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Antique DOLL Collector December 2013 Vol. 16, No. 11

December 2013 Vol. 16, No. 11 $595 / $695 Canada www.antiquedollcollector.com

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14 ½” 1915 Charlie Chaplin by Louis Amberg, compo head & hands, original clothes $575.

14” K Star R 100 glass eyed, marked 36, hairline left side of face, blue stat eyes, great antique mohair wig $850.

#126 Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat w/ jointed legs & arms, molded socks, no pet $195. #128 Goldylocks & the Baby Bear w/ jointed legs & arms, molded socks, gold sticker and bear $250.

17” R. J. Wright Christopher Robin all felt jointed doll with hand painted facial features, brown eyes, blue smock top, shorts with suspenders, t-shirt, leather sandals, no box $650. 17” Christopher wearing raincoat #371/500, great detailing on clothing and coat, no box or umbrella $650.

13” Betty Boop by Cameo 1932, sticker reads Des & Copyright by Fleischer Studios, wood and composition body $595.

24” Heinrich Handwerck, S &H, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, 2 ﬁngers repaired right hand $410. 6” Golden Steiff Mohair Bear w/ original blue ribbon, 1950-60’s $165. 24 ½” Kestner 168 w/ square cut teeth, blue sleep eyes, brown mohair wig, antique dress, small eye ﬂake right eye $475. 6” Carmel Steiff Mohair Bear w/ original ribbon, 1950-60’s $165.

16” French Ravca Woman w/ walking stick, wonderfully hand painted features, light brown eyes, wooden shoes $225.

3 ¾” All Bisque Kewpie Huggers $165. 6” All Bisque Chubby, chip on top knot, brown eyes to side, great molding $145. 3 ½” Heubach Figure #10211, blue intaglio eyes, left pinkie chipped $145.

18 1/2” Lenci Boy w/ Fishing Pole, 1930’s, from 1500 series, great character, has 3 Lenci tags $725.

8” Alexander Dolls: Wendy #432 – 1959 $150. Bill #320 – 1960 Going to the Circus $150.

36” Ideal Shirley Temple 1959, redressed in vintage dress, pretty coloring, great hair in original curls $675.

8” German All Bisque Nodders -Ching Chow, Uncle Walt, Andy Gump, Moon Mullins, Chester Gump, Skeezix, Smitty, Rachel (baking crack by mouth), all white set of 8 dolls $195.

Sasha in white silk dress, replaced shoes, no box $145. Sasha in Ballet dress, with wrist tag (off), no box $145. Sasha in Tube 1969 in blue & white check dress, blonde streaked hair $400.

10 ½” Platinum Tiny Terri Lee in tagged dress, walker body $85. 16 ½” Platinum Terri Lee in tagged dress, marker Terri Lee $195. 16 ½” Red Headed Terri Lee in tagged dress $195. 20” Alexander Nina Ballerina 1949-51 all original in tagged yellow tutu with silver trim, beautiful hair in original set with ﬂowers, few holes in netting $495. 18” Alexander 1954 Margot Ballerina #1550 in tagged tutu, rufﬂed tulle (elastic as is), pantie with tulle, nylons, shoes, beautiful facial coloring $275.

20” S & H, C.M. Bergman, brown sleep eyes, original mohair wig $395. 20” Jutta S & H 1349, brown sleep eyes, pierced ears $475.

12” AM Dream Baby hand puppet all original with celluloid hands, blue sleep eyes $210. 7 1/2” AM Dream Baby all original with blue sleep eyes $110. 8” All Original Baby marked Germany 14 Germany, blue sleep eyes $95.

1949 Painted Eye Ginny Cowgirl, all original outﬁt, leather like skirt w/ colorful trim, red felt hat & ﬂocked boots $275.

20” SFBJ 227 Brown Jeweled Eyed Boy, o/m w/ teeth, repainted body, few scuffs on cheeks, antique leather boots $1150 $1150. Now $850.

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Miss Winnie Comes To Stay The Story of a Peerless Papier Princess by Laurie Christman

Miss Winnie displaying all of her possessions, obviously proud to be a fashionable lady!

s there ever a time when we can resist that most delicious doll with its magical allure? There have been times when I have tried desperately to resist, but invariably, those are the times when something so special comes along that I am reduced to a quivering lump of jello. Has this happened to you as well? I hope I am not alone in this and I don’t think that I am! Anyway, a time like this came upon me when I was saving for the Las Vegas convention. I was trying with all of my strength to stay away from the computer with its many antique doll enticements, but my will power was sadly lacking. Lo and behold I found my ﬁngers automatically typing in the Carmel Doll Shop Friday night additions.

As the site became visible, Miss Winnie’s beautiful papier mache countenance was revealed! She was standing so proudly and quaintly with her lovely collection of original dresses, decked out and photographed with such beauty and grace by Michael Canadas and David Robinson. When I saw her, my eyeballs felt like they were popping out of my head and I don’t even collect papier mache dolls! In the past I was afraid to buy them, thinking that they would be too fragile to enjoy and play with, having seen many with crackled skin and restorations. While I have some dolls who have visited the plastic surgeon or could use the plastic surgeon, I was convinced that a few nights in ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Kuddle Kewpie

15” early 1920’s Kuddles dressed in original clothes. She has a replaced slip under her dress.

By Mark and Carole Gillette

ose O’Neill once stated, “The Kewpie doll went all around the world, but I still had one other dream up my sleeve. I wanted a soft, caress-able Kewpie, a Kuddle-Kewpie. It must be tender to touch, like that baby of long ago; it must be the smiling, funny, embracing St. Kewpie, a patron saint of little tads; it must be capable of curling up in the cushions and the chairs of the grown-ups, to peep out with its little look of jocular kindness.” The ﬁrst time that we see the term Kuddle Kewpie or Kuddle Kewps, was when it was used by Rose O’Neill in her writing of the October 1914 Good Housekeeping magazine story, “The Kewpies and Bedtime.” The illustrations show Kewpies as they are thought of, but do not show the Kuddle Kewpies as we know them today. The all cloth Kuddle Kewpie was already in existence, but had not been introduced to the public. Laura (Chandler) Eiserman was born to Jesse and Bertha Chandler, in December of 1900. The Chandlers were close friends of the O’Neill family. In 1910, per Rose’s request, the Chandler family moved into Rose’s homestead, Bonniebrook, and took charge of the guests that she was expecting for that summer. The Chandlers ended up living at Bonniebrook for two and a half years. In a 1968 interview, Laura remembers, “Many wonderful events transpired and it was like living in a dream world.” The ﬁrst documentation of Kuddle Kewpies being handcrafted takes place in an interview with Laura Eiserman. She recalls the event occurring, at Very deluxe, 100% original Bonniebrook, before her eleventh birthday (December 3, 1911): “She (Rose Kuddle Kewpie from 1920’s. O’Neill) had a new idea which she called a project for the family. She Very few of these amazing dolls wanted a cloth Kewpie, one that was soft and cuddly for a child to hug have survived the decades. 36

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Very early production Kewpie (1920’s) that was sold with the matching dress, bonnet and socks. It has matching panties underneath.

Rare Kewpie lying on its belly has an internal bellows type music box.

and love. It was Callista, Lee and Juddy Tittsworth who went to work under her instructions, cutting out cloth bodies, heads, sewing, making dresses, bonnets and shoes for the new creation. I would sit on a big cushion on the library ﬂoor (quiet as a mouse) watching them as they stuffed the cotton in the bodies, arms and legs and when assembled it was then the task for Rose to give her personal artistic touch of the brush by painting the lovely Kewpie face. “The new rag Kewpie was sent to Germany for inspection and approval by a famous manufacturer. Some changes were suggested and the doll was returned to

The photo above is from the 1920’s and features the owner of the two dolls with her friend. The dolls they are holding are the actual dolls shown in the photo to the right. Note the “Rose O’Neill” drawings on the fabric. This fabric was manufactured for Rose O’Neill and was copyrighted, and came in three designs. The outfit on the left doll has disintegrated and she is now wearing a reproduction outfit. A snippet of an advertisement featuring these dolls is shown peaking out between them. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Mode Enfantine pour

A Special 2013 by Lynn Murray

Photos taken at the 2013 National UFDC Convention in Washington, D.C. Dolls, unless noted, are from the collection of Lynn Murray.

Editor’s Note: This exhibit, curated by Lynn Murray, showed the extravagance and luxury that young doll owners and their parents lavished upon the reigning doll of the mid-1850’s to the late 1860’s, the poupée. The well thought out display, including detailed descriptions, which we have reprinted here, offered a large number of poupées by makers Huret, Rohmer, Clement, Dehors and others dressed in Mode Enfantine, children’s fashions. The dolls wore short Enfantine skirts and ﬂat shoes or short boots, exactly like their young owners. Shops and stores such as Maison Giroux, A La Poupée de Nurnberg, Au Calife de Bagdad, Au Bengali and Au Nain Bleu offered every imaginable item for the doll trousseau. From parasols to fans and sewing kits to playing cards, the dolls had costumes and accessories for every occasion. Members and friends of Les Rubans Aubergines, UFDC Region 16 contributed to this outstanding display which we are pleased to share with you.

Poupées designed and patented by Mlle Adéläide Aimée Calixte Huret.

This bisque Huret lacks for nothing!

Lynn Murray and Les Rubans Aubergines wish to acknowledge Danielle & François Theimer, whose volumes on Parisienne dolls were invaluable during the preparation of this exhibit. 44

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he spinster daughter of a furniture maker, Huret was destined to become one of the most important doll makers of the Second Empire. She registered her ﬁrst patent in 1850 at the age of 37. She had been making 1/3-scale models of her father’s iron furniture for samples when she decided they could be adapted for doll’s furniture. She then required dolls to display with the furniture, but when she began to search she found that the available dolls were stiff and shapeless. Huret conceived the idea of an articulated doll that could imitate the movements of a human. She was inspired by an artist mannequin. In 1852 the Huret ﬁrm moved to 22 Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, and by 1855 the Paris exposition reporter was calling her dolls ingenious. In 1861 Huret amended her patent, adding a swivel neck that turned only from side to side, as a human head. Huret dolls were the most expensive dolls on the market. Fewer than 1200 dolls were made each year. The inventive Huret sisters held children’s tea parties in their shop and their name was soon synonymous with high quality. They formed an agreement with Madame Farge

Poupées

UFDC Exhibit

to make clothing exclusively for Huret dolls. When the preparations began for the exposition of 1855, Madame Farge was not able to produce enough doll costumes so the Huret sisters looked to additional sources. On the Rue du Hanovre, in the couturiers neighbourhood, they found the Bereux Perfumerie, where Mlle Louise Jennie Bereux worked in the family business. Mlle Bereux was a talented seamstress and designer who entered a non-exclusive agreement with the Huret ﬁrm. Together Huret and Bereux created new fashions for dolls. These costumes were not miniatures of adult clothing, they were truly children’s styles, better suited to the life of an active child. Before too long, parents were requesting that the doll costumes be replicated in children’s sizes. Thus the trend for Mode Enfantine expanded in the fashionable circles of Paris. Thanks to a doll maker and a doll couturier, children would have their own fashions. The Huret sisters retired in 1864, passing the business on to their brother Louis Emile Léopold Huret. Mlle Bereux continued in business until 1880, when she retired at the age of 58. Mme Huret died in in 1905 at the age of 91.

Huret, collection Sandy Kralovetz

China Hurets and wardrobes with family provenance. Collection Margaret Gray Kincaid

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