls between the two world wars and whose dolls are today featured in our collections with as much legitimacy as any other Lenci of the same era. The time when prominent doll collectors looked down to Lenci look-a-likes is thankfully over, only narrow-minded individuals keep thinking Lenci are the

only felt dolls worth being collected or studied today.

The dress design of my Lena doll is similar to Lenci’s Gisella but Lena’s version is simplified, with less contrasting color felt inserts, no bow on the left shoulder and no edging on the cuffs and, of course, a very different color scheme.

The face mold differs, also and, in this respect, Lena’s version is rounder and cheekier than the Lenci’s Gisella, maybe slightly sweeter. The haircut is similar with a square cut fringe and coiled side braids. Socks are almost identical on both dolls when the laced shoes on the Lenci have a refined contrasting color lining opposed to the simpler monochrome shoes made by Lena.

The underwear on my doll is carefully trimmed with a low ecru lace, sewn onto the Jackson and matching panties, both cut from a plain cotton fabric of a cheaper quality compared to the Lenci usual underwear. The last fact that helps not to confuse this Lena doll with a #109 Lenci is the size. This Lena stands 22” when a Lenci from the #109 series usually stands 23”.

Having a close look at the Bambole Lena advertising postcards, it seems evident the basics of the Lenci catalog ingredients are all there as well: children of various ages, in different sizes, more girls than boys, a few adult figures, including some in folklore costumes, ethnic models and fancy characters such as Pierrot and Colombine. Certainly the collection is very petite, even compared to Alma’s or Magali’s in the same years, nevertheless it must have been varied enough to keep the maker in business for some time. I doubt Bambole Lena survived the 1929 financial crisis, but even if this company only lasted 2 or 3 years it seems thrilling, to me, to be able to spot, today, dolls that came from their atelier knowing exactly what they are.

Are there other postcards from this series? Was there a catalog that would have included these models and more?

We don’t know. Starting from this point, the hunt can follow and who knows where it would lead this research.

According to the little we know about this company, it could be located in Northern Italy (most of the postcards documented were sent from Piedmont and Lombardy) and active during the second half of the 1920s. Most postcards with a stamp date from 1927 to 1929. In

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fact, if we assume the Lena doll I found is inspired by a Lenci creation from the winter of 1925/1926, it makes sense to date the Lena production shortly after.

It actually coincides with the Golden Age of Italian Felt Dolls when, following Lenci’s lead, many other companies hit the market with their own creations, such as Alma, Eros, Fata, Fiaba, Fiore, Marazzi, Margot, Messina-Vat, Regina, Saba, Sacat, Sire… Yes, so much more research that needs to be unveiled and that I will be happy to share with you as soon as I gather material enough for future articles in this series.

A closer look at details can help avoid confusing a Lena-made doll with a Lenci: the make-up scheme, the face mold, the type of mohair, the seams, the fingers shape, the trimming on the underwear, the construction of the shoes, the quality of the felt, the buttoning... all of these elements are different when comparing a Bambole Lena doll and a Lenci doll, yet the general style of both of these types of dolls correspond to the Art Déco style so fashionable during the Twenties.

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Gisella, by Lenci, #109/50 as shown in the 1925-1926 Lenci catalog courtesy of Theriaults (“Forever Young”, Lot 309, 1/9/2016).

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13” All orig. Tete Jumeau.

Dk. Bl PW eyes. Feathered brows, luscious lashes.

Creamy bisque. Pierced ears / orig. Jumeau earrings.

Orig. ecru colored silk dress with lace decoration. Wears desirable and hard to find Presentation shoes. Hat came in box titled Au Bon Marche. $ 9,800.

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14.5 “ Depose Jumeau.

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Creamy bisque. CM. Br. paperweight eyes.

Mohair wig. Orig. Bl. wool dress. Crocheted socks and French shoes.

Vintage lace bonnet.

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10” Wire eye Steiner. with working sleep mechanism that uses a lever. Br. PW eyes.

Bee stung lips. Pierced ears. Classic Steiner hands. Blush on cheeks and under brow. SO PERFECT AND SWEET. $ 6,750

4.5 “ All orig. French Mignonette with rare jointed elbows. Peg strung. Perfect creamy bisque. Flawless face. Mohair wig with two braids, bare feet that are covered in orig. silk ribbon. Ecru colored coat dress with matching hat. FABULOUS DOLL FOR YOUR COLLECTION. $ 4,900.

16.5 “ Size 6 All original Gerbruder Heubach Lassie in her Scottish outfit, Socks and shoes included.

Mkd: 7247. Pouty lips and feathered brows. Dimple in chin. Mohair wig.

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3”x3.5” Vintage sheep of plaster and wood.Covered in sheep skin. Wonderful accessory for your dolls. $125.

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Lisa Pepin, show promoter

Teri Krug

Ron Swanson & Debbie Weaver (Barn Dust)

Carmel Doll Shop

Louise Solis

Yvonne Baird

Marshall Martin

Valerie Fogel John Port

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he best things come in small packages! Which is certainly the case when you talk about “ The Antique Doll & Toy Market”. In its 37th year, it is the longest running show in the Pacific Northwest. It may not be the largest show in the country, but it carries a reputation for the finest quality antique and vintage items of past childhoods.

Prior to creating the show in 1979, Yvonne Baird was approached by a regular customer brimming with excitement over the rare “antique” doll she had just purchased from another booth at a steal of a price!

Unknowingly, the customer had bought a reproduction doll, thinking it was an antique. Making dolls was becoming extremely popular and reproductions were starting to come on the market at most shows. An unseasoned collector might not know how to tell the difference between a true antique and a well created reproduction. It was then that Yvonne decided it was time to start a new doll and toy show that was more specialized. She named it “Monthly Mart” and her tag line was, “a safe place to buy dolls”. A show to find antique and vintage dolls and toys that were actually created for a child to play with. Only dolls that were 50 years and older were allowed to be sold. Some of the shows earliest vendors were Jim Fernando, Annette Palm, Beverly Port and her “little helper” John Port. The name of the show has changed a couple times over the years, but it still has the same criteria with about 90% of the merchandise dating from the 1960’s or earlier.

The show’s past promoters continue to be regular vendors: Yvonne Baird, Julie Scott, Leone McMullen and Teresa Lehmbeck and currently Lisa Pepin.

The Antique Doll & Toy Market is held 3 times a year at The Red Lion Hotel in Bellevue, Washington.

You will find French and German bisque dolls, paper mache, cloth, wax dolls, composition, hard plastic dolls, teddy bears, toys and miniatures. You will find a fine array of accessories, clothing, wigs and shoes to help enhance your dolls and displays. There are usually two repair specialists on duty who give free repair estimates and restringing as you shop. These are just some of vendors you will see at the August 28th, 2016 show: Yvonne Baird, Julie Scott,Leone McMullen and Teresa Lehmbeck, Lisa Pepin, Michael Canadas and David Robinson, Valerie Fogel, Eleonora Miller, Rosalie Whyel and Shelley Helzer, John Port, Marshall Martin, Diana Boettger, Teri Krug, Marci Carvalho, Ray Hoban, Mary Senko, Norene Ott, Judy Lofall, Louise Solis, Connie Bein and Nancy Uttech.

If you would like more information about the show, you may contact Lisa Pepin at 206-362-8723 or email at pepins4@msn.com.

Be sure to check out the show’s Facebook page where you will find upcoming show dates, doll show etiquette and other interesting doll articles. https://www.facebook.com/Antique-Doll-ToyMarket-436495419823733/

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ast month I had the privilege of presenting to readers a fashion doll dressed at the House of Lanvin at the specific request of Mme Jeanne Lanvin herself. Thanks to the sleuthing of fellow collector Sally Freeman, who had previously come upon the third in the series referenced in the Women’s Wear 1923 article, I am able to share with you courtesy of its present owner, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), in Los Angeles, CA, an illustration of the second Lanvin model. The House of Lanvin has identified for FIDM this gown as a variant of “Rose Poupon” a gown created in 1921. I wish to thank Sally Freeman and Kevin Jones and Megan Hansen of FIDM for their generous cooperation.

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Gaithersburg Antiques Doll Show

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4/16‑10/9. Switzerland. Advertising Signs Special Exhibit. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

7‑10 Rochester, NY. Convention.

Sasha Festival 2016. Hyatt Regency.

Sheila Foery. 315‑524‑3501.

15 Annapolis, MD. Ten2Go Auction.

The Crowne Plaza. Theriaults.

800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com. www.theriaults.com.

17 Columbus, OH. Teddy Bear Artist Show. Holiday Inn Worthington Hotel. Bright Star Promotions.

Valerie Rogers. 502‑423‑7827. www.bright‑star‑promotions.com.

17 Kansas City, MO. Doll Auction.

Four‑Points Sheraton Hotel.

Frasher’s Doll Auctions.

816‑625‑3786. (F) 816‑625‑6079.

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

Stephanie Blythe. 415‑455‑8415.

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3‑7 Austin, TX. Ball Joint Doll Convention.

Sherri Rhein. 512‑414‑3793.

13 Huntsville, AL. Doll Show. Jaycees Building. Twickenham Doll Club. Sonya Heim. 256‑585‑5436.

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13 Nashua, NH. Doll & Bear Show.

Holiday Inn. Rainbow Bazaar.

Cindy Amburgey. 978‑857‑9576.

13 Oklahoma City, OK. Doll Show.

Spencer’s Event Center. Porcelain Dollmakers Business Association of Oklahoma. Jody Cook. 405‑769‑4567.

14 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Doll & Bear Show. Hilton Hasbrouck Hotel. JMK SHOWS. Jesse Kohler. 352‑527‑6666. www.jmkshows.com.

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16‑18 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com.

603‑888‑1551. 603‑478‑3232.

18‑20 Syracuse, NY. Teddy Bear Show.

Holiday Inn. Teddy Bear Artist Invitational. Cindy Malchoff.

518‑562‑4076.

20 Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show.

Monarch Hotel Conference Ctr. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com. www.dolls4all.com.

20 Peoria, IL. Doll & Bear Show. Barrack’s Cater Inn. Julie Bronski. 312‑919‑7135.

21 Strongsville, OH. Northern Ohio Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon. 440‑396‑5386. Ceil Fassinger.

440‑477‑7174.

27‑30 Washington, D. C. UFDC National Doll Convention. The Washington Hilton Hotel. 816‑891‑7040.

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27 Marion, OH. Doll Show. Marion County Federation of Women’s Club.

Historic Women’s Club Home. Sharol Herr. dairol@verizon.net. 614‑596‑0346.

27 Schertz, TX. Doll Show. Schertz Civic Center. Dorothy Meredith.

830‑606‑5868. dmeredith@dolldr.com.

830‑606‑5868.

28 Bellevue, WA. Doll, Bear & Toy Market. Red Lion Hotel. The Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin.

206‑362‑8723.

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

720‑227‑5351.

26‑29 Washington, D. C. 29th Annual Doll Festival. OMNI Shoreham Hotel.

National Doll Festival.

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

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26 Washington, D.C. Marquis Antique Doll Auction. The Mayflower Hotel.

Theriaults. 800‑638‑0422. www.theriaults.com.

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

National Doll Festival.

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

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28 Fort Wayne, IN. Dollicious Doll Show. Allen County Fairgrounds. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier.

586‑731‑3072.

28 N. Mankato, MN. Doll Show. Best Western. Lady Slipper Doll Club. Carolyn. 952‑873‑4489.

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3 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar Auctions. Dorothy Hunt. 410‑275‑2094. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com.

10 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Fireman’s Rec Hall.

Linda Vilsack/Linda Callahan. 585‑482‑0835.

10 Roseville, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds.

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

10 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Al Bahr Temple. Delightful Dolls of Southern California. Al Bahr Temple. Linda Payne Smith.

619‑265‑0443.

11 Canada. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Cambridge, Ontario. Maple Leaf Doll Show. 905‑526‑7718.

11 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Double Tree Hotel at Hobby Airport.

First Houston Doll Club. Mia Grabowski. 281‑484‑2218.

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Please visit our website for a fine selection of antique dolls, dollhouse dolls, dollhouse miniatures, teddy bears, all bisque dolls, bathing beauties, kewpies, dresser boxes, snow babies, half dolls, and doll accessories at www.thedollworks.net Kewpie playing Mandolin, on base

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11 Maquoketa, IA. Doll, Toy & Bear Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds.

Eastern Iowa Doll Shows. Sherryl Newton. 319‑610‑3534.

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

C Promotions Plus. Carol Benson.

612‑669‑1613.

16‑17 Englewood, CO. Doll Show.

Englewood Elks Lodge #2122.

Tri‑State Doll Sale. Lorella Farmer.

303‑988‑8591.

17 East Aurora, NY. Doll Luncheon.

Roycroft Inn. Ginnyladies.

Linda Gorog. 585‑457‑9523.

18 Covington, KY. Doll Show. Radisson Hotel. Triple Crown Doll Club.

Cheryl Harper. 513‑739‑2867.

18 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. American Serb Hall. Orphans in the Attic. Sue Serio. 414‑871‑8696.

18 Nashua, NH. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza Nashua Hotel. Granite State & Nellie Perkins Doll Clubs.

Brenda Thomas. 603‑472‑3523.

Karen Vincent. 603‑547‑3492.

21 Louisville, KY. Doll Convention. The Brown Hotel. Modern Doll Collectors Convention, Inc. Karen Schoewe.

22‑24 Billings, MT. Doll Conference.

Radisson Hotel Billings. Heritage Doll Guild of the Yellowstone.

Birdie Dapples. 406‑698‑3227.

23-24 Denver, PA. Morphy Toy & Doll Auction. www.morphyauctions.com 877-968-8880.

25 Canada. Doll Show. Italian Cultural Centre. Doll Club of Edmonton.

Jana. 780‑475‑7179.

24 Farmington, CT. Artist Teddy Bear Show. Homewood Suites by Hilton.

Teddy Bear Artist Co‑op Shows.

Donna Nielsen. 585‑229‑4453.

24 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. Western NC Agricultural Center. Land O’Sky Doll Club. Lue. 828‑883‑4899. www.landoskydollclub.com.

24 Florence, SC. Doll & Toy Show. SiMT Conference Center. Pee Dee Doll Club. A. Hayek. 843‑472‑1311.

25 Flint, MI. Doll Show. Dom Polski Hall. Flint Barbie Club. Sue Ferrier.

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Three early poupées by Adelaide Huret are among the several dozen rare French fashion ladies in the Brecht collection.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 At the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The 400 lot auction features antique doll collection of Ursula Brecht of Germany, as well as rare Lenci dolls from the collection of author Nancy Lazenby, rare cloth dolls from the collection of Diane and Walter Domroe of Bridgewater, Connecticut and the final dollhouse and miniatures from the collection of Hanne Büktas of Vienna. A full color art quality catalog is available for $75. If you cannot attend the auction in person, your absentee bid, live telephone bidding and live internet bidding is welcome.

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