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Antique DOLL Collector July/August 2019 Vol. 22, No. 6

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Bru Jne 10 - This sensational Bru Jeune Bébé from the Chevrot era is sure to take your breath away! Dramatic blue paper weight eyes richly decorated with generous fringe of lashes, a beautifully formed mouth with a hint of Mona Lisa smile and exquisite modeling of her beautiful features. Her arresting face is framed by a gorgeous, curly blond mohair wig. A stunning pale green and shell pink antique velvet two piece costume with matching organza bonnet make up her toilette completed with marked Bru shoes. This is an heirloom doll; a precious treasure. $26,400

Spectacular 15” Block Letter F6G - If beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, then look at this little darling! Early and beautiful with pale bisque; delicate tints to lips and cheeks and subtle shadings.

Excellent modeling of features and gorgeous translucent blue spiral threaded eyes. High incised block letter mark denotes her as one the earliest of the Gaultier Bébés. $7400

1st Series Portrait Jumeau Exquisite marked ‘1’ seventeen inch early Bébé by Pierre Jumeau in original period ensemble of claret red and creme silk with lovely antique straw chapeau.

Tenderly painted with lovely early face and mauve shadowed lids. Mesmerizing amber threaded paper weight eyes. Correct eight ball jointed body. Overall wonderful condition. Please call with questions. $17,850

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Mlle. Apolline - Have you been waiting for that special someone?

The wait is over and Mademoiselle Apolline has arrived! This spectacular enfantine poupée has the loveliest face with dreamy watery blue eyes, gorgeous bisque with pink cheeks and a perfect cupids bow for lips. Her exceptional gown and matching bonnet are original to the period of 1860-65 and she wears her Huret boots.

Mademoiselle is on a deluxe articulated wood body and has the leather Huret stamped band on her chest. She also has her antique skin wig. Apolline is a beautiful child with a pristine bisque shoulder head. Her beautiful wood body makes her a delight to sew for, if you’re so inclined! (Gloves and parasol display only.) $24,800

Three Graces to be sure...

Left: a beautiful Circle Dot Bru 25” in excellent condition with perfect bisque and exquisite face, Bru shoes. $22,850 At center: gorgeous 26” Petit & Dumoutier in beautiful condition with lovely face and fabulous pale bisque framing huge blue eyes. $14,800 Right: pristine 24” EJ Bébé with exquisite pale bisque, hypnotic blue eyes and stunning antique wig. Swathed in sea-foam colored crisp silks and marked Jumeau shoes. $8800

Rare and Tiny Schmitt Bébé - A magical marked 000 Schmitt Bébé has come to grace us with her rarity, beauty and complete originality. Barely 12” tall, this petite Mademoiselle has a charming history, coming out of a seventy year old collection. Appraised on Antique Road Show in 2016, her owner, a non-doll collector, was surprised and delighted with her assessment! This precious wee one is such a delight and so exceptionally pristine in every way, she is certain to be a focal point in your collection. $19,500

See is at the following shows: STARSTRUCK UFDC Convention Sales Room July 23-27 in Nashville booths 200-202 Antique Doll and Toy Market Embassy Suites Lynnwood, Wa August 25 11AM-4PM

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The Grovian Doll Museum presents An Educational Workshop:

A Trio Wood, Wax & Papier-mâché Retreat September 12-15, 2019

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ou are cordially invited to be a part of an upcoming retreat, “A Trio - Wood, Wax & Papier-mâché.” This educational event will include the presentations of three enthusiastic collectors who have agreed to double as our esteemed instructors. Carol Cameron, of London, England will share her knowledge and love for wooden dolls of all types.

Michael Canadas will focus on wax dolls, and Christine Collins Madrid will discuss papier-mâché dolls of all varieties.

Attendees will be treated to three separate special exhibits, each focusing on our subject dolls, plus there will be plenty of hands-on sharing of the doll types.

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

July/August 2019, Volume 22, Number 6 Dear Reader Welcome to our special combined July and August issue of Antique Doll Collector.

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THE DOLL OF HER HEART The Story of Alice Kent Trimpey

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The 22” French bisque lady doll, circa 1917, created during the Renaissance of the French doll movement, is wearing her original WWI Red Cross nursing uniform. The doll, with background story, is Lot#1 in Theriault’s July 22 Marquis auction in Nashville, Tennessee.

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1) 13” Closed Mouth Cabinet Halbig Type - Pre-1900 w/ blue PWs, the ‘949’ face w/ oily sheen & pretty antique Wig & Clothes w/ Perfect Bisque Arms. $495 2) Unusual 14.5” Kestner Character - a rare shelf size All Original JDK 249; uncut wig, blue sl. Eyes / lashes & Orig. fully jointed body, fine Factory Clothes.

All Mint! $495 3) Rare 12” Danish Fabric Art Doll- stitched features, mint condition, All Original, w./ Signed Danish Leather Shoes! $395 4) 17” Mint ’58 Greiner All Original- unusual small size, with Label, beautiful paint and color, orig. body, Cabinet Americana! $595 5) 16” All Original Russian Bisque w. Two Labels - great color, glass eyes, fully jtd. body wearing handsome Turkestan Costume. $695 6) Extra Special 16” Chase Childw./ special seamed construction, many ptd. curls, huge brown eyes & lashes, period clothes and sgnd. sateen body. Huggable! $450 7) 10.5” Waterfall Milliners Model - good condition, orig. body, clothes, very pretty facial color and expression, so well preserved! $495 8) Ribbon Winning 12” Peg Wooden - pretty face, jtd. arms, pristine clothes w./ Bonnet & Basket of breads. All mint! $375 9) 16” Rare Can’t Break ‘Em Priest - early doll, no touch ups, heirloom vestments w. Collar & Cap, so unusual. Great find! $495 10) 1840’s Cabinet Chinas - 8.5” and 6” - both with Pink Tint, homespun orig. Bodies w/ glazed limbs & Flat Sole Shoes and great old clothes! Charming! $450 each 11) 15” Mint Babyland Rag - by E.I.Horsman ca 1900; life-like child, Factory Original w./bright color and no wear. $350 12) Beautiful 27” Life Size Lovums- 18” cir. Head!; lovely color, clear sl. eyes, molded tongue, happy smile, minor age, no craze, orig. period clothes.$250 13) 13” 1840’s Millers Lady - rare “Beehive” hairdo, woven braid, pretty facial features & color, good orig. Body,plate mend, and fine old clothes. $795 14) Early 7” Jointed Steiff Kitten w. Button - great condition, sits & stands, swivel head, orig.eyes, rare Steiff! $395 15) 12” Steiff Sleepy Kitten - lying down w. limbs extended, orig. eyes, whiskers, nose; clean & fresh for dolly’s lap! $275 16) Closed Mouth 26” Bebe Jumeau - top quality bisque, Big Brown PWs, pretty brows & lashes, Jumeau body w./ coil, hidden HL beneath dense Original Wig, not $4000 just $1795

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17) Early 24” Black Rag Character - ca:1880; near mint American Folk Art w/stitched features, orig. ‘wig.’ Quaint layers of Original Homemade Clothes! $875 18) Outstanding 16” Chase Child - heavily painted w. rich colors & stippling, lacy lashes - plus Mint & Signed Transitional Sateen Body beneath pretty period clothes. $450 19) Rare Cabinet Butcher Shop - Complete and Original miniature. Rare 4” Butcher & 30+ Accessories! 12” tall/13” across/4.5” deep. Fantastic and mint! $995 20) Iconic 15” Schoenhut Character - very quaint ‘312’ see Corson, in her Period Clothes w. Union Suit. Basket & Factory Wig! $650 21) 21” J.P. Sheppard Baby w. Great Paint!

One of those very lovely examples of the esteemed American doll maker beautifully preserved in Antique Clothes and in a coveted smaller size! $1650 22) Rare Molded Linen 11” Twins w.1868 Labels! 4-layers of Orig. Clothes w. 2-extra dresses all contained in quaint Small Trunk.

So precious & pretty in pink! $1250 23) 21” Stunning Rollinson Oil Painted Child - first class example in pristine condition w. Signed Body & perfect facial color and finish! Spectacular! $895 24) Mint 11” Lenci Amore- compete & tissue mint w. Hat Box & Tag. What a prize! $895 25) A Rare Shirley Antoon Heubach - Her flawless signed version of the 20” Heubach rarity w/oily sheen & Antique Body, Clothes & Shoes! A work of art! $695 26) 13” Artist Signed ‘A’ Steiner Bebe - PW eyes, shaded lids, clo mo, jtd. compo body, great silk ensemble. A Petit Four. $350 27) Incredible Wax French Fashions - Stately Edwardian Ladies in high style Original Silk Couture w. Accessories plus stunning Matching Chapeaux w. folds & plumage.

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Toddler Body w/ desirable Bare Feet! $895 29) Clever 12” Herm Steiner ‘Living Eye’ Googly - glass ‘wobble’ sleep eyes, deep dimples, darling old clothesmuseum provenance. A Rare one! $950 30) Life Size 25” JDK ‘220’ Baby - unusual mold variation w./ mint bisque, mld. tongue, blue sl. eyes,17” cir. Head! mohair wig & chunky Kestner Body $995 31) Heirloom Original 35” French Trade Handwerck - pre-1900 beauty, Jumeau Brows, looks so real in her antique Victorian Ensemble w./ Caplet & Leather Shoes- plus Early Original Stiff Wrist Body!

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33) 18” Very Unusual Character Infant - exquisite quality bisque and details, tiny wide set sl. eyes, shapely nose, open mouth w. tongue, plus great clothes. $450 34) 30” French Export Simon Halbig - huge eyes, Jumeau Brows, mint powder fine bisque, great body too! $575 35) The Elusive Gbr. Heubach Character - Perhaps the prettiest character of all the Heubach children w/ her widely spaced saucer eyes, heart shaped face, gently smiling mouth, Original Extension Ringlets completes her 30” glorious presentation in fancy antique dress! $2600 36) 18” Mint JDK 211 w. Skin Wig- all perfect plus Wax on Eyelids, orig. Kestner body & period clothes. $450 34

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45) 14” Adorable Belton Bru Bebe - angelic blue PWs., flawless quality Bru faced cheeks & Closed Mouth, antique mohair wig & jtd. body, in her beautifully Fitted Brushed Silk ensemble. The best! $2500 46) Rare Cabinet 1890 Gottschalk Town House – orig. old papers inside & out, Early Glass Windows, compartmented Bay Windows can hold dolls.

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47) 18” Jumeau Automaton “Tambourine Dancer” - a rare ‘Exotic Model’ with her Orig.

Clothes & Hip Length Raven Tresses. She sways side to side tapping a tambourine to 2 melodies. Needs some repair but a fascinating find for less than the price of a Bebe. $3250

48) A Splendid 18” Haute Couture Bru Era Poupee - Elaborate coiffure with snood, Set of Comb, Hat Pin & Earrings, Grand Manner 2-Part Gown w. Train, Underskirt & Matching Chapeau w. Purse & Boots; plus that Imperial expression cast in powder fine bisque! Magnificent! $4250

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Exceptional Expression - A ‘stand apart’ Fashion in her Original Heirloom “Robe d’Ete” w. antique underlayers, Heeled Shoes, Exhibition Style Expression w/lush Wig, cobalt blue PWs, very Shaded Lids & snow pure bisque. For a connoisseur! $5500

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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward The Antiques of Tomorrow This month, Linda Edward writes on the changing line between Antique and Vintage Dolls

The materials in use in creating the artist dolls of the 1940s were as varied as the artists themselves. From left to right: wax doll by Irma Park, Louis Sorensen composition, Halle Blakeley cloth over composition, Fawn Zeller porcelain, Carolyn John wood, Martha Thompson Porcelain, Mary Green cloth.

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am often asked, “What are the best dolls to collect?” and my short answer is always, “Collect what you love!” Those of us who enjoy antique dolls have sometimes overlooked the importance of later dolls. With every day that passes, the line between Antique Dolls and Vintage Dolls is moving, which shines a new light on areas once thought by some to be of less significance.

In the late 1970s when I began collecting in earnest, dolls prior to 1920 were generally accepted as Antique, in other words, dolls about 55 years or older. The US Government considers antiques to be items 100 years old or more, car enthusiasts consider vehicles over 25 years to be classic, it’s all relative. Generally, today the vast majority of collectors consider the line between antique and vintage to be about 75 years. This puts the dolls of the 1940s in the realm of antique, with the dolls of the 1950s coming up hard on their heels.

So, what are the dolls of the 40s and 50s that are worth collecting? As we have learned in the past the dolls that tend to be the most interesting, the most treasured and the most fun to collect, are the dolls that

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Premier Doll Auction July 11-12, 2019

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by the number of younger collectors in the room who were actively searching for dolls of the 1960s and 70s, will it really be that long before those dolls are antique as well? Don’t be afraid to broaden your collecting to include the antiques of tomorrow, the more threads there are in your tapestry the brighter and more intricate the pattern becomes!

The Rules-of-Thumb that have been in practice collecting antique dolls remain the same as each new era of doll achieves “antique” status. ✔✔ Collect the best example of each doll

that you are able to find and afford. ✔✔ Collect dolls that really represent the

concepts, lifestyles and manufacturing

standards of their time. ✔✔ Collect dolls that you can provide

appropriate preservation care for. ✔✔ Collect dolls that make you smile.

These composition Vogue Toddles dolls are excellent examples of American play dolls made from 1937 to 1948. They are “English Girl” from the Far Away Places Series and “Hansel” from the Fairy Tale Series. Photos courtesy of www.rubylane.com/shop/gandtiques

really speak of their moment. Ok, all dolls speak of their moment, but some examples outshine the others.

The period of the 1940s saw great changes in the world, in manufacturing and in ideals of beauty. A strong doll artist movement which took root in the 1920s and 30s was blossoming in new ways.

The dolls made by these women and men speak volumes about what was happening in the world as well as standing as beautiful pieces of mid-century figurative art. In Europe many artists and female entrepreneurs began looking to doll making as a means of expression and economic survival in the post WWII era. In the USA there was a similar renaissance among doll artists taking place, artists such as Dewees Cochran, Gwen Flather, Louis Sorensen, Martha Thompson, and Fawn Zeller, just to name a few, were creating wonderful pieces throughout the middle years of the 20th century. Today these dolls are once again becoming available as older collections are being given into the care of another generation of collectors.

The dolls of the 1950s painted a portrait of the Babyboomer era, bringing to life a time that is beginning to fade into memory. The movers and shakers of the doll industry during the 1950s such as Madame Alexander, Arranbee, Effanbee, Ideal, Mattel, and Vogue all kept their fingers on the pulse of the buying public and made some very high-quality products. The products made by these companies and the stories of their designers and makers are important to the future of doll collecting and bear preservation.

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Madame Alexander’s Cissy dolls of the 1950s perfectly captured the moment in which they were created in ideals of beauty, current fashion and breakthroughs in the use of modern plastic for doll making. Photo courtesy of www. rubylane.com/shop/bisquebeauties

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18.5” CM Steiner A 10 La Petite Parisien stamp, blue PW eyes, HH wig, antique clothing & CM marked shoes, stiff wrist body $3295. Now $2995.

3.75” All bisque w/ Alice hairstyle, chip on bang, replaced left arm, brown boots $165.

24” Beautiful 1880’s French type CM 183 Sonnenberg on composition stiff wrist body, some body work at neck, lower arm & upper & lower legs attached to ball joints, chipped fingers, uplifted index fingers, antique HH wig $2150.

19.5” Kestner Gibson Girl, blue sleep eyes, original wig, repair on shoulder plate to neck, eye flake right eye $495.

16” ABG CM turned head shoulder plate on kid body, blue sleep eyes, beautiful coloring $285.

19” CM French Belton type marked 183 on French stiff wrist body, upper left thigh appears remade, brown PW eyes, pierced ears $1895.

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28” CM Bergman S & H 11 ½, brown sl eyes, pierced ears, HH wig, nice BJ body, antique dress, leather boots $495.

8” Heubach Koppelsdorf 250 17/0 on 5 piece Flapper body w/ painted stockings and silver shoes, mohair wig, blue sl eyes $120.

15.5” Ruthie by Maggie Iacono #17/80 Maggie Made felt BJ doll, beautiful felt dress & embellished jacket, box & COA $450.

21.5” French 1880’s CM R 2 D, brown PW eyes, stiff wrist body, eye chip left eye $1695.

17” Kestner 220 on 5 piece baby body, brown sl eyes, head marked: J Made in Germany 13, JDK 220 $2895 Now $1995.

20” Dolly Face Schoenhut 1920- 24, brown decal eyes, mohair wig, sweet doll, small scratch on left cheek $285.

4.5” Unis France 301 Mignonnette on 5 piece compo body, blue eyes $95.

15” Bruno Schmidt marked BSW in heart 5, on toddler body, replaced arms and lower arms, original HH wig $295.

25” Kestner? Character Baby with wonderful double chin and fabulous coloring, Marked - Made in Germany 19, professionally repainted body marked Made in Germany, blue sleep eyes, small neck chip $595.

All Original NIADA Artist Dewees Cochran Latex Doll from Grow Up Series 15.5” Susan Stormalong age 12 marked DC SS – 54 #3 $1095.

18” Simon & Halbig 1248 w/ brown flirty eyes on stamped Handwerck body, mohair wig, antique shoes and socks $695.

4” Doll House size china doll $55.

18” C/M w/ molded teeth Kestner, brown st eyes, HH wig, original undergarments & leather shoes, some repair on legs $255.

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21.5” ABG with Wide Flat Top hairstyle, all original on handmade body w/ 4 fingers and dress, undergarments & boots, small cheek and hair rubs $275.

13.5” GB & Co Baby – George Borgfeldt w/ blue sleep eyes, mohair wig, sweet face $165.

2.5” Pair of German bisque babies, jointed arms and legs, marked Germany – Pair $51.50

9 ¾” Three Little Kittens That Lost Their Mittens, English?

Mohair with velvet pads, original dresses and 1 pair of mittens $295.

14.5” 1920’s Horsman bisque head marked No 1 Horsman Nippon, brown stationary eyes, arms crazed, paint as is $235.

14” Hertwig Flower Bonnet Head w/ blond hair on original body $195.

8” China with molded & painted shoulder plate, wonderful body with children & animals – dogs, kitty, lamb, material replaced back of legs $110.

19.5” CM Turned Head Dome Head ABG w/ brown st eyes (right one scratched), kid body $255.

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21.5” Alt, Beck & Gottschalck Parian all original w/ beautifully molded hair w/ bows & curls, pierced ears, hairline crack from top of hair across left eye & down to right shoulder, fabulous antique brown silk skirt & jacket $395.

18.5” Alt, Beck & Gottschalck Parian w/ cluster of curls on forehead, blue ribbons holding vertical curls in place in back, pierced ears, original body with black banded blue boots & graceful hands, shoulder plate professionally repaired $295.

9” Liberty of London Irish Lass tagged, spot on hand & apron $105.

5” All Bisque possible S & H w/ swivel head & blue glass eyes, appears to have 88 on head, black molded long stockings & brown 1 strap shoes, original blond mohair wig $395.

Alexander Compo 15” All original Bride w/ wrist tag, brown eyes, blond mohair wig, minty compo, veils netting as is $175.

18” Sonja Henie all original, slight crazing $195.

15” All original red head Bridesmaid in blue, slight crazing, beautiful coloring $155.

Alexander Compo 14.5” Alice all original dress & undies, slight crazing $125.

11.5” Scarlett O’Hara clothing all original, replaced shoes & hat $149.95 14.5” All original Scarlett O’Hara in early tagged dress, slight crazing $225.

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12” CM Kestner German Fashion 2/0, brown sleep eyes, dressed w/ antique materials, left hand chipped, sweet size $285.

17.5” E. U. Steiner – marked EU St in diamond Germany, all original w/ Blond mohair wig, blue sleep eyes & her fabulous baby gown, slip, flannel, diaper, booties & sweater, small scuff on nose $195.

13” Heubach Kopplesdorf Germany 448 6/0, wonderful molding, one professionally repaired finger $265.

20” Kammer & Reinhart 101 Peter w/ blue painted eyes, mohair wig, repainted lower legs, middle finger missing left hand, w/ Steiff giraffe $2195.

21” Heinrich Handwerck Simon & Halbig w/ pretty bisque, professionally repainted body, brown sleep eyes, antique clothing & mohair wig $275.

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n extremely rare French bisque portrait doll, depicting a WWI Red Cross Nurse, will soon come to auction from the Rubright Collection.

The French art doll, portraying an adult lady whose face is hauntingly evocative and who is wearing an original Red Cross nursing uniform from WWI is the opening lot at Theriault’s July 22nd 2019 auction in Nashville, TN. The 22” doll was created during the movement known as The Renaissance of the French Doll, in which French doll makers strove to reinvigorate their ailing doll industry with new artistic models. The Nurse doll is aptly symbolic of the heroic efforts of the American Red Cross during that terrible war. Her angular face appears compassionate yet with strong lines, and is painted with exceptional artistry as she appears to gaze steadfastly into the future.

1918 poster by Gordon Grant depicting a Red Cross nurse (“The Comforter”) holding an infant and aiding a woman at the site of war ruins.

The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call poster drawn by Harrison Fisher which bears a resemblance to this doll in her strong features and solemn expression.

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Graduation nursing certificate earned by Charlotte Janes Garrison in 1917 which has been preserved with the doll.

The 22” French bisque lady doll, circa 1917, created during the Renaissance of the French doll movement, is wearing her original WWI Red Cross nursing uniform. The doll, with background story, is Lot#1 in Theriault’s July 22 Marquis auction in Nashville, Tennessee.

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It is little recognized today that by the time the United States entered WWI in 1917, the nurses of the American Red Cross had already been serving in French and English base hospitals for three years. By 1917, there were 1,000 Red Cross nurses already stationed at the hospitals and aboard the SS Red Cross ship, better known as The Mercy Ship. The number rose to more than 10,000 after 1917, many serving near the Western Front, at hospitals, encampments and actually on the front lines.

To aid the American Red Cross in their recruitment of nurses, a series of posters were created. While the posters assuredly glamorized the job, they also served to impress young women with the importance of the work.

Posters both tugged on the heart strings and also scolded those who stood back from duty. Noted illustrators of the era were chosen for the artwork, including Carl Rakeman, Gordon Grant, and the most famous, Harrison Fisher, whose drawings of stylish women had already been gracing magazine covers for more than a decade, and whose most famous Red Cross poster lady bears a striking resemblance to this particular doll.

This doll was once owned by Charlotte Janes Garrison who earned her American Red Cross Nursing Service certificate in 1917 (included with the doll).

The doll, which may have been given to Charlotte to commemorate her graduation, wears its original Red Cross uniform including the cape. Attached to the cape is a Red Cross pin with a 1921 date, That year the 40th anniversary of the American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton. The personal history of the doll from 1917 until 1981 is not documented, although it was surely in the possession of Charlotte Janes Garrison or her family until eventually it was acquired by Mary Lou Rubright at a Theriault’s auction in 1981. The doll has been in Mary Lou Rubright’s care since that time.

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I buy dolls and will sell on consignment • LAYAWAY AVAILABLE • Member UFDC & NADDA www.grandmasatticdolls.com • Look for me on Ruby Lane!

11” Miniature Antique Grandfather Clock made by Hamburg Amerikanische Ohrenpabrik in Hamburg, Germany, ca. 1892, made of wood w/ golden metal decorations of scrolls & flowers & in working order, winds in rare of clock, will look great with your dolls, rare ant. piece & one you will treasure. $2200.

17.5” Circle Dot Bru, perfect pale bisque, p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, head mark, ant. tailed mohair wig, pate & metal head attachment, ant. silk & lace dress, Fr. hat, orig. slip, undies & ant. shoes, orig. Circle Dot Bru kid body, perfect bisque shoulder plate & bisque lower arms. STUNNING!!! $17,500.

8.5” JDK All Bisque Wrestler, p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, “swivel neck”, mintbisque overall, orig. long mohair wig, silk & lace dress & matching hat, all bisque orig. bent arm Wrestler body w/ gold multi strap boots (minor fleck at 1 stringing hole), 3 square cut teeth & GORGEOUS!! $4500.

16” Tete Jumeau #6 Bebe, cl/mo. amber pw. eyes, immaculate pale bisque, orig. “head coil” in tact, orig. mohair wig, antique 3 piece Mariner’s costume w/barrette, ant. undies & orig. “signed” Jumeau #6 shoes w/rosettes, Jumeau “head stamp” & orig. “signed” Jumeau str. wrist body. She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Only....$3650.

7” Antique French Fashion Parasol with Ivory Handle. Orig. silk and lace coering (silk has some splits in it, but still looks great), works perfectly w/all the rungs in perfect condition, opens all the way without a problem. A great accessory. $950.

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16” H X 11” L Puddleduck Antique Candy Container, left wing opens for candy, orig. lace hat & ribbons, gift tag has always been there, stands nicely & darling w/dolls, great addition to your doll collection.

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13.5” F.G. Scroll Bebe, perfect bisque, early threaded pw. eyes, slight molded Bru type tongue tip, orig. very long HH wig & pate, ant. silk & lace dress, ant. slips & undies, crocheted socks, Fr. leather shoes & ant. velvet & lace hat, orig.

FG body in played w/condition. The look of a Block Letter FG!! Great cabinet size. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! $3950.

5” RARE Jointed All Bisque Kestner Googlie Toddler, sleep eyes, perfect bisque overall & orig. long mohair wig, orig. batiste dress, hat & vintage panties, jointed elbows & knees which is what makes her so rare & special, she is too adorable for words!! $3600.

4.25” S & H All Bisque W/High Black Stockings, big eyes, perfect bisque overall & orig. curly mohair wig, orig. pink knitted dress, “swivel neck”, orig. S & H body w/desirable high black stockings. She is A LITTLE JEWEL!! $1650.

18” E. 8 J. Jumeau Bebe, pw. eyes, orig. “head coil”, mint bisque, “applied ears”, long wavy orig. mohair wig, silk & lace dress, all ant. undies & orig. “signed” E.J. shoes, orig. early 8 ball “signed” str. wrist Jumeau body.

There are no words to describe her beauty.

BREATHTAKING!! $9575.

5” All Bisque Orsini “Didi”, sleep eyes, perfect bisque overall & ant. mohair wig, knitted dress, ant. undies & matching hat, has the Orsini pointed finger & smiling “Didi” face, orig. “signed” all bisque Orsini body. A prescious little girl. $2275.

6” ByeLo with Wooden Cradle, glass eyes, “swivel neck”, perfect bique overall, orig. flannel baby jacket w/matching, flannel diaper & orig. booties, orig. wooden cradle w/pillow & mattress, on orig. all bisque bent limb baby body w/chest label. Nice large size & PRECIOUS!! Sale $895.

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Summer Loves - Summer Dolls 3. Two all bisque girls (one black, one white) playing together - perfect - 3” - $750.

UFDC 1. Beautiful 12” B&P 201 - brown complexion great antique outfit - original wig - $1,850.

4. Beautiful Black Jumeau - open mouth - original wig and body finish flawless ebony bisque - perfect and wonderful great outfit - 19” - $5,750.

2. “To Die For” 12” Jumeau closed mouth - perfect bisque and body finish - blue eyes and original blond wig - great size $4,950.

5. Outstanding and rare Kstner #212 from their Character series - perfect condition - prize doll for any collection - blond mohair wig over original plaster pate - 18” - $8,950.

8. Highly desirable COD lady doll 1469 - beautifully dressed in Edwardian outfit special wig - perfect bisque and body finish - outstanding doll 14” - A Real Charmer. $4,250.

6. Premiere Jumeau circa 1878 - size 1 - rare, perfect and beautiful - original condition - 11” - what a little gem! $7,950.

9A. Large Schoenhut boy in great condition - character series blue intaglio eyes - original wig - great presence - 19” - $2,250.

9B. Schoenhut girl doll with blue hair band character model #105 - blue intaglio eyes - excellent condition 16” - $1,950.

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7A. Large Chase Black Lady doll - original wig and outfit - excellent original condition - 26” - paper label - circa 1895 - $5,950. 7B. Exhibition size boy doll by Chase - great condition - finish excellent - well dressed “Dapper Young Man” early 1900s $3,450.

10. Beautiful S&H 1358 black doll (from their character series) - 19” - perfect bisque and body finish Negro features - original wig wonderful mold with fired on lips $5,950.

11. What a find in this large size! 25” K*R 114 - flawless bisque - great modeling - blue intaglio eyes original blond wig perfect - great outfit - You’ll Love This One! $6,950.

13. All bisque WWI soldier and lady - circa 1915 - soldier wears metal helmet - from family of original owner - 4-1/8” - $345.

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Queen Victoria’s Dolls

By Carol Cameron

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Illustration from the 1894 Frances Lowe book on Queen Victoria’s Dolls: (Left to Right) Miss Constance Forster, Lady Pulteney and Lady Bedford

hen Michael Canadas asked me to do a talk on Queen Victoria’s dolls, I heard the words “yes, of course” coming out of my mouth (those who know him will be aware he is a very difficult man to say no to!). But having said yes, I then went into a mild panic – what I knew about this subject would fit onto the back of a very small postage stamp - how on earth was I going to find enough to talk about? I needn’t have worried – like many such doll adventures, once I started, I found there were so many avenues to explore that I ended up having to make choices about what to include/exclude. And so it is with this article - what you are about to read is still work in progress.

I have written this as a four part story – the first part focuses on the context, (where she was born/raised, the important adults in her early life, her early years); then comes the dolls (an overview and a look at the various groupings); then I wind the clock forward to the 1890’s (where there were 2 significant events that laid the

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foundation for these dolls becoming one of the most famous collections in the world); then, finally, I bring us up to the present day (including a surprise find last October!).

PART I - THE CONTEXT

The setting for the story is Kensington Palace in London. It began as a simple Jacobean mansion named Nottingham House, built by Sir George Coppin in 1605 in what was then “the village of Kensington”. Over the next 200 years, it was a favorite with a number of British kings and queens - William III, Queen Anne, George I, George II and George III. Sir Christopher Wren was involved in its development. But by the 1800’s, it had fallen out of favor and was used as a residence for “poor” members of the royal family.

Now for some family history. King George III (otherwise known as the “mad king”) had seven sons and five daughters. So he had good reason to believe that he had

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done his duty in ensuring his dynasty would carry on. But by 1817, the only legitimate grandchild was Princess Charlotte Augusta and when she died in childbirth in November of that year, the royal succession became very uncertain. The Prince Regent and his younger brother Frederick, the Duke of York, though married, were estranged from their wives and had no surviving legitimate children.

King George’s surviving daughters were all past likely childbearing age. The fifth son of King George III, the Duke of Cumberland, was already married but had no living children at that time, whilst the marriage of the sixth son, the Duke of Sussex, was void because he had married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.

So began the “baby race”. The unmarried sons, the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), the Duke of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge, all rushed to contract lawful marriages and provide an heir to the throne. Parliament offered them a financial incentive to do so. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, proposed to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield and she accepted. The couple were married on 29 May 1818 at Amorbach and on 11 July 1818 at Kew, a joint ceremony at which Edward’s brother, the Duke of Clarence, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. Shortly after their marriage, the Kents moved to Germany, where the cost of living would be cheaper. But soon after, when Victoria became pregnant, the Duke and Duchess, determined to have their child born in England, raced back, arriving at Dover on 23 April 1819. They moved into Kensington Palace, where their baby daughter, Princess Alexandrina Victoria, (they referred to her as Drina), was born on 24 May. As you can see from the family tree, although William and Adelaide had multiple children, none of them survived, so eventually, Princess Victoria became the heir presumptive to the British throne.

There were four adults who played a critical part in young Victoria’s life: Victoria’s father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. He was a military man – General and Commander-in-chief of British forces in the Maritime Provinces of North America, Governor of Gibraltar, Field-Marshal of the Forces.

He was the first member of the royal family to live in North America for more than a short visit (1791–1800) and, in 1794, the first British prince to enter the United States after independence (travelling to Boston on foot from Lower Canada). Edward is credited with the first use of the term “Canadian” to mean both French and English settlers in Upper and Lower Canada. The Prince used the term in an effort to quell a riot between the two groups at a polling station in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada. Recently, he has been styled the “Father of the Canadian Crown” for his impact on the development of Canada.

The Duke of Kent died of pneumonia on 23 January 1820 at Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, and was interred in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. He died six days before his father, George III, and less than a year after his daughter’s birth. Queen Victoria makes mention of the father she never knew some seventy-seven times in her journal. These comments refer to people who had known her father or to his relationship with her mother. Even as late as 1890, she marked the anniversary of her father’s death. Proof, if any were needed, that

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the father she had never known was still a missing figure in her life – and one far from forgotten. Once, after discussing her uncles with her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, she concluded that “from what I heard, my father was the best of all”. However, there is another view of his legacy, not as positive. For those that watched the recent series on Victoria, you may remember the banquet scene where the Duke of Wellington comments that Victoria’s father had a terrible reputation for not caring for him men.

Victoria’s mother was Princess Victoria of SaxeCoburg-Saalfield. She was the sister of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who had been the husband of Princess Charlotte. She was a widow: her first husband had been Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had had two children: a son Carl and a daughter Feodora.

After her second husband’s death in 1820, the Duchess had little cause to remain in the United Kingdom, since she did not speak the language and had a palace at home in Coburg where she could live cheaply on the revenues of her first husband. However, the British succession at this time was far from assured so the Duchess of Kent decided that she would do better by gambling on her daughter’s accession than by living quietly in Coburg.

Having inherited her second husband’s debts, she sought financial support from the British government. However, after the death of Edward and his father, the young Princess Victoria was still only third in line to the throne, and Parliament was not inclined to support yet more impoverished royalty. So the provision made for Duchess of Kent was mean: she and her daughter occupied a suite of rooms on one floor in the by now dilapidated Kensington Palace, with mother and daughter sharing a bedroom, whilst Victoria’s maiden Aunt Sophia and eccentric uncle the Duke of Sussex lived in the apartments on the floor above. They received little financial support from the Civil List, since Parliament had vivid memories of the late Duke’s extravagance. In practice, the main source of support for them was the Duchesses brother, Leopold. He had a huge income of fifty thousand pounds per annum for life via an annuity allocated to him by the British Parliament on his marriage to Princess Charlotte, which had made him seem likely to become, in due course, the consort of the monarch. Even after Charlotte’s death, Leopold’s annuity was not revoked by Parliament.

In 1831, with George IV dead and the new king, William IV, over 60 and still without legitimate issue, the young princess’s status as heir presumptive and the Duchess’s prospective place as regent led to major increases in British state income for the Kents. A contributing factor was Leopold’s designation as King of the Belgians, upon which he surrendered his British income.

Portrait of Sir John Conroy by Henry William Pickersgill (1837)

Sir John Conroy was born in Wales in 1786 to AngloIrish parents. In 1817, after holding several ranks in the army, he became the equerry of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. After Edward died, he became private secretary to the Duchess of Kent’s household and for the next nineteen years, Conroy acted, amongst other roles, as her confidant and political agent. Together, they designed the “Kensington System”, an elaborate and strict system of rules for the upbringing of young Victoria, designed to render her weak-willed and utterly dependent upon them in the hope of allowing them one day to wield power through her. The intention was for the Duchess to be appointed Regent upon Victoria’s ascension and for Conroy to be created Victoria’s Private Secretary and given a peerage. Princess Victoria grew to hate Conroy, thanks to the oppressive system, and he was also unpopular among the rest of the British royal family.

The relationship between the Duchess’s household and King William IV gradually soured. As far as she dared, the Duchess denied the King access to his niece. She prevented her daughter from attending William’s coronation out of a disagreement regarding precedence. In 1831, Conroy and the Duchess embarked on a series of royal tours with Victoria to Antique DOLL Collector

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expose her to the people and solidify the Duchess’s status as potential Regent. Their efforts were ultimately successful, and, in November 1831, it was declared that the Duchess would be sole Regent in the event of Victoria’s young queenship.

In 1835, Victoria became seriously ill of typhoid fever on the last of the royal tours. Exploiting her weakened state, the Duchess and Conroy unsuccessfully tried to force her into signing a document; this document would have appointed Conroy her personal secretary upon her accession. Victoria emerged from the incident more determined than ever to become self-reliant. I wonder if this experience was one of the main reasons Victoria initially resisted the idea of Albert having any meaningful role when she became queen?

The Duchess further offended the King by taking rooms in Kensington Palace that the King had reserved for himself. The King, angered at what he took to be disrespect, took the opportunity at what proved to be his final birthday banquet in August 1836 to settle the score.

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said, “I trust to God that my life may be spared for nine months longer ... I should then have the satisfaction of leaving the exercise of the Royal authority to the personal authority of that young lady, heiress presumptive to the Crown, and not in the hands of a person now near me, who is surrounded by evil advisers and is herself incompetent to act with propriety in the situation in which she would be placed.” The breach between the Duchess and the King and Queen was never fully healed, but Victoria always viewed the latter with kindness.

Conroy’s efforts to place the Duchess in the role of Regent were ultimately unsuccessful, as Victoria ascended the throne after reaching her majority in 1837. Victoria immediately expelled Conroy from her household, though he remained in the Duchess of Kent’s service for several more years. Given a pension and a baronetcy, Conroy retired to his estate near Reading, Berkshire, in 1842 and died heavily in debt twelve years later.

Historians have viewed Conroy with varying degrees of positive or negative opinion, but they have all agreed on his ambition. Rumors circulated during and after his lifetime that he was perhaps the Duchess of Kent’s lover. Queen Victoria was shocked to hear this, stating that her mother’s piety would have prevented it.

Baroness Johanna Clara Louise Lehzen, better known as Baroness Louise Lehzen, was born to a Lutheran pastor in Hanover. In 1819, Lehzen entered the household of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Five years later, Lehzen became governess to their only child, Princess Victoria.

Lehzen became strongly protective of Victoria. “Dear, good Lehzen” soon came to supersede all others in Victoria’s eyes, including her own mother. (I found a number sketches that Victoria made of Lehzen but I couldn’t find any of her mother!)

Lehzen encouraged the princess to become strong, informed, and independent from the Duchess and Conroy’s influence, causing friction between the two and Lehzen.

Attempts to remove the governess, who had the support of Victoria’s uncles George IV, William IV, and Leopold I of Belgium, were unsuccessful. Historian K. D. Reynolds writes that Lehzen was a major influence on Victoria’s character, in particular giving her the strength of will to survive her troubled childhood and life as a young queen.

After she ascended the throne in 1837, Baroness Lehzen became the young queen’s unofficial private secretary, enjoying apartments adjacent to Victoria’s. In her journal the young princess described her governess as “the most affectionate, devoted, attached, and disinterested friend I have, and I love her most dearly.” Lehzen remained a close companion of Queen Victoria until she was pensioned off to Germany in 1842 after clashing with the queen’s husband, Prince Albert. Queen Victoria visited her former governess twice during family trips to Germany and the two maintained a

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Portrait of Princess Victoria by Sir Martin Archer Shee (1821?)

Portrait of Princess Victoria by Stephen Poyntz Denning (1823)

regular correspondence until Lehzen’s death in 1870. In her journal entry of 12 April 1838, Queen Victoria describes her close friend and aide as “Dearest Lehzen, or Daisy as I generally call her...”.

Princess Victoria – HER EARLY YEARS: As previously mentioned, Victoria’s mother controlled every aspect of her daughter’s upbringing and education together with the manipulative Sir John Conroy. The little princess was closely supervised. She was raised largely isolated from other children. She was prevented from meeting people whom her mother and Conroy deemed undesirable, with the intent of making her weak and dependent upon them.

Victoria shared a bedroom with her mother every night

and spent her play-hours with her dolls and her King Charles Spaniel, Dash.

Her childhood was closer in spirit to the 18th century than to the bustle of Empire and Industry which characterized the 19th. In terms of the Princess’s education, she studied with private tutors in the palace schoolroom to a regular timetable studying Latin, religion, dance, voice and drawing. Princess Victoria would later recall it was a lonely and unhappy childhood. If you look at portraits of Victoria at different ages, it looks to me that she gets unhappier as time goes on. So, is it any wonder that her dolls became so important to her? They were the substitutes for the happy family and friends she never had.

Left: Engraving of Princess Victoria (artist and date unknown) Center: Engraving of Princess Victoria by T Woolnoth, after the original by Anthony Stewart Right: Portrait of Princess Victoria

by Edward Francis Finden (1830)

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PART II - The Dolls

Sir Henry Ponsonby, who served the Crown for over 30 years, said “Miss Victoria Conroy came to see her (the princess) once a week and occasionally others played with her but with these exceptions, she was left alone with the companionship of her dolls……. This silken, feathered, tinseled, family with their high-flown names and empty wooden faces turned out to be a substitute for the brothers and sisters the princess lacked. Her childhood friends were grown up people or dolls.” With few playmates her own age, Victoria compensated for their absence by creating a play world in which her dolls and toys took preeminence.

OVERVIEW: Victoria had 132 dolls, the vast majority being peg wooden dolls that are now commonly referred to as “Grodnertals”, (I am not going to get into terminology here – that is another article in itself!). There are also a few rag babies. The head and body of the wooden dolls are in one piece and they are peg jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Some have what is called a “tuck comb”, others do not. Their head, shoulder plate, lower arms and lower legs are painted, with shoes of different colors. The different painting of their hairstyles and facial features make each unique – they are real individuals.

The little princess listed all the dolls in a notebook with details of size, who they were, who dressed them and how they were dressed. This allows us to get a sense of the shape of the collection.

They were all between 2” to 9”, with 70% being between 6.5”-7.5” and 25% between 3”-5”. 70% of them were adult female, 25% were children/babies and only 5% were adult male. (I wonder if the lack of male dolls mirrored the fact that she lacked adult men in her real life – Conroy was the only grown man with whom she had regular contact and she hated him!).

The dolls split up into 3 Groups: 25% were dressed as Stars of the Ballet/Opera, 50% were Courtiers and 25% are what is referred to as “The Imaginaries” (as the name implies, they did not exist in real life – they came from Victoria’s imagination). Pricewise, the dolls have variously been described as ”inexpensive”, “pennies in any bazaar”, “tuppence a piece” and “penny woodens”.

The vast majority of the dolls were bought naked and then dressed by a variety of people using a huge range of materials. Although most of the dolls were dressed by Baronnes Lehzen (55%) and Princess Victoria (25%), the remaining 20% were dressed by others: Sarah Surman (maid to Princess Victoria), Miss Ditmar (dresser to the Duchess of Kent), Franciska Holdefreund and Lady Catherine Jenkinson. One was bought already dressed at a bazaar by the Princess and Lehzen and one was bought at Everett’s, a toymaker active in 1833.

The clothes ranged from complicated to simple – look at these two descriptions from Victoria’s list: “Dancer Zoe Beaupre as Lady Trecillian/Queen Elizabeth in the ballet ‘Kenilworth’ in 1831 …… wearing a cardboard crown decorated with crimson velvet, gold paper and fake pearls, gold long sleeve silk brocade dress, train of gold tinsel lined with crimson velvet with fake ermine trim and red velvet shoes” and “Baby doll …… dressed in muslin baby robes” A vast array of materials were used – again, from the princess’s notes, 85% of the dolls had some silk component in their clothing, 35% lace, 30% metal/metal thread, 25% satin, 20% cotton, 15% net, 15% muslin, 15% velvet plus mention is made of ribbon, wool, feathers, fake fur, wire, paper, pearls, linen, glass, cardboard, amber, chiffon, cotton wool, garnet, ermine, gauze, straw and wax. What fun they must have had!

As mentioned above, the dolls split into three groups: Stars from the Ballet/Theatre: Princess Victoria adored the artistry and glitter of Regency opera and ballet and throughout her youth a favorite treat was to be taken to a professional performance. The King’s Theatre is mentioned a lot in her diaries.

There is a long list of ballet’s and operas mentioned in her descriptions of the dolls and in her diaries – Kenilworth, La Naissance de Venus, Daphnis and Cephise, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, La Somnambula, La Sylphide, William Tell, Masaniello, L ’Anneau Magique, La Tyrolienne, La Resemblance, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, Old and Young, Un Jour a Naples, Azor and Zemira, The Maid of Palaiseau and Massaniello.

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that Princess Victoria may have had a toy one – but it has never been found.

This was the Romantic Era - the era marked the rise of the ballerina as a central part of ballet. Up until that point, ballet was done in between the acts of the operas and dancing en pointe was regarded as a clumsy acrobatic stunt. This was until the ballerina Marie Taglioni appeared on the scene.

She was the most celebrated ballerina of romantic ballet. She started the romantic era with her 1827 debut in Paris in the ballet La Sylphide in which she danced en pointe, the first ballerina to do so. She was also (in)famous for shortening her skirt, which was considered highly scandalous at the time! She was a major star, as can be seen from an 1837 playbill from London’s Theatre Royal which also mentions her brother Paul Taglioni. It was a real family affair - it was their father Filippo Taglioni who choreographed La Sylphide to showcase his daughter’s talent at dancing. Via his choreography and Marie Taglioni’s skill, La Sylphide transformed ballet into an art.

Marie Taglioni was one of Princess Victoria’s favorite performers and she dressed a number of her dolls to represent her in the various ballets in which she starred, (she apparently also named a horse after her!). The clothes were based on the sketches that the princess made. Princess Victoria visited Wales in 1832 as part of a series of Royal Progresses organized by her mother. In her journal entry of 18 August 1832, Princess Victoria describes how her governess, Baroness Lehzen “finished for me that evening, at about 6, a lovely doll, representing “la Sylphide”, which I saw in town.” And she must have seen the ballet more than once because an extract for Princess Victoria’s diary in 1833 tells us “After that was performed La Sylphide; Taglioni danced BEAUTIFULLY and looked LOVELY … I was VERY MUCH AMUSED.” Talking of dolls, Taglioni even had a paper doll made of her, with costumes taken from her various stage performances.

I was sent some information recently that indicated Queen Victoria was a lifelong fan of Marie Taglioni. Apparently, Marie taught Princess Mary of Teck ballet lessons at White Lodge in Richmond Park, London, in the 1870’s. The Teck family lived in the White Lodge in Richmond from 1869 into the 1880’s.

Mary was born 26 May 1867 at Kensington Palace in the same room as Queen Victoria 48 years earlier.

She was a favorite of Queen Victoria’s and eventually became Queen herself as the wife of Victoria’s grandson, King George V. (coincidently, the White Lodge now houses the Royal Ballet lower School, instructing students aged 11-16!).

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Sketch of Marie Taglioni as “Nathalie” by Princess Victoria (1833)

One of Princess Victoria’s Dolls – The Ballet Star, Marie Taglioni, as “Nathalie”

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The Courtiers: These theatrical personalities rub shoulders with dolls that are titled nobles. There are peg wooden Duchesses, Countesses, Viscountesses and two sets of noble twins. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much information on many of them, maybe because they are all female and in those days, it was their male partners who were more recognized and recorded. A good example of this is the doll representing Juno, the Duchess of Durham. She is 7” tall, all wooden, jointed, wearing a hat of transparent white net with diagonal bands of gold beading. Her blue/green satin dress has a pleated bodice with ‘lego-mutton’ sleeves, pink rose trim belt and a white lace overlay at the hem. In real life, she was married to Earl John George Durham (1792-1840), noted for his speeches on the reform of Parliament in 1835. There is another doll in the collection related to her – her imaginary child, a 4” baby doll, made of stuffed silk with a painted face and dressed in a white lace cap with ribbon trim and a long white baby robe of silk with a muslin overdress.

When Princess Victoria was at last allowed to go to court, it was noticed with both admiration and some surprise how many courtiers she knew by name and how well she understood court etiquette. Could this have been a result of her playing with over 60 little peg wooden dolls named and dressed as specific courtiers?

The imaginaries: Princess Victoria often gave her imaginary characters fictional histories. The Arnold family dolls are imaginary characters, although Victoria may have based them on real people she observed at Kensington Palace or during one of her regular theatre trips. Her notes state that Harriet Arnold, Duchess of Parma, was first married to a Mr Pinkin, secondly to a Colonel Frant, thirdly to a Count Poniatowsky, who became Prince Poniatowsky and fourthly to the Duke of Parma. Quite a number of these imaginaries are babies. For example, the Dudley children, named Lady Margaret Dudley and Lord George Dudley, were made to accompany the dolls of Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart. However, these children are fictional. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, did not have any children with his first wife, Amy Robsart.

I would like to end this section on the dolls by showing you Mrs Martha, the housekeeper. At 9”, she is one of the few large dolls in the collection. All wooden, jointed, she is dressed in a white net bonnet with white lace frills and pink ribbon, a white lawn dress with full bodice, long sleeves with draw-string wrists and a long purple apron with ‘pinked’ edges.

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In 1833, when Victoria reached the age of 14, the dolls were packed away and the young Princess started to focus on learning the tools of her queenly trade. Victoria didn’t speak to her mother for many years but after her mothers death, she visited her home and realized that she had completely preserved her daughters childhood belongings, including the dolls.

One of Princess Victoria’s Dolls – The Imaginary, Lady Arnold

PS. The DOLLS HOUSE: I mentioned the Princess may or may not have had a toy theatre. But she DID have a dolls house. The 2”=1ft scale house would have provided a delightful backdrop for doll dramas. It has a flat roof and the exterior is painted to resemble brick. There is a fanlight above the door with four windows on the ground and six on the first floor. The front opens in two hinged sections to reveal a simple 2 room affair, downstairs there is a kitchen; above is an elegant room that would have served as a drawing room or ballroom, according to the need of the moment. It is English c.1830 and measures 4’ x 3’ x 2’.

One of Princess Victoria’s Dolls – The Imaginary, Sir William Arnold

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One of the pictures from Frances Lowe 1892 article on Queen Victoria’s Dolls – showing twin cloth dolls in their cradle

One of the pictures from Frances Lowe 1892 article on Queen Victoria’s Dolls – (Left to Right) showing the Duchess of Parma, The Countess of Derwenter and Count Almaviva

PART III – THE HAPPENINGS IN THE 1890’S

THE 1892 ARTICLE IN THE STRAND MAGAZINE: The queen’s childhood dolls might have remained in some dusty storeroom indefinitely if author Frances Low had not discovered them and published an article on the subject on 15 September, 1892, in the Strand Magazine. Queen Victoria was then at the height of her popularity, midway between the exuberant Golden (1887) and Diamond (1897) Jubilee celebrations. The article went “viral” and the public cried out for more.

So then came the book: In 1894, the same Frances Low published a book on the dolls. Whilst the text makes interesting reading, for me, it is the illustrations by Alan Wright that really make this a “must have” book. If you compare the book illustrations with the photos of the actual dolls, you can see they really capture the essence of the dolls - they are truly remarkable. The book was a best seller and old copies of the book continue to be in demand even today.

The publicity which that boxful of old tuppenny dolls received in the 1890’s created a glow that never faded – the Queen’s collection still remains one of the best known in the world. And from time to time, it resurfaces.

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Illustration from the 1894 Frances Lowe book on Queen Victoria’s Dolls: Mrs Martha

Illustration from the 1894 Frances Lowe book on Queen Victoria’s Dolls: Sir William Arnold and Lady Morton

Illustration from the 1894 Frances Lowe book on Queen Victoria’s Dolls: Juno, Countess of Durham

Illustration from the 1894 Frances Lowe book on Queen Victoria’s Dolls: Lady Arnold

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Photo of 3 of Princess Victoria’s Grodnertal Dolls on display at Kensington Palace (Left to Right) Marie Taglioni as “Louise” in Kenilworth, Fatima and Unknown

PART IV – SINCE THEN

Since the 1890’s the dolls have reappeared from time to time.

In an extract from the 1927 book “Dolls” by Esther Singleton, she quoted Sit Henry Ponsonby “…… Her Majesty was very much devoted to dolls and, indeed, played with them till she was nearly fourteen years old. Her favorites were small dolls – small wooden dolls which she could occupy herself with dressing and they had a house in which they could be placed. The Queen usually dressed the dolls from some costumes she saw either in the theatre or in private life……………”

Similarly, extract from “Dearest Children” by Constance Eileen King, reads “….. In much lighter vein are the pieces connected with the childhood of Queen Victoria, in particular the large collection of Grodnertals which can now only occasionally be seen. The variety with which the decorators painted the basically simple heads is here very obvious as no two are quite alike; about half wear carved combs and though the majority wear red, a few have slippers in green or yellow.

Victoria, out of the total number of one hundred and thirtytwo, was herself responsible for the costuming of thirty-two and small red beads are used for their identification. In general, those she dressed are simpler and without much of the rich textural effect achieved by embroidery, pearls and braid that her governess, the Baroness Lehzen, used for the more arresting of the wooden dolls, those wearing outdoor costumes in heavier

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fabrics being particularly interesting. Rag figures, rarely found in pristine condition when dating to the early 19th century, can also be seen in some number as they were used to represent babies. This collection is always a delight to see again, as the visitor is made so aware of the degree of color that can survive when dolls are kept in good museum conditions………..”

In 1969, the London Museum had an exhibition to celebrate 200 years of the Jigsaw puzzle. To mark the occasion, a jigsaw was produced of Queen Victoria’s Dolls.

A picture of this jigsaw was used as the front cover for the UK version of the first Coleman encyclopedia.

In the Winter 2011 edition of UFDC’s DOLL NEWS, Susan Dossetter did an article on the dolls titled “Adventures of a Dollhouse Sleuth: Following in the Footsteps of a Princess”. The article gives an excellent explanation about the source of the wooden dolls and has some photos of examples from Susan’s wonderful collection.

In 2012, Kensington Palace created an exhibition called “Victoria Revealed”. The display included the dolls house and some of the dolls. I have been to see it a few times and it never fails to impress me.

I mentioned a “surprise” at the beginning of this article. Well, in October 2018, when I went to The Grovian Museum to give my talk on Queen Victoria’s dolls, I took some time out to look round the museum. One of the (many) things that jumped out at me was a set of Rock and

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Graner rooms – to die for! But as I looked more closely, I could not believe my eyes.

There, in a pair of Rock and Graner beds, were a couple of rag babies – exactly the same as the ones that the little Princess had. I called Michael over and we got the dolls out of the cabinet. I found the photo of the ones in Kensington Palace up on my computer – and yes, the two sets of twins were clearly by the same maker. What a discovery!

To bring us right up to date, on 24 May this year, a new exhibition is being unveiled in Kensington Palace (where it all began) that will celebrate the 200 year anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth. By the time you read this article, I will have been to see it – and hopefully will have viewed many more of her dolls “in the flesh”. (The dolls belong to the Royal Collection but the majority of them have been on temporary loan to the London Museum for many years and they have only had a few out on display. The London Museum is going to be moving location so maybe the Royal Collection will have asked for the dolls back – I hope so – it would be lovely to see them all together again).

A final thought……………… when we think of Queen Victoria, the picture that often comes to mind is of her as an old lady, dressed in black, mourning the death of her beloved Albert. Or it is of her as a young wife and mother, struggling to fulfill her many different duties. But from now on, I would encourage you to also remember her as the young girl, playing with her dolls, happy for a while as she creates her own make believe world. As doll collectors, I am sure we can all identify with that………

[In creating this article, my sincere thanks go to: The Royal Collection Trust, The London Museum, Bridgeman Images, Ann Coleman, Susan Dossetter, Val Copley, Barbara Dugan, Olivia Bristol, Gillian Kernon, Michael Canadas and David Robinson. I could not have done it without your help, so thank you]

Photo of a pair of Princess Victoria’s Cloth Baby Dolls on display at Kensington Palace

Photo of the pair of Cloth Baby Dolls in the Rock and Graner rooms at the Grovian Museum

Close up from the portrait of Victoria by Sir George Hayter (1833)

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Drawing on Grödner Tal Dolls

By Robin Wyatt

Doll belonging to Dorothy Lathrop, illustrator of Hitty, late 19th century

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The old Grödner Tal region lies at the northern edge of today’s Italy and has bounced between neighboring countries over time. Today the area is in Italy and is known as Val Gardena, its primary community being St Ulrich/Ortisei. Until winter sports became a big draw it was a relatively poor area – dolls that sold retail at a penny or less each – hundreds, even thousands of miles away, gave their creators little supplemental income.

The 1750s are generally regarded as the beginning of toy woodworking in the area and by 1823 nearly all the approximately four hundred residents of the valley were turning their forests into toys – including dolls. This creativity would continue through the 19th century when wood sculptors would make inroads and toy production would decline, but never cease. There are traditional dolls still being produced in the region to this day.

Most of dolls coming from this area have a lathe turned head and torso. Depending on size, lathe turned upper arms and legs and hand carved lower arms and legs. Lathes were only introduced in the valley in the 1820s. Smaller dolls have mortise and tenon joints while larger ones may have some ball joints. Work was shared, cottage industry style, among family members. Men did the turning, women painted, and children managing knives did the non-detailed carving, particularly that associated with the limbs.

The dolls went out into the market undressed.

Their production and distribution was overseen by two firms: Pruger and most notably by Insam and Prinoth. In the 1870s the latter has 12 out of 30 store rooms filled to the rafters with dolls awaiting either finishing or exportation.

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A selection of Sybil’s dressed “Dutch” dolls

Catharine Susan

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Now to some of the non-collector names in English associated with these dolls: Penny or Farthing dolls, reflecting their retail price; Woodentops acknowledging their head shape; Peg woodens based on their joint construction; Plain Janes or Gretchens honoring their general lower price market. Ignoring the early collectorapplied tuck comb name we come to the most widely and seemingly inappropriate name: Dutch doll. Early doll collectors thought the name was a corruption of the German word “deutsch” meaning German. However, there is an even more interesting background with no ambiguity. These wooden dolls, like most other dolls and toys, were merchandized through a series of middle men.

In the case of Grödner Tal dolls; these dolls were exported to England, not from Germany, but through Dutch merchants in Holland.

There were two productive periods for these dolls - the first being around 1825 to 1850 and then again around 1885 to World War I. And it is thanks to the popularizing of Princess Alexandrina’s – later Queen Victoria - dolls in a book written and illustrated by Frances Low (1894) that yet another generation of these dolls were given such rich lives in literature and illustration.

Nanny and baby ca 1850

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Actually, the story begins a bit before 1887 when F.S. Janet Burne’s Sybil’s Dutch Dolls was published. The book features, and illustrates, five hundred of these little wooden dolls, purchased at four for a penny. These were all dressed by Sybil to represent persons of all levels, dolls of diverse nations, dolls ancient and modern, dolls at home and homesick dolls, etc. With five hundred dolls, Sybil could recreate dolls reflecting almost any form of humanity.

And she did, much in the spirit that Frances Low would reveal in her review of Queen Victoria’s dolls.

Perhaps the best-known books featuring Dutch dolls are those illustrated by an American living in London, Florence Kate Upton, with texts contributed by her mother Bertha.

The Golliwogg series was introduced in 1895 where the Dutch dolls feature in the title, and concluded in 1909 with thirteen titles. All books in the series focus on topics of contemporary popular culture: exploration, expanding modes of transportation, and entertainment. One title, however, is visionary: The Golliwogg at War. Just as the Golliwogg series was coming to an end, Kathleen Ainslie picked up the baton with her Catharine Susan series (beginning in 1905). The books revolve around the everyday activities of two very active peg wooden sisters and are charmingly illustrated with adventures and misadventures.

While most of the stories revolve around these dolls “living” in the northern hemisphere unfortunate Woodeny, also known as Miss Anzac in honor of members of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps, illustrates that these dolls migrated everywhere.

Whether as short magazine articles or as fully illustrated books, children’s literature featuring peg wooden dolls have a long and cherished history in the hands of little folks, just like the dolls themselves, one that still continues to this day.

Top: Gymnastic exercises from The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg Center: Wintertime sports enjoyed by a cloth Golliwogg and his wooden doll friends Left: Little Miss Anzac, a sad, but heartwarming, tale of a Grödner Tal doll living in Australia.

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The Doll of Her Heart The Story of Alice Kent Trimpey

By Monica Bessette

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nce upon a time a little girl named Alice Kent was born in Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin. Alice’s parents, Sylvester and Rebecca Dennett Kent, were among the earliest settlers in Sauk Prairie. They moved to the wilds of Wisconsin from the Kent’s ancestral home in the hills of New Hampshire in the early 1850s.

Alice was the baby of the family, born years after her 4 siblings, who were born from 1842-1850 in New Hampshire. Her father originally purchased a farm in the village of Kingston in Sauk County, but later relocated the family to Baraboo, Wisconsin. Alice remained in Baraboo her entire life.

This photo features a shy, little Alice at four with her beloved doll, Becky, a blue eyed, flat top, china head.

Alice’s mother was Becky Ann as a child. Perhaps her older sister Emeline, who gave Becky to her baby sister one tearful Christmas, suggested the name in honor of their dear mother.

Alice Kent Trimpey collected historical antique dolls throughout her lifetime, but the doll of her heart would always be Becky.

A few months ago, I was going through photos and records I’ve collected over the years of desirable Walker dolls for my book, and came across the acquisition record for a doll named Tillie at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

They estimate her age at 1855-1865, and noted she was collected by Alice Kent Trimpey (1864Alice Kent at age 4 years, with Becky, 1949), Baraboo, WI. from the Yvonne Brougher DeLuke Collection Alice bequeathed

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Tillie to the Society, along with several historical dolls from her extensive collection.

Detailed photos of Tillie—taken by a fellow Izannahphile on her visit to WHS museum—are on the Izannah Walker Chronicles blog. Could this doll have originally been owned by Alice as a child? I needed to know more, so I delved into online census records to get an idea about Alice’s family and childhood.

The year of her birth and her actual age were a wellguarded secret throughout her life. Wisconsin State Censuses support her birth in 1864, but her gravestone marks it as 1857. Which is right? Could there be a reason her parents gave the wrong age?

Based on this photograph of Alice at age 4, the clothing and hairstyles of both her and Becky, as well as the elements of the tintype the photo was taken from, I leaned toward 1857. After searching dozens of online records, and reading her own stories, it’s still a mystery.

During the search, I discovered a blog called minerd. com, developed and maintained by descendants of Alice’s future husband, E. Burt Trimpey. It offered valuable details of the couple’s loving marriage, family, and their life together.

Most importantly, it featured period photographs of Alice and Burt, plus a wonderful group photo of Alice’s doll collection in later years. It also includes Tillie—right up front where she belongs.

Fortunately, I was able to connect with two descendants who generously offered to send photos and information for this story.

After 20 years of collecting, and telling and re-telling the fascinating stories of her acquisitions, Alice wrote her first book, The Story of My Dolls, in 1935. This book is really the story of Alice’s life and loves. She skillfully weaves the stories of her fondest childhood memories and family adventures into the tales of how her doll family came to be, and mean so much.

I passed on the book years ago at Brimfield Flea and always regretted that decision. I was captivated by the book’s cover, featuring a whimsical painting of a Walker doll. She’s strolling through the fauna in her jaunty, beribboned straw hat, carrying a basket of flowers. So quaint. . .

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My interest in getting the book was rekindled by reading about Alice and Burt’s love story. I was fortunate to get a copy in very good condition. It was a pleasant surprise to read the charming stories behind her dolls, which seem to have been meant for her.

When I first read it, I had an epiphany. Each doll or group of dolls had its own little short story as to how, when, or why she acquired them. Alice’s writing style was straightforward, yet heartfelt thanks to her sense of humor and pathos.

This was the answer to my dilemma of how to finish my own book. Write individual essays about the many topics of interest. It’s been a lot more fun that way.

I needed to know more about Alice Kent’s life.

First thing to do was search genealogy records. Thank goodness for on-line genealogy! I’m seriously addicted.

The 1905 Census of Baraboo is the first listing of Alice Kent as head of the household, single, 40 years old (possibly the last time she didn’t fib), and an Artist by profession. She was well known for her delicate watercolor paintings and sachets.

By 1905 both parents and her older sister, Emeline’s husband had died. Alice owned her home and Emeline, a dressmaker, boarded with her. Emeline was born in 1847, and was quite a few years older than Alice.

At the same time, Burt Trimpey was building a career as a photographic artist. He’d traveled through states south of PA in search of a place to set up his studio, and spent time in Georgia and South Carolina.

Alice met Burt between 1905 and 1910. They met at a party in New England or Pennsylvania, where Burt was born in 1878. Burt and Alice must have had an immediate connection when they met. He relocated to Baraboo, and though he’s said to have been almost two decades younger, they married on March 10, 1910, in Chicago. IL. When I found they married in Chicago, I hoped the record would give an accurate birth year. Wrong! Alice proclaimed herself as born in 1874. I don’t believe her husband even knew her correct age! Strange thing is she gets younger with each census. What a character.

Five years after their marriage, Alice rediscovered dear old Becky in an old blanket chest, and was inspired to collect again in earnest. Burt was happy to support her efforts. They shared a sense of whimsy that kept them young and active, dealing in antiques and dolls.

“Their likes and dislikes are identical and the charm of their romance never grows dim. Both lovers of fine old things, they established an antique business now widely known.”

Becky, My First Love, Book flap.

The Story of My Dolls, by Alice Kent Trimpey, published 1935

Her collection of over 100 antique dolls, mostly original, were mainly English, German, and French. She exhibited her dolls of wood, poured wax, papier-mâché, china, wax-over papier-mâché, and bisque in their antique shop window. She became nationally known in her lifetime, and inspired others to collect.

Sometimes she’d hear snickers when her hobby was mentioned, but it didn’t deter her one bit. Her collection was appreciated by everyone who saw it. A New York company even came to Baraboo in 1935 to do a film short about her dolls when her book became a hit.

Becky was the catalyst in a life-long affection. Here is their story as it appeared in the book, told by Alice.

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The Story of Becky

By Alice Kent Trimpey “It was a very tired and sick little four-year old girl that mother held in her arms one Christmas eve, many years ago. The simple shopping she had been accustomed to do at holiday time had given way to caring for her baby, who was suffering with the earache.

Tired and sad she rocked the small child in the old canebottomed chair, vainly trying to lure the sandman with stories of Jack and the Beanstalk, and of her own childhood days far away in the hills of New Hampshire— especially the tale that never grew old, of the time when she, as a young girl at school, stayed with an aunt in a village near by. . .

“One night, when all was still, my Aunt Molly” the mother related, “who was ever alert to the welfare of her flock, was awakened by the sound of muffled sobbing in the adjoining bedroom.

When she investigated, she found—whom do you suppose?—her homesick little niece suffering with the earache. That little niece was none other than I. “In the dim candlelight she lifted me out of the depths of the feather bed, softly whispering, as she rocked me to and fro in her arms: ‘Never mind, Becky Ann. I’ll have father get some of that black sheep’s wool. We’ll wet it in camphor, and put it in your ear, and soon you will forget all about the bad pain.’

“Whether it was the magic of the black sheep’s wool, or the soft crooning of an old song as Aunt Molly tucked me away under the covers, I never knew. But when I awoke the sun was peeping in through the curtain, lighting up the gray patch quilt. I heard the old clock on the mantle strike ten. True to Aunt Molly’s prophecy, I had forgotten all about the earache that was keeping me awake the night before.”

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“Becky, the Doll of Happy Childhood Memories”

But mother’s stories seemed to no avail this holiday eve. When things had reached a very unhappy state, and Santa Claus seemed to have passed the four-yearold by, an older sister arrived with a beautiful doll dressed in quaint delaine, and gay red morocco shoes, all beautifully made by loving hands. The little girl was overjoyed. With the doll’s pretty pink face snuggled close to her little tear-stained cheek, she was cured with a magic like the black sheep’s wool, and fallen asleep, her troubles gone. . .

That Christmas was part of my life, and that doll was among the first I ever collected! For that four-year-old girl was I—and that was indeed many, many years ago.

From that day until this, that doll’s life and mine have been very closely interwoven. She was, and is still, very dear to me. The hours I used to spend with her under the old grapevine tree are among my fondest recollections.

She was a refuge in my times of despair. Though she was a doll, she seemed alive to me. I could imagine in her face any expression I wished to see there.

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cat. I used to put Becky’s dresses on the cat, who, when not attending to feline duties, seemed quite happy in her unusual attire. With her soft little paws sticking out of the sleeves she would sit for hours, no doubt wondering what it was all about.

Becky did not seem to mind either, for she was never a bit temperamental. In fact, I often fancied that Becky smiled with me at the cute appearance of the cat in one of her gowns.

My constant companion, Becky naturally contracted all the ills I fell heir to. She patiently shared my castor oil and cough syrup, but to this day, in sackcloth and ashes, I am sorry for compelling her to endure mustard plasters and a red flannel petticoat. She had the measles, died and was put away, when lo! shortly after, she died again, this time of the whooping cough.

A wonderful oak tree covered with a tangled grapevine was the rendezvous of the dolls of the neighborhood. There they met with their small “mothers,” and were put through the trials and tribulations of life—in miniature. Before the days of bridge and automobiles, funerals were large and well attended. It was inevitable, then, that many dolls should die—that they might have funerals. I have often wondered what became of all the china dolls that died so mysteriously, and were buried under the old russet apple tree at the corner of the barn.

I think my passion for Becky began to wane when I reached the age of nine or ten. She was put away in the bottom of an old chest, where she lay neglected for years.

The chest was used for storing bedding, and thus, semiannually, someone discovered Becky, but to no avail, for I cruelly let her lie there.

Perhaps the fact that old friends are dearest accounts for my having resurrected Becky twenty years ago, and she again became one of the family. Time has dealt very kindly with her; her eyes are as blue, and her cheeks as pink, as in those happy days we spent together under the old grapevine tree. She is very gracious to all the late arrivals, but my conscience tells me that she too should have a silk dress. Nothing could induce me to part with her, and when my collecting days are over, and I start on my last journey—not in search of the old, but of the new—I shall not be alone, for Becky will go with me.”

Her wrists and ankles have all been broken, and the painstaking stitches to mend them were put in by a loving grandmother, because, of course, Tillie’s own little mother was too small to undertake any such complex business.

She sits all day long with her head on Becky’s shoulder, listening. I suppose, to the stories of the funeral parties under the old grapevine tree. She is a most unusual specimen, of rubberized cloth. Her shoes and style of hair dressing would place her in an 1831 class.

From The Story of My Dolls, by Alice Kent Trimpey, 1935. Illustrations by Janet L. Scott Throughout the years of collecting, especially after her book was published, Alice received letters from around the world asking if she would like to have rare dolls that were childhood friends. As an antique dealer, she had many sent to her on approval, and many joined her growing family of rare, historical dolls.

Burt Trimpey died in 1948 at 70 yrs, and Alice was alone. The inspiration for this article was the discovery of Alice’s life-long desire to be buried with Becky when the time came. Since she had no close surviving relatives, her wish was granted by friends. Now that’s what I call love and devotion!

Alice was passionate about her hobby and had the good fortune to amass a superior and important collection.

The Story of Tillie

Tillie, like Topsy of old, “just growed over night,” and no one seems to know much about her. The “nobody loves me” expression on her rubber face should not be there, because she is very popular.

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Family of English wax and wax-over papiermâché. Old store stock 100 plus years old when she received them from London.

Group of papier-mâché and wax-over papiermâché. Early Greiner 2nd from left.

Miss Luciny of the Old South. Papier- mâché head, crude sawdust filled body. Unexpected find on a furniture hunt.

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Early English woodens with German porcelain in the center. All in near-mint condition. Mrs. Ray, a rare, early 18” Queen Anne is on the left.

Emeline, an 1860s Jumeau fashion.

“The Naughty one of the Family,” from Boston rolled in antique rugs.

Major DuPont and Persis are both rare Montanari poured wax from Paris with real hair. Persis was redressed. The major is a French costume doll. c1850

Little Lu Crawford, mint condition 12” china head & limbs, natural dark curls. Dress of muslin & lace.

Minerva, all original English wax dressed in stiff lawn with “pattern and color of old mulberry china.” c1850

Sally Ingalls, from NH. Papiermâché head, wood limbs, kid body.

Named for paternal grandmother.

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Her invention, and very successful sales (c1915) of the steel nickeled Priscilla Sewing Rack helped ensure the means to the end.

She wasn’t a professional writer, but she wrote true life, heartfelt stories that inspired others to join in the thrill of the hunt. Her charming books told of a child of pioneer settlers who all worked hard, helped each other, and kept the faith.

Her family survived the harsh prairie winters, family members going off to fight the Civil War, and so much more. They helped set the stage for generations to come. Alice was very proud of her people in Baraboo, and her first doll, Becky was with her all the way.

“The story of Becky, and the collection of historical dolls, date from that golden era just before and after the Civil War. These stories were not written for critics nor for historians, but rather for those who cherish the America of yesterday, a heritage which is theirs, and the liberties for which we fight.” Becky, My First Love, Presentation, Alice Kent Trimpey, 1946 Bibliography: *Becky, My First Love, Alice Kent Trimpey, Geo. Banta Publishing, Menasha, WI, 1946 *Collector’s Guide to Early Photographs, O. Henry Mace, Wallace Homestead, Radnor, PA, 1990 *Home Needlework Magazine, Vol. 17, www.books.google.com *The Story of Our Relatives: E. Burt Trimpey and his wife Alice Kent Trimpey of Baraboo, WI, News articles and historical accounts transcribed by Linda Marker, a Trimpey descendant *The Story of My Dolls, Alice Trimpey, Whitman Publishing, Racine, WI, 1935 *www.familysearch.org *www.minerd.com/archives *www.saukcountyhistory.org *www.wisconsinhistory.org

Burt prepares to photograph Alice’s dolls for her second book, Becky, My First Love

Special thanks to Mark Miner and Linda Marker who have diligently worked to keep Alice and Burt’s love story alive for future generations.

Doll photos by E. Burt Trimpey, as well as illustrations, photographed by author from Alice’s books.

Sepia and color photos courtesy Linda Marker.

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Doll Accessories of the Second Empire Some Frivolities for High Maintenance Demoiselles

by Samy Odin

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can hardly think of anything more futile, derisory, almost decadent, than a French poupée’s accessory. Seriously, are these trinkets meaningful at all? Are these knick-knacks mirroring significant crafting achievements that occurred during the 19th century? Are these baubles really reflecting pages of our social history? The answer is yes!

This is the reason I couldn’t resist the temptation to pay a tribute, in the form of a coffee table book, to a private French collection focused on these accessories for French Parisiennes. This ensemble belongs to well-known antique doll dealer Marie-Claude Wagner, whom I am privileged to count amongst my friends.

As a corollary to her remarkable “Brimborions,” I included in the pages of this coffee table book photographs and descriptions of some other treasures belonging to French collectors Nicole Barnerias and Nicole Serina, as well as some more Napoleon III fantasies from my own collection.

Huret doll surrounded by a myriad of miniature accessories as seen in Marie-Claude Wagner’s private collection.

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Above: Violette d’Epigny and her wardrobe, as originally displayed at Musée de la Poupée in Paris.

Left: Violette, among her numerous hats, shows off a simple straw hat trimmed with fruits and tulle (former Odin collection)

The atmosphere is what first catches the eye of the few privileged guests who get to be invited to visit Marie-Claude. An impeccable hostess, M-C displays her treasures in a pure Art Nouveau Parisian interior that enhances the refinement of the miniature objects she gathered from the Second Empire era. While sipping bubbly rosé champagne, the lucky visitor admires the dolls gracefully posed into a wooden cabinet, surrounded by a myriad of tiny accessories of time past, cascading over rare pieces of furniture, including some marked Huret artifacts.

Those spoiled girls of the Second Empire who received such marvels for their everyday edification and enjoyment, could have set them up in a similar way; for these playthings were meant to bring an example of the French “savoir

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Service de toilette by Saint Louis for fashion doll.

Very rare punch set by Saint Louis glass factory.

Luxury sewing kit, Napoleon III era

vivre.” Through play little girls learned social skills, they were trained to appreciate refined textiles, cleverly tailored outfits, nicely crafted accessories for their dolls; they learned how to sew and how to compose the most appropriate toilette for each moment of the day, following the arcane rules of fashion in an era when clothing codes were very strict and indispensable to establishing each individual’s role within society.

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Rohmer doll displayed with an array of miniature trinkets from Napoleon III era.

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Filigree silver drinking set for fashion doll.

Saint Louis enameled glass liquor set in original coffret.

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This was the time when the choice of a hat for a doll required knowledge in millinery art as well as some seriously taught “bon ton.” A girl born in the mid-to-upper classes would have been raised on a short leash and when it came to playthings she wouldn’t have been allowed to express her desires in a spontaneous way. In fact, specific formal demands for adding items to dolly’s wardrobe had to be long anticipated, negotiated, deserved after hours of diligent work. And the fabulous poupée that would finally be given for the Étrennes, shortly after Christmas, would often be THE one doll a good girl would receive throughout her entire childhood, the toy that was meant to last, the special plaything to be pampered and carefully preserved in order to pass it down to the following generation.

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Tapissière handbag for fashion doll

Huret doll showing off a cashmire shawl.

Ormolu and tortoiseshell sewing kit for fashion doll

Through the management of her poupée, a well-born girl had to show off her social status, she had to prove how properly had she been raised by taking good care of her own “child” keeping in mind that ostentatious signs of wealth were appropriate only on specific occasions. Modesty and reasonable behavior needed to be observed on a daily basis, through the choice of the right garment or the right accessory for each activity the doll would attend. Even if this was a “let’s pretend” game, it was closely supervised by the adults of the household, who would often invest considerable sums in the purchase of all of the “needed” accessories for these “demoiselles.”

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Rohmer doll with greenhouse filled with Sèvres porcelain plants.

From hats to shoes, jewels, umbrellas, gloves, vanity sets, porcelains, silverware, glass artifacts, paper ephemera, shawls and handkerchiefs, all of these trinkets are featured in the wardrobe destined for mademoiselle poupée.

Today, current trends in doll collecting focus extensively on French fashion dolls from Napoleon III era. Such collectibles seem to go back to their initial purpose: teaching the arcanes of fashion while reflecting the social history of a generation. Today’s collectors turn what used to be a children’s playful activity into an historical and aesthetic game where « let’s pretend » acquires a knowledgeable dimension that helps adults to preserve a collective patrimony.

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Constance, My Little Companion

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ike many crafters, some project ideas won’t leave my dreams until I make them, even if years go by. Such was the case with this little sewing companion, whose picture popped up from time to time when I searched for costuming ideas. What collector or seamstress could resist her? She has obviously appealed to several generations—echoes of her design can be seen in many antique dolls, now eagerly snapped up at auctions.

More recently, the Doll Costumer’s Guild immortalized her as their Journal logo in 1999, and Pam Lembo created patterns for both the china head doll and a Bleuette version, available through Jean Nordquist. For cloth doll lovers, Gail Wilson offers kits and patterns for a charming Folk Art lady on a wooden stand. Like pincushions and powder puff dolls, sewing companions are ingeniously useful decorations for doll lovers.

Not long after I bought Constance, a 9” flat-top china head doll who sorely needed a dress, serendipity struck: a friend sent me the Sewing Companion Premiere Issue of the DCG Journal, and I knew they were a match! An online search revealed an original color plate image of the “Work Table Companion” at the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection in an 1864 copy of the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine. According to DCG President Patricia Gosh, it was also published in the American magazine Peterson’s in 1865, attributed to Mrs. Jane Weaver and retitled “The Little Companion.” Copyright law was nebulous at the time, so it’s not uncommon to find the same patterns appear in different countries under different names.

The DCG article (Vol. 8, No. 4) also excerpted useful, if vague, hints from Peterson’s to make the doll: “This pretty Little Companion is thus composed: A wooden doll with china head

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Constance, my 9” Sewing Companion. Civil War-era flat-top china head set onto an old, but probably not original, body stuffed with sawdust.

Back view: a ball of 80 weight tatting cotton is attached to blue sash, and ornate scissors are suspended from belt. Scissor sheath is black leather, lined with plaid cotton.

Close up view showing chemisette with tucks, beads, and lace, and thimble cap set onto a linen cone. At her neck is a miniature brass brooch, just 1/8” wide.

Constance’s undergarments, including chemise, pantalets, and embroidered flannel underskirt.

EBay proved a good source for the antique and new sewing tools gathered for this project.

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Detailed patriotic sewing companion by Pat Hauser, with a pincushion hat and drum in Daughter of the Regiment-style.

Back view of Pat Hauser’s doll, showing decoratively placed pins in skirt hem and a card of buttons tucked into the drum strap.

Surprise! Beneath her skirts, this doll sports a petticoat full of pockets for spools of thread. (Photos by Nicki Burley)

and legs; a wooden stand and support; a few odd pieces of merino, calico, ribbon, etc., with which to dress the doll; two papers of needles; a thimble, a pair of scissors, and a ball of cotton…The doll measures eight inches from head to foot. Tack on the body a piece of muslin chemisette with long sleeves, and over this fasten the petticoat (which should be made of stiff glazed lining) and the skirt of the dress. The latter consists of scarlet French merino, trimmed at the bottom with three rows of narrow braid, put on with steel beads at regular intervals. The thimble-case is made of merino, edged round with bugles and beads, and suspended from the waist by a piece of blue ribbon. Another piece of blue ribbon, with a ball of cotton threaded on, is tied on the shoulder…The head dress which serves the purpose of a pin-cushion, is made of silk, wadded and edged round with lace…This done, you have finished this pretty affair, which would be particularly suitable for a Christmas or New-Year’s gift.”

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translated to an American audience. 1860s American fashions were also influenced by the Civil War and conflicts around the world. The Zouave style, for example, first appeared on French troops in North Africa. During the American Civil War, Zouavestyled units formed on both sides of the conflict, wearing a distinctive uniform including short jackets and sashes which civilian women enthusiastically adopted.

A lesser-known connection to the French Zouaves were the vivandieres, cantinieres or “Daughters of the Regiment,” who inspired an 1840 opera by Donizetti and real-life examples in the American Civil War. These were women who followed military regiments, supplying them with food and drink. In the early years of the Civil War, they offered immediate nursing care right on the battlefields. Sometimes the actual wives and daughters of officers, they were uniformed, often armed, earned battle honors, and were even captured for their efforts. However, they were unofficial, thus rarely named in records. General Grant ended the practice in 1864. They must have stirred the feminine imagination, as antique lady dolls are found dressed in uniform, carrying swords, drums, and canteen kegs.

If you don’t already have a small china head doll, first enjoy the hunt—always one of the best parts of collecting! Then, take your time working through each part of this project and gathering the accessories to complete her. You’re sure to find a deep connection with the seamstresses of the past as you reach back into history to make this lady. She’ll provide as much charm for your sewing table today as she did 150 years ago.

Gail Wilson’s cloth pincushion doll project, set onto a wooden base, has a folk-art feel. Doll is stuffed with wool for safer pin and needle storage.

(Photo by Gail Wilson)

Materials for 9” doll:

Red wool challis ¼ yd Ivory batiste ¼ yd Cotton organdy 6” x 16” Ivory wool flannel 4” x 10” Ivory & jet seed beads 4 - ⅛” buttons, tiny hook Size 10 crochet thread 1 yard each ⅛” & ¼” black velvet ribbon 1 yard each ¼” blue & black satin ribbons ¼” round silver buckle Scraps of lace, crochet trim, black leather, wool felt, linen, & cardstock Sewing supplies, marking pen, fast grab glue

Possible accessories:

2 antique needle packets, Emery-filled thimble, Small antique bone awl, Ball size 80 tatting thread, Embroidery scissors, Small bodkin, Thimble

Unusual sewing doll whose chair seat is actually the lid of a little storage box! (Denise Buese collection and photo)

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Sources:

Wool challis & batiste: Patti Ulrich at www.oldbdolls.com Wool flannel: wmboothdraper.com Thimble bucket: Lacis Museum of Textiles at www.lacis.com/catalog Antique style hooks and eyes: www.dollspart.com

Sewing and Design Notes:

• Cutting sizes and pattern pieces are approximate—they fit my doll, but china head dolls are notorious for size variations since those with cloth bodies were often homemade. Use the patterns as a starting point to fit your own doll. The original article called for a wooden doll with a china head, but these are quite rare and costly today.

• Theme dolls’ clothing was typically sewn on to reduce bulk and sewing time. Raw edges were not finished.

Feel free to do the same, rather than making waistbands, closures, and overcast edges as described here.

• For a small doll, it’s easier to handsew than use the machine. Make stitches as tiny and invisible as possible.

Seams are ¼” unless otherwise stated.

• Though I love the original project, I deviated from the design in several places as inspiration struck. Judging from antique examples, these little ladies have always been subject to the needleworker’s imagination. Be fanciful and enjoy varying the design elements.

• The flannel petticoat is a short, closer-fitting garment.

Ladies wore them for winter warmth; original examples are variously knitted or sewn of wool flannel or quilted cotton. They appear in doll trousseaus, and instructions for making a doll’s wardrobe usually include one.

Frequently they were scarlet. One especially charming possibility for this-- folk traditions suggested that red was a warmer color which could help fight illness! Ours is made of wool flannel to act as a needle keep, though this fabric is too heavy for a “correctly” costumed tiny doll.

The lanolin in wool conditions needles and repels rust.

• At first, I made a set of cage hoops and a batiste petticoat. They looked appropriate, but added bulk, so I referenced the 1865 instructions which called for glazed cotton instead of hoops. This was a stiff lining fabric which would hold out the skirts nicely.

I substituted sheer cotton organdy, but lightweight tarlatan could also work well.

• The original project included an adorable pincushion hat, edged in lace, but I couldn’t resist copying the thimble holder cap worn by my friend’s doll. It seems to come straight from a fairytale. To make a pincushion hat instead, fit a cardstock band around the doll’s head, cover it with linen and lace, and glue a small pincushion inside. Glue or stitch to a ribbon and tie to the doll’s head.

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Pantalets

1) Cut a 9-1/2” x 5-1/2” rectangle of batiste.

2) Stitch 3 pintucks at 5/8”, 7/8”, and 1-1/8” from the lower edge, press, and make a ½” hem. Arrange pattern pieces on the pintucked piece and cut out 2 legs, then attach crochet trim edging to each. French seam the legs, then French seam the front from the top edge down to the dot. Narrow hem the remaining top of each leg. Turn under the pantalets top edge 1/8”, then ¼”, and straight stitch in place. Run a crochet thread drawstring through the channel and tie tightly onto doll. * At this point, the doll can be attached to a stand. We drilled a dowel into a craft store wooden disc and painted the assembly black. My doll was then tied to this stand, so she could be removed later.

Chemise

1) Fold a 13” x 6” piece of batiste in quarters across the length and width, then trace around the chemise pattern and cut out. There is no need to cut a slit down the front, as it will slip over the doll’s head and rest just below the shoulders. The finished chemise should be about knee length.

2) Gather the back and front to fit shoulders, about 1-1/2” across. Cut a bias strip of batiste 4-1/2” x ¾” turn back one end ¼” and sew to the neckline all around. Begin and end at center back. Trim the seam, press one long edge of the bias strip under ¼”, press the strip up (away from chemise), then turn under and hem down.

3) Narrow hem sleeves and attach crochet trim edging.

French seam underarm and side seams.

4) Turn under bottom edge ¼” and 3/8”, press, and sew hem. Slip onto doll over pantalets and stand; adjust so the band wraps around the shoulder plate.

Flannel Petticoat

1) Cut wool flannel 10” x 4”. Seam up the back 3”, leaving 1” open for a placket. Open the seam and herringbone stitch the raw edges. Stitch 2 rows of gathering threads around the top 2) Make a single-turn ½” hem and herringbone stitch in place. On the right side, decorate with a small feather stitch around the hem.

3) Cut a 4” x 1” waistband from batiste. Turn in short ends ¼”, press, then fold each long end up ¼” and press. Fold in half and press again. Open the waistband, pull up gathering threads evenly, and sew petticoat front to the waistband. Fold band to wrong side of petticoat and hem in place.

4) Close petticoat with a tiny button and thread loop.

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Daughter of the Regiment-style doll, with a marvelous flag ribbon sash and tie. (Carmel Doll Shop, via Pinterest)

Organdy Petticoat

1) Cut organdy 6” x 16”. Turn under the lower edge ¼” and again ½”, then hem in place. Press well.

2) On each short edge, narrow hem the top 2-1/2”to make a placket opening.

3) Turn under ¼” along the top long edge. Thread a large-eyed crewel needed with crochet thread and sew a small gathering thread down the length. Leave long thread ends.

4) With right sides together, sew a ¼” seam up the back to the bottom of the placket. Overcast seam and press to one side.

5) Pull up gathers evenly and tie tightly onto doll. Trim extra thread ends.

Chemisette

1) Cut pattern pieces and a 4” x ½” bias strip from batiste.

Trim front with tucks, ¼” lace, and ivory seed beads; press carefully.

This seamstress chose plaid silk for the skirt and crafted a scissor holder from linen. The pincushion hat looks almost like candles on a birthday cake! (Theriault’s Sanctuary auction photo, via Pinterest)

2) Sew front to back at shoulders, overcast seam, press.

Making sure you have a right and a left, turn under each back edge ¼” twice and hem in place, then press.

3) Sew a gathering thread with small stitches along each sleeve head, then pull up gathers just enough to ease sleeve into the armscye. Backstitch sleeve in place, overcast seam, and press seam toward sleeve.

4) Narrow hem sleeve end. Cut 2 pieces of ½” lace to fit each sleeve edge; sew in place with scalloped edge of lace facing toward sleeve head. Run a gathering thread along sleeve edges. Leave long tails but do not pull up gathers.

5) Sew and overcast side seams. Leave open from dot to lower edge.

6) Turn back on short end of bias strip ¼”, then sew to right side of neck edge. Trim seam, press strip up, then turn towards back leaving a tiny standing collar. Turn under and hem raw edge to the wrong side. Trim collar with slightly gathered ¼” lace.

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Intricate “Folly” doll covered in beading and embroidery. Skirt features spool and thimble holders. Herringbone stitches hold longer tools like bodkins and crochet hooks. (Proxibid auction, via Pinterest)

7) Narrow hem vents at side seams. Narrow hem lower edge of chemisette.

8) Close back with 3 tiny buttons and loops, place on doll.

Pull up sleeve gathers to fit doll’s arm, then fasten off threads and trim.

4) Sew batiste strip to right side of the hem, then turn down and press seam toward skirt. Press under ¼” of remaining long edge. Turn batiste toward wrong side, hem, and press again. Strip should cover all ribbon stitching lines.

4) Press down ¼” at each short end of the waistband, then press down ¼” along each long edge so they meet in the middle. Fold waistband in half the long way and press again. Blind stitch waistband together.

5) Narrow hem top 3-1/2” of each short end of the skirt.

Press down 3/8” along top edge toward wrong side of skirt. Make cartridge pleats by sewing one row of gathers 1/16” from the folded edge and a second row of gathers 1/8” below the first. The second row of stitches should exactly match the first row. Pull up gathers evenly to create pleats, then place right side of skirt to lower edge of waistband and stitch each pleat into place. Close with hook and thread loop.

6) Place on doll to mark the waistband at the chemisette’s left side seam, then take off doll. Cut about 12” of ¼” blue ribbon for thread holder. Fold in half to find the middle, then stitch this point to the waistband. Fasten skirt back on doll. Run a ball or spool of thread through the ribbon on doll’s back, then tie diagonally across chest to the doll’s right shoulder. Trim ends. Place needle packets in skirt pockets, along with accessories like an awl, bodkin, or small button hook.

Skirt

Belt

1) Cut red wool challis 7-1/2” x 18” and a 2” x 18” strip of batiste. Also cut 2 wool pockets, each 2” x 1-3/4”, and a 1” x 4” waistband. Fold skirt in half and mark the top edge, then fold in quarters and mark. At the half mark, measure down ½” and mark again. Draw a diagonal line from this point to each of the quarter points and cut out to create a “v” shape for correct skirt silhouette.

2) Working flat, sew velvet ribbons to skirt. Measuring from the lower edge, sew 1 row of ¼” ribbon ¾” up, the next row of ¼” ribbon at 1-1/4”, and the third row of 1/8” ribbon at 1-5/8”. It’s easiest to attach the ribbons with tiny dots of glue, allow to dry, then sew a tacking stitch along the bottom edges. Sew jet beads at ½” intervals along the top edge of each ribbon.

3) Turn under 1/8” all around each pocket; baste in place. Trim with 1/8” velvet ribbon, with a jet bead at each corner. Center pockets on skirt, about ¾” above the top ribbon and about 2-1/2” apart. Stitch invisibly in place and press. If the pockets slide out of place while you stitch, use a light coat of glue stick on the back to hold them.

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Cut about 6” length of black satin ribbon. Attach belt buckle to one end and glue in place. Run belt through chatelaine-type accessories; I included a beaded thimble “bucket” filled with emery sand and a leather scissor holder. Emery sand will sharpen pins and needles and can be purchased through Etsy if you wish to make your own. Pull ribbon end through buckle, pull up tight, and trim belt.

Thimble Cap

1) Cut cap pattern from cardstock. Also cut a piece of linen about ½” larger all around. Roll up cap to fit inside your thimble; trim as needed so that it’s slightly shorter than the thimble. Glue cap together.

2) Once dry, roll up a small strip of wool felt to fit tightly inside the cone. Sew and/or glue the linen cover in place over the cardstock cone. Cut about 12” of blue satin ribbon. Glue cone to center of ribbon.

Tie in place on doll’s head and trim ribbon ends. A dab of museum wax (such as Bard’s Tacky Wax) will keep the cap from sliding off. Place thimble onto cap.

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Sewing Companion Doll Pattern Fold

Pantalets Cut 2

Chemise

Fold

Fold

Cut 1

Extend to 6 inches

1 Inch Chemisette Front Cut 1

Chemisette Sleeve Fold

Chemisette Back

Cut 2

Fold

Cut 2

Thimble Cap Cut 1 of Cardstock

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SKIPPY More than Patsy’s Boyfriend

By Gail Lemmon kippy made his debut on the market in 1929. He was promoted as “The boyfriend of Patsy.” The Patsy doll, made by Effanbee, is one of the most popular dolls of the twentieth century, rivaled only by Shirley Temple and Barbie. Being a member of the Patsy family of dolls and the only boy doll was a big deal. However Skippy was much more than Patsy’s boyfriend.

In January of 1929, Effanbee advertised in Playthings “...The famous mischievous Skippy. Millions of children and parents follow with delight the antics and adventures of Skippy in leading newspapers and magazines of the country. This perfect doll reproduction of Skippy will make an instant appeal to them. He will equal Patsy’s popularity. We have secured the exclusive rights for doll reproduction of Skippy from his creator, Percy Crosby.”

Skippy was famous before he met Patsy. He was an American comic strip character created by Percy Lee Crosby, published from 1923 to 1945. The highly acclaimed strip focused on a rambunctious fifth-grader Skippy Skinner, living in the city. Usually wearing an enormous collar and tie and a floppy checked hat, he was an odd mix of mischief and melancholy. Crosby, often called Skippy “the child of my soul” and his adventures reflected Crosby’s own childhood. The son of an artist, Percy Crosby’s own artistic talents developed at a young age as he would “borrow” his father’s paints and use the family’s back fence as a canvas. Likewise, Skippy is often found carrying his artist’s brush and a bucket of red house paint in many of the comic strips.

Nothing like Skippy had ever been seen before in the comic strips.

It was not just that the artistry of Skippy had given its creator such titles as “the cartoonist’s cartoonist”, or the “Rembrandt of American cartoonists” The brilliance of Skippy was that it was the first kids’ cartoon with a definable and complex personality grounded in daily life. Skippy is considered a classic among comic historians and was

Early, all composition Skippy wearing the costume made famous by the comic strip.

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Three basic body types: #1 All composition, #2 Composition head and disc jointed composition arms and legs on a cloth body, #3 Composition head and arms on a cloth body and lower legs are composition to just above the knee with molded shoes and socks.

Their heads feature molded hair with a lock low on the forehead, painted eyes with widely spaced lashes, tiny arched brows.

Skippy is often found carrying his artist’s brush and a bucket of red house paint in many of the comic strips.

Skippy made his debut on the market in 1929 and was advertised as “The boy friend of Patsy”.

Celebrated American artist and author, Percy Lee Crosby, creator of “Skippy”.

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Crosby had finally arrived as his cartoons soon graced the cover of Life.

Skippy’s adventures would come to life in the 1931 Paramount films, Skippy.

In 1930 General Mills decided to promote Wheaties directly to children by sponsoring a radio program featuring Skippy. As part of the sponsorship they included Skippy trading cards in the boxes and started one of the first children’s radio clubs, the Skippy Secret Service Society. Listeners joined by sending in Wheaties box tops resulting in a 20% sales growth over the next year. Members would receive a certificate along with a S.S.S.S. pin and instructions for a secret hand shake.

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the inspiration for the famous Peanuts strip featuring Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz.

Percy Crosby had been drawing numerous cartoons for Life magazine, when in the March 15, 1923 issue, publisher Charles Dana Gibson, (creator of “the Gibson girl”) ran an ad to introduce Skippy. His impish, mischievous character won the hearts of both young and old alike. Crosby had finally arrived as his cartoons soon graced the cover of Life. The Skippy weekly feature commanded the attention of publisher William Randolph Hearst, who signed Crosby to his King Features Syndicate in 1926 lasting until 1945. The Skippy daily strip was the only comic featured on the first page of the Hearst papers.

The Sunday Skippy strip began in 1929, and the character had such universal appeal as “the All-American boy” that Skippy was

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These dolls show variations of the typical short sets worn by Skippy.

syndicated worldwide and translated into over fourteen languages.

He soon became a commercial sensation. There were countless food products, comic books, “Big Little” books and promotional items bearing his name and image. Skippy’s adventures became the subject of a novel in 1929 and would come to life in the 1931 Paramount films, Skippy and Sooky. The Skippy movie was nominated for 3 Academy Awards, and Norman Taurog won an Oscar for best director. The film also launched the career of Jackie Cooper as a child star, in the role of Skippy.

Lord, Day & Lord, then a prestigious Wall Street firm, advised Crosby to incorporate under his famous Skippy trade name to protect the “immense good will” he had created, from unauthorized uses. Skippy, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on May 11,1932.

Skippy licenses were assigned by Crosby to Skippy, Inc., including Standard Oil of New York, General Mills, Paramount, Effanbee Doll Co., General Ice Cream Corp., New England Confectionery Co. (candy), U.S. Printing & Lithograph Co.( bread), American National/ Gendron, (pedal cars, wagons, etc.)., Milton Bradley Co.(games), Hearst, Ethyl corp., children’s clothing , novelties, publications and product endorsements.

Skippy in his soldier’s uniform that inspired the image shown on the U.S. Postal Service Classic American Dolls postage stamp.

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With the onset of WWII, Effanbee began to make military dolls.

This group features the Army, Navy and the Aviator.

Additional military dolls include the Cadet and the Marine.

Courtesy of the Suzanne Swanton collection.

Truly “The All American boy” his costumes included the classic bow-tie and baggy pants outfit from the comic strip image and every little boys dreams in the Boy Scout, Cowboy, Fireman and more. Dolls from the 1940’s were dressed in military outfits to reflect the wartime era, and it was the Skippy in his soldier’s uniform that inspired the image shown on the U.S. Postal Service Classic American Dolls postage stamp.

Crosby enjoyed enormous success from 1928 to 1937, producing 3,650 Skippy strips, at one point guaranteeing him $2,350 a week, more than the United States president, at that time. He also published ten books of fiction, political and philosophical essays, drawings and cartoons, as well as 88

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The variety in the dolls and costumes included every little boys dreams. This group features a cowboy, a chiorboy and a brown doll.

Courtesy of the Suzanne Swanton collection.

In 1940 F.A.O. Schwarz Toy Company offered the Skippy military dolls with magnets in their palms to hold an assortment of play items.

A California food packer, Joseph Rosefield, began to sell his newly developed hydrogenated peanut butter, which he labeled “Skippy” without Crosby’s permission. At the top is the perpetual board fence from Crosby’s celebrated strip, below the way the label on a jar of the famous peanut butter used to look. Years of expensive litigation followed, which Crosby’s heirs have continued into the 2000’s.

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One of the rarest of the Skippy dolls is the Baseball Player.

This example also included what is believed to be his original bat. Courtesy of the Suzanne Swanton collection.

numerous pamphlets, while mounting a dozen exhibitions in New York City, Washington,D.C., London, Paris and Rome of his oils, watercolors and other paintings and drawings.

During his career as a celebrated American artist and author, Percy Crosby crusaded against corruption and stood up to the likes of Al Capone.

He enlisted in the Army during World War I, after contracting with a syndicate to do military cartoons on the battlefront in France. He used his Irish humor and gift of satire to lampoon politicians, the Ku Klux Klan, and fought for civil liberties, child labor laws, rights of veterans, and freedom of the press. While his talents were many and his life diverse, Skippy would inevitably become his family legacy.

He also endured tremendous difficulties as about the same time, a California food packer, Joseph Rosefield, began to sell his newly developed hydrogenated peanut butter, which he labeled “Skippy” without Crosby’s permission. Years of expensive litigation followed, which Crosby’s heirs have continued into the 2000’s.

During the World War II years, Crosby’s politics increasingly intruded on the strip, and it began to lose readers. Negotiations on a new contract failed, and Crosby ended “Skippy” in 1945. His final years were tragic, unable to find steady work, he drifted into alcoholism and after a 1949 suicide attempt, he was placed in an asylum where he died in 1964. While Percy Lee Crosby’s final years were tragic, his legacy and Skippy live on in his art and the little Effanbee doll we all love.

Among the hardest to find Skippy dolls are the Policeman and the Fireman. These dolls are all original with the exception of the Policeman’s hat. It is a wonderful reproduction made by “Forget Me Not Dolls”.

They offer a wide variety of reproduction clothing as well as doll repair. For more information visit www.forgetmenotdolls.com

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Calendar of Events Send in your FREE Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or email adcsubs@gmail.com If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

JULY 2019 11-12 ~ Newark, OH. Premier Doll Auction.

McMasters Harris Doll Auction Co. Mark Harris.

740-877-5357. www.mcmastersharris.com

23-27 ~ Nashville, TN. UFDC 70th Annual Convention. www.ufdc.org.

AUGUST 2019

12 ~ Annapolis, MD. Ten2Go Auction. Crowne Plaza. Theriaults. 410-224-3655. www.theriaults.com

3 ~ Archbold, OH. Doll Show. Sauder Village.

Dawn. 800-590-9755 x3076. dawn.hauter@ saudervillage.org.

15-21 ~ Kansas City, MO. Artist Doll Conference & Doll Making School. Hotel Phillips. National Institute of American Doll Artists. (NIADA). Gracie Coleman. 704-517-0114. gcoleman110@carolina.rr.com. niada.org

7-9 ~ Nashua, NH. Withington Doll Auction.

Holiday Inn. Wed. 1-6 pm Doll Show & Sale 3rd fl. rooms., 7-9 pm Evening Auction preview.

Thurs. & Fri. Doll Auctions 10:00 am. www.withingtonauction.com. 603-478-3232.

21-24 ~ Nashville, TN. Sale of Fine Rare Dolls, Toys, Bears, Miniatures and More. The Inn at Opryland. National Doll Festival. Rowbear.

831-438-5349. www.nationaldollfestival.com.

DollFestival@aol.com.

11 ~ Buena Park, CA. Doll Show featuring Barbie Dolls. Holiday Inn. 310-386-4211.

22 ~ Nashville, TN. Marquis Antique Doll Auction. Westin Hotel. Theriaults. 410-224-3655. www.theriaults.com

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17 ~ Florence, SC. Doll Show. SiMT. Pee Dee Doll Club. Angie. 843-731-2107. ahayek73@aol.com 17 ~ Huntsville, AL. Doll Show. Jaycees Building. Twickenham Doll Club. Sonya Heim.

256-585-5436. sonyah4@netzero.com

18 ~ Strongsville, OH. Doll Show. Strongsville Holiday Inn. Eileen Green. 440-283-5839. phdofdolls@yahoo.com.

22-23 ~ Annapolis, MD. Ten2Go Auction.

Crowne Plaza. Theriaults. 410-224-3655. www.theriaults.com 24 ~ Casper, WY. Doll, Toy, Teddy Bear & Miniature Show. Ramkota Hotel Casper. Preshow tour Friday, 8/23 10 am at The Bishop Home and The Nicolaysen Art Museum. Kay Schrader. 406-360-7214. schrader1501@blackfoot.net 24 ~ Kansas City, MO. Doll Auction. KCI Expo Center Holiday Inn Hotel. Frasher’s Doll Auctions. 816-625-3786. (F) 816-625-6079. frasher@aol.com. online@liveauctioneers.com.

24 ~ Schertz, TX. Doll Show. Schertz Civic Center. Dorothy Meredith. 830-606-5868.

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25 ~ Dedham, MA. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Dedham Hotel. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699.

CollinsGifts14@aol.com 25 ~ Fort Wayne, IN. Doll Show. Ft. Wayne Armory. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier. 586-731-3072. lildolls@excite.com 25 ~ Lynnwood, WA. Doll Show. Embassy Suites Hotel. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin. 206-362-8723. pepins4@msn.com 25 ~ North Mankato, MN. Doll Show. Lady Slipper Doll Club. Carolyn Christopherson.

952-873-4489.

29-31 ~ Austin, TX. Doll Convention & Show.

Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark. Patti Carolson.

512-517-3986. BJDCAustin@gmail.com 31 ~ Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Dorothy Hunt. 410275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com

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31-9/1 ~ Wichita, KS. Doll Show. Double Tree by Hilton Airport. Scott or Jenny. kansasdollshow@gmail.com

SEPTEMBER 2019

7-8 ~ Anaheim, CA. Doll Show. Anaheim Marriott. VOLKS USA, Inc. 310-782-8324. service@volksusa.com 8 ~ Fullerton, CA. Dolls, Bears & Collectibles Show. Hotel Fullerton. Rowbear Presents. 831438-5349. RowbearPresents@charter.net 8 ~ Maquoketa, IA. Doll, Toy & Teddy Bear show. Centerstone Inn & Suites. Sherryl Newton.

319-610-3534. easterniowadollshows@aol.com.

13-14 ~ Golden, CO. Doll Show. Jefferson Country Fairgrounds. Lorella Farmer. 303-9888591. jetlag@comcast.net

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DOLL SHOW AND SALE

JEWEL CITY DOLL CLUB 41ST ANNUAL DOLL SHOW & SALE

Wichita Doll Show Saturday, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 10 am-4 pm Holiday Inn, 549 S Rock Road, Wichita, KS Antique, Vintage, Modern, BJD, Paper Dolls, Accessories, Fabric, Teddy Bears, Miniatures, etc.

BAPS book signing, Exhibit

HUNDREDS of S E L L I N G TA B L E S …

DEC 7&8 Sat 10-5 • Sun 10-3

The 176th Eastern National Antique to Modern Doll & *Toy Show 2019 Established 1972

New date: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 Hours: 10:00am - 3:00pm New location: St. Francis Xavier Church - Holy Cross Hall 3801 Scott Road, Burbank, CA 91504 Admission: $5.00 (Under 12 free) Dolls of all Ages • Accessories • Toys • Treasures Free Parking Free Doll Identification Free Photo with your doll or ours...

Doll re-stringing available on premises For Information: Janie Olds (562) 818-2501 or email: j.l.olds@ca.rr.com

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Admission $5, children under 10yrs. free

Admission $10 Good 2 Days Save $2 on one ticket with a copy of this ad.

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14 ~ Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Firemen’s Recreation Hall. Linda Vilsack. 585482-0835. Lin Callahan. sukeylin@yahoo.com 14 ~ Burbank, CA. Doll Show. St. Francis Xavier Church-Holy Cross Hall. Jewel City Doll Club.

Janie Olds. 562-818-2501. j.l.olds@ca.rr.com 14 ~ Roseville, CA. Doll Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Placer County Fairgrounds. Adeline Piper. 916-949-5894. dollshowadeline@gmail.com. Jean. 916-397-3191. dollshowjean@gmail.com.

14 ~ San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Ramada Inn. Delightful Dolls of So. California. Linday Payne Smith. 619-265-0443. Lpaynesmith@cox.net.

14 ~ Spokane, WA. Doll Show. Country Homes Christian Church. Spokane Falls Dolls Club.

Penny Zarneski. 509-327-7622.

15 ~ Chagrin Valley, OH. Doll Show. Family Life Center. Eileen Green. 440-283-5839. phdofdolls@yahoo.com 21 ~ Cordova/Memphis, TN. Doll Show.

Cordova Community Center. Southern Belles Doll Club. Donna Brown. 901-377-5796. Cheryl Manard. 662-512-0189. helenmorris@gmail.com. cbmanard@aol.com.

21 ~ Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. WNC Agricultural Center. Land O’Sky Doll Club.

Lue. 828-883-4899. jlschmeichel35@gmail.com. landoskydollclub.com

The Doll Works Judith Armitstead (781) 334‑5577 P.O. Box 195, Lynnfield, MA 01940

21~ Roseville, CA. Doll & Bear Show. The Grounds, Placer County. dollshowjean@gmail. com. 916-397-3191. dollshowadeline@gmail. com . 916-949-5894. www.dolls4all.com 22 ~ Flint, MI. Doll Show. Flint Barbie and Fashion Doll Club. Dom Polski Hall. Sue Ferrier. ferrier@centurytel.net 22 ~ Paris, France. 33rd Salon Polichinelle Doll Fair. Francois Theimer. Tel: (33) 3 86 74 31 76. www.theimer.fr. (F) (33) 3 86 74 32 13 francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr.

22 ~ Nashua, NH. Doll, Bear, Miniature & Toy Show. Holiday Inn & Suites. Nellie Perkins Doll & Miniature Society & Granite State Doll Club.

Diane Gardenour 603-424-0808. diane.gardenour@myfairpoint.net 25-28 ~ New Harmony, IN. Doll Lover’s Sewing Workshop. Rhoda Wade. 618-387-1255.

Mary Jo Koets. 616-822-1280.

28 ~ Wichita, KS. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Nancy Moore. 316-210-7628. wichitadollshow@outlook.com 29 ~ St. Charles, IL. Doll Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Karla Moreland Presents. Karla.

815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net

OCTOBER 2019 5 ~ Albany, NY. Doll Show. St. Sophia Greek Orothdox Church. Shaker Doll Club. Nancy.

518-384-0189. claire.shakerdollclub@yahoo.com.

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We will be set up in the UFDC sales room with a phenomenal collection for sale at this fabulous event!

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