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23” Steiner Gigoteur, wind her up, listen and watch!

Large and beautiful one, ca. 1870, antique factory chemise, orig. wig. $2975.

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A French Family Portrait. Left to Right: Tiny 11” Block Letter FG shown in blonde mohair antique wig. Huge pensive eyes. Excellent. $6200 ; 12” Sie C Steiner with blue lever eyes and gentle expression. Orig body, mohair wig, antique shoes. Wonderful! $6995; 13” Brevete Bebe with bisque hands, sublimely beautiful, antique wig and Bru shoes. Pristine. $15,950; 18” Bebe Modele Brevete with gorgeous face and articulated body. Discreet issues make her very attainable! $7995; Early Series Jumeau Bebe 13” in excellent cond. Eight ball jtd. body, incised 2/0. $8500; 5” All Bisque French Mignonette, all orig., blue glass eyes, orig. wig, perfect cond. $1525; 4.5” All Bisque Pouty with blue eyes, orig. fantastic wig, original Voyage case with bedding & 5 orig. dresses. $4250

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Fully jointed composition/wood body, original wig, antique dress and bonnet, antique leather shoes.

Priceless expression! Excellent! $6200; 10” AM 253 with dimples and adorable expression, known as “Nobbikid”.

Super adorable brown velvet Mariner style costume, antique wig, vintage shoes and stockings. Wonderful!! $1199; Bitty 4.5” All Bisque Kestner (attrib.) painted eye Googly with molded hair, blue molded stockings and black molded shoes. Original clothes. Superb! $375

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Steiff’s Early Soldier and Police Dolls

by Rebekah Kaufman

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AN ARTIST COLLECTS

by R. John Wright A lifelong love of toys led to a career in doll-making for this artist who also collects cloth dolls from the “Golden Age.”

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Felicia’s Dolls…

There’s More to Dolls than Play

by Susan Foreman

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Children’s Transferware Dishes

by Lynn Murray The author discovered children’s dishes that complemented her collection of early dolls.

About The Cover When he was young, a favorite aunt who worked at a major department store gifted R. John Wright on special occasions with wonderful toys from Europe. So it should be no surprise that he developed a love for toys which grew into his well-known vocation, making marvelous dolls. Not known by many is the fact that John and his wife Susan also collect antique cloth dolls.

The couple share some of their favorite dolls in this article.

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After The Museum – A Second Act

by Susan Milmore A dolls’ house purchased from the sale of the Mary Merritt Museum undergoes a significant make-over.

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Northern Ohio Doll Show

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Traveling in Spain with TLC Doll Tours

Gaithersburg Show Review

by Donna C Kaonis

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5) 9” Earliest F.G. Fisherman - Like none other- true ‘Fashion Doll’ quality, pierced ears, tri-color wrap-around PW eyes, all original and great French cabinet piece. $750

1) 9” Belton Mariner - Classic vintage ensemble incl. underwear, PW eyes, Clo/Mo w. tongue, orig. peg and flange jtd. body.

Spiffy! $450 2) ‘Ondine’ Mechanical Swimming Doll - Earliest Portrait style model ca.1875, tricolor PWs, rare jtd. bisque hands, and original wool swimming costume signed ‘Ondine’! Museum worthy! $1200

8-11-13) Stunning Dressel Lady Doll - Exquisitely chiseled 14” COD ‘1469’ by Halbig, jewel blue eyes, mint original wig and body, molded bust, slender limbs, and Heeled Factory Shoes! Dazzling! $3500

3 & 4) 14” French Lady Doll “Lorraine” - 1915 Art Doll w. enamel eyes, closed mouth, sculpted & sgnd. by Masson, rare jtd. lady body w. molded bust plus vintage Edwardian Seaside Ensemble. Rare! $1200 6

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6) Supersize 10.5” Kestner All Bisque - top quality bisque, sleep eyes, perfect fingers, fine original clothes in layers plus wig. Sweet and so chunky! $750 7) Heubachs at the Shore!

- Romantic couple, ‘pebbled’, mint and stunning 13” size in rich colors! An original signed pair! $295

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9-10-12) Rare 23” Jumeau Lady - one of the rarest of Jumeau Bebes, featuring a rare lady styled wig, cork pate, earrings, slender waist, molded bust, full hips, signed Jumeau head, and Factory Original Jumeau undergarment as well…imagine her possibilities! $5000

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14-15-16) Rare Poupèe ‘Mariner’ w. Large Wardrobe - a 16.5” heirloom doll in original 2-piece ensemble w. Chatelaine, signed boots, plus 6 complete outfits acquired over time and a large variety of additional clothes & accessories all in her Original Trunk for Magasin des Enfants with “Jouets et Jeux” boutique label - a legacy of love! $6500

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17) 16” ‘Jerri Lee’ Clown - with rare platinum wig and clown costume w. label!

Wonderful fun find! Just $250…10” Worsted Clowns & Harlequins by Horsman ca:1890.

Colorful and unusual! $85 each.

18) 7” Gbr. Heubach Googly Boy- rare mold from the eccentric ‘900’ series, watermelon smile, molded side part pompadour, toddler body & orig. clown costume! A cutie…hat and all! $595 4” Steiff Puppy - scruffy little fella w. button, bow & bell. $95

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26) 32” Handsome Kestner Sailor - early ‘Script Series’ hero, on orig. signed Excelsior Body, rich brown eyes, choice quality creamy satin bisque. Ship ahoy! $750

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27) Mint Heubach ‘Beach Baby’ - a rare one! A rare 7.5” size! $395…Steiff Velvet “Froggy”s - w. buttons & fully signed too! just $395… tags, mint. Each $75

19) Kley & Hahn 16” Fully Jointed 167 Toddler - sweet blue sl. eyes w. lashes, orig. wig, mint body in cheerful summer romper w. sunbonnet! $575

20) French Wicker Picnic Basket - a mint 3” by 4” w. intricate design, carry handle & hinged lids for your Bebe! $150 21) 11” Cabinet Hilda w. Provenance - mint heirloom Kestner w. handwritten ownership trail - originally a Christening gift sent when new from Dresden Germany in lovely gowns to the USA. A mint and unplayed blue eyed cherub saved in a shoebox all this time! $1495 22) 9.5” JDK 260 ‘Tweener’ - mint Kestner ‘skinny dipper’ with orig.

Kestner body, a blue eyed character w. orig.wax lids & 4-teeth and some baby fat too! $395

23) La Twirp Family! - fine quality SFBJ ‘251’ Fully Jointed Toddlers w. original French bodies & wobble tongues . 15” to 27” tall! (see #35-36-37) 24) Rare Amberg ‘Mibs’ - inspired creation of Hazel Drucker w. tender,wistful expression, excellent 17” Size & Condition in original Heirloom sailor Dress w. collar & belt. The best! $825

25) Sensational 12.5” Googly Toddler - a flawless quality AM ‘323’ w. mint factory mohair wig & terrific chubby Composition Toddler Body, w. great old clothes and all adorably mint in an extra large size! $1100

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28) Unusual French Infant - A rare 11” SFBJ ‘272’ Character - rarely seen beautiful quality example, precious tender artwork & gowns! A prize to be held! $650 29) Mint 7” All Bisque Googly - mold ‘218’ w. Factory Wig, sleep eyes w orig. wax, very fine features & limbs! A playful little Imp! just $650

30) Rare German Male Bather - a single male who enjoys reading at beach and meeting new people!

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31) The Authentic and Rare 1930’s Dionne Quint Carousel - Still works and seats the 7” Quint Babies or whatever you like! Remarkable condition & so very rare! $895..Also -2 sets of orig. Quint Toddlers as found, no craze. Each set $575

32) Early 14” Pat.Pend. Patsy - What fun in her Original Sun Suit w. Hat & Umbrella - $295

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34) Rare Schoenhut Composition - What luck! You never see these and she is near mint w. original clothes and the Scho’ Label too! A 13” prize $850…!2” Felt Circus Clown - ca: 1940. What a riot! $75…

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35-36-37) Early Quality SFBJ Twirp’s - Each one has a lovely bisque w. dewy sheen, deep dimples, feather fine artwork, jewel blue sleep eyes, orig quiver tongues, and Original Fully Jtd. Toddler Bodies (some usual touch ups) all charmingly attired from tip to toe. They are 23”, 15” and 27” tall respectively. Each one so compelling in its own way! #35 is $1100, #36 is $850, #37 is $1500 (see #23)

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38) Adorable 13” Kestner ‘143’ Toddler - maybe the prettiest one yet! Tender bisque, dulcet blue eyes, 4-tiny teeth, mint Fully Jointed Toddler body and the prettiest antique finery! A dear heart! $1200

39) A Joyful Life Size 24” Laughing Jumeau - brilliant model ‘236’ with oily sheen bisque, lively PW eyes, open/ closed Smiling Mouth, great antique wig and great original body. $895

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41) Two Lively Flirts! - An 18” K*R 126 and a scarcer 13” ABG 1352 - Each has active flirty eyes,working separate tin eyelids, well dressed plus mint Factory Wigs & Bodies. $450 & $425 20” Bashful Jutta Toddler - a special doll w. those special 2-tone flirty eyes, separate tin eyelids, deep dimples, antique auburn wig and chubby 5-piece toddler body. Irresistible! $695 43) 15” BP ‘620’ Cupcake - A gentle face, wispy brows, ‘button eyes’, 2-teeth, tiny tender mouth w. plump cheeks, wearing a quilted playsuit w. bib collar & matching hat! $450 44) 20” Handwerck’s Scarce ‘Bebe Elite’ - the only baby made by Handwerck this well dressed special order made by Goebel has peachy satin bisque,soft dreamy eyes. So angelic! $495

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17.5” All Original K star R S & H 115 in sailor suit on toddler body, blue stat eyes, beautiful molding & coloring $3750.00

21” K star R 121 on toddler body, brown sleep eyes, mohair wig. $825.00 5” Pudgy Tummy NASB Goldilocks w/ molded shoes $100.00 6” Steiff 1950 - 60’s golden mohair $115.00

28” K star R 121on toddler body, blue sleep eyes, wonderful molding & coloring $1095.00 13” Steiff Bear 1930’s underscored F, great face, linen pads, some wear. $455.00

12.5” CM Kestner 7, brown sleep eyes, stiff wrist body, beautiful molding & coloring $1295.00

25” Kestner Hilda - marked Q 245 JDK Jr 1914 Hilda 20, blue sleep eyes, blonde mohair wig $2595.00

12.5” S & H 1279 DEP Germany 2 1/2, blue st. eyes, pierced ears, sweet size $995.00

All original 15.5” Simon & Halbig 1199, amazing hair style w/ flowers and enameled butterflies, costume is fabulous w/ embellishments & shoes, a work of art & a piece of history $2995.00

5 1/4” Kestner 620 swivel head all bisque, blue sleep eyes, brown 2 strap shoes, antique clothing $550.00 15” Premiere Jumeau 6, blue Jumeau stamp on body, blue pw eyes, pierced ears, wrong lower arms $3995.00

25” Kestner Hilda - marked Q 237 JDK Jr 1914 Hilda 20, brown sleep eyes $2595.00 28” Kestner 211 on toddler body, brown sleep eyes, Q Made in Germany 2 211 $795.00 28” K star R 128 baby 72, brown sleep eyes, beautiful coloring $695.00

6” German swivel head all bisque, blue glass eyes, marked 2, black strap shoes, antique clothing $375.00 5.5” German swivel head all bisque, blue glass eyes, marked 2, black strap shoes, antique clothing, beautiful coloring $485.00

20.5” Hertel Schwab & Co. 125, so called Patsy Baby on Effanbee body, brown sleep eyes, beautiful sculpt $995.00

27” Fabulous K star R 116 on toddler body, blue sleep eyes, great molding & coloring, left hand 3 fingers replaced $3995.00 7.25” Antique brass horn $39.95

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27” K star R S & H, blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig, beautiful dress as is $695.00 11” AM 1894 on stiff wrist body, blue stat eyes, mohair wig $155.00

15” Heubach #5636 Laughing girl, brown sleep eyes, hairline on left forehead. $950.

23” 1039 S & H Simon & Halbig 10 1/2 on walking kissing body, blue flirty eyes, peppering by mouth, original HH wig, antique coat & leather shoes $595.00

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orphy Auctions September 23 and 24 Doll and Toy Auction will offer the lifetime auction of Vera Kramer who at age 92 is a vibrant and funloving resident of St. Augustine, Florida.

Born in England in 1924, Vera began doll collecting at age 13. An discerning eye for quality and rarity, she gravitated to the finest of French dolls: the A. Marque, Brus, Jumeaux, as well as German character dolls including the rarest of the German K*R 100 series. Her collection grew to such an extent she decided to open a museum in Brighton, England which she called “Dolls in Wonderland.” Located about a hour south of London, Brighton is a famous seaside resort town and a leading tourist destination. Vera loved being by the ocean and when she decided in 1980 to move to a warmer climate she chose St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States.

Two years later she opened another museum, also named “Dolls in Wonderland.” Until the early K * R 109, 39 cm (15-1/2”) 1990’s Vera was its proprietor, a job she dearly loved. Doll lovers from around the country never tired of visiting her museum to discuss dolls and share their thoughts. At the same time, she operated a bed and breakfast at the “Old Mansion,” a stately residence that was constructed in 1872 and listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places.

Morphy’s doll expert Jay Lowe visited Vera recently to acquire the collection she had finally decided to part with. It was a visit he found totally entertaining as they discussed old friends that have sadly left us, among them, Dorothy Dixon and Winnie Langley, Grace Dyer, Ralph and Sug, Maurine Popp, Margaret Whitton, Richard Wright and Ruth West. Important names in the antique doll world, they are still remembered fondly by long time collectors.

According to Jay, “it is a privilege to bring this important collection to auction and a great opportunity for collectors to enhance their collections with rare and choice museum quality dolls.”

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6.5” JDK All Bisque Pouty, gl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, “swivel neck”, orig. long braided mohair wig w/orig. hair ribbons, vintage crocheted dress, multi strap boots, early “peg strung” body. BEAUTIFUL pouty face!! $3800.

5.5” All Bisque JDK Pouty Barefoot, mint bisque overall, “swivel neck”, gl. eyes, orig. mohair wig, orig. silk & lace dress, ant. hat, desirable desirable “barefeet”. ADORABLE pouty face, early “peg strung” body. $3250.

9” Rare Large “All Bisque” Tynie Baby by Horsman, swivel neck, sl. eyes, orig. gown & bonnet, “swivel neck”, perfect bisque overall.

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7 1/2” RARE JDK All Bisque Oriental Baby, mint bisque overall, sleep eyes, op/mo, orig. mohair wig, orig. gorgeous 2 piece satin embroidered costume, very ornate, shoes are a matching ornate fabric, painted bottom. She is a JDK #243 Oriental, although not marked in this size. VERY RARE!! $3600.

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9” All Bisque JDK “Sammy” Baby, sl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, op/cl/mo., orig. crocheted 3 piece baby outfit consisting of skirt, jacket, hat & booties, all matching, orig. diaper & slip. PRESCIOUS!! $1500.

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AN ARTIST COLLECTS

by R. John Wright

John and Susan Wright in the Steiff Archives researching the joint ‘Steiff Kinder’ project.

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grew up in Detroit, Michigan which was a prosperous, bustling city in the 1950’s. Among its wonders was the fabled J. L. Hudson department store on Woodward Avenue. The entire 12th floor was devoted to toys and the best part for me was that I had a favorite aunt who worked there! She would gift me with Steiff animals, marionettes and other wonders imported from Europe that I longed for. As a result I developed a lifelong love of toys. Looking back, it feels inevitable that I would end up making dolls as well as collecting them. I truly believe that these pursuits help us to keep the wonder of childhood alive as we grow older.

As might be expected, I gravitate towards cloth dolls. To me they have a tactile warmth not found in any other medium. And the challenge of making cloth dolls never ceases to inspire me. The dolls in our collection fall into four different categories: American Cloth, Steiff, Kathe Kruse and Lenci. The time period extends from the late 1800’s to the early 1930’s – a period of roughly fifty years which to me encompasses a Golden Age of dollmaking. It was only after I began making dolls that I became aware of the wonderful cloth dolls that preceded me. Once I found out about them they became a strong influence and they continue to inspire both Susan and myself with their ingenuity and artistry. People are often surprised to learn that we don’t have any contemporary artist dolls in our collection.

Instead, we gravitate towards antique dolls which were manufactured in

Marvelous early Kathe Kruse todder circa 1912.

Near-mint cloth Kathe Kruse twins circa 1915. Acquired early in our dollmaking career from dear friend and doll expert Roberta Roberts, the mother of Becky Ourant.

much the same way our dolls are. For us, the production aspects are as important as the artistry.

It was in a bookstore in Claremont, New Hampshire in 1974 that my love of antique dolls began. The large ‘coffee table’ book was titled The Doll by Carl Fox. Too expensive for me to purchase, I visited the store several times just to feast my eyes on the book’s gorgeous photographs. I was most enchanted by a photo of a Steiff schoolroom circa 1911. At the time I hadn’t known that Steiff made dolls as I was only familiar with the company’s animals. I took out a scrap of paper and quickly sketched one of the dolls’ faces. The sketch lanquished in a desk drawer for a couple of years before providing the impetus for me to make my first doll.

As we became more acquainted with the world of dolls we drove to Sandwich, Massachusetts to visit the legendary Yesteryears Museum of antique dolls and toys. One doll in the museum’s 9” all-cloth Kathe Kruse doll acquired from renowned doll dealer Ralph Griffith.

The wonderful sculpting with open mouth is unique in the Kathe Kruse oeuvre.

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Original pristine Columbian Baby.

All cloth circa 1895.

The same doll sans clothing.

The construction and fine mint condition is impressive.

Photos courtesy Theriault's

A Remarkable Story…

Dear Mr. Wright: It was a happy surprise to receive a call from your secretary yesterday and I am very pleased to tell you about the Emma Adams doll.

The doll belonged to my step-mother, Miss Lucy Wilcox, who was born on a farm in East Providence, Rhode Island in 1882. Lucy married my father, Robert C. Glover in 1917 when I was 10 years old. My own mother died in 1916 after a long illness. Now ‘Aunt Lucy’ as we called her before she became step-mother, was what we used to refer to in those days as a fussy, precise old maid. Wonderful housekeeper, etc., but at age 35 she was a little set in her ways and I guess she wasn’t about to let me nor my 13 year old sister play with her doll because I never saw it until my own daughter was grown up.

Then ‘mother’ put it on her bed for display. I remarked about it being just like ‘Aunt Hattie’ only new. Aunt Hattie was a doll just like it that I played with at my grandmother’s house. Hattie finally wound up with our granddaughter in Cheyenne, Wyoming pretty well patched up.

Anyway, step-mother told me it was her doll and she had ‘taken care of it’.

I guess her ‘taking-care-of-ways’ rubbed off on me for now at age 81 I am trying to part with a few things.

Father died in 1948 and the doll was put away again. Around 1960, a friend of step-mother was looking for a doll for a customer of hers. And when the customer saw it she said it was a fake because it too new and had never been played with and refused to pay $20.00 for it. Mother felt terrible.

In 1967, step-mother died and I brought the doll home and put it in my cedar chest where it languished until 1982 when I saw an ad whereby Theriault’s were going to be in Providence. So I took the doll for appraisal.

Mrs. Theriault told me it was of value and offered me a good price for it then, but I procrastinated. So, back in the cedar chest.

In December 1987 I retired at 80 and decided it was time to start weeding out. So I contacted Theriault’s. You know the rest of the story.

We are so happy the doll is at long last appreciated. In her whole being she had never been more than a mile away from here, never out of East Providence.

I hope I haven’t rambled on too long.

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19” Izannah Walker doll circa 1870. Originally from the collection of legendary collector Maureen Popp.

Extremely rare Steiff doll made in 1911 commemorating Admiral Peary’s exploration of the North Pole. This doll was sold to me by the marvelous Richard Wright.

An all-original Steiff fire brigade leader with brass helmet, wood hatchet and leather details.

Circa 1911.

One of approximately 45 sets made by the Steiff company circa 1911.

collection stood out for me. It was a fabulous Steiff fireman with a brass helmet which I immediately craved!

Every year just before Christmas Susan would phone the museum to ask if there was any possibility that they would sell the doll to us. Each year the answer was ‘no.’ After ten years of asking, she finally got them to agree and the Steiff fireman came to live with us.

A few years later, Susan topped this Christmas gift for John with the presentation of the Steiff School complete with darling pupils and teacher. This set, acquired through Sotheby’s, is believed to be one of only 45 ever made by the Steiff company circa 1911.

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Left: Two 17” Lenci model #400 ‘teenage’ dolls. The extremely rare series was offered one year only in 1927.

Right: Two 17” Lenci model #400 ‘teenage’ dolls. These four dolls were obtained from the collection of Jean Schramm. The original owner was a successful stage actress in the late 1920’s.

Lenci Dolls by Dorothy Coleman – the first book devoted to the Lenci company – came out in 1977. This was our first year making dolls and the timing couldn’t have been better. We poured over that book in an effort to learn how to mold felt doll faces and improve our work. In the end we had to find our own way to learn our craft but the dolls themselves were hugely inspirational. The Lenci boy shown here is the first Lenci doll I ever saw in person so he holds a special place of prominence in our collection.

17” Lenci Fascist Schoolboy circa 1929. This was originally in the collection of Jean Schramm, founder of the Enchanted Doll House in Manchester, Vermont.

Lenci model #111 in all-original condition with tag circa 1925.

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Phil May

Antiques & Collectables

Ocean Grove, NJ 732-604-3011 • dollmanofog@aol.com

Another prize Lenci - “Pluci” the golfer - one of the 300 sports series collection.

Especially hard to find with his original golf club.

Excellent condition, 17”, $2,750

Beautiful felt child doll by Lenci. Outstanding red, cream and black original Art Deco outfit with geometric circle shapes for decoration.

Excellent original condition, 19” $2,250

My personal favorite of the R. John Wright creations “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

This nine piece set all marked 160/2500 except Snow White in rags which was a special edition 160/1000. The dwarfs are uniquely modeled and costumed. All mint and original presentation boxes. One of the most desirable examples of the artist’s work, $5,250 This is one of the rarest and most sought after of the Lenci creations - “Bersagliere” Italian Mountain Troupe, c. 1930. The Italian soldier boy is in mint condition with black feathers all intact. He is wearing two ribbons from the 4th annual R. John Wright convention in 2012 for First Place in Category and Judge’s Choice. 17” - an important addition to any collection! $9,950

Adorable Lenci Scottish lad. Amazing, intricate all original outfit, vibrant colors, Excellent condition, 17 inches. $2,250

Not pictured: R. John Wright Snow White (in rags) and the Seven Dwarfs 8 piece set - all mint and in original presentation boxes, $4,250.

R. John Wright “Lindsay” (holding doll) Series II 58/250 mint in original presentation box, 17”, $495. R. John Wright “Hans Brinker” mint in original presentation box, 20” $550.

R. John Wright “Red Clover Fairy” (with bumble bee) Part of the Flower Fairies Series, mint in box, $525

“Gisella” by Lenci - large and gorgeous #109/50. Pictured in the 1925/1926 catalogue.

The doll is in pristine original condition. Great Art Deco outfit, colors are especially beautiful, 23” $2,450

Felicia’s Dolls…

There’s More to Dolls than Play

by Susan Foreman

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enerally when I mention that I collect dolls most people think of a child’s plaything and look at me with a sense of bewilderment. But dolls are more than a mere toy: they have achieved great things. Think of the famous Rose Percy doll that has raised funds to help veterans and those in need since 1864. And consider the significance of the famous American and Japanese Friendship Dolls of 1927 and their efforts in attempting to bring about peace and understanding. Then there are the SFBJ 239 dolls designed

by Poulbot in 1913 that helped raise awareness of the plight of the street urchins of the Montmartre.

But what about the dolls that help a child survive against incredible odds? Such is the story of Felicia Prekeris Brown and her World War II flight from her native Lithuania, occupied by the Soviets, then the Nazis, and then the Soviets once again. Throughout the treacherous journey that ultimately brought her to the United States, an ordeal stretching from 1939 to 1952, her one consolation was the comfort she derived from her doll…when she had one.

I first met Felicia a couple of years ago at a doll collector luncheon. When talking with this now retired attorney one would never imagine what she has experienced (but then I think all of us have our unique stories). When I heard Felicia’s story I suggested writing an article for Antique DOLL Collector magazine, she jumped at Felicia with her “new” Laimute surrounded by a portion of her vast foreign doll collection ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Felicia (age 2) and her sister Milda (age 10), summer of 1939

the chance to collaborate. As I was putting pen to paper... well fingers to keyboard...I recalled an O magazine article I read some time ago concerning the importance of telling one’s story. The first sentence in that feature applied perfectly to Felicia: “when you share your journey with the world, you make sense of the past, look to the future, and invite insight into your life like never before.” Another sentence also struck me as pertinent, “When all is said and done, when the last sound goes off in the darkness, everything can be taken from us...our houses, our identities, our health, our loved ones...but our stories remain”. And author of “Eat Pray Love,” Elizabeth Gilbert, sums it up equally as well when she says “No matter what you’ve been through, it can become beautiful in the retelling”.

Felicia has written an outstanding book entitled “God, Give Us Wings” (available on Amazon), which tells the story of her family’s escape from war torn Lithuania, and the part dolls played during this journey.

“In the book,” said Felicia, “I concentrated on the events, on the historical background, and the fate of typical civilians such as our family, helplessly struggling to survive in the web of war. But I’d love to talk more about what my dolls meant to me.”

Felicia was born February 7, 1937 into a happy family in a country that was at peace with the world. Her father was an elementary school principal in Smalininkai, an area of Lithuania that before World War I had belonged to East Prussia. She was named Felicia (Happy) and Dalia (destiny) and life was almost perfect. Everyone called her “Dalia.” Her only sorrow in early childhood was that according to her, “I did not have a lifelike baby-faced doll, and I longed for

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one obsessively. I wanted my own baby to love and pet, and feed and take for walks. Grownups were always too busy to be with me.” Her mother, Stase, thought she was too young for dolls. And her sister Milda, eight years older, had never wanted dolls.

Her father, Felicius, was sociable, fun loving and perpetually optimistic. Everyone looked up to him (one reason is that he was 6’4” tall). Her mother Stase was the pessimist due to the depressing struggle that her life had been prior to marriage. Her mother’s pragmatic side, however, helped them survive the struggles to come.

The struggle began in March 1939 when Hitler invaded, ordering all Lithuanians to get out of Smalininkai. Europe was heading for war. As Felicia says, “people do not cope well when given only a few days to uproot their lives.” They were able to procure transport for themselves and their meager possessions and by autumn had settled in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. During the early days in Vilnius, Felicia had the pleasure of sharing a generous little neighbor’s doll.

Then in June 1940, Stalin’s Soviet Red Army occupied the country and a year of acute misery followed. The Soviets were intent on imposing their communist ideology on a population that resisted. The punishment was exile to forced labor camps in the frozen wastes of Siberia, Stalin’s equivalent of Nazi concentration camps. In mid-June of 1941, between 2 and 3 a.m., the Soviets pounded on designated doors, giving victims 20 minutes to prepare for deportation, and over 30,000 Lithuanians were shoved into cattle cars going to Siberia (only 10% would survive): this was to scare the rest of the population into slavish obedience.

The Soviets controlled everyone through a system of universal secret spying. Because Felicia’s father, Felicius was well-liked by his peers, who confided in him, Stalin’s secret police wanted him to spy on his colleagues, which he refused to do. The family lived in terror of the midnight knock on the door.

“I was too small to understand what was happening,” says Felicia, “but I remember the fear. My parents would not talk in front of my sister or me because we might repeat something to a neighbor who was a secret spy. Visits to my little neighbor’s doll stopped. I felt bereft. Life became very lonely for me. Father worked days and Mother at night, so she slept until the afternoon, and I had to stay quiet. I was not yet four years old. I yearned for a doll friend to talk to. But toy stores did not exist during this first Soviet occupation.”

In June of 1941, Hitler launched his lightning strike (his blitzkrieg) against the Soviet lands. Lithuania was instantly overrun. Lithuanians had to switch from communist ideology to fascism. The quality of life deteriorated further. The Nazis drained the country dry to support their army, the Wehrmacht. Stores open to Lithuanians were bare. During the next three years of German occupation, Felicia’s parents struggled to provide the necessities for survival. Finding enough food was an immense challenge. Medical care for civilians was minimal. And then the bombings started.

“I was forever sick,” says Felicia. “Name a childhood disease: I had it. I came close to dying from a botched diphtheria vaccine. I was always home alone. I yearned for a doll as one yearns for warmth. I learned to read very early just to keep my sanity! When I finally went to school, I had no social skills whatsoever.”

The following photos, while not of Felicia, show how a loving doll can help a child survive the agony of war:

Felicia’s father had an empathetic heart. He feared his child would give up out of sheer misery. In early 1944, sent on an unexpected trip to Germany, he exchanged a chunk of smoked bacon for a perfect little girl doll.

“Have you ever longed for something with your whole being, and then, like a miracle, it’s in your hands? I named my doll Laimute, “Little-Luck.” It’s been over 70 years, but I’ll never forget the moment,” says Felicia. “Her image is seared in my heart. Looking online, I’ve identified her as a Rheinische Gummi Schildkrot tortulon doll from the early 1940’s. I found a smaller version of this beloved friend in an antique store.”

In her book, Felicia describes the hours she spent with Little-Luck, singing to her and telling her stories of marvelous feasts when hunger gnawed.

“She was my safety-valve, I realize that now,” says Felicia.

“I could escape the miseries of daily life and live in a land of make-believe over which I had control. I was sure my doll understood me perfectly. She was my best friend and I was no longer lonely.”

The tide of war turned, and in 1944 the formerly victorious Nazis were on the run. Soviet planes were bombing the cities. In June, although Felicus had to stay in Vilnius, it was decided that Felicia, with her mother and sister, would seek safety on a farm in the country. Felicia was grief stricken because her mother would not let her take Little-Luck with her, explaining that the rough peasant children might destroy Laimute. “In early July, Father made his way to the farm, revealing that bombs had destroyed our home and everything in it. My precious Little Luck was gone.

I mourned that doll as one mourns a real, live friend.”

The Soviets continued their advance and the Prekeris family, likewise, was forced to continue to move west.

“The next few months were the most difficult of my life.

We scavenged and begged our way through the ravaged lands of Prussia and Poland into Germany. The adults were terrified and focused on our survival. My sister was fifteen,

traumatized by tales of Soviet brutality to women. I could have borne the anxiety better had my doll been with me to hear my fears and reassure me that we’d make it.”

Felicia turned 8 during this exodus. At one point, in January of 1945 with little food, in extreme cold, and wearing ill-fitting shoes the family set out in 15 degrees below zero temperatures pulling a sled with their few meager belongings. It was desperately hard going, but they were desperate. Along the way, in a derelict, looted farmhouse, under a child’s bed she found her own small miracle: a little girl doll, rumpled but unbroken, wearing a regional costume.

Although she could never fully replace Little-Luck in her heart and while her much loved Laimute was prettier, this found doll with real hair and glass eyes, an open mouth with two teeth became her new best friend. She named the doll “Ilse” after her most recent playmate. “Ilse” came at a crucial time to provide solace and companionship. For Felicia, she was like a younger sister with whom to share secrets and protect from fear.

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A doll similar to Felicia’s “Little Luck”

in Germany. Then On March 24, 1945 the Nazis forcibly removed my father to dig anti-tank trenches far away from Mother, Milda and me. A German army battalion conscripted Mother and Milda to work in their field kitchen. I would have died of misery and loneliness if I had not had Ilse to listen to my worries and heartaches, reminiscences and make-belief.”

“The night of the final battle of the war, as my parents, sister and I lay squeezed into a small trench while artillery shells exploded all around, still gives me nightmares. I was eight; I was terrified but I had to comfort Ilse that we would survive. And I started to believe it myself!”

The end of the war did not bring peace to Felicia’s family.

The Allied forces could not understand why people from Lithuania and the other Soviet-occupied countries did not want to return to their homes. After all, Stalin was a valued ally who had helped win the war. Confined to Displaced Person camps, refugees like Felicia’s family lead anxious lives trying to make Americans understand that communism was not the paradise presented by Soviet propaganda. As the family’s journey continued from one temporary camp to another, fear and bewilderment remained.

Finally, after years in camps, and the loss of her doll Ilse, the adults in Felicia’s family were allowed to enter England under work contracts. There were no provisions for children: at age eleven, in 1948, knowing no English, Felicia was placed with foster parents. If they rejected her, Felicia’s family would be forced to return to camp in Germany.

“The weight of the responsibility was crushing. With my pocket money, at a local Woolworth store, I bought a small ten-penny composition doll. Something about the calm expression on her face reminded me of Little-Luck. My stress diminished playing with her. I knitted little outfits for her and

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Felicia’s much loved English composition doll purchased at Woolworth’s in 1948.

This little doll helped her adjust to her new life in England.

made up stories of adventures where she had to climb trees or ford rivers…with me as guide, of course. I almost destroyed her from exuberant affection. She’s with me still and my family knows that when I die she is to be cremated with me.”

In March of 1951 the family finally received news from America that a sponsor had been found for them. The necessary paperwork was completed, medical tests taken, passports procured, and on January 15, 1952 they set sail from Southampton to their new life in the United States.

Fast-forward about 70 years. Felicia’s love for dolls never diminished. Felicia smiles as she recalls sailing across the Atlantic, daydreaming about dolls, and thinking, “In America, I’ll have a thousand dolls if I want them.” And today she does indeed have a colorful collection of well over a thousand dolls from all over the world, dressed in their native costumes.

“I am convinced that the dolls of my childhood kept my mental health intact. They meant so much to me: my otherself, my best friend, my little sister. How often I used to tell stories to my dolls! I have outgrown the need for fantasies, but when I look at these dolls, visitors if you will, from foreign countries, they all seem full of stories to tell me. So now it is I who listen.”

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Steiff ’s

Early Soldier and Police Dolls

by Rebekah Kaufman

“First Aid Group,” the only c. WWI Steiff reference to a female doll in uniform, photo from Pfeiffer’s 1892-1943 Steiff Sortiment.

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t’s time to give a salute to Steiff’s remarkable and early “men in uniform” dolls. These magnificently constructed soldier and police dolls made their relatively brief appearance in the Steiff line starting in 1903. They are best known for their well tailored and authentic clothing, extraordinary to-scale accessories, and, of course, their perfect posture.

Steiff’s uniformed dolls were a significant percentage of the company’s line and business in the early part of the 20th century. All of these dolls had most or all of their clothing integral to their bodies and were five ways jointed; larger examples also had jointed knees. In a span of about 20 years, Steiff produced examples representing German, Scottish, Moroccan, Turkish, Dutch, Russian, American, Belgian, French, Italian, and Austrian armed forces, among others. Well over 100 distinct designs were produced during this time frame; most of these patterns were made in two or three sizes each. In tribute to some countries, including Germany, England, and the United States, Steiff produced dolls at numerous ranks and in various uniform types.

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Steiff print ad featuring early and transitional soldier dolls, photo from Ayers and Harrison’s Advertising Art of Steiff Teddy Bears & Playthings.

Steiff print ad featuring soldiers and their Steiff branded footwear, photo from Ayers and Harrison’s Advertising Art of Steiff Teddy Bears & Playthings.

Steiff’s 28 cm Infantryman from 1915–1920, photo from Teddy Dorado.

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Steiff’s soldier and police dolls continue to be collectors’ favorites a century onward from their debut. Let’s take a look at the history behind these dolls, as well as their place in history, to understand why.

Although Steiff had been producing a small line of china-headed dolls since 1894, it was not until 1903 that the company began manufacturing all cloth, fully jointed dolls. These early cloth examples were called “Karikaturpuppen” and were introduced at Germany’s Leipzig Spring Fair, which is analogous to the annual Toy Fair tradeshow held in New York City.

These dolls were noted for their playful, humorous personalities; exaggerated torso and limb proportions; painted hair and facial features; black shoe button eyes and center seamed faces; and exquisitely hand-tailored clothing made from the finest materials, buttons, and trims.

It is interesting to note that Karikaturpuppen were invented by a man - Richard Steiff, the nephew of the company’s founder, Margarete Steiff - and that the earliest Karikaturpuppen were male, with the debut line including white and African American soccer players, as well as policemen and firemen. A year or two later came sportsmen, farmers, and members of the military. Richard was extremely influential at Steiff, and was adamant that Steiff items had a jolly and interactive nature to them. This may help to explain why the company’s soldier and police dolls seemed to have more playful than “militant” personalities and appearances over time.

Soldier and police themed Karikaturpuppen dolls played a large role in helping to put Steiff on the map of important and international doll manufacturers at the turn of last century.

Models representing American, English, and French policemen, English soldiers, as well a German sailor, were among the first to be produced on a commercial scale. These early dolls were made in sizes ranging from 35 to 120 cm over time. The smaller examples tended to be well rounded and “plump,” while the larger examples tended to be very long and lanky. The basic doll shape was relatively consistent across models; they were differentiated by their facial details, carefully detailed felt uniforms, and oilcloth footwear, all which matched the color and appearance of their reallife counterparts. For example, Steiff’s American Policeman dolls wore white hats and blue belted uniforms trimmed in red, while their English Policemen wore blue hats and all blue belted uniforms.

Although a handful of uniformed Karikaturpuppen dolls appeared in the Steiff catalog through the early 1920’s, the company began transitioning towards dolls with more human proportions starting around 1909. As such, the company’s soldiers and police dolls from that time frame were somewhat of a hybrid of their earlier Karikaturpuppen designs and reallife scale. In keeping with the company’s desire to have these dolls retain their comical and lighthearted nature, examples from this period still featured oversized feet, big bellies, large ears, and rounded heads. However, their bodies and features were far less extreme. By this time, many police and military dolls were starting to appear with extraordinary accessories and detailing, including perfectly scaled hats and helmets, backpacks, rifles, flasks, insignia, and other accoutrements.

A good example of a soldier from this transition period is the company’s German “Dragoon” doll. This 28 cm mustached solder was produced in 28 and 35 cm from 1909 through 1918. His suit jacket is navy blue felt trimmed in light blue felt and stitching. His matching hat is also navy blue with light blue, white, and red decoration. His pants are black felt trimmed in red, and his boots are made from black leather with tan felt soles. Unfortunately, his leather belt and ceremonial sword have been lost to time.

The company’s soldier and police dolls were updated again around 1915, when new designs featured models with entirely human proportions and “professional” appearances. At this point in history, World War I was raging across Europe and comically proportioned soldiers

Steiff’s 35 cm French Soldier from 1914–1917, photo from Teddy Dorado.

Steiff’s 35 cm Infantryman from 1912–1916, photo from Teddy Dorado.

Steiff’s 60 cm Navy Lieutenant from 1912-1913, photo from Morphy Auctions.

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Detail shot of white ear tag on Steiff’s 35 cm Infantryman from 1914 through 1921, photo from Author’s collection.

Detail shot of accessories and crown buttons on Steiff’s 35 cm Infantryman from 1914 through 1921, photo from Author’s collection.

Steiff’s 35 cm Infantryman from 1914 through 1921, photo from Author’s collection.

Detail shot of Steiff buttons on the soles on Steiff’s 35 cm Infantryman from 1914 through 1921, photo from Author’s collection.

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were seen as disrespectful to the real fighters in the trenches. This being the case, Steiff’s doll designers were instructed to remove all “humorous” and caricatured aspects from the company’s police and soldier dolls. As a result of this directive, the company’s military dolls from 1915 onward were handsome, serious, and professional even aspirational, in a way.

An outstanding example of Steiff’s World War I era doll is the company’s 35 cm Infantryman doll. He was produced in 28, 35, and 50 cm from 1914 through 1921. He wears an olive green uniform trimmed in red felt and a matching red cap. His boots are made from oilcloth and have leather soles, decorated with thirteen tiny long trailing “F” Steiff buttons on each. His soldier-specific accessories include a wide leather belt with a brass buckle, a scabbard, sword, and a red and white ornamental tassel.

In addition to the Steiff branding on his footwear, this Infantryman doll retains his Steiff ear button and paper ear tag, the two Steiff IDs used on these dolls from 1905 onward. His white linen tag reads, “Steiff Original Geschutzt, Inf. 35T, Germany Importe d’Allemagne.” The words roughly translate to “Steiff Original Patented Design Made In Germany,” while Inf. 35T refers to the article number and size of the doll in cm.

Steiff’s police and military dolls were popular and favorite themes for the company’s advertising and displays starting around 1910. They were often used to bring department store window displays to life; their vignettes, which were all designed and manufactured by Steiff in Germany, included lighthearted scenes from the officer’s mess hall, military parades and exercises, target practice, and guard boxes, among others. These police and military dolls were also used to illustrate advertising postcards as well as print advertisements. An irresistible albeit somewhat risqué print ad from around 1912 features an Infantryman stealing a kiss from a lady friend in the shadows of his sentry box - while his Lieutenant and a Fox Terrier dog watch, with disapproval - or perhaps jealousy!

Detail shot of Steiff’s 28 cm Dragoon from 1909 through 1918, photo from Author’s collection.

Steiff’s 28 cm Infantryman from 1914 through 1921; his authentic Iron Cross dated 1914 is not original to the doll, most likely it was placed there by his first owner in honor of a loved one who fought in WWI, photo from Author’s collection.

Steiff’s 28 cm Dragoon from 1909 through 1918, photo from Author’s collection.

It is interesting to note that there does not appear to be any record documenting Steiff’s production of a female police or soldier type doll. This is not unexpected as women were not on the front lines during times of conflict at the turn of last century. They instead played supporting roles - which for the most part did not require uniforms. Steiff’s only woman doll in the 19-teens that appears to have anything to do with military service is a 35 cm nurse that was produced in 1915 through 1918 as part of a four part “First Aid Group.” The nurse was dressed in a period Red Cross uniform, including a white apron, cap, and logo’ed armband. The other items in this set included a 35 cm Red Cross field medic doll, a 22 cm Red Cross felt dog on wheels, and a 50 cm long stretcher.

Steiff’s production of police and soldier-themed dolls, as well as most of the items in their product line, was greatly impacted by raw material limitations and restrictions brought on by World War I. Felt and other woolen, high quality materials were in short supply and allocated towards war material manufacturing. As such, Steiff’s production of these dolls slowed significantly in 1917 and 1918. Once the war was over, the public had a very limited appetite for military inspired dolls, and they all but disappeared from the line a few years later. The company filled this void in the 1920’s by investing its doll design and manufacturing efforts in a series of sweet and innocent children dolls, dressed animal and bear dolls, popular cartoon inspired dolls, and other happy go lucky novelties.

What a difference a few years makes in design and proportions!

Two 28 cm soldiers; one from 1909 on the left and one from 1914 on the right, photo from Author’s collection.

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Children’s Transferware Dishes

By Lynn Murray

These French play dishes often have cartoon transfers of Commedia del Arte figures, animals and children. They are unmarked but most often attributed to Keller & Guerin, one of the faienceries in the Luneville region of France, circa 1890. The pieces in the illustration range in size from 1.5-inches to 4-inches tall.

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s with so many who collect dolls, some children’s dishes had found their way into my collection, usually given by generous relatives and friends who thought they would make a lovely adjunct to the doll collection. Sadly, I never felt an affinity for these sweet transfers of sunbonnet babies or Kewpies, Brownies or pink rose buds. However, from the first time I saw a transferware plate with a doll on it, I was on a new quest.

These were plates and dishes that were contemporary with the dolls in my collection. Since early Staffordshire children’s plates were seldom seen in my local environs, the pursuit for them became a wonderful part of my travels whenever we were able to be in the UK.

This green transferware 2-inch cup and saucer shows three ladies at a tea table. The motto encircling the transfer says “LADIES ALL I PRAY MAKE FREE. AND TELL ME HOW YOU LIKE YOUR TEA.” This was a code or cypher for women entering into a discussion of women’s suffrage. Marked in a scroll “W.C.&C.” By Thomas Fell & Co. of Newcastle, circa 1850.

In the 18th Century there were more than twenty potteries in Staffordshire, England.

Ceramics could be produced in the area because of the availability of clay, salt, lead and of course, coal. By the 19th Century, the Staffordshire Potteries region encompassed the industrial Midlands towns of Burslem, Hanley, Fenton, Longton, Stoke, Tunstall, which now make up Stokeon-Trent. There were hundreds of companies producing both industrial items and decorative items, including tableware and children’s dishes.

Children’s dishes were apparently thought of as insignificant in the overall production as very few, if any, records were kept on production, sales or export. Occasionally children’s dishes were marked with the same recognizable mark as regular tableware, but more often they can only be dated and attributed by the material, color, transferware pattern or sometimes the shape.

Developed in Staffordshire in 1760, the transferware technique allowed potteries to produce a more rapid rate than those who continued to hand paint every piece, like Spode or Wedgewood. The technique is similar to printing on ceramics. The pattern is first transferred from an engraved and inked copper plate to a sheet of paper. The paper is then applied to the unfired clay, either earthenware or bone china, which absorbs the ink. The paper is then removed and the clay is glazed and fired. Within forty years, French and German potteries began producing children’s dishes with transferware patterns.

These rare double alphabet plates were an especially exciting find for a doll collector. Circa 1880, from Staffordshire, the larger plate has a transfer in a rare cherry red surrounded by the alphabet in sign language. The edge of plate has the letters of the alphabet. ABC plates were given as gifts to be used for teaching in the nursery. The plates are marked: RN 426673//H. Aynsley & Co//Longton ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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A set of five Staffordshire plates telling the story of Red Riding Hood. The transfers are crisp and clear, printed in black, then painted in five-color polychrome hand painting, a process called clobbering. In this case shades of cinnamon brown, green, yellow, red and cobalt blue were used.

Unmarked, circa 1860. The figurine of Red Riding Hood and the wolf is also Staffordshire, circa 1860.

Collecting dishes, I very quickly learned that complete sets were both rare and very expensive. Not only that, storage and display rapidly became a challenge! Then came the realization that what truly made my heart sing was finding a rare color, a transfer I had never seen previously or a piece with an unusual shape or feature. Thus, the collection evolved and continued to grow, but at a more manageable speed.

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This Staffordshire plate is from a series called Flowers That Never Fade, circa 1830. In this case, the rarely seen mulberry transfer of two adults and two children is surrounded by the poetic moral: “FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE. POLITENESS. If little boys and girls were wise, They’d always be polite; For sweet behavior in a child, Is a delightful sight.”

This very rare ABC nursery plate, circa 1890, depicts Father Christmas sitting on top of the world handing out gifts to the children who are holding hands around the globe. The alphabet is hand pressed into the edge of the plate. The transfer is in a deep teal green, its workmanship somewhat haphazard owing to the fact that these plates were made as children’s gifts and considered almost disposable. It is for this reason that they are so rarely found. The plate is marked C. A. & Sons//England for Charles Allerton & Sons, a Staffordshire pottery best known for their Little Mae series of children’s play dishes.

Part of Victorian upbringing was hearing never ending morals repeated by Nannies and nursemaids. This rather grim ABC nursery plate has a crisp transfer of green showing two men seated in the yard, one drinking ale and the other sleeping, having played a game of boules. A third man stands in the doorway smoking a pipe. The transfer is surrounded by the maxim: “DOST THOU LOVE LIFE? THEN DO NOT SQUANDER TIME. THERE WILL BE SLEEPING ENOUGH IN THE GRAVE.” Unmarked Staffordshire, circa 1840.

This French transferware plate is made with greater attention to detail and design than some from Staffordshire. The transfer is crisp and detailed showing a child with her doll seated in the garden.

The border design is elaborate with feather flourishes, birds and flowers. At the top of the transfer in small letters it says “La Poupée No. 7,” indicating that it is a plate from a series. Unmarked, French, circa 1840.

Like dolls, there are trends in popularity with children’s dishes.

Initially, we all seem to acquire an AM 390, a Bye-lo and a few Heubach-Koppelsdorf dolls. They keep us happy until we discover character children, French bébés, early cloth or wax or woodens. It is similar with transferware dishes. The first set of blue and white, blue onion, or flow blue is ever so exciting and lovely to display in ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Three Staffordshire plates measuring 4-inches in diameter. These were once parts of dinnerware sets made with the same attention to detail that was given to the full sized dinnerware. They all have finely detailed transfers and elaborate borders. Unmarked, circa 1840. The penny has been included to give a size reference.

a country kitchen. Blue and white is the most popular and frequently found color combination. Less often seen is red, green, brown or black. Rarely found is pink or mulberry and almost never found is orange.

There are no price guides, thank goodness. Every piece must be judged by its subject matter, quality of transfer, condition for age, color and shape. Only a handful of full-time dealers based in England and the Northeast US have the experience to accurately assess the value of children’s transferware dishes.

There are a few books that are valuable as reference and identification guides: 200 Years of Playtime Pottery & Porcelain

by Lorraine Punchard; Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA; 2003 Child’s Play by Lorraine Punchard Punchard; Bloomington, MN

1982 English Toy China by Doris Lechter; Antique Publications, Marietta, Ohio; 1989

Transferware in shades of mulberry or purple are relatively scarce. When the color is combined with a popular subject and fine workmanship, the piece becomes very desirable. Here we have four plates with the popular theme, children and dogs. All unmarked, later half of the 19th Century.

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Understanding Miniature British Pottery and Porcelain by Maurice and Evelyn Milbourn; Barron Publishing, Woodbridge, Suffolk; 1983

This black and white transferware plate is titled “JANVIER” and No.1, which makes me think it is part of a series of twelve. The first representing January, shows Papa arriving home and presenting the children with their new year presents, as was the custom in 19th Century France. It is well marked with a stamp and an impressed mark for T.M. & CIE, Grigny, Rhone, France. (Tardy, Motte & Cie.)

“OUR EARLY DAYS – KEEPING SCHOOL” surrounds the charming and well-executed transfer on this Middlesex Pottery plate. The child, seated in a chair, is teaching the alphabet to her assembled dolls, circa 1830.

The plate has a pressed relief border of flowers.

Made by C. Allerton & Sons, Staffordshire, circa 1890, these pieces are from a complete tea set called “Punch.” The set features the characters of Punch, Judy and baby, and a fanciful pipe-smoking frog. The cups also have a lady frog wearing a bonnet and sipping a cup of tea.

Princeton Doll and Toy Museum displays the evolution of dolls and toys from the 1600’s to present. Our permanent collection and quarterly special exhibits offer many fine examples of dolls and toys of all types. In addition, we show award-winning miniature rooms, Bliss doll houses, and doll accessories.

Library & Gift Shop

Our research library of over 400 volumes on dolls, toys and antiques is available for use without charge. The museum gift shop offers for sale antique and modern dolls; doll clothing, shoes, wigs and accessories; and doll and toy related cards and gifts. Appraisals and restoration services are also available.

Hours: Monday, Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Admission: The gift shop and library are free to the public. Museum admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children (must be accompanied by an adult). A $25 family membership entitles members of the immediate family to unlimited admission for one year.

Directions: The museum is located at 57 Hamilton Avenue, Hopewell, New Jersey (across the street from our previous location).

Contact: Virginia B. Aris, Director Telephone: (609) 333 - 8600 E-mail: virginiaaris@aol.com

The Eiffel Tower - a wonderful tin carnival swing with all-original German bisque dolls seated in each chair Princeton Doll & Toy Museum P.O. Box 62, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Copyright © Princeton Doll & Toy Museum, a New Jersey nonprofit corporation.

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After The Museum – A Second Act S

by Susan Milmore

o many private museums devoted to antique dolls and toys have closed in the past ten years. Some of them were well known and loved for decades while others seem to have come and gone in a relatively short span of years. When they close and their contents go to auction, those museums that endured for many years and endowed their visitors with many happy memories tend to attract prospective bidders who hope to bring home not only a lovely doll or dollhouse, but also a keepsake with a connection to a special place. So when the contents of the widely-known and well-loved Mary Merritt Doll Museum went to auction ten years ago, I was one of many admirers with that same desire to bring home a little piece of memorabilia. Well, not such a little piece: I wanted a dollhouse.

Because I had the privilege of working on the auction catalogue, I had ample opportunity to thoroughly examine all the dollhouses well before the sale. I knew the truly rare dollhouses in the collection would go to collectors with far larger purses than mine, so I never pinned my hopes to those I was so relieved when the hinged front panels of the house were found while the catalogue was being prepared. Half the cornice over the door was missing and one of the family’s grandsons replaced it before the auction. The panels have shrunk over time and no longer quite meet in the middle. The painted brickwork is – let’s face it – primitive, yet has all the charm of a true Victorian plaything.

The room layout could not be simpler and while it would be nice if there were a staircase hall, the house would have been almost unmanageably large with one. The upper rooms have shortened back walls reflecting the contour of the roof line. In the museum, bulky light fixtures with exposed wiring were very intrusive and the house is much improved without them. At 24 inches, the house is uncommonly deep and it’s sometimes a bit awkward reaching all the way into the back of each room.

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The parlor had been papered with faux damask wallpaper featuring a highly reflective surface, and the carpet was a striped satin patchwork that was stained and dirty. I replaced that carpet with another upholstery fabric with more subtle coloring and texture, and on the walls, I pasted the delicate hand-printed paper I purchased in Florence. It is far lighter in weight than regular wallpaper and thus was difficult to work with, but it projects just enough elegance to add a little formality to the family’s parlor. I dressed the window with antique lace curtains and a pelmet from a discarded wall panel at the museum and added the ormolu cornice.

The classic Evans & Cartwright fireplace insert is a highlight of this room. The mirror over the mantel came from Richard Wright, and the vintage mahogany tall case clock actually works.

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rare 18th century English baby houses or the amazing Hope Villa that ended up selling for $225,000. But I kept my fingers crossed about a rather plain English house that was so unassuming I hoped it would escape the notice of anyone else. I ended up bidding against only one other person and won the day well within my own modest budget.

Since it came home with me, I have always referred to it as my Merritt house and because the scale of the house is a bit larger than the typical 1:12 ratio, it has taken me a long time to find the right pieces to furnish it. I did get one lot of early Victorian English chairs at the same auction but other pieces came in fits and starts over time.

One of the reasons I had expected it to be one of the less costly dollhouses in the sale was because it has been substantially re-decorated by Mary Merritt before she put it on display. The walls had been papered with 1950’s and ‘60’s era wallpaper remnants and shiny wrapping papers while the floors were covered

At the auction, there was strong competition for English dollhouse furniture, both on the telephones and on the floor. I bid but failed to win several lots and was delighted when I finally won this set of chairs towards the end of the auction.

They are perfectly scaled for this house and provide enough Englishness to offset the commercial German furnishings that currently predominate in the parlor.

Well over 20 years ago, I bought this unique miniature oil painting of a punter on the Cherwell in front of Oxford’s Magdalen College. While it does not possess great age, I love the subject matter and felt that was enough to earn its place over the piano in my Merritt house. Among the unusual artwork in the house is this pair of shallow shadow box prints of uncertain origin. While Liza Antrim’s spectacular Swann House features a dozen of similar pictures, I am quite happy with just two of them.

with old upholstery fabrics with an equally unpleasant sheen to them – even in the kitchen! When the house was displayed fully furnished, these defects may have gone unnoticed, but emptied of its contents, the flaws were exposed and the house looked unattractive and a bit dowdy.

Yet with two original Evans & Cartwright tin fireplace inserts, I was inspired by the potential of the house.

In the museum, the hinged front panels had been removed and stored elsewhere. Fortunately, a member of the family found them in storage and matched them up to the correct house before the auction. I think the painted brick façade possesses a simple and straightforward dignity completely sympathetic to the otherwise plain four-room structure. And since the inappropriate wallpapers and carpets were obviously later replacements, I felt no guilt removing them when I was ready to give the house a refreshed interior. In many ways, I was presented with a blank canvas once the house had been stripped of its mid-20th century improvements.

A small faux-grained German bookcase houses part of my collection of antique leather-bound miniature books. Most are English with one or two in French and some date to the first decade of the 19th century. The tiny portraits on ivory came from Carolyn Sunstein. I love the Gothic frame around the gentleman’s portrait.

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When it was displayed in the museum, the bedroom contained two beds and the room is certainly spacious enough to accommodate more than one. The taller four-poster came from the shop at the museum shortly after it closed and the Victorian walnut bed in the foreground was purchased at auction many years ago with the invalid china head doll in it. I made the patchwork quilts from antique fabric. The wallpaper is from an antique roll of paper purchased on the internet from Hannah’s Treasures and the gold velvet carpet was fashioned from a pair of faded old velvet draperies I bought at a car boot sale in Birmingham sixteen years ago. The lace curtains are from Merritt’s while the yellow silk valance was made from a 1920’s blouse given to me by an elderly great-aunt.

The bedroom features a beautiful English washstand and matching chest of drawers that were formerly in one of Vivien Greene’s dollhouses, Quantock Oak. They passed through Bonham’s and Theriaults before they were purchased by the dealer who sold them to me. I’m a huge fan of those prominent drawer knobs, and the Evans & Cartwright dressing mirror.

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I waited a long time for the right dollhouse for the miniature sampler. It was always just a little too big and out of scale for my 1:12 dolls’ houses but works so nicely in this one. The Greenaway style print came from my great-grandmother’s huge leather-bound scrapbook and the little Bible verses are framed with gold thread wrapped around pretty pins, just as I found them. I’ve never seen these anywhere else.

Like other collectors who restore their own antique dollhouses, I maintain a small cache of antique and vintage wallpapers and other materials that I have collected over the years just waiting for the right house to come along. And when I decided to replace the wallpapers in this house, I endeavored to keep a lighter palette on the walls to brighten the rooms. When it was displayed in the museum, the house had been wired with very hot (and dangerous) Christmas tree lighting that was quite intrusive. I removed it right away and decided to keep the house closer to its original state and not replace the lighting, so it was important to visually “open” the rooms using papers with white or cream backgrounds. I ended up using an antique paper from an internet source, another paper I found at a car boot sale in Worcestershire and a slightly opulent handprinted paper I bought in Florence. Since I found

These 8” tall papier mache ladies were purchased as a pair at the auction and have lived in this house since it came home with me. The antique dome-lid trunk is a folky German piece that I use as a blanket chest and resembles one in the 1838 Brett House at The Museum of the City of New York.

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The most formal room in the house, the dining room had been papered with a silvery flocked paper that never looked right to me, so I used this nicely scaled paper I found at a car boot sale in England. The patterned draperies were made from remnants of fullsized antique linen curtains I bought at an auction for my own dining room. There were five panels and I only needed four; the fifth yielded enough leftovers for a project like this. The fruitwood cupboard on the back wall was purchased from Merritt Antiques several years after the auction and I’ve filled it with antique treenware.

Below: Among my favorite items in this house is this miniature embroidery I purchased for very little money on ebay a few years ago. It came in a gaudy plastic frame but fits perfectly in this much more appropriate old brass daguerreotype frame.

The lady’s portrait on ivory is displayed in the daguerreotype case I found it in at a local auction house.

This 9” papier mache lady is dressed in her original plaid silk gown.

On the table beside her is a miniature tortoiseshell box that I use as a tea caddy in the dining room.

a painted wall when I removed the wrapping paper in the kitchen, I left that room without paper and painted the other walls to match the original dark cream color that is appropriate for an early Victorian kitchen.

I did make a conscious effort to keep or re-use some of the materials that came with the house to maintain that connection to its museum heritage. I retained the subtly patterned carpet in the dining room while placing a smaller rug under the table, and I left the painted trim colors in that room and in the parlor. The carpets that had been installed by Mary Merritt had been affixed to the floors with carpet tacks laboriously covered with creamcolored silk – I saved all the tacks and re-used them in several areas.

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I neglected to take “before” photos of the rest of the house, but I include this picture of the kitchen taken after I removed the wrapping paper and carpet because it shows the shadow of the original fireplace surround. I knew the green surround was not original as it lacked the depth and detail of the others in the house, so when I saw the original outline, I pried off the later trim and made a new surround to match the outline. The unattractive green paint on the window trim and baseboards was quickly painted over, but not until I pried off the baseboards and re-contoured them to add detail. Inspired by the paint colors of the kitchen in Downton Abbey, I chose a fawn color to repaint the trim and the new fireplace surround.

Although I did not paste replacement wallpaper on the walls or re-carpet the floor, the kitchen still took the most time of all the rooms to redecorate.

Once the old paper and carpet was removed, I had to use a little bit of chemical stripper to remove some later paint smears on the upper area of the wall and on the floor and after cleaning, I buffed the floor with Butcher’s Wax. The wonderful Evans & Cartwright kitchen range takes pride of place beneath the taller replacement mantel decorated with an antique Staffordshire meat platter.

Other items in the house that have a connection to the museum are the taller bed that Marge Darrah sold me while I was working on the catalogue, and the draperies in the parlor that came from a museum display case that was discarded in the back of the museum after the auction. People who remember the museum may recall that the eastern wall was filled with roomboxes that had been built to display “orphan” furniture. These displays were dismantled after the sale and discarded. I rescued some walls that had curtains and drapes that had been made by Mary Merritt and over the past ten years have found new homes for them. Three of the papier mache dolls were also purchased at the museum’s auction.

The museum described the house as being 18th century, but there was never anything to support such an early attribution, particularly as the fireplaces appeared to be built to fit the Evans & Cartwright Victorian tin inserts. With its shallow pitched roof and rather plain façade, an early to mid-nineteenth century origin is far more likely and I have tried to find furnishings appropriate to that period – an endeavor that is still in progress. I particularly made an effort to avoid a lot of recognizable German ormolu and

I initially furnished this room with a lot of German furniture because it is so hard to find English kitchen pieces, particularly in this larger scale. But I was dissatisfied and so I recently made my own furniture for this room. With the exception of the wall shelves and drying rack, I made all the furniture in the kitchen using old cigar box wood. The open dresser and sink units were left unfinished, I stained and varnished the tables and I painted the large dresser on the left the same fawn color as the woodwork. Several different patterns decorate the treenware that fills the dressers.

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The Tender Years Deborah Varner 303-850-7800 queenbeev1@comcast.net • Member UFDC Layaways welcomed and consignments taken.

10” Gerbruder Heubach. Brunette HH wig in braids.

Pouty mouth. Soft modeling. Narrow eye slits gives this doll a unique look all its own. Blue glass eyes.. Wears straw hat with silk around SWEET DOLL. $ 2,550.

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15” Sonnenberg.

Bulging blue pw eyes. Brunette HH wig. Pierced ears with bl. crystal earrings. Blue cotton dress with full slip, reg slip and pantaloons.

Lace socks and antique shoes.

Sweet expression. $ 2,250.

7” Simon and Halbig all bisque. Swivel neck.

Small fleck at rt. stringing hole. Blonde HH wig. Orig. crocheted dress and slip. Blue over the knee stockings. Professional repair of lt. thumb. 5 strap bootines. Bow on toe box.

Special price $ 1,700. THIS DOLL IS TOO CUTE FOR WORDS.

A very pretty treenware tea set was saved from another house and is better scaled to this one. The two covered saucepans are English and were purchased from the former head of Christie’s toy department, Daniel Agnew.

The kitchen is well equipped with plenty of copper molds and pots and pans but I especially like these very English pots.

14 “ All original Gerbruder Heubach. Pale bisque. BL. glass eyes. Open/closed mouth. with molded upper teeth and tongue. Blonde mohair with braids curled at side of head.

Excellent body finish. Br./Blk. German saddle shoes. $ 2,200

4” Hertel and Schwab.

Prize Baby. Has rare paper label on chest.

Wears organdy slip at empire and pink ribbon around.

Blonde mohair wig.

Br. glass eyes. pouty mouth. A DARLING. $ 450.

Items of luxury for the deal of taking a long bath. Very popular in the Victorian era. $ 80.

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The tin sink is an antique piece with a chained stopper that fits perfectly within the drainpipe. I made the little stand on which it sits, and made a wall-mounted cistern connected by brass piping to an old German cast metal faucet, attached to the rear wall.

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Boulle furnishings and tried to find earlier German and English pieces. As much as possible, I have attempted to find unique and unusual items with an emphasis on antique artwork and embroidery. As early English furnishings are not so easy to find on this side of the pond, I’ve made some things myself that look more pleasing to my eye than later German furniture would in this house. It’s just a matter of personal preference and I expect that this house and its contents will continue to evolve over time as I find better things. But for now, I am happy with the way it all looks together. I do wonder how the other houses from the museum collection look in their new homes today…

Traveling in Spain with TLC Doll Tours

by Donna C Kaonis

Salamanca’s Roman bridge dating to the 1st century AD.

The extraordinary facade of Casa Lis, the art nouveau/art deco museum in Salamanca.

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa, designed by Frank Gehry.

(Internet photo)

Segovia’s Roman Aquaduct. (Internet photo)

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he recent TLC doll tour offered tour members something different…Spain. Not known for its doll museums, we nonetheless found ample treasures, all the while enjoying perfectly spectacular weather. Salamanca, an ancient Celtic city, our first stop and one I was eager to return to, is home to one of the oldest university’s in Europe. From the first century AD Roman bridge, one can see magnificent views of the historic old city.

Casa Lis, a relatively modern structure for Salamanca, was originally a mansion and since the early 1980’s, a museum devoted to art nouveau and art déco. Its facade of iron and stained glass is breathtaking. Casa Lis houses some four hundred dolls, and although some have experienced an unfortunate 1950’s style restoration of clothing and wigs, the dolls themselves are fine French and German bisque. Collections encompassing glass, jewelry, bronzes, paintings, decorative sculptures and furniture showcase the work of the leading artists of the period.

Unfortunately photos inside the museum are strictly forbidden, but its exterior hints of the art nouveau treasures inside.

Next stop, the Basque town of San Sebastian where we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon exploring its famous beach, Playa las Conchas.

The following morning we traveled to the Balenciaga Museum, a tribute to the famous Spanish couturier, Cristobal Balenciaga, a formidable influence on women’s clothing during the mid-20th century. There was still time to take in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and although many of us were not fans of modern art, we could not fail to be impressed by the architecture of Frank Gehry. It has frequently been cited as one of the most important structures created since 1980.

Segovia, another of Spain’s World Heritage Sites, is known for its incredible Roman aqueduct dating from the late first century AD. Words and pictures cannot do justice to this structure, with its enormous granite blocks held together without mortar.

Those Romans built to last! Isabella I, who financed Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the new world, was crowned Queen of Castile in Segovia’s church of San Miguel.

We spent four days in Madrid, the capital since 1561, a city whose power and splendor during the 16th and 17th centuries has not diminished in the passing years. Truly a world-class city, we toured the Royal Palace, with over 3400 rooms, the largest in Europe. The Prado Museum, considered one of the greatest art galleries in Europe, occupied the better part of an entire day.

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Some lovely chinas at the Museo de Romanticismo The Museo de Romanticismo in Madrid featured several portraits of idyllic life during the 19th century.

Velasquez, showing Princess Margarita and her ladies in waiting. Velazquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, included himself in the painting, working at large easel.

For a look into how the well-to-do-Spanish lived in Madrid, the Museo de Romanticismo, a former private mansion was a delight, filled with furniture, paintings, toys, dolls, fans, jewelry and decorative arts, even an empirestyle toilet fit for a king! The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, with its exemplary collection of European paintings spanning eight centuries, also had a special exhibit of paintings from America’s Wyeth family, including many from their personal collection. Before leaving the beautiful city of Madrid, we also visited the Museo del Traje, the Costume Museum, a perfect fit for doll lovers, as their collection spanned the 16th to the 20th centuries. Several of us took the time to visit gorgeous Retiro Park, located near the Prado in the heart of the city. Spectacular rose gardens, a peaceful lake and the Crystal Palace are an oasis of calm in this bustling city. That afternoon we departed for the Parador de Cuenca, located at the top of the Huécar Gorge, a lovely former monastery now a beautiful hotel.

On our way to Barcelona we had time to visit the Museo Lladro, where we experienced their artists demonstrating painstaking techniques. Sports facilities, including a large swimming pool and spacious gardens, make it an impressive place to work! It was where we took a group photo, all of us wearing umbrella hats!

What to say about Barcelona… a truly exquisite city, one that is also very busy with a constant influx of cruise ships and vibrant street life. The many collections of sculptor Frederick Marès are celebrated in the eclectic museum bearing his name. Besides an important collection of sculpture, a fascinating mix of bourgeois items used by men and women during the 19th century: jewelry, fans, snuff boxes, beaded purses, gloves, keys, hair combs, pipes, dolls and toys captured our attention. It is located in the Gothic Quarter which is a fascinating area for shopping with its meandering streets opening onto small squares.

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Visitors enjoy renting a boat at Retiro Park’s lake. (Internet photo)

Wearing our umbrella hats at the Museo Lladró.

There is always one non-conformist!

Part of the enormous rose garden at Retiro Park in Madrid.

Case Batló in Barcelona, one of Gaudi’s amazing designs.

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The Museu del Disseny in Barcelona displayed fashions as early as 1550.

akin to sculptures than buildings. The famous cathedral Sagrada Familia, Casa Batló, the astonishing dragon-roofed house, and Park Guell were personal favorites.

We were nearing the end of our trip, but still to come was the the Museu del Disseny with a spectacular fashion exhibit from 1550 to current times. On our final day we traveled to Figueres, the home town of Salvador Dali and the site of the Dali museum, housing the paintings and personal collection of this visionary and imaginative artist.

At the Museu de Joguet, we enjoyed a nice mix of toys and dolls including an impressive display of 1940’s Spanish made Marquita Perez dolls. It was time to bid Spain farewell… Hasta la próxima

Part of a nice display of dolls, c. 1939, by the Spanish company Marin. Museu de Joguet.

An early wooden at the the Museu Frederick Marès in Barcelona.

One of several Marquita Perez dolls at the Museu de Joguet.

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R. John Wrights Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, offered by Phi May. email: dollmanofog@aol.com

Marion Maus, email: mmausantiques@gmail.com

Margarete Kincaid, email: Margaret.kincaid@gmail.com

Gaithersburg, MD June Doll Show

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e recently attended the Gaithersburg, MD doll show, the longest running retail doll show in the United States, where a bustling crowd attested to what we believe in: touch, feel and talk is the best way to buy a doll.

Attendees can always look forward to something extra, this time, a lively discussion on sharing and enjoying our dolls. Here’s a look at some of the show highlights. We’ve provided email addresses for your shopping pleasure. The next show, always an eagerly anticipated event and the premiere east coast show, is December 3 and 4.

25” Motchmann, $2400, email: KathyFabrizi@gmail.com

Room boxes, full size cabinets and custom dollhouse furniture handcrafted by Patrick Kearney, email pat_kearney1@verizon.net

A lovely c. 1740 wooden, $12,000. Jackie Allington, email: nickandjackie@ gmail.com

Nancy McCray, email: nlmccray@q.com

Fritz’s Antique Dolls, email: fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

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Celluloid autoperipatetikos walking doll, Tory Beth Radwick, Torrington, CT

Tete Jumeau Paris Bebe, marked shoes, $3,000, Roxanne LeMay Morison, email: ford1964@erols.com

Jumeau mechanical, $4200, Ann Lloyd, email: alloyddolls@gmail.com

Gibson Girl, $1850, Nancy McGlammery, email: mcpelton@aol.com

In Memory of David Frohlich

It is with a very heavy heart that I share the news of the untimely passing of my cherished husband, David.

Thank you all for your support, the outpouring of condolences and being the wonderful and cherished friends you all are to us.

We want to assure all of you that we remain committed to Dollspart and the wonderful doll community that we are so proud to be a part of.

With love and thanks, Barbara

www.dollspart.com 1-800-336-3655

Rabery, an FG French fashion, FG scroll and a Henri Alexandre Phenix Bebe offered by Brigid McHugh Jones, email: mchughsdollstoys@aol.com Dorian’s Doll Room, email: doriansbebes@aol.com

K * R 117, $3850 and Bebe Francais, $5200, Becky and Andy Ourant, email: ourant@ptd.net

Kamkins with original homemade outfits.

Joy Harrington, email: litredhse@aol.com

Shari McMasters, email: sharimcmasters@gmail.com

Val Star, email: valstarantiques@earthlink.net

Peggye Tombro, email: ptrombro@gmail.com

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The Northern Ohio Doll & Bear Show August 21st

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or over 35 years the Northern Ohio Doll & Bear Show has been held twice a year offering a fine array of antique and vintage collectable dolls as well as modern and artists dolls for your enjoyment and consideration.

Pictures from our February show represent just a sampling of the treasures you will find. Our last show was held on February 28th, 2016. Unseasonably warm weather, near 60 degrees, provided the perfect atmosphere as doll enthusiasts traveled to the show.

Our upcoming show is scheduled for August 21, 2016. It promises better weather and a even more dealers with a greater selection dolls to choose from. Shari McMasters is on hand to offer her expertise giving appraisals and restringing dolls. The show is conveniently located at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, Ohio just minutes from the Cleveland Hopkins Airport with easy interstate access and many options for dinning and shopping. Our patrons can expect some of the finest dealers in the country with a wonderful assortment of dolls, door prizes, doll stringing and professional appraisals. Hope to see you there!

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Emporium Kathy’s & Terry’s Dolls

Paula Claydon

EvelynPhillipsDolls.com Eyelash27@aol.com 914 939-8982 Member NADDA and UFDC

11-1/2” Simon Halbig Santa mold 1248. They don’t come any better than this spectacular girl. Perfect bisque and coloring, dimpled chin, mohair lashes still intact, untouched fully jointed original body, along with her factory original clothes! $1150.

Lenci dolls, $295 each. We’re back from the UFDC convention with lots of interesting doll merchandise!

www.evelynphillipsdolls.com

www.rubylane.com/shops/kathysandterrysdolls

Please visit our website for more pictures of these lovely dolls.

Kathy Libraty’s ANTIQUE DOLLS

www.rubylane.com/shop/kathylibratysantiques

Quality shop of vintage dolls, clothes & accessories 717-979-9001 • Visit our shop at

Frizellburg Antique Store

Open every Thurs. - Sunday, 11 to 5.

1909 Old Taneytown Rd, Westminster, MD 410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850

20” Very SWEET J.N.Steiner French Bebe in in Pretty Silk Dress, great shape $3300 19” Pouty Kestner on Schmitt Type Orig Body, All antique $3600 11” Gorgeous Smiling Bru Poupee with Trunk & Trousseau $8900 22” E J Jumeau is All Antique with Signed Jumeau Shoes-Great Condition! $8200 18” Tete Jumeau w/blue paperweight eyes (Hidden Hairline)—So Precious $2550 718-859-0901 email: Libradolls@aol.com MEMBER: UFDC

OR—Buy My Dolls on eBay—Search seller name kathylibraty 8 MONTH LAYAWAY PLAN AVAILABLE

Jumeau Automaton

18” including base, blonde mohair wig, blue paperweight eyes, perfect bisque and it works--head moves and arms go up and down, music. $4900.

Call 215-794-8164 or email alloyddolls@gmail.com.

Sara Bernstein Dolls santiqbebe@aol.com 732-536-4101

View Quality Dolls at affordable prices. 100’s of pictures and prices at my Ruby Lane Shop... www.sarabernsteindolls.rubylane.com

Other photos and dolls may be seen at RubyLane.com/shops/ anntiquedolls.

Member UFDC and NADDA

Early German Kitchen loaded with great accessories! $895

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P.O. Box 239, Northport, NY 11768.

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In Our Memories

Estelle Dallas Rose Lawson Johnston 1928 - 2016

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by Florence Theriault

hether it was her striking red hair or the magnetism of her ever-questing mind, Estelle Johnston stood front and center in the doll world for more than half a century. This magnitude of mind was matched by a desire to share her hardsought knowledge, culminating in numerous important articles published in doll journals.

Yet most who only knew her through the narrow lens of the doll world stopped short of knowing these other facts about her. She loved ice dancing, but when her knees insisted she that she stop, she learned to fly a Cessna single engine aircraft. In the 1950s, a new bride, she traveled all over Europe on a motorcycle with her husband. She was an avid ice hockey fan, loved to make high speed drives up and down the East Coast, and there were few good detective novels that did not pass through her hands. She was wickedly and joyfully fun.

Born in 1929 in Montreal (her father was Canadian, her mother from Philadelphia) she was orphaned at an early age and moved to Massachusetts to be raised by an aunt. Educated at Milton Academy and Bryn Mawr College from which she graduated in 1950, she was married to Jon Johnston for 57 years, living for many of those years in her Hawthornian style manse atop a forested hill in Atlanta that was filled with art and books and dolls. She raised three children and had five grandchildren.

And she loved dogs, most recently Petunia, her Jack Russell terrier.

Her daughter, Hilaire, recollects “she made beautiful bounteous homes, full of visual richness and childhood magic.

[Gradually] her interest in history - of the world and art and fashion - coalesced into a deep and abiding fascination with 18th and 19th century dolls”.

In 2013, Estelle Johnston fulfilled a lifelong dream to live in a home overlooking the Pacific Ocean coastline. Selling her Atlanta manse and auctioning half of her beloved doll collection, she packed up the rest and trekked, lock, stock and barrel, to Sea Ranch in Northern California where she spent her final years. Her daughter notes “Though it took most of her life to get there, her move to her own house in Sea Ranch was the apotheosis of living her life on her terms.”

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16-inch-Jumeau marked E 7 J with stamped body, wearing antique clothing and shoes, brought $5,750 at Withington’s June auction. withingtonauction.com

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his delightful quartet was part of an original Steiff village band produced from 1911-1913. With their Steiff ID’s the group sold for $6,710 during Morphy’s three-day summer auction held June 24-26. www.morphyauctions.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.

Ongoing

28 N. Mankato, MN. Doll Show. Best Western.

Lady Slipper Doll Club. Carolyn. 952‑873‑4489.

31 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous Antique Doll Auction. Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. www.theriaults.com.

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

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

1‑5 Orlando, FL. Dolls Show. International Palms Resort. National Doll Festival. Rowbear.

831‑438‑5349. NatlDoll@aol.com. www.nationaldollfestival.com.

3‑7 Austin, TX. Ball Joint Doll Convention. Sherri Rhein. 512‑414‑3793.

4‑5 Newark, OH. Doll Auction. McMasters Harris.

Mark Harris. 800‑842‑3526. mark@mcmastersharris.com.

10 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous Antique Doll Auction. Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. www.theriaults.com.

13 Huntsville, AL. Doll Show. Jaycees Building.

Twickenham Doll Club. Sonya Heim.

256‑585‑5436. Twickenhamdollclub.webs.com.

13 Nashua, NH. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn. Rainbow Bazaar. Cindy Amburgey.

978‑857‑9576.

13 Oklahoma City, OK. Doll Show. Spencer’s Event Center. Porcelain Dollmakers Business Association of Oklahoma. Jody Cook.

405‑769‑4567.

14 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore. 310‑386‑4211.

14 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Doll & Bear Show.

Hilton Hasbrouck Hotel. JMK SHOWS. Jesse Kohler. 352‑527‑6666. www.jmkshows.com.

17 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous Doll Auction.

Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. www.theriaults.com.

17‑19 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@ conknet.com. 603‑888‑1551. 603‑478‑3232.

18‑20 Syracuse, NY. Teddy Bear Show. Holiday Inn. Teddy Bear Artist Invitational. Cindy Malchoff.

518‑562‑4076.

19‑20 Glendale, CA. Toy Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. James. 714‑264‑0422.

20 Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show. Monarch Hotel Conference Ctr. Dorothy Drake.

775‑348‑7713. www.crossroadsshows.com. www.dolls4all.com.

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

21 Strongsville, OH. Northern Ohio Doll Show.

Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon. 440‑396‑5386.

Ceil Fassinger. 440‑477‑7174.

23 St. Charles, IL. Doll, Bear & Toy Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Antique World Shows.

Diana Tabin. 847‑772‑6760.

27 Marion, OH. Doll Show. Marion County Federation of Women’s Club. Historic Women’s Club Home. Sharol Herr. dairol@verizon.net.

614‑596‑0346.

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

Dorothy Meredith. 830‑606‑5868. dmeredith@dolldr.com.

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

Lisa Pepin. 206‑362‑8723. Pepins4@msn.com.

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

Sharon Napier. 586‑731‑3072. www.dollshowproductions.com.

3 Germany. Christel Graser Collection & Steiff Auction. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH. Gotz C. Seidel. 0049(0)6203‑13014.

(F)0049(0)6203‑17193. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. www.spielzeugauktion.de.

3 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar Auctions.

Dorothy Hunt. 410‑275‑2094. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com.

7‑11 Greenwood Village, CO. Miniature Conference.

Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys.

Doubletree Hilton Denver Tech. Judi Hamilton.

720‑879‑1820.

10 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Alexander Fireman’s Rec Hall. Linda Vilsack/Linda Callahan.

585‑482‑0835.

10 Roseville, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.dolls4all.com. www.crossroadsshows.com.

10 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Al Bahr Temple.

Delightful Dolls of Southern California. Linda Payne Smith. 619‑265‑0443.

10 Spokane, WA. Doll Show. Country Homes Christian Church. Spokane Falls Doll Club.

Penny Zarneski. 509‑327‑7622.

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

11 Chagrin Falls, OH. Doll Show. Family Life Center. Eileen Green. 440‑283‑5839.

11 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Double Tree Hotel at Hobby Airport. First Houston Doll Club. Mia Grabowski. 281‑484‑2218.

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

Sherryl Newton. 319‑610‑3534.

11 Mounds View, MN. Doll & Bear Show.

Mermaid Event Center. C Promotions Plus.

Carol Benson. 612‑669‑1613.

16‑17 Englewood, CO. Doll Show. Englewood Elks Lodge #2122. Tri‑State Doll Sale. Lorella Farmer.

303‑988‑8591.

17 Conneaut Lake Park, PA. Doll Convention.

Conneaut Lake Park Hotel. Nancy‑tkts.

814‑282‑4911. Lynne‑vendor 440‑344‑7747.

17 East Aurora, NY. Doll Luncheon. Roycroft Inn. Ginnyladies. Linda Gorog. 585‑457‑9523.

17 Willoughby, OH. Teddy Bear Auction.

Milestone Auctions. Miles King. 440‑983‑1890. www.milestoneauctions.com.

18 Covington, KY. Doll Show. Radisson Hotel.

Triple Crown Doll Club. Cheryl Harper.

513‑739‑2867.

18 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Teddy Bear Show.

American Serb Hall. Orphans in the Attic.

Sue Serio. 414‑871‑8696.

18 Nashua, NH. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza Nashua Hotel. Granite State & Nellie Perkins Doll Clubs. Brenda Thomas. 603‑472‑3523. Karen Vincent. 603‑547‑3492.

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

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Gaithersburg Antiques Doll Show

Hundreds of Selling Tables…

DEC 3&4

The 172nd Eastern National Antique to Modern Doll & *Toy Show 2016 Established 1972

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Admission $10 Good 2 Days

Save $2 on one ticket with a copy of this ad.

Email us for Coupons and Maps

The Fairgrounds

16 Chestnut St. Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Building 6 / 4 Exhibit Halls / Air Conditioned and Heated

12 Miles North West of Washington DC (I‑270) Exit 10 to red light, turn left, follow fairgrounds signs.

Hotels: HOLIDAY INN 301.948.8900 HILTON 301.977.8900 Ask for special rates for Bellman Doll Show. Book hotel 30 days before each show

3 International Airports Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Dulles International (IAD) Baltimore / Washington International (BWI)

Bellman Events 410.357.8451 • 443.617.3590 InfoDOLLS@comcast.net *LIMITED Number of Toys and Games

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The Antique Doll & Toy Market Sunday, august 28, 2016 11am-4pm $7

Seattle’s Best Show for 37 Years!

• 50 Select Exhibitors • Antique & Collectable Dolls • Toys • Teddy Bears • Miniatures • Accessories • Doll Stringing • Free Parking • Restaurant & Much More!

Red Lion Bellevue Inn, 11211 Main St., Bellevue WA 98004 I-405 Exit 12 SE 8th St, West on SE 8th, Rt at 112th Inquires: Lisa Pepin 206-362-8723 pepins4@msn.com 2202 NE 171st ST, Shoreline, WA. 98155 Our next show will be November 13, 2016

Nancy Jo’s Christmas Sale

Annual Southeastern Doll Show

Saturday Oct. 1st, 2016 10 AM - 3PM

Collett St Rec. Ctr. 300 Collett St. Morganton NC Calendar continued from page 61

22‑24 Billings, MT. Doll Conference. Radisson Hotel Billings. Heritage Doll Guild of the Yellowstone.

Birdie Dapples. 406‑698‑3227.

23‑24 Denver, PA. Doll Show. Morphy Auctions. info@morphyauctions.com. www.MorphyAuctions.com. 877‑968‑8880.

(F) 717‑336‑7115.

24 Farmington, CT. Artist Teddy Bear Show.

Homewood Suites by Hilton. Teddy Bear Artist Co‑op Shows. Donna Nielsen. 585‑229‑4453.

24 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. Western NC Agricultural Center. Land O’Sky Doll Club.

Lue. 828‑883‑4899. www.landoskydollclub.com.

25 Flint, MI. Doll Show. Dom Polski Hall. Flint Barbie Club. Sue Ferrier. 810‑639‑2353.

24 Florence, SC. Doll & Toy Show. SiMT Conference Center. Pee Dee Doll Club.

A. Hayek. 843‑472‑1311.

24 France. French House Auction for Toys, Railways , Dolls & Automata. Galerie DeChartres. +33(0)2 37 88 28 28.

(F) +33(0)2 37 88 28 20.

25 Canada. Doll Show. Italian Cultural Centre.

Doll Club of Edmonton. Jana. 780‑475‑7179.

25 Canada. Doll, Bears & Miniatures Show.

The Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa.

Valerie Hennigar. vhennigar@sympatico.ca.

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1 Albany, NY. Doll Show. St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church. Shaker Doll Club. Nancy Klyonaga. 518‑384‑0189. skionag@nycap.rr.com.

1 Escondido, CA. Doll Show. Church of the Resurrection. Southwind Doll Club.

Sandy Dorsey. 760‑731‑6581.

1 Morganton, NC. Doll Show. Collett Street Recreation Ctr. Sandi Walker. 828‑893‑0640. sandicw@msn.com.

1 Phoenix, AZ. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. North Phoenix Baptist Church. Valley of the Sun Doll Club. Harlene Soucy. 480‑831‑9081.

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Antique dolls, collectible dolls, wigs, eyes, shoes, costumes, dollar tables Doll appraisals • Doll Hospital Door Prizes

10 am to 3 pm at the

Crowne Plaza Hotel,

45 John Glenn Drive, Concord, CA

www.dollsanddesigns.webs.com/specialevent.htm

$5 adults, children under 12 free with adult

Nancy Jo Shreeder, 305 Robinson St., Martinez, CA 94553

Vendor tables available @ $35 Contact Sandi Walker 828-893-0640 122 Main St W Valdese NC 28690 sandicw@msn.com

925‑229‑4190 email: vallejodoll@gmail.com

www.nancyjodollsales.com

Bring this ad for a $2 discount Free tape measure with paid admission

2 DeWitt, MI. Doll Show. Banquet & Conference Ctr. of DeWitt. Sandy Johnson Barts.

269‑599‑1511.

2 Medina, MN. Dolls, Toys & Bears Show.

Medina Entertainment Ctr. Bernadette Able.

239‑282‑9499. DollsToysBearsOHMY.com 2 Sturbridge, MA. Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show.

The Sturbridge Host Hotel. Collins Gifts.

Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699.

5 Hatfield, PA. Doll Auction. Alderfer Auctions.

215‑393‑3000. info@AlderferAuction.com. www.AlderferAuction.com.

5‑8 Panama City, FL. Doll Makers’ Convention.

Holiday Inn Resort Panama City Beach. Beckie Decker. 972‑299‑9680.

8 Bangor, ME. Doll Show. Elks Lodge. Maine‑ly Dolls Club. Inez Toothaker. 207‑234‑4101.

8 Las Cruces, NM. Doll, Bear & Miniature Show.

Scottish Rite Temple. Dona Ana Doll Club.

Gloria Sanders. 575‑523‑1413.

8 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Pasadena Elks Lodge. Forever Young Antiques. Sandy Kline.

818‑368‑4648.

8 Pleasanton, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Alameda County Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. www.dolls4all.com. www.crossroadsshows.com.

8 Salisbury, NC. Doll & Bear Show.

Salisbury Civic Ctr. Southeastern Doll Shows.

Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com.

8 Sherwood, OR. Doll Show. Sherwood Elks Lodge. The Fashion Doll Club of Oregon.

Julie Oerding. 503‑816‑3966.

8 Southaven, MS. Doll, Toy & Miniature Show.

Southaven Arena. Southern Belles Doll Club.

Donna Brown. 901‑377‑5796.

8 Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar Auctions.

Dorothy Hunt. 410‑275‑2094. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com.

9 Anaheim, CA. Doll, Bear & Miniature Show.

Anaheim Plaza Hotel. Rowbear’s Events.

Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349. NatlDoll@aol.com. www.nationaldollfestival.com.

9 Lebanon, PA. Doll Show. Lebanon Valley Expo Center. Central Penn Doll Collectors Club. Dotti.

717‑761‑3609. CentralPennDollCollectorsClub.org.

9 New Hope, PA. Doll Show. Eagle Fire Hall.

Mark Lehmann. 215‑657‑2477.

9 Toledo, OH. Doll, Bear & Toy Show. Stranahan Great Hall. Sandra Kean Bullock. 734‑282‑0152. www.toledodollshow.com.

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The Doll Works

Sara Bernstein’s Dolls

ANTIQUE HALF DOLLS AND POWDER BOXES Please send name and email address to dollshaus@aol.com for colored pictures of exceptional half dolls and powder boxes. I can be contacted at (909) 629-6772 (Susan Endo).

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

ANTIQUE DOLLS – French and German Bisque, All Bisque, Chinas, Limited Ed. Doll Plates. SASE. Ann Lloyd, 5632 S. Deer Run Road, Doylestown, PA 18902.

215‑794‑8164. Email: alloyddolls@gmail.com RubyLane.com/shops/anntiquedolls Member NADDA, UFDC

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

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10 Sami Court, Englishtown, NJ 07726 Ph. 732‑536‑4101 Email: santiqbebe@aol.com www.rubylane.com/shops/sarabernsteindolls

Black and White Photo Ads we can convert your color ads to black and white 1/12 page ( 2 1/2” h x 2 3/8” w) $40 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $50 Full Color Photo Ads 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $125 Please include payment with your ad. Larger ads are considered display ads — call us for information. 1‑888‑800‑2588.

Antique Doll Collector, P.O. Box 239, Northport, NY 11768 Classified ads due no later than the first day of the preceding month of publication. Example: May 1 for the June issue.

Honey & Shars’ On the web at:

HoneyandShars.com and rubylane.com/shop/honeyandshars New dolls added weekly

106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859‑289‑3344 Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11-4 April - December Open by appointment at other times, call 859-707-6123

Member of UFDC & NADDA

Visit us at www.kydollandtoymuseum.com

Sharon & Ed KoLiBaBa Phone 623/266‑2926 or cell 206/295‑8585

Like us on Facebook at ky doll and toy museum

Edison Talking Dolls Wanted Any Condition Doug Burnett Music Museum

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15 Arcadia, CA. Doll Show. The Oak Tree Room.

Michael. 626‑791‑1129.

15 Austin, TX. Doll Show. Norris Conference Center. Austin Doll Collectors Society.

Sharon Weintraub. 512‑323‑9639. http:// Austindollcollectorssociety.blogspot. com/2016/06/updates‑on‑our‑2016‑show.html.

15 Chocowinity, NC. Doll Show. Tarheel Variety Theater. A to Z Dol Club of Washington NC. Martha Robbins. 252‑943‑2969.

15 Kingsport, TN. Doll & Teddy Bear Show.

Kingsport Civic Auditorium. The Doll House.

Ellen. 423‑753‑0022. Mary. 423‑247‑1639.

Cindy. 423‑292‑3682.

15 Lincoln, NE. Luncheon & Doll Show. Hillcrest County Club. Star City Doll Society. Marcella Miller. 402‑486‑3363.

15 Palmetto/Atlanta, GA. Doll Show. Georgia Baptist Children’s Home. Peachtree Doll Collectors. Brenda Welker. 770‑579‑9404.

15 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show. Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake.

775‑348‑7713. www.dolls4all.com. www.crossroadsshows.com.

15 Wausau, WI. Doll Show. St. Matthew’s Gymnasium. Altrusa of Wausau. Lynne Goheen.

715‑573‑1699.

15 Washington, NC. Doll Show. Tar Heel Variety Theater. A to Z Doll Club. Martha Robbins.

252‑943‑2969. Martythesmarty16@yahoo.com.

16 Buffalo, NY. Doll Show. U. B. Center for Tomorrow. Niagara Frontier Doll Club. Joan Malone. 716‑875‑2641. Kirsch.wa@gmail.com.

16 Dedham, MA. Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show.

Holiday Inn‑Boston Dedham Hotel. Collins Gifts. Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699.

20‑21 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auctions. 603‑478‑3232. www.withingtonauction.com.

22 Columbia, SC. Doll, Toy & Hobby Show.

National Guard Armory. Todd Pletcher.

843‑307‑8674.

22 San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Doll Collectors of North Park.

Denise Perkins. 619‑602‑9043.

23 Binghamton, NY. Doll & Bear Show. Double Tree by Hilton. Broome County Doll Club & JMK Shows. Tina. 607‑239‑2705. bcdollclub@gmail.com. Jesse. 352‑527‑6666. jmkshows@aol.com.

23 Canada. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. London Ukrainian Centre. Tracy Dew. 519‑332‑1777. www.LondonDollShow.com.

23 St. Charles, IL. Doll, Bear, Toy & Collectible Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Antique World Shows. Diana Tabin. 847‑772‑6760.

30 Farmington, CT. Artist Teddy Bear Show.

Homewood Suites Hilton. Teddy Bear Co‑op Shows. Donna Nielsen. 585‑229‑4453.

30 Southbury, CT. Doll, Bear & Toy Show.

The Crowne Plaza. Jenny Lind Doll Club.

Pam Conboy. 203‑266‑4769.

See more event listings on our website www.antiquedollcollector.com

s ’ i z t i Fr que Dolls Anti

Buying entire collections of antique dolls and dolls of merit.

Fritzi’s cell# 630-247-1144 • Rick’s cell# 630-247-1219 Member of UFDC and NADDA • fritzisantiquedolls@comcast.net

SEE YOU AT THESE UPCOMING SHOWS: Peoria Antique Show at Exposition Gardens, Fri. Aug. 12th 11–6, Sat. Aug. 13th 11–6 & Sun. Aug. 14th 11–4 Dollicious Too, Fort Wayne IN, Aug. 28th 10–3 at Allen County Fairgrounds Family Arts Bldg.

Maquoketa, IA, Sun. Sept. 11th 9–3, Centerstone Inn Land O’ Sky Doll Club, Fletcher NC, Sat. Sept. 24th 9:30–4, WNC Agricultural Center

Thank you to UFDC and all its supporters for an exceptional & beautiful convention!

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