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Outstanding Marquis Cataloged Doll Highlighted by the Collection of P e t r a A i c h e l e o f G e r m a n y, a n d Pa r t I of the Lorna Lieberman Collection

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Orlando, Florida at the Hyatt Regency Preview 9 AM • Auction 11 AM An auction title, borrowed from a Rose O’Neill poem which wistfully muses “I Only Wanted to Wonder”, serves as the theme for an extraordinary auction of more than 500 superb antique dolls and antique childhood ephemera.

Shown here are only a few examples from the auction which will commence at 11 AM and is expected to continue into the early evening on August 1.

Attendance is encouraged to view firsthand this oncein-a-lifetime museum quality presentation, but if you cannot attend we welcome absentee bidding, live telephone bidding, and live bidding on the internet.

Too, you can “tune-in” to the online auction and watch and listen to the entire event. Questions? Give us a call and we’ll help you choose the bidding option that is best for you.

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10” Steiner A “Le Parisien” Bebe, pw eyes, perfect bisque, orig. red mohair wig orig.

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9 1/2” Tete Jumeau #1 Bebe, immaculate bisque, huge threaded pw eyes, luscious lashes, orig. mohair wig & cork pate, genuine Jumeau Mariner dress & incl. factory flowered Jumeau dress, ant. Fr. hat, orig. undies & orig. Jumeau shoes, orig. “signed” Jumeau body, STUNNING in the most darling size #1, smallest Tete manufactured!! SALE $7500.

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

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Too Pretty To Toss!

19th Century Boxes as Antique Doll Props

The Extraordinary Collection of Vincenza Fedele, Part TWO

by Lynn Murray

By Jan Peterson Photos by Elwyn Peterson

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The Exotic Native American Bisque

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Collectibles: Dolls and Art A look at the National Institute of Doll Artists

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RUSSIAN MATRYOSHKA – MY STACKING DOLL COLLECTION

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The Endearing Faces of Gebr.

Heubach All-Bisque Character Children

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A Mid 19th Century Wardrobe for a New England Girl

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About The Cover

Movies inspired Lenci to create boudoir dolls for adult collectors. This example is from Series 584, inspired

by Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brookes, circa 1930.

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4) Factory Mint 7.5” JDK 260 Toddler - adorable 4-piece ensemble, baby blue eyes, buckled shoes and starfish hands! $550 5) Basket Babies - 7” KB Baby w.blue glass eyes; 6” Gbr.Heubach intaglio eyes.

Each $89. Antique Wicker Hamper- hinged lid for tiny treasures! $150 6) Rare Simon Halbig w.

Clockwork Eyes!! - scarce smaller 21” size ‘1294’ mechanical w. Factory Wig & Clothes and operating Key Wind Eyes that flirt side to side and also sleep! A unique doll! $1795 ; Good Old Bear $125

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7) 18” Rare Burgarella Sexed Boy - Italian composition doll, fully jtd. with beautiful color & finish. So hard to get! $1500..

Steiff Velvet Frog Family w. button & tags! $85 each

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8) 14” Very Rare “Heubach Bonnet Baby” - w. rare pink quilted porcelain cap & period clothes, some good repair, so not $4000 book, only $495.. 5” Heubach Sunbonnet Baby - signed & mint $175 9) Super Size 15” All Bisque Toddler - When did you ever see one this large and mint!

All choice early quality and period romper. Simply amazing. $1100 10) 4” All Bisque Socket Head Boy Sailor - w. unusual glazed brown hair w. brush marks and yellow stockings and factory sewn Sailor Suit, so cute! $295

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18) 17” Rare ‘Singing Heubach’- sweet op/clo mouth character w. tiny tongue & mld. teeth, adorable tufted mop of curls w. glazed hair bow, dainty period Clothes & Shoes! $1395 19) 18” Kestner 129 w. Original Wardrobe - 6 different pretty dresses etc., Factory Leather Shoes, all mint, plus McCall’s Pattern Envelope - and trunk! $1100 20) 12” Rare Pre-Gibson Halbig Lady - the very rare 1887 Smiling Lady ‘mold 969’, dimples, PW eyes, mint bisque arms and as-is swivel head (face fine), plus original Mariner’s Ensemble, a rare find! just $895 21) 6” Exceptional D&K Half Doll - near perfect, signed and stunning! $495 22) Rare Life Size 20” Wax Mannequin Busts - on their orig. stands, with the original Inset Hair and Silk Chapeaux; gorgeous quality flawless wax complexions w. lustrous Glass PW

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Collectibles

Dolls and Art

A look at the National Institute of Doll Artists

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3 1. Autumn by Nina Tugarina, 14.5 inches Polymer Clay. 2012.

2. Gloria by Tatiana Baeva, 14 inches. 2009.

3. Virginia Wool by Connie Smith, stained highfire ceramic on jointed cloth body, vintage costume fabrics, mixed media tableau. Full tableau measures 33 inches wide x 27 inches high x 18 inches deep. 1996-98.

4. Nouveau Mermaid by Stephanie Blythe, 8 inches Porcelain. 2015.

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olls and art have gone hand in hand for centuries. Even in prehistory, humans were creating small statues of women and an occasional man according to their standards of aesthetic beauty. Artists used small articulated models or lay figures to create masterpieces of art. A few artists like Marque, Picasso, and Degas, either created dolls, or were inspired by dolls to create other works of art. Many great artists, including Rembrandt, were collectors themselves. Leonardo da Vinci dabbled in creating automatons, along with other gadgets and machines. Artists like Joseph 2 Cornell and Jarvis Rockwell created works of art using dolls. Norman Rockwell, father to Jarvis, painted them, as in his Doctor and Doll. The artistry of antique dolls influenced Pleasant Rowland’s American Girls. Of course, sculptors and artists have always been involved in creating dolls for play and to collect. There are many non-NIADA books and magazines about doll making including The Art Doll Quarterly. Behind every Barbie, Kewpie, or Betsy Wetsy, there is an artist or sculptor working his or her particular doll magic.

Many artists turn to creating dolls because they are a fresh medium, something to take their art in another direction. Artists who recognized the importance of the relationship between dolls and art founded the National Institute of American Doll Artists, NIADA, in 1963. Originally, four artists founded NIADA, Helen Bullard, Gertrude Florian, Magge Head, and Fawn Zeller.

Today, there are over 60 members elected by their peers and memberpatrons. The purpose behind founding NIADA was to recognize the art behind original, hand made dolls. Members 4

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5 hold annual get-togethers that include visiting doll-makers and doll fans to share work and ideas with each other. There is also a NIADA school for those who wish to learn doll making techniques from the artists of NIADA. The artists’ group also offers publications on artist dolls. Pictured here, some of the wonderful work of the membership.

For more information about NAIDA’s annual conference and school, visit the NIADA website, www.niada.org.

NIADA has inspired the formation of other organizations that cater to original doll artists and their dolls.

Two of these, The British Doll Artist’s Association and the Original Doll Artist Council of America, have partnered with NIADA to create a glossary for doll artists and collectors called “Art Doll Standards.”

FURTHER READING: Books and publications that address the role of the doll artist outside of NIADA include Max von Boehn’s Dolls, Carl Fox’s The Doll, Clara Hallard Fawcett’s books, Janet Pagter Johl’s and Eleanor St. George’s books that talk about Emma Clear, Helen Young’s The Complete Book of Doll Collecting, Edwina Ruggles’, The One Rose, Spinning Wheel’s Complete Book of Dolls, vol. I, Doll Reader Magazine, Doll Castle News, Kimport’s Doll Talk, Manfred Bachman’s Dolls, the Wide World Over, and Bernice’s Bambini.

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6. Flower Teacup Fairy

by Stephanie Blythe, 5 inches Porcelain, 2005.

7. Pair of Busts from White Sheep Edition by Connie Smith. 2017.

8. Nori with Kokeshi Dolls

by Nina Tugarina, 14.75 inches Polymer Clay, 2015.

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AUCTION GALLERY

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here is plenty of doll auction action to look forward to this fall. Here are reminders of some upcoming auction events to mark in your calendars: Alderfer Auctions in PA has a big doll auction on October 4th 2017. For more information, go to www.alderferauction.com. Before that there is Sweetbriar’s “Dolls At Auction” in New Jersey on September 2nd 2017 (note their new phone number 410‑275‑2213) or go to www.SweetbriarAuctions.com Also, there is McMastersHarris Premier Auction on September 21st and 22nd, in Newark, Ohio, www.mcmastersharris. com. And of course there is the Dick Withington Centenial Celebrations already being planned for 2018 at Withington’s in New Hampshire.

Meanwhile, visit Withington’s Final Auction Event of 2017, scheduled for October 18th, 19th and 20th; Call for more information, 603‑478‑3232 or go to www.withingtonauction.com In recent auction events, in Oak Grove, MO, Frasher had their “Remember When” Auction on July 17th . They offered up items from the estate doll collection of Donna Collins of Batavia, Ohio and dolls from the collection of Lucinda Mallot, Santa Barbara, CA. The auction had a large selection of all‑bisque French and German dolls, French bebes, fashion dolls, French and German characters, German children and babies, Dewees Cochran dolls, early cloth dolls, chinas, doll accessories and clothing. Stars included a splendid French bisque blue‑eyed “E.J. Bebe” by Jumeau, (lot 0001) and a 33” French bisque portrait poupee by Pierre‑Francois Jumeau with swivel head and jointed elbows, hips and knees.

In other news Theriault’s has a new entry in their Dollmastery Vignette Series of educational videos about antique dolls. Visit youtube.com/ theriaultsdolls. After July 15th watch for a new video featuring rare dolls from the “I Only Wanted to Wonder” Theriault’s auction on August 1st 2017 in Orlando, Florida. For more information call 800‑638‑0422.

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Alderfer’s October 4th Auction.

Sweetbriar Auctions September 2nd Auction.

McMastersHarris Premier Auction on September 21st and 22nd.

Withington’s Auction October 18th, 19th and 20th.

Frasher’s Auctions

Theriault’s videos

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15.5” Jumeau French Fashion ‘2’, blue pw eyes, pierced 17.5” All Original K star ears, kid body w/ replaced German arms $1495.

R S & H 115 in sailor suit on toddler body, blue stat eyes, beautiful molding & coloring $3750.00

4” German All Bisque #208 Prize Baby “Sisters” by Hertel Schwab & Co, blue sleep eyes, original blond & brunette mohair wigs, comes complete w/ cigar box trunk w/homemade wardrobe $445.

20” Beautiful auburn haired Cissy in 1956 Theater Set, wearing mint teddy underneath & nylons $295.

17.5” CM Schmitt, blue eyes, pierced ears, shield mark on head, original body – no mark, repair on forehead $9500.

16.5” AT6 A.Thuiller, blue pw eyes, French Depose stamped wig, pierced ears, shading above eyes, repair at neck socket, beautiful stiff wrist body, few fingers repaired, lower arms repainted, upper right arm ball replaced $17,500.

15” Jumeau French Fashion Bride, beautiful blue pw eyes, pierced ears, mohair wig, dressed with antique materials, wax flowers on bouquet & veil, kid body, hairline left side of face $1050.

12.5” Jumeau French Fashion size 0, blue pw eyes, pierced ears, some peppering on head, antique style gown $995.

11” FG French Fashion 2/0, blue pw eyes, swivel head, pierced ears, nice kid body, dressed in antique style $1395.

German All Bisque Dolls 4.5” German jointed head all bisque 31 11, brown st eyes, sweet expression $240.

4 1/3” #203 0 ½, dk blue eyes, mohair wig, hairline back of head $95.

4” #3703 w/ blonde mohair wig, blue sleep eyes $115.

4 ¾” #30 3 w/ blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig, pink molded stockings $195.

19” German brown eyed flat top China, nice replaced 1940’s body, dressed in antique style, professionally repaired shoulder plate $195.

35” Armand Marseille A 15 20.5” Hertel, Schwab & Co. #136, M, blue sleep eyes, nice bj brown sleep eyes, nice bj body $265. body $385.

6” AM Dream Baby on compo body, 10.5” Nelke tagged Indian AM Germany 341, blue stat eyes $95. w/ hand painted features $55.

8.5” All original Indian Germany 8/0, bisque head, brown glass eyes, 5 piece body $155.

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4 ¾” German All Bisque #30 3, brown sleep eyes, original mohair wig, pink molded stockings $195.

10.5” Helen Bullard hand carved peddler lady w/ Holly’s Dolls label $175.

13” Magis Italian Rosselle – (Scarlett) late 1930’s, GWTW style w/parasol & red heeled boots, tag & box (as is) $150.

8.5” English Old Cottage Little Bo Peep, bright colors $95.

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Vincenza Fedele The Extraordinary Collection of Part Two

By Lynn Murray

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n a recent visit to Northern Italy, collector Vincenza Fedele, welcomed us to her enchanting home, a 16th Century palazzo lovingly restored to become a family home and a place to highlight Vincenza’s collections. In Part One, we focused mainly on the collection of French and German bisque dolls. However, her collection of Lenci dolls is so comprehensive that we knew another article needed to be written.

L.E.N.C.I., Ludus Est Nobus Constanter Industria… To us, play is a constant This 30-inch Lenci portraying Rudolph industry. Elena Scavini (neè König) who became known as Madame Lenci, was a Valentino was designed to promote the free spirit. An adventuress who once ran away with the circus, Elena Scavini would movie “Son of the Sheik.” (circa 1927) return to her birthplace, Turin, Italy, again and again. In 1906, she left for Dusseldorf, He is all original, wearing leather boots embellished with metallic thread, silk Germany where she went to art school and earned her Master of Photography tassels and spurs. His costume is felt diploma. Her photographic work was often risqué and experimental, and certainly decorated with fine stitching, embroidery and metallic trim. His jewelled dagger is avant guard for 1908. Her studio in Dusseldorf became a popular place for artists to thrust into an elaborate leather belt. meet and Elena and her sister became increasingly popular. It was also in 1908, that Elena met Enrico Scavini, who was in Germany working for a textile company and Above Right: Long-limbed lady dolls learning to speak German. appeared in the 1925/26 catalog. These In August 1914, after Germany declared war on France, all non-German residents dolls were designed as decorator pieces were required to present themselves to the police where they were given a choice, for adults, never as playthings for children.

From left to right: #250 Mimi, 29.5” tall; either swear allegiance to Germany or return to the country of their birth. Faced with #165/4 Columbina, 26.5” tall; #258 lady with dog, 28” tall; #584, The Equestrian, 30’ this choice, Enrico finally proposed to Elena and they returned to Turin, where they tall, (circa 1930); #165/5 Bergère, 29.5” tall; were married. In the meantime, Elena’s family, who were Austrian, had been obliged 1922 Fadette smoker; #584 Lady in black to leave Italy and return to Austria for the duration of the war. The war years were with marionette from the 1930 catalog; sad and lonely as Enrico was called to serve in the Italian Air Force and Elena was alone. The joy they felt at the birth of their first child was soon dashed as the baby 18

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Close-up of #258 lady with her feather trimmed boa, mohair curls and chic felt hat.

Close-up of #584, The Equestrian. Note the two-toned lips, the tiny painted teeth and the pale blue eyes with highlights and eye shadow.

was taken by the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1917. In her grief and loneliness, Elena’s residual artistic nature took over and she began creating dolls.

When the war ended, the Scavinis had no employment.

However, Enrico was enchanted by his wife’s dolls and he felt sure he could sell them. During a visit with a friend from their student days in Dusseldorf, Enrico proudly presented Elena’s dolls. Their Italian-American friend was returning to America and he was impressed enough to take the dolls with him. The bright colors and whimsical faces appealed greatly to the war-weary Americans and Mr. Lipp sold every one of the dolls on the ship before he reached the USA. Within weeks the Scavinis received a letter with an order for an additional 300 dolls. In 1920, they began advertising the dolls in Playthings Magazine.

In the early years following World War I, Lenci dolls sold more successfully in the USA and Canada than they did in Italy. Italy was suffering the after effects of war, reconstruction and financial recession. Caricature did not appeal to the Italian sensibility at the time. Generally, people wanted items of classic traditional beauty. All that would change in the 1920s with the increased popularity of the movies and the liberation of the Roaring Twenties.

From 1930, this lady has the #584 face inspired

by Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brooks.

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Ladies from the 1930/31 catalog with one of the many Pierrots produced by the Lenci company.

From the #589 series, this Cowgirl was inspired by the movies.

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The Gardener is from the #584 series shown in 1930/31.

Also from the #589 series, the skier, like the Cowgirl, illustrate Lenci’s masterful use of felt piecing and appliquÊ.

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As early as 1925/26 the Lenci company began offering dolls dressed for sport. The dolls were from several number series and even the early “Winker” was offered as a skier, as were the small “Mascottes.”

The #300 series dressed in regional costumes, introduced in 1929, became one of the most highly sought after series by collectors in this century.

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Mainly from the #300 series, uniformed boys represent the Swiss Guard from the Vatican, the Boy Scouts, the French and Italian Armies, a Soccer Referee and in the center of the group variations of the Fascist Boy.

The #187 series of Russian dolls appeared in 1925. Some were as large as 40-inches tall.

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The original 1931 large-size Lenci Googly was called La Modestina, seen here in the pink and blue dress with flowered hat. She had expressive painted side-glancing eyes and she represented the wide-eyed country girl coming to the city of Turin to learn the trade of hat-making.

The glass-eyed Lenci Googlies were produced as late as 1948.

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An avid collector of whatever catches her interest, Vincenza Fedele’s Lenci collection soon outgrew its original display area. An additional climate controlled space was created for more of the dolls in the attic of the palazzo. This specially built, tiered room is approximately 800 square feet in area.

Left: From the beginning, Lenci used vibrant color combinations. Red and white was a favorite that she would return to each year.

Right: By 1927/28 Lenci was using a combination of felt and organdy. The dolls wore organdy onesies and often the organdy dresses were embellished with appliqued felt. Very few of the dolls were made to be dressed or undressed. One of the exceptions can be seen in this photo showing the #500/10 series girl in her blue and white coat and her trunk with extra clothing.

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Above: Central to this rainbow of dolls is the wedding pair, the seldom seen 1931 Gruggnetto (Grumpy) bride and groom.

Their honor guard is a variety of series of dolls in sailor costume.

Center: From the 1926 catalog, this 10-inch Madonna with child is from series 262. Her blue felt cloak is richly embroidered.

She wears a metal halo and hold a tiny sleeping infant on her lap.

Left: In 1933, Lenci advertised a baby doll called “Prosperity Baby.” In an effort to compete with American doll companies, Lenci developed a technique for coating the felt face with a natural cellulose polymer to make the face washable.

Sadly, the cellulose polymer did not endure washing and the technique had to be abandoned. An improved technique using cloth and glue proved to be more durable and the “Prosperity Baby” continued to be produced into the 1950s.

Close-up: “Prosperity Baby,” circa 1935. The babies came in four sizes and with the option of painted eyes or glass eyes.

They were so well modeled and designed that they could sit or stand unassisted.

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Too Pretty To Toss!

19th Century Boxes as Antique Doll Props

By Jan Peterson Photos by Elwyn Peterson

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ew things are more exciting than going through the contents of an attic and finding an antique doll stored in her original box! It is something very few doll collectors ever experience.

The closest most of us get to such a thrilling find is to purchase a doll in her factory box at a show or in a shop, and we all know how much that adds to the price we pay for the doll. However, because they were small, the accessories sold for the dolls were often stored in their commercial packaging, and can be found today tucked away in trunks and drawers, unlike the large boxes the dolls themselves came in.

My French “grandsons of the heart” Stéphane and Philippe have found only one original box that still contained its doll in all their years of treasure hunting.

In this case, it was dolls. In a local country auction, they found a pair of Breton (Brittany, France) dolls still in their original box. They are now in the collection of a wonderful lady in Montana, and have a place of honor among her stellar collection of Breton miniature doll furniture. As rare as finding a doll in a box is, Stéphane and Philippe have found it is ALWAYS worth taking the lid off a little box during an attic clean-out, at a country brocante (community garage sale) or during the preview at a local auction because they regularly find tiny doll treasures still inside. They have found amazing antique doll accessories tucked away in what is almost always truly beautiful, original packaging. Most often, they find porcelain toilette sets of vanity accessories and lovely toy tea services still in their original, elaborate presentation boxes. Games, puzzles, and lottery toys are also most often found in their original boxes. The boxes alone (never mind the contents) are stunning!

This tiny box is the perfect size for my doll’s sequined gloves for a fancy ball.

The inside of the box is embellished with a second lithograph of a lovely Victorian lady.

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Candy container “luggage” purchased in French train stations and later used as doll accessories.

In the U.S., the Burson Stocking company offered doll socks as a premium to ladies who purchased a real pair. Inside the miniature box that was a duplicate of the adult sized boxes was a note from “Dolly” to her little girl.

When my youngest son was at university, one of his friends got her degree in commercial packaging. I had never even realized such a degree existed! However, modern marketers realize that packaging is what the consumer first sees, and its appearance forms the buyer’s first impression. The French merchandisers of the Nineteenth Century were way ahead of their time!

While most merchants in other countries, including the US, were content to sell their wares in simple cardboard boxes, the French produced packaging that was often just as appealing and charming as its contents, and sometimes even more so! Products sold to women and children, especially, were packaged in alluring and fanciful presentations that immediately attracted attention.

Marketing to children, above all, was done in a way that made the objects for sale irresistible. French marketers were also exceedingly clever in analyzing the venues where the items would be sold and applying a practical aspect to the presentation. Some of the cleverest package designs were applied to objects sold in the little boutique shops inside train stations across France. Think of the magical train station toy shop in the film HUGO. Tiny versions of suitcases, travel bags (sac du voyage), and hat boxes were filled with sweets to keep the child happy during the journey and then later to be used as accessories for dolls and for play afterwards. Little boys were targeted just as much as little girls were, and the differences in application for play was always taken into consideration. However, boys played much more “enthusiastically” with their toys, and few of them still exist, much less the boxes

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An American antique chocolates box makes a wonderful box to display and store a French fashion doll’s parasol. The lithographed illustration of a beautiful young woman makes the box a perfect accessory for a lady doll.

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French glass lidded boxes came in many shapes and sizes. Finding the perfect one for displaying carved bone doll accessories is a delight!

Tiny French boxes adorned with Victorian lithographs make the perfect place to store a doll’s accessories. The box with the letter “C” on it is only 1 1/2” long.

This bride’s Jordan almonds box with a glass domed lid is a rarely found treasure! Under the dome is a carved wooden bride’s basket, gold thread shot lace and the sequins found on the most elegant opera fans. Only five inches wide, the bride’s box is the perfect size to display a wax wedding bouquet in a doll vignette. It still had its original “something blue” paper liner when found in France.

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they came in. Little girls in training to become young ladies, however, were hovered over by nannies and mothers and taught to carefully store their toys after play.

As doll collectors, we could not be more thankful! The enchanting designs of the packaging render these little boxes wonderful accessories to display with our dolls. A candy box that then became a toy was a brilliant strategy to sell one’s product over a hundred years ago. I imagine their creators would be astonished to realize that, in what for them would be their far-away future, people would still be clamoring to buy their designs!

Besides children’s toys, the same tantalizing strategy was applied to items sold to women. The packaging for items as mundane as common sewing items to luxury toiletries were sold in beautiful shapes and colors that made them far too pretty to toss after their purchase.

Stéphane and Philippe have grown used to finding beautiful little boxes tucked away in the drawers at an estate sale, or in cartons at a yard sale. Most often the lovely containers are empty, which just attests to the fact they were kept for their beauty alone. Boxes that held perfume, hairpins, rouge and powder are found surprisingly often. Because the original contents were often very small, these lovely empty boxes make amazing presentation boxes for our dolls’ trinkets and treasures. As a part of the marketing of the last half of the Nineteenth Century, glass lids were routinely employed to make the contents of the box visible to shoppers.

Plastic would not be invented to be used for the same purpose for decades. It was expensive to cut thin sheets of glass into squares, rounds, diamond shapes, triangles and rectangles to be fit into the lids of boxes, but the expense was justified by the increase in sales. More often than not, the boxes were further embellished with

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A larger 5” x 3” glass lidded box makes a perfect place to display an antique French fashion doll’s collar and cuff set. The “fancy papers” (as they were called) that covered the outsides of the boxes were all applied by hand making each box a work of art in the days before the industrial machine-made era.

This beautiful box once held high-end men’s dress handkerchiefs! The lithographed and embossed “doors” opened outward to reveal the contents

These wonderful boxes today make lovely presentation boxes to display items belonging to a small doll. I use this one to store my mignonnette’s First Communion outfit and accessories.

lithographed fancy papers around the sides and decorated further with expensive gold and colored foil Dresden paper trims in a myriad of designs.

Upscale department stores and luxury boutiques, especially, sold their wares in these lovely little “window” boxes, and many also packaged samples to be handed out at perfume counters in the same elegant little containers. Today, they not only protect our dolls’ treasures, but at the same time, they allow us to display them in a way that makes their charming contents visible. The uses to which we can put these little boxes are limited only by our imagination.

My dolls display their garters, spy glasses, opera glasses, dance cards, gloves, jewelry, hankies, reading spectacles, combs, manicure sets, hand mirrors, and on and on in these lovely little containers.

Yet another wonderful item to collect for your dolls that was way too pretty to toss were the elaborate candy boxes made to sell chocolates and

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The beautiful details of this Au Bon Marche Paris department store set of tiny French fashion doll combs is amazing! No expense was spared on even the merchandising of toys. The glass lid on the box not only revealed its contents at a glance to 19th Century French shoppers, it has protected the little combs for over 140 years.

The outside of the handkerchief box features a lithograph of a bride, but it makes a great First Communion box as well displayed with antique French cards that celebrate this special day in a child’s life.

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My all-time favorite antique box found in France features two lovely shoppers in long-ago Paris on the lid. I was thrilled when I returned home to Minnesota and found my doll’s corset was a perfect fit inside the wonderful box!

A rarely found larger glass lidded box makes a perfect display box for a trio of doll handkerchiefs that were stapled inside an issue of La Poupée Modèle children’s magazine and then beautifully embroidered by a little French girl.

Glass lidded boxes are most often found in little round boxes. However, diamond shapes are found with a bit of luck. This diamond shaped box is the perfect size for this miniature French fashion doll hand mirror.

Jordan almonds during the 1800’s in France. Chocolate boxes were made of such lush materials as velvet, silk, and lace.

Often their corners were reinforced with ormolu brass, as were their clasps. Once the last delectable piece of candy had melted away in Madame’s mouth, the box was stored in her vanity or commode drawers as a remembrance. These exquisitely ornate boxes make stunning presentation boxes for displaying a doll’s trousseau items. Toward the end of the century, it became fashionable for candy makers to make the chocolate boxes in the shape of hump-backed travel trunks, covered in lush velvet brocade and lined in gold. It is fairly easy to still find them in France, and they make gorgeous trunks for smaller dolls.

Jordan almonds have traditionally been the candy shared at religious events in France, such as christenings, First Communions, and weddings. The candy boxes made for those occasions are things of beauty! Long after the event, the box remained as a reminder of that special day. Wedding boxes are especially elegant! Jordan almonds to be passed among the brides maids were often lavishly decorated in white lace and satin with gold threads and sequins in all shapes and sizes adorning wedding motifs such as a bride’s basket, intertwined wedding rings, or doves. The most beautiful Jordan almonds bride’s candy boxes even had a domed glass top over the lid to protect and display the romantic motifs adorning the lid itself.

I was beyond thrilled when Stéphane and Philippe mailed one such bride’s box to me! My bride doll, Emilie-Mathilde, displays it with pride in her bridal dressing room scene where it holds her wedding bouquet made of wax blossoms in a place of honor. Christening boxes for babies and First Communion boxes for young girls, especially, were kept and stored with great care, which explains their often pristine condition even after a hundred plus years! Mignonnettes and their accessories are delightful to display in an antique candy box. A bride doll’s accessories and a bébé’s trousseau items are shown to great advantage in these lovely antique boxes.

Finding two boxes in different sizes but with the same fancy papers and trims on them is a rare treat! These charming green boxes with tiny white blossoms trimmed in gold Dresden papers in two different sizes are perfect for displaying a pair of French doll gloves and milady’s purse vinaigrette in when she is back at home after a day in the city.

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One summer in Paris, I was stunned to see a little box identical to this one on display in the Fragonard Museum near the Paris Opéra Garnier! It was given as a sample of elegant rice face powder.

The fancy papers used on these little boxes were lithographed in a myriad of colors and designs. It is really fun to find one to color coordinate with a favorite doll accessory.

This tiny French fashion doll garter is shown to its best advantage in this little round box. The little round boxes are the most commonly found because a variety of sewing items and tiny glass beads were often sold in them. The “windows” made choosing colors and size so easy.

This minuscule lozenge shaped box is the only one like it we have ever found.

Perfect for storing tiny objects such as these bone opera glasses, the interior of the box is even lined with red fancy papers!

Each tiny bone and copper doll grooming item in this box measures only 3/4” or less! The box features the most commonly found “beaded” motif Dresden gold papers.

The label on the back of this tiny doll treasure shows it was sold in the world’s first department store, Au Bon Marche in Paris.

This luxurious pink silk brocade with gold braid was a christening box filled with Jordan almonds to celebrate the naming of a baby girl.

Saved for decades in an attic drawer, the beautiful candy box now serves as a display for a French 4 1/2” tall mignonnette and her trousseau.

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About the size of an American quarter, this little glass lidded box holds beauty spot patches in sizes for the smallest doll!

The sides of the little beauty spots box are adorned in blue, white and gold fancy papers. Even the smallest items were made to be elegant.

You don’t have to shop in France, either, to find lovely antique boxes to use with your dolls. One of my favorites is a candy box that once held chocolates made in Boston, Massachusetts! It features a lovely Edwardian lady on the top of the lid, and the sides are covered in pink satin. Beautiful pink Dresden papers (although quite worn in places) complete the outside elegance of the box. Inside, the sides are lined with white punched “lace” papers. I use it to display a beautiful French fashion doll parasol peeking out of the box with the lid slightly ajar. Another American item that makes a fabulous display box are the upscale gentlemen’s handkerchief boxes of the Nineteenth Century. They are elaborate affairs whose interior opens to reveal two “doors” beautifully adorned with lithographs of elegant ladies that open further to provide generous spaces to display doll treasures. One of my most thrilling finds was an 8” S&H all-bisque doll dressed in a First Communion costume at a French brocante. She was wrapped in a dinner napkin in a box of linens! Her pristine costume and accessories are now stored and displayed in a gentleman’s hanky box. The lovely litho of a bride on the lid perfectly fits the contents inside. So, the next time you are shopping in an antiques mall, a little antique doll shop, or on the internet, ask if they have any old candy or hanky boxes. You might, with just a bit of luck, find that PERFECT bit of romance from the past to show off your dolls’ treasures.

I am always amazed at the BEAUTY and elegance with which craftsmen decorated utilitarian objects in the past. In France, especially, this ethic was taken to the extreme.

Items that were designed to be “just” packaging were so beautiful in and of themselves, they were just “too pretty to toss” long after their original contents were gone. As doll collectors, aren’t we lucky that they were saved!

This tube shaped box is less than 2” tall, but it is decorated with lithographs that include gold ink on both the box and the labels!

Inside the box is a tiny glass perfume bottle with the dauber still intact. It is such a beautiful little duo, it is easy to see why it was kept even after the perfume was just a memory. It is glorious on my doll’s vanity!

Once you become addicted to collecting antique boxes, there is no use in trying to find a cure! You will find a great use for each and every one you are lucky enough to find! This great old blue & white circa 1830 box is an appropriate item for storing antique doll unmentionables with style and class.

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One of the loveliest attic finds we made in France was this little set of embossed and hand water colored tiny boxes!

They were stored in a larger box and were absolutely pristine and had never been used. The boxes are now filled with doll jewelry, pocket watches, pressed flowers from a ball,, etc. and are among my dolls’ most treasured possessions.

The French city of Toulouse is the capital of violettes. They are candied, made into soap, and perfume. This antique box made to look like a hatbox originally held eau de cologne. The “hatbox” perfume box makes a lovely place for a doll’s chapeau. The companies in Toulouse still make these charming items, but it is especially nice to find an antique one.

This circa 1900 chocolates box was covered in lush velvet and lined in gold inked papers in the shape of a trunk. Some lucky little girl then got to use it as her doll’s trunk!

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The Exotic Native American Bisque

By Linda Holderbaum All dolls from the author’s collection

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This 13-inch couple is a good example of those produced by Armand Marseille. The same head mold is used to depict men and women. The socket heads have brown stationary glass eyes, black mohair wigs and open mouths with teeth. Their bodies are a very coarse composition jointed at the shoulders and hips.

They wear matching outfits of a dark tan heavy felt meant to represent weathered leather. The girl has a black leather belt.

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oys are a reflection of our times. Starting in the 1890s (and continuing through the 1920s) the interest in exotic places grew in popularity as more people had the means to travel around the world. Doll companies began to produce dolls in various ethnic or folk costumes as demand for souvenirs and toys reflecting this new interest grew. Included in this category of exotic dolls were those representing the Native American population—even if only a vague representation.

Some of the finer examples of the Native American dolls were produced by Armand Marseille of Koppeldorf, Thuringia, Germany. Early dolls were of brown-tinted bisque with character heads. The heads have a “frown” on the brow, glass eyes, open mouths and teeth as well as high cheek bones and defined chin. Later examples had painted bisque heads. The heads were often put on cheap composition or even stapled cardboard bodies.

Costumes on these dolls are very generic, often with brightly colored feathers and felt trim and do not represent any particular native group. Most often featuring garments fashioned to look like animal skin, occasionally you find a doll with a red and white striped outfit with thread fringe for decoration.

Why the red and white fabric was used we do not know.

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Both heads are marked: MADE IN GERMANY//AM//3/0.

The close-up of the lady’s face shows the “scowl” characteristic of this head. Her composition body is completed painted brown as you can see in her deep neckline. The only item on her outfit that is not original is her necklace.

Here you see the back of the male doll. A staple holds the back of his torso closed and an ink stamp is visible that reads “Germany.” The clothing is stapled onto each doll.

This close-up of one of the hands on the male doll shows the crude and poor quality modeling of the composition.

Looking closely at the lady’s skirt you can see the painted designs. This decoration is probably to represent a beaded design. The molded and painted tan colored shoes are visible—even with two painted straps. Both dolls have these same shoes painted on.

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This ad, from the 1895 Butler Brothers catalog, featured several grouping of dolls representing cultural people. “Comprising Indian, squaw and Mexican cowboy, all dressed in appropriate costumes, size 13 ¾ inch. All with bisque heads, natural eyes, open mouth exposing teeth, characteristic hair. French joined bodies with hip, knee, elbow, arm and wrist joints and turning heads. Each in box, ¼ doz in pkg. These are very flue and attractive goods.” The prize was $8.35 per dozen for whole sellers. Taken from The Wonderful World of Toys, Games & Dolls 1860-1930 Edited by Joseph J. Schroeder, Jr.

This ad, from a 1914 Butler Brothers Catalog, was on a page listed as “Specialty Dolls.” This particular assortment was 8 ¼-inches in height and had 6 styles. All had bisque heads with glass eyes and mohair wigs. They were listed as “cowboy and girl, Indians, aviator and school boy.”

They wore “solid and combination felt and fur costumes, felt hats, feather headdress and leather cap, painted footwear.” They sold for $2.30 per dozen. Taken from The Wonderful World of Toys, Games & Dolls 1860-1930 Edited by Joseph J. Schroeder, Jr. This “family” shows the later made (early 1900s) painted bisque dolls.

The man is 14-inches, the woman with baby is 12-inches and the smaller dolls are 6-inches. Note the small doll-front right—wears the same patterned type material as the larger male doll.

Some brown-tinted bisque dolls with the regular “dolly” face were also used to depict dolls of Native American descent. The Colemans mention in their book “The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls, Volume I that these dolls were distributed by YOUTH’S COMPANION in 1895 and 1896.

As part of an assortment an Indian was included along with Negro, Chinese and Caucasian dolls. They also mention that in 1897 the John D. Zernitz Company advertised jointed bisque Indian dolls in 10, 12, and 15-inches.

These dolls, though cheaply constructed compared to other dolls of the period and sold very inexpensively, represent an interesting time period in our civilization’s history and are affordable for many collectors.

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The tinted bisque boy (right) with the painted bisque boy (left) are compared here. The tinted bisque has a slightly broader face and a rich finish as the glaze is fired on. The painted bisque, which also has the “scowl” (only more faint) has a very flat, dull finish. As the paint is added to the bisque after firing, some of the bisque detail is lost under the paint.

The smaller two dolls, which were purchased at the same time as the lady doll, could be children or might just be smaller versions that might have been added to make a family. Their faces are similar to the baby and they have painted features. Their heads are the usual “dolly face” type mold. The doll on the left has no arms—the torso is wrapped in a flannel cloth. Both of these small dolls have brown composition legs with lighter tan shoes painted on.

The same type of shoes are painted on both of the older painted bisque dolls. The doll on the right wears the same patterned material as the larger man. This printed fabric is seen often on these dolls.

The lady has a nose rub showing the white bisque underneath. This is common on many of the painted bisque dolls. Versions of this doll are often seen, sometimes with the baby on her back and sometimes on the front. She appears to be all original with cloth pants and felt trim to her outfit. She has a striped flannel blanket wrapped around her waist. The colored feathers on the back of her headband have broken off. She is marked “15/0,” has glass stationary eyes and open mouth with teeth.

The baby, tucked into the front of the woman’s flannel blanket, has some of the paint worn off its face. It has no hands or feet but a stump body and flange neck.

It has a rather surprised expression with painted on eyes and no eyelashes.

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Appearing to be all original, with the exception of the feathers that are missing from the front of his head-dress, he carries a bow. He wears the patterned type fabric with colored thread trim used for his necklace and hanging from his belt.

Some versions have also been seen with wooden shields that look more like an African design than any shield used in the Americas.

He has orange felt trim to his outfit and also for shoes and mittens.

Some have blue felt moccasins.

Painted bisque man’s hand construction His arms are unusual in construction. The arms are not composition but made of black cloth. They are stuffed in the bent position and attached at the shoulders with metal grommets.

The orange felt hands are sewn onto the cloth just above the wrist. Some have also been seen with white cloth sewn in a straight position.

This ad, from the 1899 Butler Brothers Wholesale Catalog, was reprinted in Illustrated Price Guide to 1500 American Collector Dolls Book I by WestbrookEhrhardt. This ad, on page 20 of that book, has added the “$150.00” to the original ad— the author’s doll value. The ad, featuring the “AMERICAN INDIAN DOLL” shows #1168 and reads:”Bisque turning head, open mouth, natural eyes, painted eyebrows and lashes, red lips, jointed arms and legs, characteristic Indian costume, feathers, long hair and all. 11 ¼-inch. ½ doz in box $ 1.80”

This couple is 5 ¾-inches in height and depicts a mature couple with very stern character features. Both have the same head mold with painted eyes and mouths.

Black mohair is glued on for hair. Their bodies are a very crude composition with molded and painted shoes.

The brown paint on their arms is only painted to the elbow and on their legs only to the knees. Their yellowishbrown felt type clothing is nailed onto their torsos.

This close-up of the female shows her serious expression. The head-dress is made of paper and may or may not be original. She has the same thread type necklace that is seen on the large painted bisque man.

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The Endearing Faces of Gebr. Heubach

All-Bisque Character Children

By Judith Armiststead

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Figure 1 & 2. Toddler boy with crooked smile and googly eyes.

Figure 3 & 4. Toddler girl with molded and glazed blue bows.

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here is something extremely compelling about the realistic faces and thought-provoking expressions of the Gebr. Heubach all-bisque character children.

This article concentrates on small dolls and figures which are all under 5 inches in height. One might wonder how the artists at the Gebr. Heubach firm attained such realistic, high quality work on such small-sized pieces. We can discover some answers from Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik’s German Doll Encyclopedia 1800—1939: “…Gebr. Heubach produced only character heads which were very amusing and extraordinary models. They were the result of the long tradition of working with porcelain in Lichte [Germany]. A school for sculptors had been founded at this place in 1862 turning out especially skillful artists and sculptors… Some of them… modeled doll heads for Gebr.

Heubach…” For sure, the sculptors and artists working for the Gebr. Heubach company who created these little darlings were extremely talented and captured so well the naturalistic poses and facial expressions inherent to young children.

The Gebr. Heubach company began when two brothers, Christoph and Phillipp Heubach, purchased a porcelain factory in Lichte, Thuringia (Germany) in 1843.

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Figure 5 & 6. Two little boys with raised arms.

The close up of two boys shows differences in the facial expressions.

the two brothers. By 1911, the firm was already producing all bisque character dolls and did so until the end of the 1920’s. In 1938, the Heubach family lost control of the company upon going bankrupt.

The all-bisque character dolls and figures discussed here are all unglazed porcelain, generally referred to as bisque, have hand-painted features, and are either jointed at arms or are unjointed. Surprisingly, touches of glazing with a shiny surface can be found on some examples. Markings are difficult to see on such small pieces. Sometimes they are not marked at all or at times only numbers can be detected. Focus has been placed on the vast range of emotions portrayed in these small dolls and figures.

The 4 ½” toddler boy in Figures 1 and 2 has quite a quirky expression on his face, with big, wide-open black eyes glancing to the side with exaggerated eyelashes at the top. He has a broad sideways smile on his face with the edge of his mouth pulled up to his right cheek, the same side he is looking towards, as if he is thinking, “Something interesting is going on here and I have to figure out what it is!” This little guy is jointed at the arms with chubby fingers open and all separated facing away from his body. He wears pointy orange molded shoes that match his orange felt jacket edged in black felt and lace at his wrists. The well-formed ears and curls of hair at the sides, back and top add extra appeal to this charming fellow. He is marked “Made in Germany” inside circles in green with impressed numbers.

The little toddler girl in Figures 3 and 4 is only 4 ½” high but her perplexed expression is frought with anxiety. Her big black eyes look towards her left side in an alarmed manner. The distressed look is further enhanced by the triangular shape of her open/closed mouth, turned downward at the edges as if she is thinking: “Oh, no, I don’t like this!” The apprehension is all the more startling since she has lovely blue molded slippers on her feet which are matched to the blue molded bows, this time glazed, on each side of her head. The shine contrasts with the matte of the bisque of the rest of this little girl. Her attire is a splendid antique lace dress with triangular scallops at the bottom. How could such a well-dressed lass be so troubled? She is jointed at the arms and has very similar hands to the boy above in Figure 1. There are no visible markings on her.

The manner in which facial features have been painted makes such a difference in the emotions portrayed. Take for example the two toddlers in Figure 5, each of which is 4” high. At first glance these two little unjointed darlings, generally referred to as Position Babies, seem to be very much alike, both reaching upwards. Yet, upon close examination of their faces in Figure 6, one is quite different from the other. The little one on the left has a pleading expression as if to say, “Please, pick me up!” The child on the right seems Figure 7 & 8. Position baby more to have a satisfied look, as if he has almost reached that coveted apple Antique DOLL Collector

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Toddler girl in tub.

Figure 11. Back of girl in tub showing long hair and hands around head.

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Figure 14 & 15. Baby with Lynnfield nursery furniture and tub, soap and towel. Close up of baby with arms around legs.

on the tree. What makes the difference is the way each face had been painted. On the left, we see eyes that have been painted bigger, as if the eyes are opened wider, with larger blue irises and raised eyebrows in an expectant manner with the mouth being straight across and a shiny or glazed deep red. With the fellow on the right, the blue irises of the eyes had been painted smaller, not opened as wide, with tiny white dots to the right and the eyebrows lower and rounded in what looks to be a satisfied expression; his mouth additionally has a slight smile and a lighter, unglazed red color. They are both marked underneath their shoes with impressed numbers. Incidentally, the little guy on the left has painted brown glazed one-strap shoes, whereas the boy on the right has painted light brown unglazed high shoes.

Another Position Baby boy is shown in Figures 7 and 8.

At 4” high, he has such a unique expression and body stance.

Looking upwards, this little guy conveys an expectant, concentrating look, as if to say in an anxious manner, “What is going to happen next? Will my balloon break when it hits the branches?” Large upturned eyes dominate his face with the addition of an unusual open/closed mouth in a somewhat triangular shape with just a bit of a tongue showing inside. His eyebrows are short and thick and pulled inward. His chunky legs are spread wide with chubby hands and fingers out front turned downwards as if he is waiting for the opportunity to grab that balloon. He is marked with impressed numbers at the bottom of his painted brown shoes.

Figures 9 and 10 picture a darling bisque toddler girl kneeling inside a green glazed round washtub with an attractive design on the outer side. Her pose explains it all— she is happy about being able to take her bath with her arms up and wrapped around the side of her head, fingers towards the back, and with a satisfied smile on her face with an open/closed mouth. Overall height of this piece is 3”.

For such a small size, her body is beautifully formed on the front and even on the back where tiny perfectly molded toes peak out from under her backside as she is sitting on her legs underneath her. Figure 11 shows she has long blond hair down her back, one of the few Heubach children of such small size with long hair. The tub underneath is marked with the Heubach Sunburst marking.

At only 2 ½” high, the Dutch boy and girl in Figures 12 and 13 pack a wallop in exuberance for their singing as if nothing else matters for them but to sing as loudly as possible for all to hear. The tiny raised faces are so expressive and so well formed, both with very widely open mouths (open/closed) with large hollows within. Although pairs of Dutch children made by Gebr. Heubach are not rare, what is quite uncommon about these two is the fact that the girl is wearing blue and white and holding an orange book and the boy has orange and green clothing holding a blue covered book. Generally, the Dutch children have one color scheme or the other. Since these two are molded together as one, it is quite unusual to see both color schemes in one piece. The modeling on such a diminutive pair is exceptional. Who could not love their enthusiasm, caught up in the moment of such zealous singing.

The miniature baby in Figures 14 and 15 is a dollhousesize child and the smallest Heubach I have encounter at a mere 1 ¾” high. He sits on a 1” scale child’s chair accompanied by a child’s size matching table on which is set a towel and tiny soap with a wash bowl on the floor. The baby has drawn both his legs up and has wrapped his arms around them in the front. Note the tiny well-formed toes hanging over the edge of the chair. His sweet little face is turned upwards in a calm manner as if he is waiting patiently for mother to start his bath. The white nursery furniture is 1930’s Lynnfield decorated with hand-painted pink flowers.

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Figure 16 & 17. Smiling Chin Chin toddler with Chinese screen.

has also been seen permanently attached to a wash bowl similar to the one in Figure 9, which would also be the appropriate size for a dollhouse.

Chin Chin pictured in Figures 16 and 17 is an enchanting little Chinese boy with his hand placed on the lovely miniature screen made from semi-precious stones on a carved wooden stand. The content and pleased expression on his small face seems to be saying, “Don’t you just adore my new screen?” His sweet countenance is further enhanced with sideward glancing light brown eyes with black pupils, black outlining and raised black eyebrows. He wears yellow shoes with matching yellow hat decorated with a black geometrical design. His little body is extremely well modeled with fat rolls on his legs and with a long black queue down his back. He is 4 ⅜” tall and marked with green and impressed numbers and has a paper label on his chest signed “Chin Chin Baby Germany.”

Another version of Chin Chin, also at 4 ⅜” high and pictured in Figures 18 and 19, has a very pouty mouth and stern expression as if he is thinking, “I do NOT want to share my toy!” He also has brown eyes with black pupils, this time looking straight ahead, and very high black eyebrows pointing downwards towards the center of his brow further enhancing his frown. A pronounced belly button adds a bit of humor to this serious little guy. The color scheme on this child is lovely—purple shoes with matching purple hat outlined with a glazed pink raised decoration. A long black queue extends down his back. Attached to his left wrist is a hang tag signed “Chin Chin Baby Germany.”

Why are we drawn to these endearing little character children by Gebr. Heubach?

Perhaps it is because they evoke the innocence of the very young, reminders of our own childhood.

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Figure 18 & 19. Pouty Chin Chin with hang tag.

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Russian Matryoshka – My

By Sara Jordan-Heintz

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here is something absolutely charming and whimsical about the Russian Matryoshka, a series of wooden dolls which stack one inside another, its concept dating back to at least the first millennium. These dolls first intrigued me when I was a pre-teen. I remember buying my first one at a retro store in Des Moines, Iowa. Over the years, I’ve accumulated enough to call my passion for these dolls a collection, displaying them on shelves and tables in my home.

While Russia made the dolls famous, their origins date back to China, where they are known as nesting dolls.

At the turn of the first millennium, the Chinese made nesting boxes — a large box with several smaller ones inside. Hundreds of years later in China, this technique was applied to dolls. Then, wooden dolls were made into the image of Fukurokuju, the Japanese god of longevity. These dolls would be filled with the six other Lucky Gods of that faith. Legend has it, the Japanese doll got the attention of Savva Mamontov and his wife, who were wealthy Russian art patrons, who established a Children’s Education Workshop in Moscow, which made toys aimed at highlighting Russian art and culture.

This led to the first Russian stacking dolls being made in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin and designed by Sergey Malyutin — a set of eight dolls consisting of a female in a traditional dress holding a black rooster,

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with smaller “children” dolls inside, representing Russian peasant life. The dolls grew in popularity after Mamontov’s wife presented them at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, sparking international interest.

The word Matryoshka (pronounced ma-trow-shka) comes from the popular female name Matryona, which was derived from the Latin root “mater” meaning mother. The dolls are also sometimes called Babuskas, as the word is used in Poland and Russia to mean old woman or grandmother.

When one envisions what a Russian stacking doll traditionally looks like, I think the vision is that of the Semenov style — dolls with black hair, minimally painted, usually with a red or yellow head covering and bright flowers. Retailer Great Russian Gifts notes how the village of Semenov, established in the 17th century, became a hub of Russian wooden handcrafts. Arsenty Mayorov was one of the first artisans in that area. While attending a fair in Nizhny Novgorod in 1924, he purchased unpainted nesting dolls and had his daughter Luba paint the dolls using a goose feather and aniline dyes.

Online retailer The Russian Store explains that most Matryoshka dolls are made from blocks of wood from the linden tree. One block of wood is used to make the bottom of the doll, and then a separate block is used to create the top.

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These dolls depict maidens wearing dresses and or aprons and always donning a head covering.

They usually have long eyelashes and rosy cheeks. Their hands are either painted at the sides, or hold an instrument, animal, fruit or flowers. Some dolls have scenes painted across them, depicting fairy tales and Russian history or scenery, such as domed cathedrals and wintery fields. Over time, stacking doll themes branched out to include portraying politicians and musicians (some a bit tongue in cheek), plus animals, cartoon characters and religious icons.

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The biggest “mother doll� will have the most detail. The others in the set will be styled much like the first, but with less and less intricacies. The last doll does not open and is made of solid wood.

Most dolls I run across have blue or gray eyes and blonde or black hair, so whenever I spot a doll with reddish or brown hair or with brown or green eyes, I must have it for my collection.

While not all my dolls are stamped or marked, I get a thrill out of finding ones with the hand painted Russian writing on the bottom. Some of my dolls have a sticker on the bottom, noting how the doll was either made in Russia, and thus is newer, or made in the Soviet Union, signaling it was crafted before

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the USSR dissolved in 1991. Some of the more high-end dolls will be marked with the signature of the artist, with a notation for when and where the piece was made.

I think these dolls are wonderful conversation pieces, and an excellent example of Russian art at its finest.

Starting a collection only requires some counter or shelf space, with bargains galore to be found, especially on Ebay, where the world of shopping for vintage, antique and contemporary stacking dolls is your oyster.

This article is edited and revised from the original article, which was published by the Marshalltown, Iowa Times-Republican in July 2016, and by Collectors Journal in March 2017. Sara Jordan-Heintz is a writer, editor and historian. She is the associate editor of Midwest Today magazine and the features writer for the Marshalltown, Iowa Times-Republican daily newspaper. Her articles have been published by the Associated Press, the Iowa Historical Review, and in Collectors Journal, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector and Antique Trader magazine.

Ms. Jordan-Heintz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies and history from The University of Iowa.

Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaraEliz90 or contact her at: sjordan@timesrepublican.com

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By the People, For the People The Final Rose Percy Fundraising Event, in The Land of Lincoln

Please join Miss Rose Percy when she travels to historic Springfield, Illinois Saturday, September 9, 2017

The Event

The Grovian Doll Museum will host this final gala fund-raising event, featuring Miss Rose Percy, in the hometown of her beloved Abraham Lincoln.

A limited number of registered guests will be treated to a full day of festivities that include a luncheon fit for a President, a fabulous program, deluxe helper items, live and silent auction offerings, plus premier shopping opportunities.

Attendees will each receive the beautifully illustrated, revised-edition book about Rose Percy, her possessions, and her accomplishments.

Please help Rose one last time to raise much-needed funds for our Veterans and Active Duty Military.

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Please complete the Registration form below, and mail it along with your payment of $165 per person to: The Grovian Doll Museum, C/O Carmel Doll Shop, 213 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 For further information, please contact Mary Senko, Grovian Event Coordinator at: marysenko57@gmail.com

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The Northern Ohio Doll & Bear Show Presenting the world of dolls for nearly 40 years

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or nearly 40 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. Our last show was held on February 26th, 2017. Pictures represent just a sampling of the treasures offered by our wonderful dealers who travel in from several state. Even though the weather can be unpredictable the show is always well attended with enthusiastic customers ready for a treasure hunt after the long winter. Shari McMasters is on hand to offer her expertise, giving appraisals and restringing dolls. Brenda Yenke is also available for Teddy Bear and toy appraisals. Our next show is scheduled for August 20th, 2017. 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 dining 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! For more information contact Gail Lemmon (440)396-5386.

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A Mid 19th Century Wardrobe for a New England Girl

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ollecting requires patience and a belief in what you desire will eventually come your way if it is meant to be. And so it was with the wardrobe pictured on the following pages.

It all started one evening almost fifteen years ago when during an auction preview, Mary White, a well known Massachusetts antiques dealer, asked me if I wanted to see part of a doll’s mid 19th century wardrobe she had recently acquired. Since I am never one to turn down a doll “show and tell”, off we went into the dark parking lot to view her treasures from the dim light emanating from the inside of her van.

Mary began telling me she had purchased the wardrobe at a local Massachusetts auction. She had to engage in some fierce bidding from someone else in the audience who recognized the beauty and value of this collection of doll clothing. As she opened the box and pulled out a few items, she said this was only part of the wardrobe that she had purchased. She showed me a couple of beautiful dresses, a jacket, cape and a sweet pair of pink leather shoes. She explained that there were more dresses, capes and other articles of clothing as well as needlepoint shoes and leather boots. Mary had certainly caught my full attention and I was swooning! All of the items Mary showed me looked to still

Above: The wardrobe and dolls as they appear in the cupboard. All of the clothing is hand stitched by a talented seamstress and in as found condition. The dolls modeling the clothing include an early Patent Head Greiner, which despite her obvious nose damage, has been a personal favorite in my collection for years as well as three German pink tint china head dolls and a Kister parian. The rarer covered wagon “twins” with brown multi-stroke eyebrows, lower painted eye-lashes and brown eyes were produced by the Kestner factory in the early 1850’s. Both dolls are on homemade bodies with distinctive folky cloth big hands. The other china head doll and Kister parian are on cloth bodies with kid arms and date to the early 1860’s.

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The nightgown (above left) is made from a similar cotton to the pantaloons and camisole. It has two hook and eye closures at the front on the yoke and is trimmed in lace at the neckline and bottom of the full length sleeves.

It was exciting to discover a robe (above) as part of the wardrobe, as they are less often seen. It is made of a tiny pink calico print and is constructed in a similar manner as the nightgown with the addition of piping inserted at the bottom of the yoke and at the arm holes. It is trimmed in a different lace from the nightgown at the neckline and bottom of the sleeves. There is a single hook and eye closure at the yoke and cotton tape runs through the waistline and ties to close.

The robe front is not fully open as it is stitched part way up the skirt.

The wardrobe underwear (left) consists of a thin cotton half slip which is hand quilted at the bottom for extra warmth and a pair of pantaloons and camisole, made of cotton. The camisole buttons onto the pantaloons. The picture shows the back of the camisole.

Cotton tape is used for the shoulder straps.

be bright and fresh, just as they had been when carefully packed away after a final day of play well over a 100 years ago. Of course I asked Mary if the wardrobe was for sale and she indicated that she wanted to enjoy it for a while, but she would keep me in mind whenever she decided to sell it. I left Mary’s van that evening having enjoyed the “show and tell” and excited to have seen such beautiful clothing in such wonderful condition.

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An unusual item included in the wardrobe is this dressing smock. It would have been used when dressing to protect the underclothes while fixing one’s hair. The smock is a simple sleeveless garment made of a brown striped cotton open in the front with a draw string closure of cotton tape at the neck line.

The footwear in the collection includes knit booties, fancy needlework shoes, a pair of pink leather shoes and brown leather boots with side lacing, not unlike the painted side laced boots on early china legs. These boots appear to be homemade and are very well constructed including a tongue of leather running up where the boots are laced. The soles of the boots are made of the upper leather of the boots. I have never seen another pair of side laced boots.

This group picture of the seven dresses shows the variety of bodice and sleeve construction employed in making the garments. All of the dresses have bodices lined in cotton and close with hook and eyes in the back. Bodice and waist details vary but all of the bodices are attached to full skirts.

wardrobe and remind her that if she was selling it, I was still interested. As time went on, Mary indicated that I was on her list of potential buyers, so I assumed she had done “show and tell� with others.

Several years passed and out of the blue, Mary called me and said she was ready to sell the wardrobe.

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The Kestner twins show off a pretty pink striped cotton dress and a lovely silk dress with a fancy silk jacket, obviously meant to go with this dress.

Both dresses have similar construction with darts up the front and piping at the low neckline, shoulders and waistline. The cotton dress has lace applied at the neckline and at the end of the short sleeves. The silk dress has greater detail at the sleeves with fancy pleating detail at the end of the sleeves shown in the group picture of the dresses.

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The parian and china show off two very different dresses. The parian wears a wool challis short sleeve dress with a low neckline meant to show off the shoulders. The neckline is trimmed in lace and at the sleeves. The sleeves are comprised of an inner sleeve of thin cotton trimmed in lace covered by the outer sleeve of challis trimmed in fringe and gathered at the top to show off the undersleeve. The bodice is lightly gathered at the neckline and gathered to a waistband with smocking detail. The skirt has cartridge pleating which mimics the smocking on the bodice. The china wears a very different dress. It is made of a sturdy cotton print and is the only long sleeve dress in the collection. Cording is employed at the neckline, waist, armholes, down the inner seam of the sleeve as well as the front of the bodice. The front bodice is constructed of two pieces and ingeniously darted to produce the V shape detail. The skirt is cartridge pleated and is the only skirt to have a pleat or growth tuck above the hemline.

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My happy Patent Head Greiner shows off her blue print calico dress. It is of traditional mid 19th century styling with gathers at the low corded neckline and smocking detail at the gathered waist, which also has the cording detail. The sleeves are simple and short with lace adorning the sleeve edge.

I refer to this dress as the everyday dress of the wardrobe. It is made of a sweet golden flower calico print. The dress has the additional feature of having detachable long sleeves with an embroidered trim. The bodice is made with the lower part of the bodice gathered to a low corded neckline yoke and then gathered to a waistband. The bottom of the waistband is corded where the cartridge pleated skirt is attached.

The sleeves are simple and have a bit of a flare and easily accommodate the white cotton detachable long sleeves.

This vibrant dress of a wool blend fabric is crisp and fresh as the day it was made! It is a standout in the collection and demonstrates the seamstress’s expertise at construction and detail. It also is the only dress with a high neckline. The bodice is comprised of multiple pieces; the yoke, a divided front below the yoke, side pieces and back pieces. Cording is employed at the neck and yoke edge. The seaming of the bodice pieces and waistband are accentuated with a subtle chain stitch detail. The front bodice is gathered to the waistband with an area of smocking detail which echoes the pleating of the skirt to the waistband. The neckline is trimmed with lace as are the edges of the sleeves. The sleeves have two rows of velvet trim as well.

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There are two jackets in the collection; the silk jacket shown with the fancy silk dress and a linen jacket I have paired with the Greiner’s calico dress. The silk dress is lined in brown polished cotton and trimmed with rouching of the same silk fabric. It closes with a hook and eye at the front neck. The brown linen jacket is longer and unlined. It is trimmed with a contrasting linen at the neckline, white soutache trim and closes with buttons and loops. One loop and one button are sadly missing. The sleeves of both jackets are note worthy for their design and are shown in the photo of the sleeve details.

addition to our home and I was carefully watching all expenditures.

However, I found myself not hesitating and easily said “yes” to Mary’s not inconsequential price for the collection. I recognized this was a singular opportunity and if I said no, the next person on her list would say “yes” and the wardrobe would be lost to me forever.

In short order, the deal was done and multiple boxes arrived containing the entirety of the wardrobe, much of which I was viewing for the first time. Mary had individually wrapped each item in tissue paper so it was like Christmas morning as I carefully unwrapped and admired each one amidst the dusty chaos of

The wardrobe contains only one hat, this poke bonnet modeled by the Greiner. It is a typical style bonnet of the period made of a cotton print with the brim constructed of eight channels that contain cardboard to make it rigid and help shade the face from the sun. It is simply gathered in the back and adorned with a silk ribbon. This bonnet has a cotton tape loop attached to each side instead of individual ties under the neck.

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And finally the capes! Every New Englander needs warmth to protect from the cold winters and this wardrobe has three very different colorful options. The pink polka dot cape is made of a heavy knit fabric trimmed in grey and white and black wool yarn to simulate fur. It is cut from one piece of fabric with darts inserted to create the shoulders. Note the unique faux armholes delineated by the oval wool trim. The cape is lined in a matching pink silk and closes with a hook and eye at the neck line. The blue and brown silk plaid cape, also constructed of a single piece of fabric, is lined with cotton batting and blue silk for extra warmth. The pattern is cut on the bias and the closure follows the bias with fabric covered buttons trimming the front, hiding the hooks and eyes below which close the garment. It has a separate applied collar which is trimmed in navy fringe which is repeated in two rows of the fringe at the bottom of the cape. This cape is the shortest of the three capes. The pink plaid wool cape is actually comprised of two pieces; the long cape with an attached velvet collar and a matching capelet trimmed in the same velvet.

This cape is lined with a thin layer of cotton batting under a combination of brown polished cotton and off white cotton. The body of the cape is made from one piece of fabric attached to a yoke covering the neckline and shoulders. There is cording where the bottom of the cape attaches to the yoke. The cape closes with three hooks and eyes attached at the yoke front. The velvet covered buttons down the front are decorative.

The capelet is made of three pieces with cording adorning the side seams. Pink silk lines the neck and velvet matching the collar of the cape lines the front edges and hemline. It is assumed the cape and capelet could be worn separately as well as together for maximum warmth.

our home renovation. I was not disappointed! Before me was an entire well appointed mid 19th century New England wardrobe for a 22� to 24� doll. All items were hand stitched and appeared to be sewn by the same hand.

What an absolute time capsule it was! I had to carefully rewrap the wardrobe and pack it away for months until our addition and renovations were completed.

Months passed and the day finally arrived when the construction dust and the carpenters were gone and we were resettling into our expanded old house. I pulled out the wardrobe and some of my dolls and found that several chinas, a Greiner and a parian were perfect models for the clothing. The wardrobe consisted of seven dresses, two 60

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jackets, a poke bonnet, three capes, a nightgown and robe, a full set of underclothing, a dressing smock, leather boots, pink leather shoes, needlepoint shoes and knit slippers.

As it was impossible to show all of the items on the dolls, I determined that an old built in cupboard relocated into the addition would be a suitable display area. I created a bedroom setting showing the dolls modeling dresses with the remaining dresses and other clothing hanging on the walls and displayed around them.

Over 10 years have passed since setting up this display of the wardrobe and it has continued to please me just as much as the first time I caught a glimpse of it in Mary’s van and now I am pleased to share it all with you!

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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

3/25‑9/23/17. Germany. Office Antiques, Science & Technology & Fine Toys & Automata Auctions. Auction Team Breker. +49/2236/38 43 40. www.Breker.com. Auction@Breker.com.

4/22‑10/8/17. Switzerland. Russian Masterpieces of Art and White Gold from 1917 to 1927. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

JULY 2017

27‑29 ~ Syracuse, NY. Teddy Bear Show. Cindy Malchoff.

518‑562‑4076.

30‑8/3 ~ Orlando, FL. National Doll Festival Annual Show. Rosen Plaza Hotel. Rowbear. 831‑438‑5349. DollFestival@aol.com. www.nationaldollfestival.com.

30‑8/5 ~ DollShowUSAOnlineShow.com. Doll, Bear & More Show Online.

AUGUST 2017

1 ~ Orlando, FL. Marquis Antique Doll Auction. Hyatt Regency.

Theriaults. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com 2‑5 ~ Orlando, FL. United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC) Doll Convention. The Rosen Center Hotel. 816‑891‑7040. info@ufdc.og.

5‑6 ~ Archbold, OH. Doll Show. Jeanette. 800‑590‑9755.

9‑13 ~ Philadelphia, PA. Paper Doll Convention. Embassy Suites.

Registration Required. Linda Ocasio. 201‑602‑2902.

11‑13 ~ Clackamas, OR. Resin Ball Joint Doll (BJD) Expo. Monarch Hotel & Conf. Ctr. Jamie Rist. 503‑887‑7728. resinrosebjd.com 12 ~ Cuba, NY. Doll Luncheon. Moonwinks Restaurant. Southwestern York Penn Doll Club. Sandy Lockwood. 716‑945‑2435.

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

13 ~ Hasbrouck Hts., NJ. Doll & Bear Show. JMK Shows. Jesse Kohler. 352‑527‑6666.

17‑18 ~ Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auctions.

603‑478‑3232. www.withingtonauction.com. withington@conknet.com 19 ~ Clackamas, OR. Doll Show. Monarch Hotel. Dorothy Drake. www.crossroadsshows.com. 775‑348‑7713.

19 ~ Concord, CA. Doll Show. Crowne Plaza Hotel. Nancy Jo Schreeder. 925‑229‑4190. vallejodoll@gmail.com. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

20 ~ Strongsville, OH. Northern Ohio Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon. 440‑396‑5386.

24‑27 ~ Baltimore, MD. Art, Antique & Jewelry Show. Baltimore Convention Center. Palm Beach Show Group. 561‑822‑5440.

26 ~ Schertz, TX. Doll Show. Schertz Civic Center. Attic Antiquity Dolls. Dorothy Meredith. 830‑606‑5868.

27 ~ Bellevue, WA. Doll Show. Red Lion Hotel. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin. 206‑362‑8723. pepins4@msn.com.

27 ~ Dedham, MA. Doll & Bear Show. Holiday Inn Boston Dedham.

Collins Gifts. Wendy Collins. 603‑969‑1699. www.collinsgifts.com 27 ~ Fort Wayne, IN. Doll Show. Fort Wayne Armory. Doll Show Productions. Sharon Napier. 586‑731‑3072.

27 ~ North Mankato, MN. Doll Show. Best Western. Lady Slipper Doll Club. Carolyn Christopherson. 952‑873‑4489. cjchris@frontier.net 27 ~ Syracuse, NY. Teddy Bear Show. Cindy Malchoff. 518‑562‑4076.

28‑9/3 ~ Nashville, TN. Doll Conference & Show. Sheraton Nashville Downtown. National Institute of American Doll Artists / NIADA. Stephanie Blythe. 415‑455‑8415. www.niada.org

SEPTEMBER 2017

1‑2 ~ Anaheim, CA. Doll Convention ‑ Ball Jointed Dolls. Anaheim Marriott. VOLKS USA. Sarah Kim. 310‑782‑8324.

2 ~ Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar. Dorothy Hunt. 410‑275‑2213. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com

6‑10 ~ Greenwood Village, CO. Miniature Show. Dona Mandell.

303‑321‑1078.

7‑9 ~ Albany, NY. R. John Wright Dolls Convention. Hollywood Theme. Hilton Albany. 518‑462‑6611.

8‑9 ~ Springfield, IL. Charity Luncheon Event. Rose Percy Fundraising. President Abraham Lincoln Springfield Double Tree Hilton. Mary Senko. 831‑643‑1902.

9 ~ Las Cruces, NM. Doll Show. Scottish Rite Temple. Dona Ana Doll Club. Gloria Sanders. 575‑523‑1413.

9 ~ San Diego, CA. Doll Show. Al Bahr Shrine Center. Delightful Dolls of So. California. Linda Smith. 619‑265‑0443. lpaynesmith@cox.net.

9 ~ West Chester, OH. Doll Show. EnterTRAINment Junction Expo Room. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. Margie Schultz. 513‑207‑8409.

10 ~ Canada. Doll Show. Holiday Inn Cambridge, Ontario. Maple Leaf Doll Show. 519‑222‑4739.

10 ~ Maquoketa, IA. Doll Show. Centerstone Inn & Suites. Sherryl Newton. easterniowadollshows@aol.com.

10 ~ Santa Ana, CA. Doll, Teddy Bear & Toys Show. Santa Ana Elks Lodge. Rowbear. 530‑366‑5169.

10 ~ Valparaiso, IN. Doll Show. Porter County Expo Center.

Valparaiso Dolls & Friends Club. 219‑476‑7384.

16 ~ Burbank, CA. Doll Show. St. Francis Xavier Church Hall. Jewel City Doll Club. Dene Alcott. 818‑248‑4862. deneandbing@att.net.

Maggi Phillips. 310‑488‑1790. ccdoll20012@yahoo.com.

16‑17 ~ Rocky Mount, NC. Reborn Doll Convention. Country Inn & Suites. Reborn Dolls of Color. LuLu Calloway. 714‑410‑1305.

16 ~ Salisbury, NC. Doll & Bear Show. Salisbury Civic Center.

Southeastern Doll Shows. www.SouthEasternDollShows.com. Jackie Stone. 828‑505‑2287.

17 ~ Nashua, NH. Doll Show. 2 Somerset Parkway. Nellie Perkins Doll & Miniature Society & Granite State Doll Club. Diane Gardenour.

603‑424‑9808.

21‑22 ~ Newark, OH. Doll Auction. McMasters Harris Doll Auctions.

Mark Harris. 740‑877‑5357. mark@mcmastersharris.com 23 ~ Florence, SC. Doll & Toy Show. SiMT Conference Center. Pee Dee Doll Club. Angie Hayek. 843‑731‑2107. ahayek73@aol.com.

23‑24 ~ Rocky Mount, NC. Black Fashion Doll Convention.

Country Inn & Suites. Black & Beautiful Doll Club. LuLu Calloway.

714‑410‑1305.

23 ~ Spokane, WA. Spokane Falls Dolls Doll Show. Penny Zarneski.

509‑327‑7622.

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

24 ~ Flint, MI. Doll Show. Barbie Doll Collectors Club. Dom Polski Hall. Sue. 810‑639‑2353.

24 ~ Omaha, NE. Doll Show. Firefighters Union Hall. Elaine’s Dolls.

Elaine Klein. 712‑889‑2154.

24 ~ St. Charles, IL. Doll Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. Karla Moreland Presents. 815‑356‑6125. www.KaneCountyDollShow.com.

27‑30 ~ Panama City Beach, FL. Doll Convention. International Doll Makers Association. Holiday Inn Resort. Jane Lindsey. Debra Anderson. 850‑769‑1707.

29 ~ Louisville, KY. Doll Auction. Hays & Associates. Kenneth Hays.

502‑584‑4297. www.haysauction.com.

30 ~ Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. Western North Carolina Agricultural Center. Land O’Sky Doll Club. Lue Gravely. 828‑883‑4899. Jeannette Schmeichel. smikhall@windstream.net 30 ~ Jonesborough, TN. Doll Show. Jonesborough Visitor Center. The Dollhouse. Ellen Stafford. 423‑753‑0022.

30 ~ Wichita, KS. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Wichita Antique Doll Study Club. Connie Reynolds. 316‑641‑7887.

30‑10/1 ~ Wilmington, OH. Doll Show. Roberts Center. Sandra Bullock. 734‑282‑0152. Gail Lemmon. 440‑396‑5386. www.WilmingtonDollShow.com

To find more doll events near you go to our website at www.antiquedollcollector.com and click on “Events” tab. Also, sign up on our email list to have the most up to date info on upcoming events. Just email adclisa@gmail.com with the subject line “sign me up.”

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Maquoketa Doll Show

Sunday September 10, 2017 Maquoketa, Iowa

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9am to 3pm - $5 Early Bird 8am - $10

Centerstone Inn and Suites 1910 Nairn Drive Exit 156 off Highway 61 Free appraisals, on site repairs www.facebook.com/ easterniowadollshows.

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Nancy Jo’s Doll SaleS August 19 2017 10 am to 3 pm at the

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