October 2022

Antique DOLL Collector October 2021 Vol. 25, No. 10

Great American Dolls: Walker, Chase, Columbian, Sheppard Baby The Ayervais Collection of Japanese Art Dolls Madame Alexander Dress Designs Antique and Vintage Dolls of Belgium Dutch Peg Woodens UFDC Showroom

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Experience pure doll Joy! You’ll be greeted by a fresh collection of brand new items, some pictured below!! Plus, my shop is always chock full of doll goodies galore and the option to buy, sell or trade! Choose from my large and well-priced collection of antique and vintage doll dresses, slips, chemise, pantaloons, shoes, wigs, ribbons, fabrics, furniture and accessories. Bring your dolls to dress, trade and repair. Have fun!!

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Tiny 10.5” Poupée - Have you been hoping for a tiny 10 1/2 inch French Fashion Poupée with articulated wooden and finely modeled bisque arms and DeHors neck articulation?

She also has a fantastic original complex wig, clean gusseted torso and legs.

Original tiny tasseled leather boots, gorgeous antique three piece sapphire silk costume with layered underskirts and darling pantaloons. She has been paired with a gorgeous matching straw garden hat edged in ivory silk and festooned with antique floral accents.

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Superb Deluxe Wood Body Jumeau Poupée - You may lose yourself in this beauty’s gaze!

Darkly lined, spiral threaded ocean blue eyes set in creamy bisque & deftly painted features combine to cast a spell. Her deluxe wood body has retained the original gesso paint & sheen of her finish. She is lovely displayed either in her antique ivory-toned silk walking suit or having her suit displayed behind her to highlight the superb condition of her body & fine articulations. She is crowned by a wonderful antique brown hat w/ ecru & coral highlights of silk ribbon & flowers sitting prettily atop a complex mohair wig styled by Diana Shorey Boettger. Adorned w/coral earrings & matching necklace, antique underpinnings, & antique leather boots. Desirable size beautifully juxtaposes w/larger fashion dolls as a young lady coming of age. Overall excellent! $8895 11” Jumeau marked M - Beautiful French Bébé on articulated French labeled wood and composition body. Incised M 1 with artist check marks, a rare example with swivel flat cut neck. Darling doll with blonde curly mohair wig over cork pate, big brown eyes, desirable closed mouth and wearing a charming red and ecru lace cotton frock. May have possibly been intended as part of a musical automaton as these heads were popular for this concept or as Bébés. $3400

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Beautiful 19” François Gaultier - Special Poupée by Gaultier with huge espresso paperweight eyes set in perfect creamy bisque, gently painted with soft tones of sienna, coral, and rose. Gorgeous mohair wig with complex style. Two-piece ensemble is elegant although slightly faded from time.

Lovely boots & appropriate undergarments on pristine leather gusseted body. Stylish molded hat, lovely mother of Pearl pin, leather gloves, and parasol. Swivel head articulates beautifully and seated on her original shoulder plate, also in excellent condition. Gorgeous DSB mohair wig. $3850

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14.5” Blampoix - Special opportunity on this lovely Blampoix with delicate perfect China arms! Beautiful sapphire colored eyes, early original Enfantine silk dress with lavender checks and black velvet trim, antique hat,and skin wig. Invisible hairline in shoulder plate makes her very attainable as a companion doll. $2495

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

October 2022, Volume 25, Number 10

On the Cover

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DREAMS DO COME TRUE Great American Dolls

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Philadelphia or Sheppard baby

TROUSSEAU FOR A POUPÉE French Fashion Style, Part 2

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ANTIQUE & VINTAGE DOLLS OF BELGIUM

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Impressive 27-½ inch circle-dot Bru from one of the earliest bébé productions. Her fine porcelain breastplate is marked with the Bru brand circle and size number 10. She draws your attention with her blue paperweight eyes and expressive face. Her kid leather body, with the remains of a Bru label, recalls a child’s hands in play, all secrets to Bru’s success in merchandising. This doll comes from a very old and high-quality collection in Germany that Ladenburger is auctioning on September 23-24.

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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward

elgium has a long history of art, culture, and industry despite the fact that this small country has been invaded by various other countries beginning as far back as ancient Rome. Belgium has had a thriving porcelain industry since the late 18th century, and by the 20th century, a number of Belgian companies attempted to compete in the world doll market.

In the early years of the 20th century, companies such as Louis Herman Bonvoisin and Le Puy dolls, among others, began to produce bisque socket and shoulder headed dolls in the style of the day. These included “dolly-faced” styles, often using heads purchased from French and German companies, as well as products 8

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The Puppen Reform, which inspired German, French, and American companies to make more artful and naturalistic dolls, also inspired many of the dolls created by DeFuisseaux. This doll depicting a young woman has painted eyes, and her head is molded slightly turned, giving her a soft expression. She is incised F3 in the lower back shoulder plate.

influenced by the Puppen Reform. Chief among the makers of such dolls was the firm of DeFuisseaux.

Located in Badour, this firm was established in August 1842 by François-Joseph DeClercq. DeClercq had previously been associated with the firms of Meissen and Sevres. In this workshop, FJ DeClercq manufactured high-quality porcelains. In May 1845, DeClercq entered a partnership with Nicolas DeFuisseaux. In February 1848, continued on page 10

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Dolls depicting peasant men and women were also created by DeFuisseaux.

These can be found on a variety of body types. They have been found incised with the initials including DFB (for DeFuisseaux Baudour).

the partnership ended, and Nicolas DeFuisseaux became the sole proprietor of the porcelain factory in Baudour.

After the death of Nicolas DeFuisseaux in 1857, his widow, Eléonore, bought out the shares belonging to his two children from a previous marriage and became the director of the family company until her death in 1881.

After her death, Madame DeFuisseaux’s youngest son Fernand bought out the shares of his two brothers and took over the operation of the factory. Under Fernand’s direction, the factory added doll heads to its line of products. Fernand DeFuisseaux died in 1912 and left the management of the factory to his son-in-law Charles Greyson.

Research indicates that the DeFuisseaux doll heads were only made briefly from about 1909 to 1913. During the WWI occupation of Belgium, German troops were under orders to destroy any Belgian factories that made products that directly competed with German products.

Despite these challenges, some dolls continued to be made and sold in Belgium almost as an act of resistance.

These included the dolls of The Union Patriotique des Femmes Belges (Patriotic Union of Belgian Women).

Like similar projects taking place in France and England at that time, this group aimed to manufacture toys for Belgian children and provide work for wounded

DeFuisseaux made other character dolls such as this mold which was made to compete with the similar molds made

by Germany's Gebrüder Heubach. Although usually found wearing wigs, this doll also has molded hair on her soliddome head, which is sometimes flocked. The incised mark on this doll is F1. The black version on the right is very rarely seen. (Doll courtesy of Belleanne Curry) 10

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veterans. The Countess Jean de Mérode initiated a plan to aid the Belgian Toy Charity by her efforts to manufacture dolls with porcelain heads made by DeFuisseaux.

In 1927, DeFuisseaux became a part of a limited partnership with other porcelain factories in Baudour, but doll heads were no longer listed in the product line. In 1934, the Belgian Ceramic Company, Cérabel, took over the porcelain manufacturing in Baudour, and in 1977, Cérabel ceased production, and the company’s holdings were sold off to various manufactories.

After the first world war, Germany, France, England, the USA, and Japan would come to dominate the world doll market, and many of these earlier Belgian doll products ceased production. One exception to this phenomenon was the company that would become known as Unica. In 1923 Joseph Deckman and his wife Verhoye Jeanne founded their company in the city of Courtray, using their initials JVD as the company name. Eventually, the company name would be changed to Unica. They began producing bisque dolls but soon found that the high cost of making these resulted in slow sales. This led them to make dolls of low-fired pottery and pressed paper. Products of this type enabled the company to flourish throughout the 1920s and into the 1930s.

During WWII, the Unica factory sustained heavy damage, but its determined owners found help to rebuild. In 1945 they created a line of dolls to celebrate the liberation of various countries which had been occupied during the war. They also developed a style of doll with a “rattle” head. These dolls have been described as having bells inside their heads which allowed the doll to function as a rattle when shaken by the child. This author has taken the head off one of these dolls and found that the rattle material was actually some small stones and a bent nail.

Unica would continue to make dolls of plastic and some metal toys on a small scale in Belgium after the war years but never gained the world market that they sought. A fire in 1971 ended the company.

Although Belgium’s contribution to the world of antique and vintage dolls was slight and brief, they comprise a very interesting part of the story of dolls.

They can command prices commensurate with their age and scarcity when found today.

Unica made a series of dolls depicting the joyous, liberated peoples of France, the Netherlands, and Belgium in 1945. The English language tags used on these dolls would seem to indicate that these may have been aimed at an American market. Were these perhaps sold to US forces still in Europe after the war?

The Unica dolls on either end in this image have wonderful molding, including their headwear.

Their heads appear to be pottery, and the bodies are cloth. The tag on these is in English. The center doll has a paper-mache head which is also a rattle.

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Book Review by Laurie McGill

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even years ago, author Ann Leis had an idea. She knew that the United Federation of Doll Clubs had acquired charter NIADA member, Dewees Cochran’s extensive personal archive.

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dolls, doll molds, and artist tools—countless keepsakes from Dewees’ long life. Ann decided then to compile this vast treasure trove into an all-encompassing book weaving the artist’s uncommon personal life together with her mercurial dollmaking career.

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Divided into three sections, the hardbound book has twenty-two chapters.

Part I reads as a novel, unfolding the story of Dewees' intriguing personal life growing up, her two marriages and her career. Part II covers all aspects of the known dolls Dewees made and includes the dolls manufactured by Effanbee Doll Company using her designs. Revealed in a special chapter are Dewees’ sewing techniques for doll clothing, hats and shoes. Covered in Part II, as well, are doll markings and the Dewees Cochran Foundation dolls.

Part III reproduces original images of portrait children with their dolls, rare and unusual dolls, images showing Dewees’ dollmaking process and images of her personal artwork.

With over 750 colorful photographs and 410 pages, the book is a must have for not only the devoted collector of Dewees Cochran dolls, but for anyone interested in the history of dolls and their makers.

To order:

deweescochranbook.com author — annm.leis@gmail.com Redwood Publishing, LLC, Irvine, California ISBN: 978-1-956470-39-0 $100.00

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Find your favorite dealers at the Ohio National Doll Show!

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UFDC Salesroom “Timeless Treasures” UFDC Convention Salesroom St. Louis, Missouri August 2 - August 6 The UFDC convention salesroom was a shoppers paradise! And, as always, the excitement on opening night was palpable. More than 70 top dealers in dolls and related collectables came from around the United States and from as far away as Europe and the United Kingdom, to present their beautiful merchandise to hundreds of delighted attendees.

Collectors from around the world who braved difficult travel conditions were rewarded with the opportunity to buy their own fabulous “timeless treasures” in a lovely setting — and buy they did! Many salesroom dealers reported that this was the best opening night ever.

Upcoming issues will cover the competitive and special exhibits, but for now, enjoy this glimpse of the salesroom, including many dealers and beautiful dolls.

Top Left: Gail Lemmon, Salesroom Chairman Top Right: Bread truck, All Dolled Up, Gail Lemmon Right: Valerie Fogel’s Beautiful Bébé

Left: Fritzi Martinez, Fritzi’s Antique Dolls Middle Left: Doll from Marion Maus’ booth Middle Right: Mary Ann Spinelli of Nelling Dolls - 20” Jumeau Portrait Fashion Center: Queen Victoria wooden recreation from Alicia & Charles Carver, Signature Dolls Lower Left and Center: Richard Saxman and doll Bottom Right: Billye Harris, The Pink Princess Bottom Far Right: Connie and Jay Lowe’s 12” all original French Bébé marked Circle Dot/Bru Jne 4

Top left: Doll at Straw Bear Antiques, Robyn and Ron Martin Bottom Left: Samy Odin and one of his marionettes

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UFDC Show Report (continued from page 18)

Top, clockwise from top left to right: Jackie Allington; Margaret Kincaid; Trio of dolls from Sheila Needle; Nancy McCray with dolls; Teddy Bear with book from John Port, The Port Collection.

Bottom, top row (l to r): Bradley Justice; Ann Phillips doll; Doll from Straw Bear Antiques, Ron and Robyn Martin; Doll from La Maison Verte; Rhoda Wade miniature setting.

Bottom, middle row (l to r): Barbara Froelich, Dollspart and Jennifer Sykes, Porcelain Classics; dolls from Joan Farrell’s collection; Karla Moreland in booth Doll from Diane Drake of Diane’s Doll Shoppe.

Bottom, (l to r): Pattern from C’est La Mode; Dolls and costumes by Mary Jo Koets’ Enchanted Doll Closet; Käthe Kruse doll from Jonathan Green and Co.; Doll and clock from Sondra Krueger.

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17” Kestner 245 Hilda on jointed Toddler body, brown sleep eyes, marked M Made in Germany 12, 245, JDK jr, 1914, © Hilda, repaired thumb & pinkie right hand $1825.

18” Kestner 220 on 5 piece Toddler body, bl sl eyes, HH wig, known as Herbie, head marked J. Made in Germany 13, JDK 220 $1750.

16” Glass eyed Character 141 4

by Hertel Schwab circ 1915, blue sleep eyes, mohair wig $2050.

16.5” 1850’s Papier Mache by Kestner or Voit “Pauline”, blue painted eyes, black painted hair $995.

1951 Crib Crowd #47 Peg w/ caracul wig, all original, small spot on apron $245.

25“ Kestner 171 on beautiful lady body, stamped Germany, original mohair wig in original set, blue sleep eyes, antique shoes, and antique clothes, repaired left thumb $695.

Straight Leg Walker Hawaiian Ginny, mint in box w/ Hi I’m Ginny wrist tag & paper $1025.

1952 Strung Ginny “Ginger” #64 w/ box (as is) beautiful red velvet dress & bonnet, cherries crazed $295.

19” Kaze Kidz designed & sculpted by Kaye Wiggs Laryssa Elf w/ freckles, resin BJD doll $850.

1949 Painted Eye Strung Ginny Holiday Valentine Red Taffeta Dress w/ I Love You Heart $295

8” 1954 All Original Black Ginny Walker Whiz Kids Group, w/ Vogue hang tag $1050.

Tonner 14” Porcelain Lilly Carlyle & Dolly Trunk Set 2000, Lt 36/100, blond mohair wig, blue painted eyes, extra dress, night gown, shoes, slippers, straw hat, trim on trunk needs gluing $595.

20” Kestner D ½ 168 8 ½ All Original w/ blue sleep eyes, blonde mohair wig, beautiful deep red wool w/ velvet trim, brown bonnet & shoes, nose rub $275.

19” Kathe Kruse Mimerle Christmas Club 2003/2004 set with Kathe Kruse glass ornament & paperwork, MIB blond HH wigs, blue hand painted eyes & facial features $550.

16” OOAK by Lisa Gates of Dazzle ‘em Repaints, Amazing Hand Painting with attention to every detail, Fabulous reroot of multi colored mohair, w/ COA, Tonner Daphne Doll 2008. $725. Each “Phoenix” dress by Dalila w/ gold leather bodice, orange skirt. “Oceania” with blue gown.

“Celestra” with purple gown 21.5” SoulDoll Male – Lester, resin BJD with blue eyes, greyish wig, fully dressed – shirt, jacket, pants, boots in box $525.

24.5” Sassafrass Queen of Broken Hearts Resin BJD by Bo Bergemann of Hawaii, w/ COA, red fur wig $425.

Twinkle – Patti Meadowdolls resin BJD w/ blue glass eyes, sweet sailor w/ blue glass eyes, sweet sailor dress, w/ extra outfit & wig w/ COA $725.

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Hand painted faces, Amazing felt uniforms 1930-40’s $295. Each

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Auction News Great events are coming up in the doll auction world this Fall.

In the United States, Theriault’s of course, has major antique doll auction action with the Michael Ayervais Collection. The rare Japanese dolls are featured in this issue of Antique DOLL Collector with an informative article written by Alan Scott Pate, beginning on page 54.

Other Fall Marquis events at Theriault’s include a collection of antique dolls from Australia, auctioning on November 12-13, culminating in the fabled collection of the late Sandy Kralovetz on Friday, January 6th, 2023.

Withington’s will repeat their delightful Fall doll extravaganza, based at the Doubletree Hotel in New Hampshire in October.

Expect to find lots of good cheer, plus Great American dolls galore in the Carol Corson Collection featured in our previous issue.

Sweetbriar, Frasher’s and Apple Tree also have major dolls on offer; see examples here in Auction News. For more information in the Auction Calendar, see page 25.

In Europe, but reachable by all online, we have Ladenburger in Germany, Chartres in France, and S&S in Britain, to name but a few.

Frasher’s Auction Just a few examples from Frasher’s auction on November 5th.

(1) German bisque, rare art character with superb and unique modeling, most expressive face with slight smiling lips and intense gaze of eyes; extremely rare model in stunning large size.

(2) Simon and Halbig, 1303, especially rare, 20” model portraying adult woman with highly-defined cheek bones and impression of age lines, antique folk lore costume.

(3) A fabulous, circa 1915, presentation card of “The Toy Merchant; comprises a 14 ½” bisque head doll surrounded by a splendid arrangement of miniature toys, dolls, teddies, animals and tin vehicles.

RECENT SALES NEWS A Theriault’s English wooden doll (1) sold at the St. Louis Marquis auction realizing $180,000 and was estimated at $35,000 $55,000. A Huret (2), estimated at $18,000-$25,000 realized $38,000 and a very rare French bisque portrait by Barrois (3) was estimated at $8,000-11,000, realizing $22,000.

Theriault’s recent results To the left is an English wooden doll, realized at auction $180,000 Below left: French bisque poupée by Adelaide Huret, with signed shoes

Frasher’s recent results - clockwise (top left): Lot 1 - Huret poupee with signed wooden body - $26,400 Lot 2 -15” Series G Steiner Bebe - $29,120 Lot 5 - German bisque gentleman with mustache attributed to Dressel - $8400.

Below right: Rare French bisque portrait poupée head by Barrois

Frasher’s recent results (continued) Lot 4 - Rare early bébé by Schmitt et Fils with cup and saucer neck - $10,800.

Lot 3 - 16” Armand Marsielle rare painted eye art character - $9000.

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Auction News (Continued from page 24) Withington’s Withington’s upcoming auction on October 20th will feature the estate of Carol Corson.

Withington’s (left to right) 95 - 16” Mothereau marked J M, blue glass eyes, PE (nicks), CM, blond mohair wig, straight wrist compo body, antique silk purple outfit (wear, fading), black French shoes (wear), (two tiny pock marks) 130 - Lot of 3 dolls purchased by Carol Corson from Dorothy Schoenhut & Freida Schoenhut in 1990 & 1996. These dolls were originally purchased by Albert Schoenhut in Germany in 1910 from which he modeled the first Schoenhut dolls. They were then given to his grandchildren, Dorothy, Frieda, Norman, & possibly George. (please see attached history. 1 – 15 ½” K*R 114 boy, painted features, red mohair wig, BJCB, dressed in lederhosen, 2 – 15 ½” K*R 101 twins, painted features, blonde braided mohair wigs, BJCB, original, regional red floral dresses with white aprons (w/ colored ribbons) two have hats, red leather boots w/ socks. We are keeping these dolls together as a lot.

265 - Schoenhut Wedding Party consisting of 6 dolls. This wedding party by Schoenhut appears to be unique. Five of the six characters are completely original and dressed by the factory. There is also a family resemblance in several of the dolls adding to the assumption that this collection was made to commemorate a specific wedding.

322 - Circa 1850s Benjamin Potter Crandall unusual antique velocipede, 31”L x 28” tall, mustard paint with red pin stripping, carved horse head, bow back Windsor-type chair-seat, large wood/metal spoke wheels, two long turned push / pull arms, bottom brand B P Crandall Cortland St N (when he was in NY) (wear, split to back of bow repaired), very unusual form 341 - Child’s Pennsylvania bench in old green paint mid 19th C, scrolled crest rail, stencil & pin stripping, black/red/gold paint decoration, 6 legs with bottom stretchers, aged patina (left arm reglued) 344 - Pair of All bisque 5” Max & Moritz, bisque probably by J.D. Kestner, painted character faces, swivel necks, jointed shoulders and hips with molded and painted shoes, dressed. (some head rubs)

Ladenburger

Sweetbriar

Right after this issue comes out, Ladenburger will be hosting their Fall Auction on September 23rd and 24th.

One of the highlights in this auction is the #4432 extra large Bru Circle Doll (also our cover for this issue). This size is made as an exhibition piece, in 70 cm, delicate marked at the forehead, BTE.

In addition to rare antique characters like the K*R 107 “Carl,” (right) Sweetbriar’s October 8th auction will offer one-of-a-kind artist creations including Susan Krey’s Red Riding Hood (far right).

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Part of the Ladenburger Fall Auction lineup.

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#4075 STEINER French Bébé Limit €1900 ($1900)

#4003 GAULTIER French bisque porcelain socket head doll, marked F.G. No. 3 Limit €1200 ($1200)

#3040 STEIFF Happy, one of the highlights of the auction, CH-No. 33 Limit €1800 ($1800)

#3055 STEIFF Bärle, CH-No. 81 Limit €3500 ($3500)

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Auction Calendar Theriault’s

Saturday, October 15, 2022 Marquis: Japanese Dolls from the Ayervais Collection Saturday, November 12, 2022 Marquis: Antique Doll Auction Sunday, November 13, 2022 Marquis: Antique Doll Auction Friday, January 6, 2023 Marquis: The Important Legacy Doll Collection of the Late Sandy Kralovetz 410.224.3655 | info@theriaults.com www.theriaults.com

Apple Tree Auction

Thursday-Friday, October 6-7, 2022 2 Day Doll Auction at Cherry Valley Hotel 1625 W. Church St., Newark, OH 740.344.4282 | www.appletreeauction.com

Frasher’s Doll Auctions

Saturday, November 5, 2022 Cataloged Doll Auction “Rarieties Reign - Part Two” KCI Expo Center & Holiday Inn Hotel 11730 NW Ambassador Dr. , Kansas City, MO 2323 S. Mecklin Sch. Rd, Oak Grove, MO 816.625.3786 | frashersdollauction.com | frasher@aol.com

Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion Friday-Saturday, September 23-24, 2022 Autumn Auction Friday-Saturday, November 25-26, 2022 Winter Auction 0049 (0) 6203 13014 | mail@spielzeugauktion.de www.spielzeugauktion.de

SAS (Special Auction Services) Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Dolls & Teddy Bears Auction Newbury, UK +44 (0) 1635 580 595 | mail@specialauctionservices.com www.specialauctionservices.com

Alderfer Auction

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Pollock’s Toy Museum

76 Dutch Dolls — PART ONE —

By Val Copley All illustrations are part of the author’s collection unless otherwise noted.

Of the 76 dolls acquired by Pollock’s Toy Museum, just these 4 dolls were previously dressed for sale 3 x 7”-18cm dolls in dresses, and 1 x 5 ½”-15cm doll has boots painted on his legs and wears knee britches and parts of a shirt. Courtesy of Pollock’s Toy Museum.

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ollock’s Toy Museum, London, recently acquired a group of 76 peg-wooden dolls on the internet, identical stock to the ones they made famous in the 1960s. The 76 dolls will go on sale in November when they will finally be given proper homes after waiting for more than a hundred years – little Sleeping Beauties! Each doll will be presented in a gift box with a numbered certificate, some specially costumed for sale, a Pollock’s tradition. The Museum’s collection remains intact, the dolls are a lucky find.

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Just some of the 76 dolls. In total there are 18 x 3”-8cm, 3 x 4 ½”-11cm, 42 x 6”-16cm, 3 x 7”-18cm, 4 x 10”-25cm and 1 x 11 ½”-29cm (sizes are approximate, they vary). Courtesy of Pollock’s Toy Museum.

Some readers may already be familiar with the much-loved dolls, sold from the early 1960s in Pollock’s Museum’s shop and supplied by them to be sold mail order in America by Kimport (Doll Talk) and also by the Williamsburg Paper Parlor (Hobbies Magazine) who marketed them as “Herr Insam’s dolls.”

Even in the 1960s, the dolls were not new; they were unsold stock, the majority made prior to 1914 and a few in the period immediately after the First World War. Many thousands of them had been left for 50 years, still bundled in their original “brown paper packages tied up with string,” in a barn on Herr Insam’s property in St Ulrich in the Val Gardena.

These 76 are from exactly the same source and must have been bought in bulk early in the 1960s for resale. However, they were never sold and have remained together, abandoned for another 50 years or so, their story mirroring that of the original find.

The Val Gardena was originally known as the Grodener Tal, or Valley of the river Groden – hence the common name “Grodnertal” for these dolls (Val Gardena means the same in Italian). The area was part of Austria prior to the First World War, since when it became nominally in Italy – but it has always been a place apart. It is the Valley of the Toymakers, with its capital in St Ulrich, or Ortisei in the native language, Ladin. The multiplicity of names served to obscure the source of the dolls.

Their origin was known and written about by Amelia B Edwards, Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys (1873 Longman’s, Green and Co); Margaret Howitt, A Tribe of Toymakers (1875 Leisure Hour) and Mrs. Burton Harrison, “In the Toy Country” St. Nicholas for Young Folks, Vol XXVI No.5 (1899 Century Co). Later, researchers returned to these accounts for clues about the dolls’ origins.

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Three of Herr Insam’s dolls; one undressed, two in original matching gowns other colorways of this same pattern were also used. In 1967, the dolls cost “Only $2.50 a piece. For doll dressed in delightful, old-fashioned gown of gingham or calico made by country ladies near Williamsburg, $3.50.” 11” -28cm, 12”- 30.5cm.

Williamsburg Paper Parlor advert, page 41 Hobbies, the Magazine for Collectors, March 1967 (Courtesy of Ann Coleman). Dolls were also sold “at the sign of the rooster” i.e. in the shop at the Abby Aldrich Folk Art Museum shop in Williamsburg.

(Email from Susan Sirkis, August 2015).

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Original Herr Insam’s leaflet circa 1967, mailed with the undressed doll. Every purchaser of Herr Insam’s dolls received a copy of this leaflet detailing the dolls’ history and the involvement of Pollock’s Toy Museum.

The three ladies had described a dozen storerooms full of dolls; stacks of paper parcels, ready for exportation in significant packing cases “large enough to contain a cottage piano;” 30,000 dolls a week, the bulk of them heading to Great Britain from the wholesalers in Nuremberg; billions of dolls; hundredweights of them - the figures are staggering.

But fashions change; after WW1 new materials, plastics and celluloid became available. Many of the male carvers were killed during the war, and in the aftermath, many young people emigrated from the valley, so production had all but ceased by the 1930s – except for one unnamed man who was still making “The Smallest Doll in the World.” Even the origins of the dolls were lost for a while.

In “Penny Wooden Dolls” Doll Collectors Manual, 1946 (Doll Collectors of America), Jennie Abbott explained the common names of the dolls and their

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Cover of Kimport’s Doll Talk (January-February 1961) describing “Mr Pollock of London (as) the only importers still handling them.” The sketch and information in the text were taken from Pollock’s contemporary catalogue.

origins very succinctly: “Penny Wooden,” children bought them with their pennies; “Dutch probably for the same reason that German Immigrants to Pennsylvania were called “Dutch” – a corruption of the word Deutsch meaning “German.” She added that “Nurnberg” was the place from which many such toys were exported.” and “…most of the authorities consulted assign them to… the Grodnertal.” Information was being recovered.

Ruth E and Robert C Mathe’s masterful survey, “The Decline and Fall of the Wooden Doll,” appeared in the Doll Collectors Manual 1964 (DCA ibid.). They reported that Darcy (the Wooden Doll Lady) Williams had researched Dutch traders and noted that there didn’t seem to be any record of an early history of wooden dolls in the Low Countries, nor were there pine forests to hand.

Darcy had sent samples from the dolls, and the Cembra Pine found in the St Ulrich’s area for analysis; the wood was identical, thus confirming Jennie Abbott’s research. However, the manuals were not widely available at the time.

Gwen White in A Book of Dolls (1956 Adam and Charles Black) and Alice K Early in English Dolls, Effigies and Puppets (1955 Batsford) both wrote that Dutch dolls, homely little penny woodens, were now unobtainable in England. But the dolls had never ceased to be available in Great Britain. They had turned to their parallel career, moving out of the toy shops and onto the stage – as marionettes.

Sadly, this did involve dismemberment.

Great Britain has a long puppet tradition, often using Dutch dolls as the basis for marionettes.

This tradition was not reflected in America, where hand puppets were more common, as Edith Flack

Ten dolls in their original “brown paper package, tied up with string.” They were de-acquisitioned from the Speilzeug und Kinder Welt Museum, Steinhude, 19871999. As far as I am aware they have never been removed from their parcel. Each doll, 10”- 25cm.

This leaflet was part of the provenance supplied with the parcel of dolls; the photograph shows that the tear has torn a little more, but otherwise exactly the same.

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A 1”-2.5cm “Bambino” in its Easter Egg; marketed for decades as the “smallest doll in the world”, which is often painted on the egg, as in this case.

Photograph “Showing how an Ordinary Dutch Doll can be converted into a Properly Articulated Figure for Marionette Displays.” Harry Whanslaw and Waldo Lanchester, page 159 The Model Engineer and Practical Electrician February 12th 1931 (Percival, Marshall and Co).

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Ackley observed in Marionettes, Easy to Make! Fun to Use! (1929 J B Lippincott Company). This may have contributed to the more complete disappearance of traditional wooden dolls stateside.

Harry (Whanny) Whanslaw was instrumental in preserving the use and creation of puppets in Great Britain. His instructions for turning a Dutch Doll into a puppet were published as “The Toy that Never Grows Old” in Chatterbox Annual (1923, Wells, Gardener, Darton Co), later republished as Everybody’s Theatre. Whanny created the London Marionette Theatre with Waldo Lanchester in 1926. Their Marionette Making Outfit, circa 1928, included a 7”18cm Dutch doll, bought from Messrs Harry Randall, a “foreign toy importer” since 1860, with various premises on the Old Kent Road, London.

In his Theatrical Print shop on Hoxton Street in London, Mr. Benjamin Pollock, from whom the Museum takes its name, sold toy theatres, toy theatre prints, and also traditional wooden dolls. In The Glamour of a Toy Shop (privately published in 1919), Dr. Frances Eagle wrote, “There are dolls… all wooden, stiff-jointed wenches, with flat plastered, painted ebon(y) hair, Dutch by designation, but of very doubtful Dutch origin….” Doubtful indeed.

Mr. Pollock died in 1937, and in 1944 Alan Keen, a bookseller turned toy theatre impresario, bought

Kimport Dolls advert in Toy Trader November-December 1961. “In contrast to other Dutch Dolls, these were still being made after the First World War. One (un-named) Groden peasant was the last who fashioned these tiny dolls.” Toy Manufacture as a Cottage Industry in Old Groden (1995 Stablein and Moroder, Museum Gherdeina).

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“Angelina Wudende was a lady of high degree“, page 6 Dutch Doll Ditties Louis Robbins (1904 Longman’s, Green and Co).

There was a longstanding confusion between “Dutch” and “Deutsch”, stretching back centuries.

Pages 30 and 31, A Picture Book of Ancient and Modern Dolls Gwen White (1928 McMillan Co.) There was a longstanding confusion between “Dutch” and “Deutsch”, stretching back centuries.

first published in a series of articles “The Toy that Never Grows Old,” page 269 Chatterbox Annual (1923, Wells, Gardener, Darton Co).

Harry Wanslaw’s instructions for turning a Dutch doll into a puppet

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Puppets constructed using peg wooden dolls as the basis were kept as characters called “The Dutch Dolls” in performances. Made and used by Lanchester Marionettes. Collection of the National Puppetry Archive.

the entire stock from Mr. Pollock’s daughters, Selina and Louise, fortuitously moving it just ahead of the destruction of the shop in World War 2. Keen set up an upmarket toy theatre shop in Adelphi, London, calling his business after Benjamin Pollock, and selling the dolls, primarily for use as a foundation for marionette puppets. However, inspired but over-ambitious, he was sadly forced to declare bankruptcy in 1951.

Waldo Lanchester opened his shop, Lanchester Marionettes, in Stratford on Avon in 1951. He recommended the use of “old-fashioned Dutch Dolls” as the basis for constructing marionettes and, of course, was able to offer them because he had regular supplies from Mr. Randall.

In 1954 Marguerite Fawdry, searching for “wire slides,” accessories for her son’s toy theater, asked if she could buy some from Keen’s bankrupt stock. On being told that she couldn’t buy just those items, but could buy everything - she did!

In part two, we will look at what happened next and how Marguerite tracked down Herr Insam’s dolls.

Pollock’s Toy Museum’s own website is: www.pollockstoymuseum.co.uk

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A shipment of dolls from Messrs Randall, Old Kent Road, burnt in the Blitz of London in WW2. The area was repeatedly hit with incendiary devices. Collection of the National Puppetry Archive.

Lanchester Marionettes “From Dutch Doll to Marionette” boxed kit, complete - unlike the doll itself. It would have been 11 1/2”-29cm if this hadn’t happened. Circa 1951

“Our First Sale,” leaflet, Benjamin Pollock Ltd. July-August 1948, offering a brochure called ”Materials and Accessories for making Marionettes and Puppets.” They sold peg-woodens primarily for use as a basis for constructing puppets.

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~ Part 2 ~

By Melanie Luther

n Part I, antique doll collectors explored a pampered poupée’s wardrobe and extensive accessories circa 1860s. The featured items were drawn from a list

prepared by editor, Madame Jeanne Lavalle-Peronne and published in the August 1865 issue of La Poupée Modele (The Fashionable Doll). Part II focuses on select Fall and Winter clothing and novelties identified and listed for sale in the June 1870 issue of the same well-known Parisian journal. While some items in the 1870 listing remained the same as those in the previous decade, others were definitely nouveau. Madame Lavalle-Peronne’s list for 1870 does not disappoint!

Mirabelle, wearing a fancy caramel-colored silk 2-piece ensemble trimmed with chocolate brown ruching and flounces of blonde lace takes stock of her current accessories before shopping in Paris. Her classic blue woolen felt hat compliments her blue enameled watch. Take notice of the bluebird pin she wears - a similar but larger bird is shown as a shared accent to a fashionable lady’s hat in the colored fashion plate! (All photography by the author) 36

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The dark woven cotton stockings are intricately fashioned with designs in chocolate brown, beige and ecru.

Not a stitch out of place!

Fall weather is cool and Mademoiselle Mirabelle is certain to have a pair of gloves to protect her hands. The pair shown is cream leather, 2 inches long. Each glove is finished with tiny topstitching and a miniature button for closure on the inside. Her shoes are leather, two-toned with a scalloped edge in cream and gold wash with a small heel.

The toe ornaments are brass stars attached by a pin and a blue faded leather rosette.

This colored fashion plate features a stylish look for a Parisian Madame, Mademoiselle, and even her lovely poupée. Mademoiselle Mirabelle dons a similar brown silk walking suit and accents her watch with a flying bird pin, copying the stylish bird that Madame also wears as an accent in her hat!

Between the pink paper covers of the magazine, Madame defined exactly what a fashionable poupée of the 1870s was expected to have in her wardrobe. Augmented by the colorful fashion plates depicting well-dressed Parisian ladies in each issue, Madame Lavalle-Peronne showcased her miniature versions of the latest styles of clothing and accessories such as hats, bonnets, purses, and shoes for French dolls.

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Esme, a size 4 Jumeau poupée with an articulating wooden body, original wig, stockings, and red leather boots is dressed in the enfantine manner, wearing hues of rich marine blue and snowy white silk. Typical of young mademoiselles, she enjoys parlor games such as dominoes. The set shown is housed in its original wooden box with a sliding lid. Each domino is a mere ¼ inch wide and barely ½ inch long. Her faithful terrier pup is alongside her as she ponders the card she has selected from the game, Oracle de la Jeunesse (Oracle of youth). The original game box rests on the circular woolen cushion of a salesman sample ottoman. Off to her side, ruby red silk rosebuds peek out of the oval lid of her handpainted basket, offering the promise of springtime.

The basic trousseau items according to Madame included: 1) a fancy dress, 2) a hat, 3) a petticoat, 4) drawers, 5) a chemise, 6) stockings, and 7) boots. Many of the clothing patterns were published in issues of La Poupée Modele for young girls.

Their mothers, their maids, and local seamstresses were also encouraged to utilize these patterns to organize a trousseau for a poupée.

Sewing was not only a pastime but developed into a refined skill that young girls of this time period engaged in at home.

After the basic wardrobe was sewn, many charming accessories and lovely clothing ensembles could be purchased and added to a trunk from “A La Poupée du Nuremberg.” Madame Lavalle-Peronne was also known for offering poupées such as “Lily” for sale and providing some doll repair services in addition to her accessory and clothing lines.

By 1870, the standard size of a French fashion doll was recognized as 45cm or 17-18 inches, and designated as a size 4. This notation allowed for some standardization

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L-R: Album de la Poupée is a blue paper covered booklet that houses gently worn black and white photographs of French fashion dolls. This particular album while not an original is a satisfying replica from one of Madame Lavalle-Peronne’s competitors – a boutique named Au Paradis Des Enfants. / A page from a replica Album de la Poupée showing a French Fashion doll in a fancy dress. / The inside page from a replica “Album de la Poupée” advertising the doll boutique, Au Paradis Des Enfants.

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Left: This papeterie, covered in brown textured paper to resemble leather, is embossed on the lid and measures 2 inches long, barely 1 inch wide, and 1 3/8 inches high. Quite the treasure, it holds miniature social/calling cards and notes that are handwritten in French. What a surprise these contents were to me when I originally opened the papeterie!

Bottom Left: Eventails have always been a part of a poupée’s trousseau. These examples range in size with the smallest measuring (with blades closed) 2 inches.

The first fan (center) while still charming, exhibits fading of the silk panels that were once beautifully painted with vivid colors.

The smaller hand-painted fans are made of bone or ivory and show designs on both sides. The wooden fan displays a delicately painted paper insert between the smartly carved blades. The trio of ornamental hair combs is a delight to behold!

Below: A stunning miniature on its own, this fancy 3-pronged tortoiseshell comb is one part of a set of 3 combs. It is painted with coral and sage green colors along the perimeter of the fan shape and gilded.

Barely an inch in each direction, it is shown in a miniature glass-lidded box. Lucky the fashion doll who owns these to bring any unruly locks under control!

in fitting the costumes to the doll.

Mademoiselle Regnault, who was employed by Madame LavallePeronne excelled in pattern making, and ultimately assumed the management of the journal in 1883 following Madame LavallePeronne’s retirement.

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Below: Mademoiselle Madeline, a dreamy-eyed 20-inch Portrait Jumeau with original wig and earrings sports a form-fitting dark chocolate brown floral print jacket with lace accents. Her skirt is composed of layer upon layer of fine lace and beribboned in blue. The piece de resistance of her ensemble is the pair of Thierry boots she is wearing. Shown with her two bags, Madeline is ready for autumn travel. Her smaller bag rests on an antique Victorian rose-colored pin cushion. Constructed of heavy brown embossed card stock, this bag is 2 ½ inches long and 1 inch wide. It is supported by 2 very thin leather straps.

Right: The sac du voyage measures 2 ¾ inches long, 1 ¾ inches wide and 3 ½ inches high. Fashioned with a multi-colored striped top and braided leather handles, it can be separated from its bottom compartment that is wrapped in leather strips. The mannequin standing next to Madeline supports a very interesting undergarment. The coated wire bands surround the shape along with canvas slings. Metal grommets help to secure this to Mademoiselle’s waist. It measures 8 inches long and 5 ½ inches wide.

Contents of a French Fashion Doll Trousseau La Poupée Modele 1870 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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Fancy dress Hat Petticoat Drawers Chemise Stockings Boots Hatbox Combs for hair Dominoes Card games Jump rope Gloves Stationery/Papeterie Social/calling cards Watch and chain Baskets for travel Work bags Albums

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While not exclusively mentioned in the 1870 trousseau list by Madame Lavalle-Peronne, it would be fair to say that no privileged French poupée would dare to be seen without an appropriate ensemble of fur hat, tippet or collar, and muff. Mademoiselle Mirabelle, a poupée with a thoughtful expression appears to be contemplating an exchange of her “plain” white fur muff for the antique ermine one. Who could blame her?

and difficult to find resulting in the birth of a new era of historic reproduction and faithful replicas. While some collectors might frown upon these because the accessories do not have the authentic “look” or “feel” of the originals, I prefer to view them as complementary to the genuine articles. Doll artists and craftsmen are guided by researching original antique accessories for French fashion dolls before adding his/her personal interpretation and trademark. Fabricating these novelties creates just another link between poupées and their “lives” in the 19th century. The meticulously fashioned wardrobes and fragile novelties sold at “A La Poupée Nuremberg” are miniature snapshots of Parisian fashion that continue to be just as fascinating today as these treasures were back then!

This photo journal will feature select clothing and accessories from the list Madame Lavalle-Peronne prepared and published in the June 1870 issue of La Poupée Modele.

Resources: Bailey, A. (1975). Dressing Dolls in Nineteenth Century Fashions. WallaceHomestead Book Co. Coleman, D. & E. J. (1979 June/July).

“Dolls and Dolls’ Accessories.” The Best of the Doll Reader Vol II. Cunnington, C.W. (1990). English Women’s Clothing in the Nineteenth Century. Dover Publications.

MacNeil, S. (2001 Spring). From the pages of La Poupée Modele. Doll News.

MacNeil, S. (2009 June). “The Trousseau Doll at De Kleine Wereld Museum,” Antique DOLL Collector.

Theimer, F. & D. (2009). “The Panorama of Parisienne Dolls, Volume I,” Polichinelle.

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Dreams Do Come True By Susan Foreman

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or many years the #1 doll on my “wish list” was an Izannah Walker. Most fellow collectors would assume this desire was due to the historic significance and rarity of Izannahs, but for me it was far more personal. This “wish” began during a visit to Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island many years ago. How does a cemetery inspire the desire for a doll?

My maternal family ancestors beginning with my great, great (make that 8 greats) grandfather Thomas Hazard,

one of the founders of Newport, RI in 1639, are buried at Swan Point. And Izannah Walker and her companion Emeline Whipple are buried within walking distance of my Hazard family. So, when I pay my respects to the Hazards I visit Izannah as well. Izannah’s headstone reads: Izannah F. Walker//Born Sept 25, 1817//Died Feb 15, 1888//Emeline B. Whipple//Born Aug 22, 1824// Died March 19, 1914.

And the pursuit for an Izannah began. My quest was successful when I was able to acquire a lovely example that was originally from the Madeline Osborne Merrill collection and was featured in her 1985 book The Art of Dolls 1700-1940. “My” Izannah graces the back of the book’s dust jacket, a full-page color photo within the pages of the book, as well as a black and white photo with a description. In addition to her provenance, she wears her original dress and has wonderful pre-patent style painted boots.

Izannah and I at Swan Point.

16" Izannah

My brother removing the accumulation of lichen in order to read Izannah’s name (sadly the inscription has nearly worn away with time).

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Izannah is prominently represented in Madeline Osborne Merrill’s book

Now that Izannah found her way to my home the question was where to display her. Off to the local antique store for the perfect table on which to place Izannah along with my family’s New Haven parlor clock dating to 1880 and which for many years, before coming to California, was in my mother’s birth home in Providence.

To this, I added several other family heirlooms including a beaded bag that belonged to my great, great, great, great, great Aunt Mary Fenner of Cranston. The table was ideally placed beneath my Charles Wysocki primitivestyle paintings.

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Then I realized that my Martha Chase dolls needed to be in this Rhode Island/New England display. Soon several early 19th century New England-made antique clocks were included, an 1820 Seth Thomas Pillar & Scroll and an 1820s Eli Terry Pillar & Splat.

While I loved the idea of concentrating on New England, it seemed that my other early American cloth dolls needed to be added… a Columbian Rag, an Alabama Indestructible, and a Philadelphia (Sheppard) Baby, I ultimately realized that this display, which began because of my Rhode Island heritage and Izannah Walker, had become a history of American women doll makers (with the exception of the Babyland Rags that snuck into the display). The display represents the creativeness, entrepreneurial spirit, and progressive ideals of the Adams sisters, Martha Chase, Ella Smith, and the mystery maker of the Sheppard Baby.

The following is a brief history of these important American dolls. Much of this information is derived from the outstanding reference book by Linda Edwards entitled Cloth Dolls From Ancient to Modern.

that it was in the 1840s. In 1855 it has been recorded that an Izannah doll was purchased for four-year-old Martha Jenks Chase who would one day become a famous dollmaker herself and much inspired by this Izannah doll. Although the date of Izannah’s first patent was not until 1873, photos verify that she was making dolls long before that patent date. The cloth heads of her dolls were coated with a paste and pressed in a die with a final layer of stockinette applied to the molded head. The painting of the hair is especially appealing and reminds me of the folk-art paintings from that time. The dolls generally have either painted ringlets in front of each ear or feathered brush strokes framing the face. As demand for Izannah’s dolls grew, her sisters assisted with the painting of the dolls. Izannah died in 1888 and, as noted above, is buried at Swan Point Cemetery.

Martha Jenks Chase was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1851. Martha was the daughter of a doctor, married to a doctor, had seven children and consequently was interested in making a doll that was not only loveable but also hygienic, and so began her dollmaking career in 1889. To further confirm the important place Izannah Walker, the maker of my much sought-after Martha Chase holds in dollmaking history and in the doll that became the centerpiece for my Americana history of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Historical display, was born in Bristol, RI in 1817, orphaned at age Society organized an exhibition in 1989 commemorating seven, and along with her sisters moved to a relative’s the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Martha’s home in Somerset, Massachusetts. Little is known until the 1865 Rhode Island Census revealed that she was business. The Society prepared an outstanding book living in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and had become entitled Dolls and Duty: Martha Chase & The Progressive a dollmaker. Along with dolls (which we think of as a Agenda 1889-1925 to coincide with the exhibit. feminine endeavor), she was a skilled carpenter, designed Her dolls were made of cloth, oil painted, and then a parlor heater, and was active in real estate (all thought varnished enabling them to be washable. Initially, she to be within the male domain). Little is known as to when made the dolls for family and friends. In 1891 she took she actually began making dolls, although it is surmised one of her dolls to the Jordan Marsh store in Boston to find a pair of shoes.

When the buyer of the toy department saw the doll, she was so impressed that she placed an order on the spot. This was the beginning of a successful business that would last for decades to come. Because of the growing demand, a small building, referred to as the “Doll House”, was constructed behind her home and a group of women The four Chase in my collection left to right: Two Chase a 13" baby and a 22" child, both wearing their original dresses. The Center photo is a 20" bobbed hair child wearing her original dress. And the right was hired. Her early dolls photo is a charming 12" tall Chase boy with a rarer hairstyle (he chose to stand with some other boy were baby and child types. dolls rather than in the Americana display).

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The Columbian Rag Doll was the result of a dollmaking venture that began in 1891 when Emma Adams made her first muslin doll. Soon she was joined by her sister Marietta. While Emma painted the faces, Marietta would design and make the clothing. The oil painted, flat muslin faces featured blue or brown eyes and a distinctive rosebud mouth.

An advertising brochure that accompanied one of my Chase dolls proclaimed: “If Stradivarius had made dolls, he would have made the Chase stockinette doll.”

But soon she expanded the line to include characters from literature such as Dickens and Alice in Wonderland, historic characters such as George Washington, and dolls with more elaborate hairstyles. In 1910 she began the manufacture of life-size dolls for training nurses.

Martha Chase died in 1925. Her daughter Anna continued to oversee the company until her death in 1947. The company was then placed in the hands of other family members until 1981 when, under the management of the grandson, the company was sold and closed forever.

(left photo) Columbian Rag Doll shown with Philadelphia Baby, two Babyland Rags, and Alabama Baby. (right photo) 19" Columbian Doll by Emma Adams wearing her original dress and bonnet

Columbian Exposition souvenir items displayed with doll

In 1893 the dolls were displayed at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago where they won a Diploma of Merit, and since then have been referred to as “Columbian Dolls.” Throughout the decade an example of this doll, named Miss Columbia, toured the world on behalf of various children’s charities. Miss Columbia was so popular that she was showered with souvenirs from all the countries she (and her double) visited. This acclaim led to more sales at such high-end stores as Marshall Fields, necessitating the hiring of local women to help produce more dolls. The popularity of the Columbian Exposition can be confirmed by the numerous souvenir items available, many of which I’ve acquired to display with the doll. My favorite item is an 1893 book ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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entitled The Century World’s Fair for Boys & Girls which wonderfully describes the fair’s attractions. I especially loved the chapter devoted to the Ferris Wheel which made its debut at the fair.

Emma died in 1900, although dolls continued to be made until 1910. The dolls made after Emma’s death, however, never quite had the same appeal.

The Alabama Indestructible Doll (Alabama Baby) was made by Ella Louise Gauntt Smith of Roanoke, Alabama beginning in 1899. With the help of twelve workers she, like Martha Chase, began making dolls in a small building behind her home. Her dolls were shown at the 1904 St. Louis World Exposition. And in 1905 she received her first patent. One of the unique features of her dolls is the wooden stick that was inserted in the center of the head and extended into the torso making the dolls so-called “indestructible.” The head, neck, and bust were made of plaster and then covered with cloth which accounts for the weight of the dolls and the need for the inserted stick. The relatively short-lived company was out of business by 1925.

21" Sheppard Baby

Philadelphia or Sheppard Babies were commissioned by the J.B. Sheppard department store of Philadelphia in about 1892. According to Linda Edward, these dolls were sold in the infant’s department of the store. And while it is known that the dolls were costumed in the Sheppard workshop, the maker and designer of the doll remain unknown, although it has been suggested that the design for the doll was the winning creation of an art school competition. The most distinctive features of the molded, oil-painted stockinette face are the deeply incised eyelids.

22" Alabama Baby

This postcard is dated September 7, 1885. It was sent to a supplier by J.B.Sheppard & Son correcting an addition error. The company apparently charged them $16.61 for 36&3/4 yards of Opera Twill Cream, the correct amount should have been $16.17.

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And then there is the unknown boy. As the display came together one other doll decided, based on his construction, that he should be included. This 17" mystery doll has exceptional sculpting and painting and looks very much at home with the American cloth dolls. When purchased it was noted that his head was of “stiffened composition.” Upon close examination it very much resembles the texture of dolls by Chase and Alabama Baby.

He also has some characteristics that are found in dolls by Edwina Fallis. Another maker that created dolls with similar characteristics was Dorothy Kinghorn Wilson. He has a rather primitive stockinette body. There are no markings to be found with the exception of what could possibly be an AD painted just above the hairline at the back of the neck (this could also be merely brushstrokes). Was he a portrait doll? The maker remains a mystery. If anyone has any thoughts, I would love to hear from them.

And finally…the Babyland Rag. Although not made by women in a cottage industry environment, they are indeed an important part of American cloth doll history. In 1865 Edward Imeson Horsman, while still in his early 20s, founded the company that would bear his name. His initial business was that of “making & selling games and home amusements” and was located at 105 Maiden Lane in New York. Eventually, sporting goods formed an important part of his business, and he managed to catch each new craze as it came along from croquet to lawn tennis.

In the 1870s, Mr. Horsman began traveling to Europe to import “toys, fancy goods, and novelties” He became a regular visitor to the doll factories of Thuringia and began importing German bisque dolls. Horsman’s first true

doll success was with a series of cloth dolls introduced in 1893 called Babyland Rag. The earliest dolls bearing the Horsman name were the Baby Land (original spelling) series whose facial features were hand-painted such as my patriotic girl and her sister dressed in pink. Starting in 1907 the dolls were made with lithographed faces as seen on the Dutch boy. These popular dolls continued to be sold until the 1920s. Some dolls, such as my lithographedfaced boy, still retain their original round paper tag which reads Genuine/Babyland/Trade/Mark.

What began as a dream became a reality. And that reality has taught me so much about a unique and historically important genre of dolls.

Three Horsman Babyland Rag dolls. The two girls have painted features while the boy has lithographed

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Madame Alexander Tots

By Jane Foster

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ppealing Madame Alexander dolls have been admired, collected, and featured in catalogs and doll reference books for several decades.

Madame Alexander visited prolific doll sculptor/ modeler Bernard Lipfert on different occasions, and he designed several dolls for her company. Linda Lipfert White, his granddaughter, recently reflected on what her

grandfather thought was most memorable about these Madame Alexander dolls. Her comment was, “Truthfully, I believe what he appreciated most was the way Madame Alexander dressed his creations.” While much is known about Madame’s dolls down through the decades, contrastingly little has come to the surface about her fashioning of children’s clothing.

It is very rare to find a Madame Alexander Tots child’s dress and the “Wendy-Kins” doll dressed identically. Also featured here is the original box for the doll. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

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Shown here is an example of the Madame Alexander Tots tag sewn at the neckline. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

Pictured here is the dress tag for the “Wendy-Kins” doll in pink.

(Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

The doll with matching child’s dress is promoted in this Jacobson’s ad from 1964. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

Beatrice Alexander, better known as Madame Alexander, introduced a line of children’s clothing called “Madame Alexander’s Tots, Inc.” in 1964. In that same year, her clothing business debuted at the American Toy Fair, in New York. One month after the toy fair, Madame Alexander offered garments for infants and preschoolers in thirty-eight styles, including the very best fabrics, trims, and appliqués. This was a separate entity from her doll manufacturing business; she was engaged in these two enterprises simultaneously. Madame had great talent in costuming her dolls, and her experience was evident in the designing of her children’s clothing.

Each detailed garment was excellently constructed: some pieces were completely lined, and some examples had attached slips. She selected primary colors such as red and yellow for the boys’ clothing and many times pink for the little girls’ frocks. Often the dresses were made in an A-line style, and sometimes as a jumper or with a pinafore. She also offered rompers, which were popular in this era for boys and girls. Original samples of these wonderful little outfits, beautiful in

Another ad from 1964 pictures Madame Alexander Tots clothing and dolls offered at Marshall Field & Company. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

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This June 1965 newspaper discount ad from Wyman’s department store promoted the sale of Madame Alexander Tots gift sets. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

detail with everything in perfect scale, were made at the Alexander factory in New York City. Before they left the factory, there was a hangtag attached to each dress with Madame Alexander’s picture and her personalized statements concerning nice attire for little ones. Labels were sewn on the tots’ clothing, usually at the neckline of the garment, that read “Madame Alexander Tots, Made in New York, All Rights Reserved.” The labels also included a lot number, style number, and size. In addition to this information, many labels told what type of material was used to make the garment. Madame arranged for these dresses to be padded with tissue paper and packed very carefully before they were sent to some of the finest department stores; she encouraged the employees of these stores to handle and present the dresses in the same manner, with a lot of care and attention to detail.

An interesting feature of the Alexander Tots line of clothing was dolls that were produced in the same outfits. Alexander dolls used for these matching outfits were the 8-inch hard plastic “Wendy-kins,” the 12inch vinyl “Janie,” and the 18-inch vinyl “Binnie.”

It would seem that the “Wendy-kins” doll was the most prominently used. These dolls wearing the matching apparel were not always sold together with the children’s outfits. The dolls and their correlating children’s apparel were offered in stores such as Neiman-Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Marshall Fields, I. Magnum & Co., and FAO Schwarz. There are old newspaper ads introducing and promoting Madame Alexander clothing and coordinating dolls.

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This “Wendy-Kins” is wearing another extremely hard-to-find dress.

It is very detailed, with front pleats, puffed sleeves, and a peter pan collar. There was an accompanying child’s garment made; both dresses were made in blue as well as pink. (Courtesy of Bruce A. deArmond)

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Delicate detailing is at the top of this lovely pink and white dress.

An example of a Tots jumper, exceptionally well made, is displayed in this photo.

The pink and white dress is fashioned with the bow at the back of the dress.

Blue dots and blue trim make this a very attractive Madame Alexander Tots dress.

It is interesting how the trim on the collar matches the trim on the sleeves of this pretty little dress.

Lacy long sleeves embellish this dainty Tots dress.

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LEFT: An eye-catching red romper is tagged similar to the yellow romper. (Courtesy of Julie Patrie) BELOW: Pictured in this photo is the tag sewn into the red romper. (Courtesy of Julie Patrie)

This yellow romper is tagged denoting that it is a Madame Alexander Tots garment just as the dresses are.

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Little girls of this era were fond of playing “dress-up” wearing their mothers’ clothes and heels. It is easy to imagine how they would have enjoyed having fashionable Madame Alexander identical dresses for themselves and their doll.

However, the number of these dolls dressed in outfits that replicated the children’s garments was very limited. Madame Alexander Tots, Inc. was discontinued in 1966, only two years after its origination. Orders were pouring in for the tots’ clothing.

Philip, Madame’s husband, realized that continuing with the clothing company and doll manufacturing would to be too challenging.

Madame Alexander agreed to return The blue dress is possibly a prototype of a Madame Alexander Tots garment. It is tagged her sole attention to dolls and at the neckline “Madame Alexander,” not “Madame Alexander Tots.” However, there is suspend her clothing business. another tag on the dress that designates the lot and style number, and the size. This is an It is noteworthy that Madame indication that this dress style was perhaps just not finalized. showed an interest in children’s American Legend,”—“Madame once again attempted clothing on two other occasions during her career. to launch herself into the world of children’s fashions In the 1930’s a cloth Madame Alexander doll was via the Margaret O’Brien doll, when she created a introduced named “Little Lady.” She dressed her line of juvenile clothing to complement that doll’s “Little Lady” dolls similarly to little girls of that era. outfits.” This attempt to branch out into children’s In February 1931, Playthings Magazine announced clothing lasted one year, from 1946-1947. Style and that Madame Alexander had created a new line of quality marked Madame Alexander’s customized Girls’ Party and Masquerade Costumes in all sizes. clothing lines.

According to the resource, “Madame Alexander, An

References and Resources: The author would like to express appreciation to Bruce A. deArmond and Rodney Waller for their invaluable help with this article.

Author would also like to thank Linda Lipert White, granddaughter of Bernard Lipert, for her sharing of information.

“Hidden Treasures: Madame Alexander’s Clothes for Tots,” by Tanya McWhorter, Doll Reader, March/ April 2003.

Madame Alexander Dolls, An American Legend, Alexander Doll Company, Inc. and Portfolio Press Corporation, 1999.

Online-Jewish Women’s Archives, Letter from Beatrice Alexander to Stores Selling “Madame Alexander Tots” Clothing, March 11, 1964, Courtesy of the Alexander Doll Company, Inc. Marsha T Hunter, Ph.D., UFDC Convention, Aug 2022.

Pictures not designated otherwise are from the author’s collection and photographed by Gerald Foster.

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The Ayervais Collection of Japanese Ningyo

by Alan Scott Pate

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ew York has long been considered the epicenter of many aspects of the art world.

Great museums, great galleries, and great art fairs pepper the city not only geographically, but also in terms of the annual calendar of mustsee events. Michael Ayervais was a habitué of that world, accustomed to attending the gallery openings, blockbuster museum shows, and jaw-dropping art fairs. So, it was a singular moment back in 1986 when he entered the famed Park Avenue Armory Fair and encountered his first Japanese ningyô. It was a dairibina imperial couple for the Girl’s Day display. Clad in rich silk brocades, with haunting white faces, delicate

hands, and elaborate headgear, they were conceptually stunning and visually arresting.

But more importantly, what were they?

For all his years on “the scene,” Michael Ayervais had not encountered such a work of art. He went home, empty-handed but intrigued, and wrestled with them all night, trying to place them in what he knew and loved about art. The next day he raced back to the fair intent on purchasing them. Whatever they were, he decided, they had to be his. But he was too late, sold the night before after he had left so entranced. So, again, he left the fair empty-handed, but with a new art-focus in his heart and soul. Ningyô.

And, thus, it has been for the last 36 years, a collecting journey of the soul. The Ayervais Collection of Japanese dolls is unquestionably a Collector’s Collection. With a studied and discerning eye, over the course of thirty-plus years, Michael Ayervais has assembled a powerhouse grouping of ningyô.

This collection has historically been regarded as unparalleled outside of Japan, with important exhibitions at the Japan Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Mingei International Museum and the Morikami Museum all drawing extensively from this true treasure-house of ningyô, even eliciting TV coverage from Japan. A number of pieces also boast additional provenance coming originally through the celebrated ningyô scholar and curator to the Imperial Museum (now Tokyo National Museum), Spectacular gosho-ningyô (palace doll) holding a yari spear cover symbolizing martial courage, Nishizawa Tekiho (1899–1965) and swathed in an immaculate densely embroidered green kimono.

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as he worked in the late 1940s and early 50s with the American doll-collecting couple Colonel Ronald and Eloise Thomas, founders of the beloved Yesteryear’s Museum in Sandwich, MA, guiding them and counseling them on their ningyô purchases.

With a strong focus on ningyô from the Edo Period (1615–1868), which was the Golden Age of Japanese Dolls, this collection presents some truly iconic ningyô from all the important Japanese doll categories. While each one is visually engaging and desire-inducing, the names and natures of some of these doll forms may be unfamiliar. As

a result, today’s American collectors continue to shy away from Japanese ningyô, suggesting they are too strange or too difficult to understand, and even though they find the dolls charming or dramatic or artistic, they don’t know where or how to begin a collection.

But, really, it’s simple. Think of it this way. In English, we call them dolls. In Germany, they are puppen, in France poupees. And in Japan, they are ningyo. And here is a summary of five main types of Japanese dolls, and examples of each which can be found in the Ayervais Collection.

Gosho Ningyo (Palace Dolls)

Originating as gift dolls within the imperial court in the 18th century, thus becoming known as Palace Dolls, gosho-ningyô occupy a special and storied position in the world of Japanese dolls. Cherubic, fat even, gosho-ningyô present us with happy children bearing delightful expressions, animated postures, and proffering cherished objects. Crafted generally of wood and covered overall in a fine white gofun (shell white), their shocks of black hair and rich costuming are a treat for the eye, while their winning countenances and auspicious wishes are a treat for the heart and soul. Gosho-ningyô were classically depicted seated or kneeling and holding an object conveying wishes for health, longevity, good fortune, or such.

Dramatic gosho-ningyô pair depicting a scene from the Noh play Ataka, 7" high, mid-1800s

The 6" mitsuore-ningyo, of carved wood, and with triple-jointing, was used as a play doll by children of the nobility or wealthy merchant classes

Whimsical pair of mitate gosho-ningyô (parody palace dolls) depicting a test of strength between two sumo wrestlers, 12" high, mid-1800s

Standing gosho-ningyô holding a kusudama decorative flower ball and wearing a beautifully embroidered silk crepe sleeveless jacket. Early 1800s

Delightful grouping of gosho-ningyô hinting at the great variations, scale and manner of depiction of this iconic doll form.

Shown here: 5-13" high, 19th Century.

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Their rapid rise in popularity across all sectors of society led to tremendous creativity and innovation with dolls being depicted crawling, standing, and dancing; imitating classic drama with props and accessories; articulated and poseable; matched pairs of noble children gifted for weddings; and even mechanical versions with masks that transform their identities or rattles and fans that add to the general merriment. They range from palm-sized to child-sized.

Playful and engaging goshoningyô riding haughtily in a wheeled cart and holding a buriburi-gitcho wheeled toy. Doll: 13"/Overall 26" high, mid-1800s

Rare and impressive pair of Prince and Princess gosho-ningyô originally collected in Japan in the late 1940s and once part of the Yesteryear's Museum in Sandwich, MA, 18.5" high, early 1800s

Sekku Ningyo (Festival Dolls)

Japan is a land of festivals, many dating back over 1,000 years. Two of these festivals traditionally centered on the elaborate display of luxuriously crafted dolls: the Hina Matsuri (Girl’s Day) and the Tangu-no-sekku (Boy’s Day) festivals.

Girl’s Day will be familiar to many. Held on the 3rd day of the 3rd month, this ancient rite featured the display of dolls (hina-ningyô) representing a stylized imperial court headed by the dairi-bina (imperial lord and lady), often mistakenly called the emperor and empress. Dolls depicting ladies-in-waiting, musicians, ministers, and footmen were gradually added over time, visually augmenting the display and intended to keep the primary pair happy and content, purifying and conferring blessings on the household.

Evolving gradually from the 10th century, the Girl’s Day display took on renewed importance during the Edo Period with both the imperial and samurai nobility along with the newly affluent merchant class embracing with gusto this annual display of dolls. Artisans were empowered to create ever more stunning and lavish figures for the festival. The result was an exceptional array of dolls, not only creatively interpreting the imperial lord and lady, but all their attendants as well.

The central focus of the 5th month, 5th day Boy’s Day festival are the fearsome and powerful musha-ningyô (warrior dolls) depicting figures drawn from Japanese history and lore. Some of these impressive dolls are taken from legend, like the great 3rd century Empress Jingû who led a naval armada to invade Korea (while pregnant!)

Large-scale imperial couple for the Girl's Day Display with bold silk textiles featuring a design of rabbits dancing over waves seated atop a tall silk-clad dais, 20" high, mid-1800s

Rare miniature lacquered palanquin with seated chigo-bina page doll, emblazoned with two different family crests and a fully decorated interior, 32" (l), 12" 9h" 11" (w), late 1800s

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accompanied by her faithful minister Takenouchi. Some are well-documented figures from military history such as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the 12th-century samurai and general noted for his brilliant exploits and valiant acts of daring do! And some are from fairy tales like the ogre-subduing Momotarô the Peach boy and his notable companions: the monkey, the dog, and the pheasant.

Some very rare examples come to us from famous ateliers like Maruhei Ohkiheizo of Kyoto, supplier to the imperial family, or from celebrated doll artists such as Hara Shûgetsu III (1826-1899), noted for his large-scale festival dolls as well as diminutive netsuke toggles.

The canvas is rich, with spectacular silk brocades, real metal armor, menacing faces, bristling arrow quivers, and mighty personalities.

Musha-ningyô set depicting the legendary Empress Jingu along with her vassal Takenouchi holding the baby Ojin and an attendant bannerman. Jingu is one of the few female figures to be included in the Boy's Day display. 23" high, Early 1800s

Singularly rare musha-ningyô set depicting the Gempuku Coming of Age Ceremony, with exceptionally well-rendered faces and bast fiber textiles with bold crests leather accents. This is the only documented set known to exist outside of Japan of this important rite in a young boy's life. 15" high, Circa 1800.

RIGHT: Exotic hinaningyô of the Butterfly Dance for the Girl's Day Festival with colorful lacquered wings on their backs and adorned by metal crowns with silk flowers.

13" high, late 1800s.

Wonderful depiction of Momotarô the Peach Boy and his companions the dog, the pheasant and the monkey all dressed as warriors. 14" high. mid 1800s.

Isho-Ningyo (Dolls Of Popular Culture)

Emerging in the early 18th century, isho-ningyô evolved into a stunning form, replicating, documenting and celebrating many aspects of Japanese popular culture. Drawing on theatrical themes, celebrated courtesans from the pleasure quarters, historical personages, and even foreigners, ishô-ningyô offer a breath-taking array of subject and styles all swathed in superb silk brocade textiles and finely rendered gofun faces. A few of the important sub-groups that can be included within this category are: Takeda-ningyô are kabuki-themed dolls depicted in dynamic poses on black lacquered stands. Though predominantly male, some of the more compelling takeda-ningyô are actually female, drawn from kabuki’s dance performances.

Takeda-ningyô depicting Otohime, the Undersea Dragon Princess, holding aloft a pot of coral symbolizing enlightenment. Takedaningyô traditionally depict Kabuki-related themes and Otohime was featured in a number of dance interlude performances.

Fig. 20" high (Overall 27") Early 1800s

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Mitsuore-ningyô (triple-jointed dolls) are essentially play dolls designed for adults. Their carved wood bodies with jointed hips, knees, and ankles allowed for the subtle positioning of these dolls into a number of becoming poses, enhancing the viewer’s enjoyment as they tried on various kimonos or an array of wigs.

Iki-ningyô (living dolls) are hyper-realistic figures depicting many of the same subjects found in classic ishô-ningyô, beautiful women, samurai, and peddlers, for example, but rendered in such exquisite and accurate detail they appear almost alive. Though originating as life-sized exhibition pieces in the mid-19th century, they evolved into a very successful souvenir item for wealthy Westerners doing the Grand Tour in Asia at the end of the 19th century, with the majority of extant examples being only found outside of Japan.

Iki-ningyô (living doll) of a Kyoto bijin with her mirror and comb set. Iki-ningyô became popular collectors items among foreigners in the late 19th century where they served effectively as 3-dimensional postcards of "traditional" Japan. 25" high. Circa 1900.

Ichimatsu-ningyô, evolving in the late 19th, but coming into their own in the opening decades of the 20th century, depict young boys or girls dressed in their finest, with bright gofun faces and inset glass eyes. Though many inexpensive dolls were made for play, ichimatsu-ningyô also evolved into a very sophisticated and coveted doll form.

Kamo-ningyô are the smallest of the group: small but mighty. Traditionally fashioned of willow wood, they depict scenes from everyday life rendered in delightful miniature.

Elegant Ichimatsu-ningyo attributed to Eitokusai II (Yamakawa Kiejiro, 1858-1928) with white gofun skin and an open-mouth expression, wearing a rich green satin figured silk bearing auspicious designs, with the shaved head of a young boy. 28" high. Early 1900s.

Spectacular Takeda-ningyô theatrical doll depicting the Taikô (Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), of grand scale with voluminous silk brocade and embroidered textiles and carrying his signature gourd standard with red felt tassels. Cover piece for Ningyô: The Art of the Japanese Doll. 33" high. Early 1800s

RIGHT: Large-scale early ichimatsu with the shaved head and long side locks of a young boy with large ginko-nut eyes of glass, and sporting right red tabi socks. 27" high.

Early 1900s.

LEFT: Detail of the carved wooden hair of an 18th century bijin ishô-ningyô (“beautiful woman”). Ishôningyô serve as important studies of popular fashion and hairstyles of their period.

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Karakuri-ningyo (Mechanical Dolls)

Japan has long embraced dolls as a form of entertainment. In the early 18 century an entire theatrical empire emerged based on the display of karakuri-ningyô mechanical dolls. At-home versions were also created for the affluent. Called zashiki karakuri-ningyô or parlor mechanical dolls, these miniaturized figures presented to their viewer a more limited array of movements. Mounted on a gilded lacquered box housing the mechanisms, a small crank on the side would bring the doll to life, beating a drum, turning its head, pivoting on the base, while carp ascended waterfalls or acrobats spun overhead. Enchanting! th

RIGHT: Zashiki karakuri-ningyô (parlor mechanical doll)) of a drummer and the mouse tower, when handle is turned the drummer beats the drum and turns his head from side to side while mice scamper up the ramp into the tower. 22" high. Early 1800s LEFT: Significant all-wood karakuri gosho-ningyô of a seated boy with his legs thrust forward and holding a dramatically rendered fox mask, when the knob in back is turned the arms raise together drawing the mask over the face. 19" high. Mid 1800s

Bunraku-ningyo (Puppets)

Bunraku-ningyô is the term generally used to describe the puppets used in Japanese traditional theater. More than dolls, these large-scale figures are considered an important part of Japanese cultural patrimony, with many of the finest works in Japanese literature being written for the puppet stage. Full-scale puppets require three people to operate them: the lead controlling the head and the right arm, an attendant operates the left arm, while a second attendant is responsible for moving the feet on a male or the kimono hem for a female. It is a complicated ballet as these three maneuver their individual puppet on stage, sometimes amidst a dozen or so other puppets, engaging in battles, court intrigue, tragic lover suicides, temple burnings and even sky-bound funiculars! Thus, extant examples are rare and highly desirable.

CONCLUSION The collecting of Japanese ningyô can be delightful.

Consider what strikes you. Is it the dramatic? The playful? The fashionable? The textiles or the stories?

Choose a doll that appeals to you, and then work with a source that counsels you wisely on the doll’s background,

Powerful Bunraku-ningyô puppet of the Bunshichi style depicting a character of great strength but with deeply hidden sorrow, clad in armor with eyebrows that raise and lower and eyes that shift side to side and articulated hands. 38" high.

19th Century.

its story, its originality, and its relationship to the Western dolls that you know so well. Then read and read, educate your eye, and consider how one thing can lead to another.

It is with that curiosity of mind that Michael Ayervais built his important collection.

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National Doll Festival Salesroom At the National Doll Festival, collectors and dealers alike enjoyed a fabulous shopping experience. The pretty event room at the Holiday Inn was chock full of beautiful dolls and delighted collectors. The selection ranged from incredible Brus to boxes of Barbies plus artists dolls and lots of doll fashions and accessories. Rowbear Lowman’s hard work was rewarded with a fun and highly successful event.

On to Seattle in 2023!

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Calendar of Events Send in your Calendar Listing to: antiquedollcollector.com/enhancedevents.html or email events@antiquedollcollector.com or mail to Antique DOLL Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 349, Herndon, Virginia 20172. If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

LONG TERM 4/09/22-10/30/22 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Special exhibition “Happy Birthday Globi!” +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.

OCTOBER 2022 1 ~ Boise, ID. Doll Show & Sale. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Syringa Doll Club. Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge #115, 7025 W Overland, 83709. Joan Easton. ejeaston208@gmail.com. 208-863-7285 (Call or Text).

1 ~ Concord (San Francisco Bay Area), CA. Doll Show & Sale. 10am-3pm. World Doll Day Shows. Concord Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glenn Drive.

Mary Senko. 425-330-1770. mary.senko@comcast.net. www.WorldDollDayShows.com.

1 ~ Plymouth, MN. Minnesota Doll Jamboree.

Crowne Plaza Hotel. 3131 Campus Drive. Iris Schroeder. idschr@comcast.net. 651-777-5261. www.mndolljamboree.com. An all-day event, stay for the doll show.

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2 ~ Plymouth, MN. Dolls & Toys & Bears OH MY! Shows by Bernadette. Annual Fall Show & Sale. Crowne Plaza Hotel. 3131 Campus Drive. facebook.com/DollsToysBearsOHMY. dollstoysbearsohmy.wixsite.com/classic-layout.

8 ~ Westampton, NJ. Dolls at Auction. Sweetbriar Auction. Preview: 7:30 am; Auction: 10 am. 700 Highland Drive, Westampton, NJ. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. sweetbriarauctions.com.

Catalog available on website.

2 ~ Sturbridge, MA. Sturbridge MA Fall Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show and Steiff Trunk Show.

Collins Gifts. Sturbridge Host Hotel. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com.

8-9 ~ Newark, OH. Ohio National Doll Show & Sale. A Doll Show like they used to be, JOY! The Complete Doll Buying Event with Nationally Recognized Dealers and Artists.

Saturday: Lectures/Meal Events (see website for details), Sunday: Doll Show & Sale. New venue! Cherry Valley Hotel & Event Center, 2299 Cherry Valley Rd.SE, 43055. Gail Lemmon.

440-396-5386. ohionationaldollshow@gmail. com. ohionationaldollshow.com.

4-5 ~ Hatfield, PA. Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls. Alderfer Auction. 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA 19440.

215.393.3000. www.alderferauction.com.

6-7 ~ Newark, OH. 2-Day Doll Auction. Apple Tree Auction. Cherry Valley Hotel. 1625 W. Church St., Newark, OH. 740.344.4282. www. appletreeauction.com.

8 ~ Fredericksburg, VA. The Now and Then Doll Club Annual Doll Show and Sale.

Fredericksburg Elks Lodge #875, 11309 Tidewater Trail. 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Adults: $6.00/ $3.00 children. wanda.miller@verizon.net.

804-513-9011.

9 ~ Bridgeton (St. Louis), MO. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. The Spirit of St. Louis Doll Club.

Machinist Hall, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd. Connie 314-440-4086. clknarr@aol.com. stlouisdollclub.com.

9 ~ DeWitt (Lansing), MI. Doll Show & Sale.

Banquet and Conference Center of DeWitt.

Sandy Johnson Barts. 269-599-1511. SJBbetsys@ comcast.net. www.lansingdollshow.com.

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9 ~ Phoenix, AZ. Valley of the Sun Annual Doll & Bear Show. No. Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 N Central Ave, 85012. Harlene Soucy. 480-831-9081. soucy12@cox.net. Tables: Bebe Brown. 480-628-9586. bbgray23@gmail.com.

15 ~ Annapolis, MD. Marquis: Japanese Dolls from the Ayervais Collection. Theriault’s Auction.

Theriault’s Auction Gallery. 410-224-3655. info@theriaults.com. theriaults.com.

15 ~ Des Moines, IA. Happy Sisters Doll & Toy Show. American Legion Hall #374. Betty Peterson. bpcleo@netzero.com. 515-664-4992 (call or text).

16 ~ Portland, OR. Portland Doll & Bear Show. Queens of the Doll Aisle. New location!

Embassy Suites - Portland Airport. 7900 NE 82nd Avenue. 11 am to 4 pm. Joe Koury. joe@ queensofthedollaisle.com. 650-303-4140.

16 ~ Cheektowaga, NY. Niagara Frontier Doll Club’s 35th Annual Show & Sale. Buffalo Airport Hotel 6600 Genesee St. Marlies Wesolowski. 716-649-3305. marlieswesolowski310@gmail.com. Facebook-Niagara Frontier Doll Club’s Annual Doll Show.

20 ~ Nashua, NH. Carol Corson Collection Live Auction. Withington Auction. DoubleTree by Hilton, 2 Somerset Pkwy, Nashua, NH. Hotel RSVP: 603-886-1200 (ask for the doll rate).

603.478.3232. withington@conknet.com. withingtonauction.com.

21-22 ~ Anaheim, CA. Huge Doll Estate Sale.

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. 1304 S. Westchester Drive.

Cell 714-343-4865. sherrylks@aol.com.

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15 ~ Phoenix, AZ. Doll Show & Sale. Valley of the Sun Doll Club. No. Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 N Central Ave. Rita Bruns. ritabruns@hotmail.com.

602-697-4717 (Call or Text).

Antique, Modern, Collectible 2022 Shows & Sales Show Time 9:00 A.M. - 2:00 PM. Admission at 10:00 A.M. $6.00, With Ad $5.00 Early Bird Admission 9:00 A.M. $10.00 Lancaster Farm & Home Center 1383 Arcadia Road • Lancaster, PA 17601

15 ~ Richmond, VA. Doll & Bear Show & Sale.

Richmond Doll & Bear Show. Richmond VA Raceway Complex, 600 E Laburnum Ave. Judy Seay. 434-981-3822. mandjseay@embarqmail.com.

Sunday, November 6, 2022

15 ~ Shreveport, LA. Doll Luncheon & Show.

North Louisiana Antique Doll & Toy Club. First Baptist Church, 543 Ockley Dr. Robin Grubbs.

318-780-8864. weebeetoys@bellsouth.net. Anita Berg: anitahb@mac.com.

Info: Ron Funk, 3045 W Meadowview Dr, Gordonville, PA 17529 • (717) 371-0395 Show Time: 9 A.M. - 2 P.M. Show Location: Take Service Road off Rt 72 South (Manheim Pike) Off Rt 30 & Rt 283 Early Bird 9:00 A.M. $10.00 - Children Free

16 ~ Bedford NH. Luncheon “A Time to Keep.”

Granite State Doll Club. Manchester Country Club, 180 S. River Rd. Zendelle Bouchard. 207-206-1000. zendelle@hotmail.com.

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OCT. 2022 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63 22 ~ Jonesborough, TN. Doll Show & Sale.

Jonesborough Visitor Center, 117 Boone St. Ellen Stafford. 423-753-0022. ellen@jonesdollhouse.com.

Jonesdollhouse.com.

22 ~ Marietta, GA. Doll Show & Sale. Peachtree Doll Collectors. Faith Lutheran Church & School. Brenda Welker. 678-523-3150.

BLWelker8@gmail.com.

22 ~ Rossford (Toledo), OH. Doll, Bear & Toy Show & Sale. Toledo Doll Show. Total Sports Rossford, 10020 S Compass Dr. Karen Kosies. toledo@dollshows.net. Call/Text 520-270-0179. www.toledodollshow.net.

23 ~ Oxnard (Southern California Area), CA. Doll Show & Sale. 10am-3pm. World Doll Day Shows. Courtyard by Marriott. 600 E. Esplanade Dr. Mary Senko. 425-330-1770. mary.senko@comcast.net. www.worlddolldayshows.com.

NC Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures Spencer, NC

NEW! Special Exhibit on loan from the Wenham Museum of Wenham, MA

“Miss Columbia”

September 2022- January 2023 OPEN Thurs - Sat 10 am - 4 pm NCMDTM.com or 704-762-9359

23 ~ Red Bank, NJ. Set Sail with Metrodolls.

Luncheon and charity auction. Oyster Point Hotel. 146 Bodman Place. MetroDolls. heastore@aol.com. 267-230-3167.

23 ~ St. Charles, IL. Chicago Toy Show. Kane County Fairgrounds, Lincoln Hwy/IL Route 38.

Herb@chicagotoyshow.com. 847-800-3009.

Diana@chicagotoyshow.com. 847-772-6760. illinoisdollshows.com/.

27-30 ~ New York, NY. New York City Jewelry & Watch Show. Palm Beach Show Group.

Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St. 561.822.5440. info@palmbeachshow.com.PalmBeachShowGroup.com.

NOVEMBER 2022 4-7 ~ Online. Holiday Stars Teddy Bear Online Show. Valerie Rogers, 502-423-7827, brtstar1@aol.com. www.bright-star-promotions.com.

5 ~ Kansas City, MO. Catalogued Doll Auction, “Rarieties Reign - Part Two.” Frasher’s Doll Auctions. KCI Expo Center & Holiday Inn Hotel, 11730 NW Ambassador Drive. (free shuttle between KC airport and KCI Expo Center). 816-625-3786. frasher@aol.com.

5 ~ Salisbury, NC. Salisbury Doll, Toy and Miniature Show. Southeastern Doll Shows. Salisbury Civic Ctr, 315 Martin Luther King Jr Ave S. Jackie Stone. 828-778-4646. jackiestone@charter.net.

SoutheasternDollShows.com.

5 ~ Sarasota, FL. FX Doll & Toy Show. Marz Productions, Inc.VFW Post 3233 124 South Tuttle Ave. 34237. Bruce Zalkin fxtoyshows@gmail.com 941-302-0572 (call/text). www.fxtoyshows.com.

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

6 ~ North Hampton, NH. Annual Fall Seacoast Doll, Bear & Miniature Show. Wendy Collins. 45 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH, 03842. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. collinsgifts14@aol.com. collinsgifts.com.

6 ~ Lancaster, PA. Doll, Toy & Teddy Bear Show. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. Ron Funk. 717-371-0395.

6 ~ Lynnwood, WA. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Embassy Suites Hotel. 20610 44th Ave. Lisa Pepin. pepins4@msn.com. 206-669-7818.

6 ~ Santa Rosa, CA. Santa Rosa Doll Show and Sale. Redwood Empire Doll and Study Club. Santa Rosa Veterans Building, 1351 Maple Ave. Kitti.

707-326-0322. santarosadollshow@gmail.com. santarosadollshow.blogspot.com.

DATE CHANGE. 12 ~ Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque Doll & Toy Sale. Dolls 4 U. Grace Church Gym, 6901 San Antonio Drive, 87109.

Anita Husby. 505-508-0351. nitak2@hotmail.com.

12 ~ Anaheim, CA. Doll Show & Sale. California Doll Collectors. Brookhurst Community Center, 2271 W. Crescent Ave. Janice Young. cashmeredreamer@gmail.com. 714-345-5797.

12 ~ Largo, FL. St. Petersburg Doll Club 43 Annual Doll & Bear Show & Sale. 9:30 to 3:00 PM. Largo Event Center (formally Minnreg Bld), 6340 126th Ave North. Josephine Valente.

727-384-1708. aldopip@tampabay.rr.com 12 ~ Portsmouth, NH. Seacoast Artisan 23rd Annual Holiday Show. Seacoast Artisan. Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Dr. 603-431-8531. seacoastartisans@yahoo.com. seacoastartisansshows.com. facebook.com/events/3143147019332822.

12-13 ~ Annapolis, MD. Marquis: Antique Doll Auction. Theriault’s Auction. Theriault’s Auction Gallery. 410.224.3655. info@theriaults.com. www.theriaults.com.

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ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR OCTOBER 2022

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The Ohio National Doll Show Special events October 8th, Doll Show October 9th, 2022

For more information contact Gail Lemmon at (440) 396-5386

We welcome you to our new location at the Cherry Valley Hotel in Newark, Ohio for the doll & bear event of the fall, including: expert lectures, meal events, one of the world’s largest salesrooms & so much more.

Breakfast with Barbie & Bradley Justice

Teddy Bear Picnic Luncheon with John Paul Port

Tea Time with Rhoda Wade

Billye Harris will be providing appraisals for $5 each.

Appraisal proceeds will benefit the UFDC

Candlelit Dinner with Alan Scott Pate

Event Registration & More Information at

ohionationaldollshow.com

HOTEL REGISTRATION: Call (740) 788-1200 & Reference Ohio National 2022 Doll Show For Group Rate

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