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Antique DOLL Collector December 2015 Vol. 18, No. 11

Valerie Fogel’s

Beautiful Bébés

Wishing Everyone A Magical Holiday Season!

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Beautiful and delicately painted.

Marked 12 this Jumeau Trieste Bebe is captivating with her pale bisque and wonderful antique ensemble.

Marked and correct Jumeau body with straight wrists, this expressive doll is ready to spend the holidays with you! $21,950

22” Bebe by A. Thullier - Words fail to express the magnitude of beauty this Bebe possesses.

Rare to find; this is a doll that bewitches and enchants.

Gorgeous, radiant bisque, sensitive blue paper weight eyes, lovely curly blonde mohair wig, original straight wrist body and dressed in a confection of creamy satin, topped with a frothy crème bonnet of lace and petite ribbon treatments. Please email or call for details and pricing.

See us at Gaithersburg, MD fairgrounds for the Eastern National Doll & Toy Show December 5 & 6 to see a fantastic selection of rare and beautiful dolls!

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Sublime Brevete - Watch your heart!

This little darling will steal it in the blink of her beautiful pale blue eyes! From Maison Bru c. 1879, this is undeniably one of the prettiest examples we have had the pleasure to bring to market! Gorgeous softly tinted bisque and remarkable pale blue eyes ringed with dark outlines of the cornea and dark sweeping lashes make her face come alive. She has that dear, cherubic appearance, making her look for all the world like a little child of about four or five. Marked 3; 13.5” tall. Perfectly beautiful!~$15,950 Simon & Halbig Gibson Girl - This is such a charming little lady!

Adorable face with rich brown sleep eyes fringed in dark lashes, wonderfully molded features, marked 1159 she has the desirable lady body and is perfectly dressed in her prim mutton sleeve lace blouse and striped silk skirt. Just a delight! $1595~

Ernestine Jumeau Petite All Original Bebe - We rarely see dolls from the Golden Age of Doll-making that have been kept nearly as pristine and intact as the day they were presented by the Jumeau firm. This is such a lass. This petite 14.5” EJ is truly spectacular in her complete ensemble of luscious pale pink embossed satin silk, festooned with soutache and tassels and frivolous lacey panels. She has the desirable Qui de Paris complete with little bustle. Her wig is in the classic pulled up style and graced with a lavish velvet and silken ruched brim. Finally, her pink shoes with rosettes are signed in gold lettering. Add that she has the face of an angel with her large brown spiral threaded eyes and she is the whole package!Exquisite! $14,950~

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

December 2015 Volume 18, Number 11

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Theriault’s Announces January 2016 Marquis Auctions Exciting highlights from Theriault’s important January auctions in Newport Beach, CA.

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THE BUCHERER NATIVITY SET… an inspiring example of beauty and creativity by Carol Cameron The holidays are beckoning and with that in mind we have prepared a special holiday issue for you.

Our cover features a few of the exciting items coming up at Theriault’s on January 9 and10 in Newport Beach, CA. An extraordinary collection of early wooden, cloth and paper mache dolls, toys and folk art from the Alice Florence Schott Collection which has been housed in recent decades in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, will be offered. Also to be sold a magnificent A. Marque marked number 7 in the series, in impeccable condition and wearing its outstanding original costume from the Ballets Russes series. Rare German and French bebe and poupées and automata round out this special Marquis auction.

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Lee Ed The Dolls of Leola & Edgar Schulze

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Noël Au Château by Jan Peterson Doll vignettes tell the story of a nineteenth century Christmas Eve celebration in France.

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Printed dolls by l’Imagerie de Paris by Samy Odin

Printed cloth dolls, animals and paper dolls sheets from a 19th century Parisian publishing company.

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UFDC NATIONAL modern COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT Blue Ribbon Winners - Part II Photographed by Keith Kaonis at the 2015 UFDC National Convention in Kansas City, MO

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The Huret, An Inspired French Fashion

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2015 Golden Glow Convention

Holiday collectors celebrated Christmas in July at the annual Golden Glow convention.

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1) Hugh 20” Pinnochio! w/ 17” cir. head! Authentic Disney by Ideal with label & hat. Wow! $1200 7” Ginny Types - molded lash walkers in factory clothes. $80 each 2) 19” Pre-1900 Simon Halbig ‘Mariner’ - with French trade PW eyes, orig. red hair, unusual body w. toy shop label, wearing splendid 2-piece nautical outfit w. matching hat. $795 3) 14” Deanna Durbin in Box w.

Label - complete w. photo, pin, great color, no craze, rare hairdo and outfit! $1250 4) 19” Hoffmeister Character - We love this pert ‘Hanna Face’ child w. her dewy sheen, shoe button eyes, pursed lips, and oodles of mohair curls - everything mint! $750 5) Scarce 19” JDK 247 Toddler Hilda’s older sister, satin flawless bisque, sleep eyes, porc. teeth, plaster pate, wig, and chubby mint toddler body, with adorable period clothes & shoes. Quite different! $950 6) 14” Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley in orig. F&B Box w.

Label, lid, bracelet, plus additional hat & coat, excellent color & condition. $750. 28” ‘Anne Shirley’ - orig. wig, period dress, clear eyes, light craze, remarkable size! Just $395 7) 15” Black Gbr. Heubach 7672 Sunburst - A rare one with marvelous ethnic features, w. molded textured hair, intaglio side glancing eyes, open/closed glazed mouth in mischievous smile, fired in color. A work of art. $895 8) 14” Mary Hoyer Boy - scarce one with caracul wig, sleep eyes, Hoyer label in his mint 4-piece outfit. $395. 15” Little Men - Tommy Bangs by Mme. Alexander with label in his complete outfit too!

Comes with Alexander box & lid. $895 9-10) 20” Totally Original JDK 260 Character Toddler - Factory perfect is this snow pure dumpling w/ mint ringlet wig,plaster pate, 4-porc. teeth, even the eyelashes and layers of excellent clothes & leather shoes on a fully jointed child toddler body. You’ll love her! $895 11) Neapolitan Creche Angels (largest 12” tall) glass eyes, orig. facial paint & windswept hair, orig. ‘as found’ bodies need restoring but two early rare angels for just! $495 12) Mint ‘Petite’ in Original Box - a real charmer with her red hair & bangs, swing tag w. poem, fancy label on box - all really mint ‘from the shelf‘! $695 13) 14” Colorful Lenci Male - mint doll, ‘Ungherese’, in a splendid costume, complete w. embroidered vest, w. pierced brass buttons, be-flowered hat and 2-tags! $495

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15) 22” Elusive ‘Sophia Smith’ China - rare and stately is this very deep pink tint 1850’s china w/ brown eyes and center part hair with long descending brown/black curls, pink glazed limbs and a most elegant gown w/ fitted bodice. Magnificent! $3000

14) Famous Kestner Pair - This important pair of “X” and “XI” Kestners were dressed in 1895 by the Ladies of Winchester, MA for the Lyceum Street Fair fund raising event.

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17) Gentle 17” ‘Wendy Face’ Kley & Hahn mold ‘546’ - With soulful glass eyes, sensitive closed mouth expression, mint body and frilly layers of pretty antique clothes, wig & shoes. Innocent beauty. $4500.

11” Glass Eye Kestner ‘184’ - Storybook perfect and all original with picture perfect mohair wig, fancy factory chemise and leather shoes, mint body and of course that incredible face! A sugar plum. $2750

16) 8” Miniature ‘Laughing Jumeau’ How unusual & lively in her gaily colored factory original attire, w. shoes, on her chubby French fully jointed toddler body, plus dazzling orig. red hair & blue eyes. Pure joy! $850

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18) 23” Attic Original Gbr. Kuhnlenz Fashionable Lady - wonderful early French trade closed mouth, with PW blue eyes and Belton crown, long original French wig and original form fitting gown! $750

19) 16” Unusual Gbr. Heubach Lad features a rarely seen skin wig, clean & full, deep intaglio eyes, open/closed mouth w. molded tongue, 2 lower teeth, and grey wool knickered suit! Rare $895

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20) All Original Mint 21” Kestner Child - from mint mohair wig to leather factory shoes with buckles,plus 4 wonderful layers of clothes, flawless quality and what a face! $495 21) Damerval et Laffranchy - Right from a Paris toy shop this 12” all original French soldier doll captures the moment! $395. McLoughlin Bros. Lithographed Soldiers ca: 1890 - 60 colorful 6” tall Regiment figures, some on horseback, in mint condition! Charge! $225

22) Antique Platform Horses: 11” and 9.5” tall papier mache with orig.paint; and hide covered on wheeled platforms. $250 each

23) 11.5” Very Rare ‘Bebe Jumo’ - Explain this French Trade Closed Mouth SH 939 in her factory chemise labelled “Bebe Jumo”! A mint doll w. PW eyes, orig. hip length platinum wig, stiff wrist body plus her extra heirloom dress!

Important unlisted Trade Name! $2800

24) Heirloom 17” ‘Incised Jumeau’ - a truly special face

by Jumeau made for only 3 years, closed mouth, sultry blue PW eyes, orig. signed stiff wrist body w. coil, mint antique wig, plus her intricate lacy clothes & pale blue leather buckled shoes! $5500

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25) Immaculate 19” Steiner Figure ‘A’ - What gorgeous satin bisque and glowing blue eyes on this closed mouth bébé with mint mohair wig and mint signed stiff wrist body ‘Le Petit Parisien’ w/ working pull cord crier, invisible mold line under wig, dressed in layers of white finery and buckled leather shoes! $3200

26) Antique Doll Size Sedan Chair - richly appointed in cut velvet & silk inside & out with bevelled glass windows, interior bench w. hat shelf, and hinged door w/ working handle - the height of elegance (18” by 10” by 8”) $750. Exquisite & Early 18” French Poupée pristine complexion frames those early cobalt blue PW eyes, unusual expression w. slight smile, orig. pate, wig and the firm body in her vintage couture royal blue gown with antique leather boots. $2250. Choice 13” Simon Halbig ‘905’ - Earliest Halbig confection, a powder fine & frilly young Miss in delightful child fashion w. mint arms and the kid lined plate referenced in the Foulke Halbig book on pg. 43. So special! $2500

27) 21” Richly Dramatic LaFosse Bêbé Phénix gorgeous quality Steiner with Schmitt style long face modeling, luscious coloring, artwork and closed mouth and original stiff wrist 5-part Steiner body in her very elegant silk ensemble. All mint! $1895 28) 14” Simon Halbig 1160 Lady - a generous size brings her dainty features to life with her original factory wig and body with its bisque limbs $750

29) 14” Kling in Original Ensemble - a sensuous face with PW eyes, closed mouth, full orig. wig and her splendid festive dress ensemble w/ matching cap! $425

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717-484-1200 Mobile: 610-662-5473 ourant@me.com A Perfect Doll for Under Your Tree This amazing 22� All Original Tete Jumeau Bebe is wearing an incredible red satin couture Jumeau outfit complete with matching bonnet, Jumeau armband and presentation Jumeau shoes. $11,500.

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Frizellburg Antique Shop Celebrates 20th Anniversary reported by Bradley Justice

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ctober has always been a special month for Laura Turner, the owner and proprietor of the Frizellburg Antique Shop in Westminster, Maryland, but none would be as special as this October. October 3rd marked twenty years in business. Though Laura’s desire for her own shop started long ago at her kitchen table, where she constructed her original teddy bear designs and sorted through antique doll treasures, it has evolved into the successful business of antique dolls, miniatures and antique teddy bears.

Located in a historic storefront in Westminster, MD, the building originally housed the general store and barber shop, but now the shop is full of treasured dolls along with textiles, vintage clothing, as well as teddy bears from contemporary artists and antique examples. For more than a decade the store has been voted one of the best businesses in Carroll County, Maryland.

Though it’s in a rural area in Maryland, it is an easy and scenic drive from the Metro Washington DC area and often a destination to those who attend the Gaithersburg area doll shows.

On October 3rd, the shop celebrated its anniversary with Halloween costumes and champagne. Laura invited customers and friends from over twenty years of business to come and share a toast and look forward to the next twenty years!

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Customers dressed up for Halloween.

Owner Laura Turner is front and center.

Dolls, toys, teddy bears and old time country antiques make shopping a pleasure at Frizellburg Antiques.

Auction Gallery Preview

Morphy’s December 19-20 Doll and Toy Auction

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Automata and wind-ups are featured in the upcoming sale.

A wood-bodied china and a fashion with a gutta percha body.

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mong advanced doll collectors, certain names are legendary. Frances Walker, a collector of early dolls, was one of these. Many of her dolls were sold years ago following her death, but many more remained in the family until now. As part of their three-day sale December 18th-20th, Morphy Auctions will offer dolls from the Walker collection, along other notable consignments including several choice examples from other well-known New England collections and Venice Loder of Leesport, PA. Among the highlights are rare chinas and parians, a diminutive wooden, automata and windups, and candy containers including an unusual and large composition figure of George Washington astride his steed. He has jointed arms and molded clothing. Rare all bisques include a corset body parian with a molded hat, and a magnificent frozen Charlotte with a dress entirely made of beadwork. Among the fashions, a rare wood-bodied example and another with a gutta percha body are sure to tempt collectors. French babes include a Bru Bebe Modele and a Fre C Steiner. A wonderful group of vintage Halloween decorations will peak the interest of holiday collectors.

The sale will also offer several exceptional examples of dolls by noted doll artist Martha Thompson as well as seven examples of the elusive Hedwig dolls, created to depict the characters in the children’s books by Marguerite de Angeli.

German and French toys and candy containers are offered.

Above: A rare china with exposed ears.

Right: Measuring over 5 inches tall, this Frozen Charlotte has an unusual beaded costume.

A wood-bodied china peddler and a more recent peddler by Martha Thompson with globe.

Fresh to the market, very desirable Halloween collectibles.

Among the French bebes are a Bru Modele, Fre C Steiner and a first series portrait Jumeau.

A Royal Copenhagen china with bare feet and a tiny wooden.

A seldom seen Hedwig doll in the original box, one of seven being offered.

Rare parian all bisques.

One of the Hedwig dolls is a rare hard plastic example in the original box. These dolls come in their original boxes along with an article written by Frances Walker.

The sale will be offered at Morphy’s state of the art auction house located in Denver, PA. To order a catalog or for more information visit www.MorphyAuctions.com or contact Jay Lowe at 610-659-1981 for additional information.

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8” Steiner “Bourquoin”, mint pale bisque, huge bulging p/w eyes, early mauve blush under brows, blushed ears, fully “signed” Bourgoin head, orig. skin wig & Steiner pate, ant. silk/satin dress, orig. slip & undies, incredible ant. Fr. velvet & silk hat, ant. shoes, orig. Steiner fully jointed body w/ desirable banana fingers. Sure to take your breat away. MAGNIFICENT FACE!!! $8800.

7” Kestner #155 Character, sl. eyes, perfect pale bisque & fabulous mohair wig, gorgeous ant. silk dress, handmade leather shoes, orig. undies & socks. Great orig. JDK body w/jointed knees. An ABSOLUTE teeny DARLING!! Only...$795.

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16” Tete Jumeau #6, perfect bisque, huge p/w eyes, ant. Fr. Jumeau tied back long mohair wig & orig. pate, gorgeous ant. Fr. wool & velvet dropped waist dress, ant. Fr. hat, orig. chemise & undies, ant. crocheted socks, Fr. leather shoes w/rosettes, orig. fully “signed” Jumeau body & fully “signed” head, orig. head coil in tact, tremendous presence & an EXTRAORDINARILY beautiful face!! Only....$5200.

7” R. John Wright Kewpie “Peeper”, pressed felt, incredible detail, very limited edition, #166 of 250, orig. collector’s box w/orig. tag, Certication of Authenticity & orig. registration card, in mint condition & out of non smoking home. $395.

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heriault’s legendary “The January Auctions” are known for their presentation of the best, the different, the discovery of long-long collections. The January 9th and 10th, 2016 auctions keep that legend alive in grand form. Whether collectors are seeking the best of the classic French and German bisque dolls, whether their quests have taken them to earlier times in a search for rare wooden or wax dolls, if the magic of automata is their desire, or early folk art American dolls and toys, whether they seek the “something different” such as 150-year old wooden Japanese dolls, Theriault’s auction is the place to be this year. For more details about either auction, or to request a free color brochure call 410‑224‑3655 or email info@theriaults.com.

The Saturday Auction of Antique Dolls “Forever Young”

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he Alice Florence Schott Collection of rare early dolls has not been long-lost, but rather lost-in-plain-sight. Bequeathed to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (of which Alice Schott was one of the founders) in the mid-1900s, the dolls have been carefullypreserved in museum archives for decades, and are now being sold, with the blessing of the Schott family descendants, to aid the museum in their “acquisition of fine arts rather than folk arts”, and to allow others to acquire and appreciate the dolls rather than keeping them stored and seen infrequently.

Keynote in the Alice Florence Schott collection, to be sold on Saturday, January 9 in an auction titled “Forever Young”, is an extraordinary collection of early wooden, cloth and paper mache dolls, toys and folk art, some of which are shown here, and include not only examples of German and English carved wooden ladies with very fine early costumes seldom found today, but also American folk hand-carved toys and American cloth dolls such as those of Izannah Walker (including a rare 13” size), likely similar to those with which Alice Florence Schott was familiar in her early Nebraska childhood where she was born in 1881. In 1919, she moved to Santa Barbara with her husband, and for the next halfcentury not only traveled extensively in

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A fabulous A. Marque, marked 7, is wearing the original costume from the Ballets Russes and is in impeccable condition.

Examples of other early wooden toys from the Alice Florence Schott collection, each of these with amusing mechanical action.

Likely originally presented as an exhibition set, the six German paper mache dolls are wonderfullypreserved, each wearing well-detailed folklore costume of Eastern Europe, and represent only a small sample of varied early paper maches, large and small, with differing coiffures, to be found at the “Forever Young” auction.

Above: From a collection of fine early doll furnishings to be presented at the January auction.

Left: Early period beautiful bebes by Jumeau are always prized, even more when found in their increasingly-rare original Jumeau costumes and shoes.

Notable for dynamic facial expressions and body poses, each of this exceptional group of Neopolitan dolls is wearing its wonderfully preserved costume.

An exceptionally rare group of Grodnertal wooden dolls. The larger stands 39” and is graced with a very rare style of carved coiffure, swivel waist, and original garland of painted flowers at the bodice. The smaller group, at 14” are each wearing original historical costumes with fabulous detail.

The collection of Alice Florence Schott from the archives of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art includes many wonderful early games and toys which are seldom found today.

The rare shell dolls are rendered even more desirable, as they were created and have remained a pair for their 175 year lives.

The extremelyrare doll model patented by Dominico Checkeni of Connecticut in 1866 has four alternate faces which revolve on a unique vertical axis.

Few examples of this model are known to exist.

The glorious face of the Bru bebe, one blue-eyed, one brown-eyed, is enhanced by totally original and oh-so-rare original costumes and signed shoes.

As though it’s not enough to have the rare wooden body with porcelain limbs, this early porcelain doll is arranged on its original fortune-teller base.

The iconic American Doll by Izannah Walker is presented in two examples at Theriault’s January auction “Forever Young”, both from the Alice Florence Schott Collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and one being a very rare 13” size.

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pursuit of her beloved antiques, but also became deeply involved with community philanthropy especially those activities “which gave promise of enriching the life, exciting the mind”. This vision gave purpose to her collection which is evident in the dolls and toys presented in the “Forever Young” catalog.

Also highlighted in the “Forever Young” catalog is an extraordinary doll by Albert Marque, from his series of 100 art dolls first presented at the gallery of Margaine-Lacroix in Paris in 1914/15. This example, acquired directly from the original gallery exhibition by its original owner, was later presented to her son and daughter-in-law who then founded the Museum of Old Dolls and Toys in Winter Haven, Florida, where this doll stood center-stage for decades. When the Museum closed its doors 31 years ago, in 1984, the doll was acquired by its present owner in whose home it has resided since. This Marque doll, red-letter marked number 7 in the series, is wearing its outstanding original costume from the Ballets Russes series created for the original Paris exhibition and is in impeccable condition.

The auction also includes exceptional French bebe and poupees, most in original costumes, and highlighted by a stunning pair of Bru sisters, one blue-eyed and one brown. German art characters are highlighted by the very rare 24 inch size 10 model from Simon and Halbig, wearing her superb original costume. And for lovers of automata there are outstanding examples (many from the Alice Florence Schott collection and some from private French estates) ranging from a woman at her toilette table to pretty bebes by Leopold Lambert, to fine early paper mache pieces by Vichy. Other auction offerings in the 350 lot catalog include fine doll furnishings and accessories, porcelain and sculpted-hair bisque ladies, mignonettes, and more. The superb 200 page catalog with award-winning photography and full historical descriptions is available for $59.

A pristine example of the Sheppard Baby plays with examples of the early squeek toys and tumbling acrobats from the Santa Barbara Museum of art collection.

A pair of mischievous imps designed by the famed French illustrator, Poulbot, sport original carrot-red hair, and factory-original costumes.

The Sunday Auction of Antique Japanese Dolls “The Carabet Collection”

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ll collectors know this to be the truth: when it comes to collecting, one thing leads to another. You collect antique models of ships, and your mind wonders when and where did those ships travel — possibly the Far East. So you begin to collect Far East art and antiques. Then you narrow in on Japanese art and antiques. And then you focus on antique Japanese dolls. So it goes. So it went with Norman Carabet of California, whose fascination with these rare and wonderful objects not only led him to their collecting, but also to travels to Japan where he met many early collectors from whom he directly acquired some of his choice pieces. It is his complete collection — a one-person collection — acquired over several decades that is offered in “The Carabet Collection”.

An outstanding trio of “gosho-ningyō” dolls, dating to the late 1700s, and with provenance of their one-time inclusion in the private collection of Nishizawa Tekiho, curator of the Imperial household Museum. The gosho-ningyō were designed originally as “palace dolls” or gifts of auspicious wishes, and this set is particularly rare as it symbolizes character from the beloved Japanese Noh theatre.

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A fine pair of child dolls known as “Ichimatsu”, with matching artist signatures on the front torso, the pair have been together since the mid1900s, and likely began their voyage as a wedding gift or presentation set.

Among the collector favorites of antique Japanese dolls are the very chubby round-faced dolls known as “gosho”, this example especially notable for his rare black silk crepe kimono with embroidered cherry blossoms and yellow silk lining.

This outstanding processional set celebrates the national November 3 Culture Day. Notably each attendant has a different facial model, and each of the persons bears the crest design, a symbol of nobility, on its costume.

The pair of gosho have been performing the Odori folk dance since the early 1800s. Yet, astonishingly, they wear their wonderfullypreserved original silk crepe costumes whose embroidery matches the hand-painted design on the tray.

Wearing a plum silk crepe costume with a dynamic red and pink floral design, the carved wooden lady is posed seated, her feet neatly tucked below.

Make no mistake about these ningyōs (that word is, simply, the Japanese word for doll). They are old — the dolls in The Carabet Collection date back to the late 1700s. And while they may seem strange to many collectors, in so many ways their 19th century history mirrors the French and German dolls with which Western collectors are more familiar. As French doll production was centered in Paris, Japanese doll production was centered in Kyoto. As French dolls were prized for luxury detail of costume and accessory, so, too, were Japanese dolls, with special note of the elegant and fashionable lady dolls and their attendants. In both cultures, the dollmakers explored techniques of body articulation and form, striving for realism. French dolls and Japanese dolls, alike, celebrated famed performers and heroes, and created the image of those in doll form.

And although it is true that Japanese dolls have a more functional purpose of display rather than play, it is also true that the tender feelings held toward the dolls has been a constant in both cultures.

In this photograph, the carved wooden lady doll wears one wig. She actually owns five additional wigs, each in a unique fashion and with elaborate ornamentation.

Too, she has the very rare fully-jointed “mitsuore” body, bears the mark of her maker, and is presented in her original box.

Outstanding portrait doll of Jimmu Ten’no, the legendary first Emperor of Japan, with extraordinary detail of costume.

Dating to the 1770 era, the extremely rare carved wooden doll is referred to as “Imperial Nunnery Gosho”. It was the tradition that when eventually retiring to a nunnery, the ladies of the court brought with them the ningyō they had assembled during their court days. Few exist today.

A quintessential grandsized portrait doll of the 12th century Japanese hero Yoshitune, with extraordinary details of costume and sculpting.

The “mitsuore” doll, introduced in the late 1700s, was revolutionary in Japanese culture, with its intricate articulation (mitsuore meaning triple-jointed but in this case actually four-jointed as the wrists also swivel) and its construction which allowed a child to undress and re-dress the doll. This example dates c. 1850 which is, interestingly, the same era when European dollmakers became highly involved in the construction of play dolls with articulated bodies.

The delightful gosho-ningyō is presented in a parody of sumo wrestler, the expressive features and pose enhanced by fine lustrous gofun finish.

Carabet Collection cont. on p. 64

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31 ½” Heinrich Handwerck S&H, blue sleep eyes, original HH wig, antique clothing, few paint touch up on body by joints & neck $675. 28” Walkure 5 ½, blue stationary eyes, HH wig, pierced ears, professional repair back of head, hands repainted $395.

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25” Simon Halbig 1009 w/ early forehead on nice early body (some repaint on arms & hands) brown sleep eyes, antique mohair wig, clothing & bonnet $655. 10” S & C Franz Breather w/ball jointed arms, blue sleep eyes, original clothing $325. Now $250.

18 ½” Kestner 143, blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig & pate $650. Now $575.

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Heubach? Character w/ molded hair, blue eyes, 5 piece body $140.

19” Schuco Yes – No Mohair Bear, U.S. Zone Germany tag, beautiful condition $795. 29” Steiff 1950’s Champagne mohair bear, button in ear, fabulous condition $1050. 29” Steiff 1950’s Carmel mohair bear, button in ear, fabulous condition $1050. 17.5” Tagged US Zone Steiff Rabbit, jointed head and arms $295.

18” Kestner 211 “Sammy” w/ original skin wig, fabulous condition, blue sleep eyes, beautiful coloring $595.

6” Steiff 1950’s Bear w/ original ribbon $165.

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13” Rare find “The Little Colonel” Shirley Temple, all original w/pin in taffeta costume, slight crazing overall $595; 15” Our Little Girl Shirley Temple all original w/ pin, beautiful compo $325; 13” All Original Shirley in Dainty pink flowered dress, beautiful compo, clear eyes, pin $325.

8” 1951 Strung Ginny in Frolicking Fables Canasta Hostess all original with card, wrist tag, heat damage on back of hair $195.

8” 1954 Ginny St Leg Walker in #54 Candy Dandy $210.

8” 1951 Strung Ginny in Frolicking Fables TV Hostess all orig. w/ wrist tag $375.

8 ½” Swiss Brienzer hand carved wood jointed doll w/ carved braids in early tagged Ginny Dutch outfit $110.

11” 1936 Texas Ranger Shirley Temple, Mint condition, all original w/ hat, gun & pin, beautiful compo $995.

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12” Label on chest $695.

14 ½” Beautiful All Original Set of Alexander Little Women, late 40-early 50’s, bright unusual colorful fabric colors, beautiful facial coloring, hair in original sets, few holes in Meg’s apron, they have not been touched $1195. set

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20” Cissy’s All Original: 1956 #2043 in black velvet and tulle w/ a flared décolletage, mint condition $895; 1957 #2146 in blue taffeta, organdy wrap, hat $745; 1958 #2235 in floral print dress, replaced hat, w/ hatbox $595; 1955 #2083 in red cotton dress & striped blouse, hat $595.

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THE BUCHERER NATIVITY SET… an inspiring example of beauty and creativity

by Carol Cameron

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t was the Christmas card that did it. Every year, I take a photo of something from my collection and get it printed as a card to send to my dolly friends. For last year, I chose my Bucherer nativity. When I met Donna at the UFDC convention in July this year, she said, “Really loved your card – would you write an article on it for the December 2015 edition of the magazine?”I hear the word “yes” come from my mouth so here it is – hope you enjoy!

Let me start with a brief general history of the Bucherer dolls. And it is brief, by necessity. As far as I can ascertain, not much has been written about these dolls. The Coleman’s first and second encyclopedias have exactly two and ten lines of information, respectively. The best source of information to date seems to be two articles (written in German) by Dr Alexander R. Stofer “Die Geschichte von

August Bucherer” (The Story of August Bucherer) and “Die SABAKugelgelenkFiguren von August Bucherer” (The SABA Ball Jointed Figures of August Bucherer).

These, in turn, were used as the basis for the article on Bucherers (in English) that appeared in the April 2005 Antique Doll Collector, pages 29-33. Written by Myra Fay Graubard and Donna C Kaonis (with special thanks to Andy Ourant), the five pages contains wonderful photos of thirtysix different Bucherer dolls plus information on the maker and the dolls, some of it based on the translation of the two articles written in German.

I will not repeat that 2005 article, but for those who do not have access to that particular edition of the magazine, let me extract just a few bits that give a bit of background to the nativity set.

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A serene Mary.

I believe this figure to be Joseph.

August Bucherer Fischer (1869-1945) was born in Basel, Switzerland. During the early years of his career, he worked for the world famous Marklin Company. In 1918, he opened his own toy company, A. Bucherer & Cie, based in Amriswil, Switzerland. In January, 1921, Bucherer applied for patents for metal ball jointed figures which he named SABA, an acronym for Speilwarenfabrik (translation = toy factory) August Bucherer Amriswil.

Bucherer produced an amazing variety of these articulated figures: comic character figures (eg) Max and Moritz; film stars (eg) Charlie Chaplin; fictional characters (eg) Becassine; sports figures (eg) baseball players; various occupations (eg) firemen, chauffeurs; dolls in regional costumes and opulent creche figures. Records indicate that in 1926 there were 144 figures, in 1933, 166 and in 1935, 57 figures were still in production. Every doll had the same type of metal body with thirteen ball joints, with two sizes of doll being created by varying the size of the leg pieces. “Made in Switzerland/ Patents/Applied for” was incised on their torso.

I bought my first Bucherer in October 2004. It was lying flat on a table and I was immediately drawn to it. I had no idea what it was but the workmanship was wonderful. I picked it up and was astonished at how heavy it was. When I did some investigation and saw the all metal body construct and the patent marking, I was hooked. I handed over 35 UK / $55 (yes I know now that was a real bargain!) and the Moritz (of Max and Moritz fame) came home with me.

Winding the clock forward, some 11 years later, my Bucherer collection is now around 50, as well as a box of bits just in case (I am sure a number of the readers have such a box, whatever they collect!).

It was in January 2014 that the phone rang. It was one of the Dutch doll dealers I knew from my seven years in the Netherlands. She asked me, “Are you still collecting

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A beautiful angel watches over all.

Bucherers?” I said “yes”, with little expectation of what was to come next. “I have managed to find a Bucherer nativity set – are you interested?”

Needless to say, a very short time later, I found myself looking at nine Bucherers in a potato box that had been used as the stable. The set had belonged to a school that had shut down. They had put it out every Christmas season, but were now looking to dispose of it. Well, in me, they found a willing acquirer!

Looking at the dolls, they were all 8 to 8.5 inches in height, the usual size of the larger Bucherer dolls. But it was clear looking at them that eight of the nine were very unusual with composition shoulder heads (not the usual straight short neck), metal hands (not the usual composition) and bare or sandaled metal feet (not the usual composition boots). Mary was easily recognizable, as was the angel (the wings gave it away!). There were four wise men (yes four) but one was a double. The other two were male. I made the call who was Joseph and who was the shepherd and it’s been that way ever since. The ninth doll was a typical Bucherer with an interesting oriental face so I chose to display him with my other Bucherers. There was no Jesus as I assume it was too difficult to make a baby-size all metal body so I have used one of my small wax dolls to complete the holy family.

Every nativity needs a shining star and I found a wonderful Dresden example in Germany at the annual Puppen Festival in May 2014… it is a lovely red color with gold trim…a fantastic addition.

And just as I thought that was that, incredibly, at the Jaarbeurs fair in Utrecht in November 2014, I spotted a lone male nativity Bucherer figure on one of the stalls. So a second shepherd is now part of the display.

I mentioned earlier two German articles on Bucherers.

The three wise men. The figures in the nativity set all have composition shoulder heads.

The shepherds leave their flocks to attend the birth of Jesus.

I was sent them some years ago and when I acquired the nativity set, I asked a German colleague of mine to translate the paragraph that referred to the creche figures. This is what she sent me: “In 1923/1924 several exceptionally beautiful and expressively formed heads for nativity figurines were created in very small numbers. Significant interest in such figurines had emerged, not only amongst the Bucherer family, but also in wider circles, despite the already existing range of (Bucherer) heads for such figurines. The figurines were either sold lavishly dressed or were dressed by the buyers. The heads depicted, amongst others, Mary, Joseph, the three wise men, shepherds and camel herders. Some were shoulder heads. Hands and feet, with or without sandals, were made of lead, likely in order to give the figurines better stability. Occasionally parts from the standard range were also used.�

This summarizes very well why the Bucherer nativity sets are so sought after by collectors. They are extremely rare and their construction is different from the typical Bucherer dolls with their shoulder head, their metal hands and their bare or sandaled metal feet.

I have taken a number of photos of the set, collectively and individually, that hopefully give you a sense of the construction, the beauty and the quality of these dolls. They (and me) hope that this article, in some way, contributes to you, the reader, having a very merry Christmas!

The hands are the typical Bucherer construction but are made of metal instead of composition.

The feet have the typical Bucherer ball jointed mechanism but are either bare or with sandals (not boots) and are made of metal (not composition).

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Noël Au Château

by Jan Peterson • photos Elwyn Peterson

Tatie Francine and Henri are busy making the traditional thirteen desserts for Le Réveillon.

Papa, the children and Jacques listen while Tatie Lynette reads a holiday tale.

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he Christmas season for the aristocracy of 19th century France was a time of family gatherings, shopping for gifts, admiring the grand displays in the department stores and toy shops of Paris, holiday receptions, elegant balls, and nearly non-stop feasting! Days of cooking, baking, and decorating filled the château. The making and buying of gifts, then wrapping and hiding them, resulted in hours filled with laughter, conspiratorial whispers and much delight.

Christmas Eve was something to behold! The tree was decorated and the crèche was tenderly arranged. In France, it was the tradition to give a newly-wedded couple a Baby Jesus and perhaps Mary and Joseph their first Christmas together.

The figures are called santons (little saints). Then, as the years passed, a new santon figure was added to the scene. By the time the couple had

Where is Jacques? Hiding in the organ again!

The boys are finally ready for bed.

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Maman tucks Irène and Samy into bed. Samy’s pretending to be asleep already, but the smile on his face says otherwise…

Maman and Papa ready to attend the Christmas ball.

been married twenty years, the crèche was enormous, often taking up the entire surface of the credenza in the dining room. After the Holy Couple, Baby Jesus, the shepherds, the Three Wisemen, various animals and the angels had been added to the crèche, charming santons representing 19th century French everyday people started appearing.

The fish monger, the peasant girl with a basket of lavender, the village baker, all became a part of the scene. Today, many French families have kept and treasured their santons and take great joy in displaying them because they are so full of happy memories of Christmases past.

In the kitchen, the cooks had been working feverishly for days! The Christmas Eve dinner and the meal for Christmas day were lavish affairs and served like works of art! The cooks traditionally prepared THIRTEEN Singing carols for the grown-ups.

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desserts! One dessert was for the Baby Jesus and twelve more were for each of the Twelve Apostles! Most people could only manage one bite of each dessert, and the sugar high it produced in the already excited children is legendary!

The evening of Christmas Eve began with the children gathered round to be read to, and holiday legends and poems were often recited by the grandparents. The children had practiced their musical instruments, and entertained the grown-ups with songs and musical numbers. Christmas was a much more religious celebration than it is now. The Christ Child was the center of the holiday. Children were taught the beautiful French songs, Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabella!

(Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella!) and Il Est NĂŠ le Divine Enfant. (He is Born, The Divine Christ Child).

They are as beloved as Silent Night and Oh, Come All Ye Faithful, and

Evie is sneaking a taste of the desserts!

Tatie Marie-Alice greets guests with delicious sweets for nibbling.

Can Misha and Fifi resist temptation?

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The cousins dressed in their holiday best pose with their new Christmas bébés.

Little Sadie cannot believe her eyes!

every French child could sing them by heart.

Finally, it was time for the Midnight Mass, and the family and all the servants were bundled up and headed off to church. The Mass was a candlelight service and incredibly beautiful. Once it was over, everyone headed back home, and the servants began bringing in the dishes into the dining room for the Réveillon, the huge feast that followed the Midnight Mass. Before the little ones nodded off and were tucked into bed, they set their shoes next to the fireplace, the same way stockings were hung from the mantle in other countries. At the beginning of the century, children were told it was Le Petit Jésus (Little Baby Jesus) who filled their shoes with an apple, orange, or little cakes, but by the end of the century, Père Noël (Father Christmas) had taken over the job. The adults usually feasted and celebrated until What a HAUL!!!

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The Tender Years (The Small of It All.)

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Tatie Aurélie instructs Irène on the fine art of writing thank you notes to Grand-mère and Grand-père.

the sun rose, when church bells peeled joyfully to announce the birth of the Christ Child. It is hoped the bells didn’t wake the sleeping children who were already warn out before Christmas day itself even began! Once the little ones did stretch and yawn and suddenly realize what day it was, it was a mad rush from their bed chambers, down the stairs, and straight to the Christmas tree! The gifts they received were amazing! Beautiful bisque-head dolls for the girls, real skin horses for the boys, books, and games. However, as lovely as their gifts were, they were not the numerous gifts today’s children receive, because until just after World War I, New Year’s Day was also a day of spoiling children with wonderful toys especially made for the occasion called étrennes.

The lovely 19th century lithograph illustrations from French magazines and books printed for the holiday season from Christmas through New Year’s Day inspired the vignettes of my little dolls and their grown-ups. My doll cabinet is affectionately called Le Château, and I spend more time decorating it each holiday season than I do my actual home! Best holiday wishes to all the world’s doll collectors and their “little people from the past!”

16” Early FG with rare carved wooden body. Bulging lt. blue pw eyes. Full, lg. peach colored lips. Pierced ears with pink earrings that match outfit. Darling dimple in chin. Pink silk, lace, and velvet dress. Lace over the knee stockings. Mkd. French shoes.

Incised F.G. markings on back of head. Beautiful beyond words. $ 7,850.

15” Cabinet size Simon and Halbig 1249 Dep “Santa“.

Inscribed as such. Wonderful pale bisque with soft lt. blushing. Brown SE. Orig. pate and blonde mohair wig.

Beautiful dotted swiss dress with lace and ribbon bonnet.

Orig. S&H body. Doll is fully marked. A treasure, so sweet. $ 1,595.

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10” Gerbruder Heubach character. She is so unique. Her eye cuts are narrow giving this sweet girl her own special look.

Blue glass eyes. CM. Brunette long braids. White cotton dress with blue flowers and matching pin. Straw hat with covering of ecru silk. This doll will make you smile. $ 3,150.

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5” All bisque Orsini doll named ViVi. Brown glass eyes.

Painted lashes. Orig. brunette mohair wig. Huge smile. Open closed mouth. Wear her orig. dress with new pink ribbon. All bisque body. Makes you smile inside. A darling member of the Orsini girls. $ 2,400.

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6” All bisque Gerbruder Heubach Coquette character.

Perfect pale bisque. Side glancing brown eyes. Jointed at arms and thighs. Painted and modeled hair and red head band. Orig. dress, apron and scarf. THIS IS THE CUTEST DOLL EVER! $ 750.

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Lee Ed

The Dolls of Leola & Edgar Schulze

by Christiane Gräfnitz

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Top right: Young girl (reproduced from a Hertwig & Co. head) Parian head with a cloth body with bisque limbs. 6 inches tall.

She is the only doll which is not marked on the outside, maybe because of her small size.

She is listed and shown in the Lee Ed catalogue No. 77 Above: So-called “Empress Eugénie” (reproduced from a Alt, Beck and Gottschalk head).

Parian head, cloth body with bisque limbs. 6.5 inches tall. Back shoulder plate has an incised mark: Lee Ed 1957. Lee Ed catalogue No. 74

ee Ed, what a name I said to myself after I had bought a reproduction KPM lady china headed doll about 10 years ago. The bottom outside rim of her shoulder-plate was incised Lee Ed 1963 and inside the shoulder it was incised again: “Love to you, Lee Ed 1961.”

When I started my research in 2005 no one seemed to know the meaning of the markings, whether the maker was a man or a woman, where the doll was made, or which other types of dolls they might have produced. After my November 2005 article in Antique Doll Collector was published I received several letters, a puzzle-piece here, and another there, so in the coming months and years what started as a mystery for me is now a factual story.

Lee Ed turns out to be an anagram for the first names of Leola and Edgar Schulze.

The family name Schulze is, by the way, a common one in Germany. Edgar was born in 1899 in Bandera, Texas, the son of a farmer. Bandera County is in the Texas hill country where many German immigrants had settled. In 1931 he married the neighbor’s daughter, Leola Callahan, who was born in 1913. Their only son Edgar Bernhard was born in 1933. From a 1920 census we know that Edgar Schulze worked with his widowed father on their farm and later in the 1930 census as a goat ranger, while Leola was in 1940 noted as a proprietor of a grocery store. In 1949 the city directory listed Leola as an owner of Antique DOLL Collector

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Parian head with the typical well shaped cloth body Leola created for her dolls.

Note the pocket one can use for a stand.

She is 10” tall. The incised mark on the back is: Lee Ed 1957.This type of an original doll is also found with a china head.

Lee Ed catalogue No. 67

Parian head with the typical cloth Lee Ed body pocket at the back for stand, bisque arms and legs, pink footwear. Size is: 10.5 inches. Back shoulder-plate has again the typical incised mark: Lee Ed 1957. Lee Ed catalogue No. 64 34

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McCain & Schulze Drapery. In 1952 her shop was called Home Arts Gift Shop. Edgar died in 1989 and Leola lived into the year 2000. Their son died in 2008.

The earliest advertisement I have seen for a Lee Ed doll is 1955. In March of 1956 they were advertising in Toy Trader as merchandisers of both old dolls and porcelain replicas, including blank kits. Details have not yet been found to document when the Schulzes began their production of mostly reproduction dolls or when they first used their Lee Ed trade name. By the United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC) 1956 convention in Louisville, KY their business was large enough for them to secure a sales booth, which they also had in 1957. Interestingly the 1956 convention souvenir doll head, Miss Kentucky by Fawn Zeller, would be united with one of their own uniquely constructed marked bodies: “Lee Ed Box 896, Boerne, Tx.” Their stuffed bodies feature an applied backside pocket of one inch tape into which the stand rod, a structural feature, could be inserted, a allowing greater support for a doll.

Indications are that the height of doll production and general doll sales for the couple would have been reached about 1959 when Leola was in her mid-forties. This is suggested by a large photograph in the Lee Ed business-catalogue of 1959 showing Leola surrounded by seven of her prize winning dolls (four first and 3 second place ribbons) at the 1958 UFDC convention in New York City. During these years Leola Schulze was a member of the Biscayne Doll Club and the National Old Lacers Club.

By 1960 their price list covering over one hundred dolls was up to a dollar. In a “Toy Trader” advertisement, May 1960, announcing this price increase two other important facts are revealed: the Schultze’s are not only selling reproductions but other types of dolls and their business is so busy they will no longer supply other dealers with their

products because they want to serve their own customers better. Over the years their work continued and the November 1973 Collector’s Weekly, a newspaper for collectors, announced that Leola and Edgar Schulze had been commissioned to create a limited edition of 100 trademarked, numbered and dated dolls to mark the celebration of American Bi-Centennial in 1976. It reported that the 18” doll would be fully dressed as an officer of 1775 in field uniform with the uniform design taken from official US government sources. Does anyone know if this doll ever went into production?

Sixty years have passed since the heyday of Lee Ed production. In the meantime, unfortunately, all the people, even their only son, are not alive any more. I had always wondered whether Leola was a trained dressmaker but we know now that her mother Katie managed a piece goods store and was an excellent seamstress who made her own patterns.

So it’s quite clear that Leola was trained in sewing since her childhood, and therefore was also able to design her own rather complicated and detailed body patterns for her dolls.

From Susan Dunham and Evelyn Weinheimer (Archives Pioneer Museum/ Fredericksburg) we learn that in the 1970’s Leola and Edgar Schulze were working for the American Heritage Museum which at that time was on Highway 290E outside of Fredericksburg. Because Leola and Edgar had grown up on farms, they were able to restore the old agricultural machinery and farm equipment.

Young girl with a black “Alice-band” in hair (from a ABG mold).

Lee Ed cloth body with bisque limbs. 10 inches tall. Incised mark in back: Lee Ed 1958. Lee Ed catalogue No. 75

Two sisters (from a Kling head mold).The moulding and painting is just lovely. Both are 15 inches tall. In contrast to the original old dolls of this type, which usually have glass eyes, their eyes are painted. The front shoulder plate of the doll on the left, with 2 small earrings, is painted and decorated a bit differently. She has pink “lustre” shoes and is incised in the back: Lee Ed 1957. Her sister with one large earring has golden painted sandals. Her incised mark reads: Lee Ed 1958.

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A taller so-called “Empress Eugénie” (reproduced from a Alt, Beck and Gottschalk head). Parian head with well shaped Lee Ed cloth body with bisque limbs, pink lustre footwear. 14 inches tall. Notice that she lacks eyelashes in the manner of antique examples but instead has an additional red eyeline, which appears rather odd. Incised mark on her back: Lee Ed 1957.

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Lady with blond molded hair and a molded blue and gilded comb or diadem. Parian head and typical Lee Ed cloth body with bisque arms and legs.

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ith great luck I encountered Carol Rabel of Austin, Texas who is currently the curator of a doll collection belonging to centenarian Anna Faye Petersen (presently aged 103). From the mid 1950s into the early 1960s Mrs. Petersen purchased from the Schulzes fourteen different Lee Ed dolls with parian or tinted bisque heads. From her we learn that the Schulzes made molds from antique heads from the dolls in the then extensive and prominent collection of Mrs. Hal Armstrong of Austin, Texas. Here I would remind readers that the Lee Ed business was not the first to produce reproduction doll heads and parts; that honour is claimed by Emma Clear and her husband, who at the Humpty Dumpty Doll Hospital, in Redondo Beach, California beginning in 1939, started down the path of reproducing antique porcelain and doll heads from client’s collections. Several generations of doll collectors have enjoyed models first copied by the Clears and then when the business was purchased by subsequent owners of the molds.

Prior to the UFDC Convention in San Antonio last year I was invited to visit Austin and meet with both Carol Rabel and Anna Faye Petersen. Anna Faye not only kindly allowed me to take many detailed photographs of her 14 different Lee Ed dolls, but also to take close up photographs of a treasured original June 1959 Lee Ed catalogue. This catalogue alone illustrates more than 100 different Lee Ed doll heads and additionally all kinds of doll parts being offered and merchandised by the Schulzes. Such a sizable number would indicate that Lee Ed products were popular with collectors as the decade of the 1950s closed. Every indication is that he and Leola knew their market well, one made up of collectors who coveted mid and late nineteenth century porcelain – china, parian and tinted bisque headed dolls, but who could not always afford the real thing.

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Printed dolls by l’Imagerie de Paris

by Samy Odin

hile preparing the research to share during the current “Ecole des Poupées” focused on European Cloth Dolls, I realized that a few printed dolls in our collection came from the same Parisian publishing company, “L’Imagerie de Paris”, who also published some paper doll sheets and printed cloth animals that we also gathered over the years. No research seems to have been done on this printer yet. I will simply share here playthings featured in our and other private collections so to show how varied the production of this little known company has been.

G. Gérardin founded L’Imagerie de Paris sometime at the beginning of the 20th century and was active at least until the end of the 1930s. According to the documents available through the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, we understand Gérardin’s main specialty was children’s books and related toys and ephemera.

A very interesting catalog of this company has been found by a friend of ours, Françoise Probst, and shows the list of items published

by Gérardin sometime during the late twenties.

It features printed cloth books, alphabets, coloring books, printed cloth dolls and animals, decals, construction paper sheets, games, paper toys, puzzles and regular printed paper

books. Strangely, the paper doll cardboard sheets that we own are not mentioned in this catalog but they may have been included in the generic category of paper toys or date from an earlier period.

The earliest ad for a printed cloth doll attributed to L’Imagerie de Paris that I could find dates to 1922 and was featured in the Printemps department store catalog. Two addresses are documented for this company: 118, Quai de Jemmapes, Paris 10° and 41, Avenue des Mathurins-Moreau, Paris 19° (as mentioned on the catalog). Based on the graphics, I think the first address is earlier and the second more recent, but I didn’t go deep enough into my research yet to unveil the complete history of this company. The fact that Gérardin moved from the 10th arrondissement to the more suburban 19th suggests the business was probably not flourishing anymore and needed to lower its costs.

The printed cloth dolls we listed are the following: Andrée came in at least two color variations: blue and red. Georgette is known in three color variations: rose, orange and blue. Raymonde is only known in this green/blue version.

Marquisette is only documented in a single yellow version.

Georgette came in three color variations.

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Another printed cloth doll by Gérardin presented in this ad from Le Bon Marché dated 1924, next to a Poussah that could also have been printed

by Gérardin.

Other models may exist, so if readers of this magazine own unrevealed dolls from this company and are willing to share their images, I would be delighted to add them to this research.

The animals featured in our collection are: Bouboule, the dog; Rip, another dog; and Moumoute, the cat.

Printed cloth books include alphabets, children’s short stories or educational topics.

In the paper doll specialty, four uncut sheets are featured in our collection: Baby, Jenny, Jack, and Line.

We also found an already cut paper doll that has similarities to the sheets shown above. According to its fashions and hair style, it dates from the period between the two world wars. It is, unfortunately, missing the hats and we do not know its name.

Andrée came in at least two color variations: blue and red.

Raymonde (right) has only been seen in this color variation.

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Marquisette is only known in this brilliant yellow color.

Bouboule, the dog and Moumoute, the cat (above).

Printed cloth alphabet book (right).

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Paper doll uncut sheets Baby and Line. A cut paper doll is seen to the right.

Among the coloring books we could identify: Chien de Guerre Chien de Paix, Chanson enfantines imagées, Loustic n’aime pas les coups de baton (below), and Le coloriste sans couleurs.

Finally, the construction paper sheets (below, right) are colorful and relate both to boy’s and girl’s playing topics, such as cars, trains, landscapes and doll interiors.

Other regular illustrated books for children include nursery rhymes and fairy tales such as “Puss in Boots”, “Cinderella”, “Tom Thumb”, classics by La Fontaine etc.

Like Raphael Tuck or McLoughlin Brothers, some publishing companies had such wide production that they can become the topic for specific collections on their own, combining paper and fabric items, that reflect the illustration skills of an era. In the case of Gérardin’s, all of its prints show the aesthetics of the early 20th century, which perfectly matches so many dolls of the same era. Since cross collecting is becoming trendier and trendier, I notice that more and more collectors appreciate displaying their dolls with other objects and paper ephemera that reflect their style, which is very clever and certainly adds to the appreciation of these playthings as testimonies of the past.

Note: the author wishes to express his gratitude to Guido Odin, Françoise Probst and Dominique Pennegues for their contribution to this research.

Samy Odin can be reached by email at samy.odin@noos.fr One of several coloring books.

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Construction paper sheets spanned a variety of topics for boys and girls.

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The Huret, An Inspired French Fashion

by Deb Hoffman photographed by Sheryl Williams

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deas are interesting things. Sometimes they just come and go, but sometimes they can change everything. At age 36, Adelaide Aimee Calixte Huret had an idea that revolutionized the French doll industry for 30 years and beyond.

After the Paris Exposition of 1844 Calixte became inspired to create a new kind of doll.

As a creative and independent woman, she meticulously researched, consulted those in related industries, read voraciously and created her own prototypes for several years.

The perfectionism she had so admired in her father was her driving force. While attending the Paris Exposition in 1849 Calixte was drawn to the stand of Jacob Petit, a china manufacturer who had on display some of the first china doll heads. With the beginnings of an industrial revolution in France, these simple heads were destined to be produced en mass. Calixte, however, being drawn to these doll heads, had a different approach.

An antique Huret contemplates what she will wear today.

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The mesmerizing face of the Huret.

Sheryl Williams collection

Calixte Huret was on the cusp of a new era. Intending to create a “companion� for little girls, her project was always at the forefront of her mind. She took drawing and sculpting classes and began to refine her designs and ideas. Observing the range of motion of painters models and experimenting with Gutta-Percha, a medium which was yet to become stylish, her fresh and daring choices could be easily sculpted using this supple material which had a slight stretch to aid modeling and be easily painted for realism (later, in 1866, when Pierre Victor Clement began producing the bodies in embossed leather he retained her original design in harmony with the 1850 patent).

The time had come to make some final choices. Without hesitation Calixte chose to base her design on the proportions of a 12 year old girl. By adjusting these proportions accordingly she arrived at a perfect Antique DOLL Collector

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A side view showing the complex jointing of the Huret reproduction.

balance. The sculpting of her young lady’s beautiful head was extremely important. China was the preferred medium in which to produce the heads and Calixte supervised the training of painters who would be entrusted with decorating them. The face itself reflected the look of Renaissance Cherubs and was meant to be crowned with a halo of realistic hair rather than the painted on style as was in vogue at the time. Never before had such attention to detail been the devoted concern of a doll artist.

In December of 1850 the very first Huret prototype doll was produced. Complete with a leather band proudly displaying the name HURET, Paris. It was the first doll ever to be signed by the artist. The official models were presented in 1852 and exclusively sold by Maison Huret in Paris. This beautiful and true work of art, so painstakingly created, would drive and inspire the doll market for years to come.

So why is this fascinating history so important in 2015?

While Maison Huret is no longer in business, and Madame Huret’s exquisite dolls are increasingly hard to find and command extremely high prices today, their appeal still remains. Most of today’s collectors are unable to fulfill their desire to own a very precious Huret. Attempts to reproduce this desirable doll have been made but it was not until October of this year that another revolutionary idea, much like Calixte Huret’s, burst upon the doll scene.

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Perfectly poseable, the reproduction Huret sits in a twisted metal chair, proportionally created to the exact specifications of the original.

help of the professional doll artists, Mary Raleigh and Barbara Wilczynski of The Doll Artisans Guild International (DAG), her dream began to take shape. After a fascinating program presented by Louise at the annual convention, DAG was able to present attendees with a new plaster mold, cast from the original antique and scaled in size to create a 14 1/2” size doll. This is the first truly authentic reproduction head, with her lovely hooded eyes and aptly named “Adelaide” in honor of her originator.

But there were more surprises to come! Also, debuting at the convention was what can only be called a crowning glory to this wonderfully authentic new head. Barbara Frohlich of Dollspart Supply, with the incomparable partnership of Robert Tonner of The Tonner Doll Company and in the spirit of Calixte Huret, began to formulate an idea for reproducing the Huret doll body. After many hours of research and development in conjunction with the expert consultation of Sheryl Williams, award winning doll artist whose antique blown kid leather Clement body was used as the model for this project, the idea finally took shape. A fantastic, completely authentic resin duplicate of Calixte’s design! Scaled in a size to perfectly complement the new

Huret Jointed Body with Tonner/Dollspart marking.

Reproduction stamped Huret collarette for jointed body

head presented by DAG and beautifully jointed for superior pose-ability this wonderful body (patent pending) will now be available for everyone.

Are we done? Not yet! This groundbreaking project was accompanied by an exquisitely reproduced set of sculpted metal Huret furniture, photo frames, jewelry, shoes, stockings and wigs as well as sewing patterns based on the original clothing styles. All meticulously designed to reflect the refined world of the mid 19th century Huret doll. At last an affordable way to own the doll world’s most desirable fashion doll...The Huret!

Collectors, doll enthusiasts and seamstresses will certainly come to treasure this amazing addition.

Some ideas come and go. Some ideas change everything. Like Adelaide Aimee Calixte Huret’s revolutionary doll idea, this new Huret will change things for years to come.

A proper young lady attends to her letter writing.

For further information: www.dollspart.com www.dollsbeautiful.com References: The Huret Book, Danielle & Francois Theimer, ISBN 2-91858-03-0 The Parisian Dolls Vol. I: Maison Huret, A Particular Style, Danielle & Francois Theimer, ISBN 978-2910858-03-2 Trousseau Blondinette Davranches: A Huret Doll and Her Wardrobe 1862-1867, Florence Theriault, ISBN 978-0912823508

Barbara Frohlich and Robert Tonner with the prototype for the Huret body.

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HARD PLASTIC Unmarked before 1956, 12” or under Sandra Sue “Jingle Bell,” Susan Piefer

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CELEBRITY - Female L-R: Queen Elizabeth, Michael Kouri; Marie Antoinette, Rosa Morrill; Queen Elizabeth, Kathy Turner

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TEDDY BEARS Steiff, over 12” Blank button, Stella Brooker

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Lee Ed continued from page 36 to an antique prototype there are fourteen more contemporary examples executed in a more modern art vein by Edgar Schulze.

Interesting also is the variety of doll limbs shown in the catalogue.

In June 1959, their trading address was Box 896 Boerne, Texas, USA. By May 1960, their shop had moved to Snyder, Texas and then according to a business card I received from Regina Steele of Wilmington, Delaware we know that later the Schulzes ran an antiques shop in Fredericksburg, Texas where their merchandise still included Lee Ed products. The exact date when they moved to Fredericksburg is not known, but my friend JoAnne Spencer, who has lived in the town, remembers Leola and her son, still in business in the 1980’s, selling bits and pieces, including old linens but no longer dolls.

Now I would like to share with you some in-depth observations. In general, that the doll heads were always incised on the outside back shoulder plate with a mark “Lee Ed” (it was sometimes hypenated, i.e.

Lee-Ed) and the year they were made, as well as often inside “Love to you” and the year they were first produced. However while the incised marks follow the same format over the years, in executing the alpha and numeric figures they configure differently with the name sometimes being in block letters and other times in script letters.

Edgar Schulze created the Betsy Ross doll in 1960. It won first place at the 1958 UFDC Convention. She is listed as 1A in the catalogue. Bisque head and limbs on a cloth lady body. She is 16.5” inches tall. Notice that both arms are modeled in a bent position. Her elegant moulded black women’s shoes have heels. Back of head is incised: “Original by Lee Ed 1960.” Because the doll is created after that catalogue was published in June 1959, we don’t know the number she had when she was offered in 1960 for sale.

Pair of lovely Parian ladies, each with molded wreaths of roses (reproduced from a Kling head). On the left, a Parian painted with black hair. It is incised Lee Ed 1957. Her blonde sister is marked Lee Ed 1958. They have the typical Lee Ed bodies with bisque limbs. Heights are 16” and 16.5” inches. Lee Ed catalogue No. 58 Antique DOLL Collector

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The Catalogue

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he first page gives general business information such as extra costs for posting; additional costs of glass-eyes; especially painted pink lustre shoes or extra flowers in hair; etc., or how one could order bodies or dolls.

At the bottom the Schulzes added a wonderful statement on why they name their dolls in a certain way. They said: “NAMING OUR DOLLS…I think we have little ACTUAL PROOF….that any doll is a REAL PORTRAIT DOLL, but for talking and ordering purposes it is easier to name the dolls something. So we name the doll by names the owner of old dolls or by the name of some outstanding person, by the hair dress of a period, and by name of dolls in some of the doll books that the owner has given them. We do feel our dolls will stand on their own merits, regardless of name”… They also said, “We can give names and address of outstanding collectors who are customers, who write us our dolls are the best replicas they have seen. If you would like reference before ordering of above collectors, please write”.

On pages 2 and 3 of the catalogue, each doll head, which was available in June 1959, is listed with its own number, and its specific name, hair color options and the approximate size and the price.

It is interesting that in June 1959, they offered ninety-two replica doll heads in parian, china and tinted bisque and on page 3, fourteen different art doll heads created by Edgar Schulze solely in bisque. These art dolls had besides their special name, size and price, after the order-number 1 to 14, a capital letter A. The list tells us that Edgar Schulze had created by 1959 five beautiful lady heads like young Betsy Ross (1A), and as an older woman (2A). Other females represented were Queen Elizabeth II (3A); Yellow Rose of Texas (12A): Callie Jo (13A) (International Old Lacers doll).

Page 4 enumerates the sizes and prices of stands and body-parts.

It concludes with how to calculate the complete body cost and how to pay for everything.

Page 5 features a large impressive tipped- in photograph showing a proud Leola surrounded by her award winning dolls.

The doll held by Leola, with

Page 6 in the Lee Ed catalogue.

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the thirteen stars, represents a young Betsy Ross (1A), The sitting doll is Betsy Ross again as an elderly woman (2 A). To the right of Leola is the only French Fashion-type offered, catalogue no 92. It received a first place, as did her husband’s art doll of President Abraham Lincoln (5A). In front besides him is a tiny “Empress Eugenie”, which was done from an ABG mold.

This example doll is also pictured on page 7 (bottom row far left).

Page 6 shows through front and back photographs the great variety of Lee Ed early bisque, parian and china doll heads with most their numbers corresponding name lists of the pages 2 and 3.

Page 7 The top photograph shows closer views of twenty-six doll heads in bisque, china and parian. Note that each doll head has its unique model/ order number. The lower photograph shows, besides reproduction heads, heads created by Edgar Schulze: Yellow Rose of Texas (12A), Callie Jo (International Old Lacers doll 13A), Betsy Ross as an old Lady (2A) and the male heads President Abraham Lincoln (5A) and Secretary of State under Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles (14A).

Page 8 In the top photograph are the only two French reproduction dolls Lee Ed reproduced and offered up to 1959. They were based on a Jumeau fashion l (No.92) and a circle and dot Bru (No.91). The lower photo shows the variety of china, parian and tinted bisque limbs Lee Ed offered in June 1959.

Page 7 in the Lee Ed catalogue.

Page 8 in the Lee Ed catalogue.

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The Catalogue continued Page 9 upper photograph features ”Queen Elizabeth of England” (3A). She has a tinted bisque head and bent arms and a lady body and is dressed in her official coronation regalia as worn on June 2, 1953. Her head aesthetically resembles the other art dolls of Edgar Schulze. The lower photograph of page 9 illustrates notable males from the late 18th through 20th centuries.

These seven tinted bisque art doll heads, limbs and accessories were the creations of Edgar Schulze. They represent two US Presidents: George Washington (4A) and Abraham Lincoln (5A); Napoleon I of France (9A); and other figures in popular culture: Tom Mix (6A), Tex Ritter (7A), frontiersmen David (Davy) Crockett (8A), and David Boone (10A). When Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) (11A) became President in 1953 he and his Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles (14A) were immortalized in doll form by Edgar Schulze.

These dolls are or were listed in the catalogue on page 3 “Originals by Lee & Ed Schulze: 1A to 14A.”

Page 9 in the Lee Ed catalogue.

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On a first encounter you may not see the difference between these parian Lee Ed dolls and the antiques from which they were copied, especially when you are not used to handling early tinted and untinted bisque and china examples. Generally the quality of the moulding and painting, especially of the parian dolls is quite fine and often better than the reproduction heads made by Emma Clear.

And whether the reproduction is of an older or later original it will have been made by pouring the slip into the mold.

You can see and feel differences as you take a closer look.

Collectors should also remember when you make a mold from an antique doll head, the porcelain slip used for the reproduction piece shrinks in the processes of drying and firing. This means the size of the reproduction head is always about 16% smaller after firing than the original antique head was. Twentieth century slips also are more refined and often one can feel that the porcelain may be a bit smoother, sometimes even soapy. In the November 1955 Toy Trader, on page twenty-two Lee Ed provided their ceramic production observations: “Bisque porcelain should look clear. If a piece is chalk-y (sic), refire. Never close a kiln lid too soon. Allow all fumes from china painting to escape before closing. Red fires off from too fast firing, and too much oil in the paint.”

In general the painting of these Lee Ed dolls with parian heads is quite nicely done. Frequently the mouth and the eyes of the parians are less transparent and sometimes differently painted, like an additional red eye-line instead eye-lashes. The eye-lines and brows of the doll-heads are often stronger and sometimes not as thin and delicately painted as by the original old dolls. As might be expected, due to technological advances, the gold paint the Schulzes used to highlight details is different and more lustrous than that of the nineteenth century.

Occasionally they would also highlight details such as ribbons with contrasting paints.

The typical Lee Ed bodies are fascinating and were especially designed for their dolls. You will find either stiff leather-bodies with china or bisque limbs, or cloth bodies with movable arms and legs of bisque or china. Except for their small dolls the bodies are always done in a distinctive “Lee Ed” pattern with plenty of seams which feature a decorative and characteristic zigzag stitching.

To sum up you can identify a Lee Ed doll quite easily because: a) They are always incised “Lee Ed” on the back along with the year they were made. Often they marked the heads inside additionally with an incised mark and the year they started to produce the reproduction. b) Being reproductions finished products vary in size from the original. There may have been more than one mold created from the original model thus allowing for varying sizes. An original china model could additionally be interpreted in tinted or untinted bisque. c) Painting details may vary. It should be remembered that in 1956 Lee Ed was offering blank kits that doll collectors or porcelain enthusiasts could paint and make up themselves. d) Generally the dolls have a very characteristic stuffed cloth or leather body with many zigzag stitched seams and an additional stand pocket d) The texture of the cloth or leather used for the bodies is not the same as found on antique dolls of the 1860s to 1880s.

Lady with Parian head and moulded pink highlighted waved ribbon and decorated with wide loose moulded and painted gold beads around front and back of shoulder-plate. (Done from a Kling-mold) Parian head with typical Lee Ed cloth-body with bisque limbs. 16.5 inches tall. In contrast to an original doll head of this type, which has a moulded necklace of golden-colored beads, these beads are wider and bigger, so it looks somehow more like a decoration. On top of her molded blond hair she wears a molded and decorated rose. Her incised marking is: Lee Ed 1957. Lee Ed catalogue No.3

Parian Lady with black painted hair with a molded and painted blue comb, or hair-band on top of her hair. Typical Lee Ed lady shaped cloth body, fine bisque arms and black painted shoes. 22 inches tall.

Her back is incised: Lee Ed 1957. Lee Ed catalogue No 50.

Dolls are from the Petersen Collection.

Much is to be gleaned from the June 1959 catalogue of the Lee Ed firm. For twenty five or thirty cents you received nine glossy eight and a half by eleven coverless pages, the front page listing the firm’s logo and the trading address: Box 896 Boerne, Texas. The black and white photographs are attached the old way into transparent plastic corners. A straight pin on the left outer corner holds the nine sheets together.

My special thanks also go to JoAnne Spencer, Susan Dunham, Evelyn Weinheimer, and Vicky Newhouse who have diligently tried over the last years to find out more about the Schulze’s life and circumstances so that we might now know a bit more of these doll makers and their products.

Many thanks also to Anne Coleman who helped me recently in finding additional documents and going through my text. If so please share your good fortune with me and others as sharing information takes doll research to an ever more complete level.

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CHOICE DOLLS FROM SELLERS YOU CAN TRUST

Victorian Santa, $450, Lee Feickert Original

Large 1858 Greiner, $1095 Antique Doll Cupboard, Martha Sabin

Antique French Parlor, Jackie Everett Antiques & Miniatures

Vintage French Hat Doll Shop & Dolls, $1485, Paula’s Doll Memories

Bru Jne. & Clock-Work Automaton Goat, $12,900 & $2200, When Dreams Come True

28 IN Steiner Series “C”, $9500, Barndust

25 IN Closed Mouth Kestner, $2100, Ashley’s Dolls

Visit us at www.dollshopsunited.com

Marklin Stroller & Antique Carriage $1700 & $2100 Dolls Antique

14” French Fashion with Original Wig, $1595, Faraway Antique Shop

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2015 Golden Glow Convention

Woolly sheep add to the holiday festivities.

Although not as colorful as some decorations, this is a rare 10-year tin anniversary Christmas tree, designed by a talented tinsmith to resemble a feather tree. Collection Cindy and Larry Kianka

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Spun cotton fruit makes a colorful tree.

mmediately following the national UFDC convention, it was time for the annual Golden Glow convention! A group of antique Christmas enthusiasts, this year they met in Lancaster, PA at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, the site of the former Watt & Shand department store. The store closed in 1995, but the original beaux arts façcade was preserved and it reopened as a hotel and conference center in 2009.

It was Christmas in July as the Golden Glow members took up the entire hotel, transforming it into Santa’s headquarters. An enormous Christmas tree in the lobby and non-stop holiday tunes put us in the Christmas spirit.

Not surprisingly there were several doll collectors at the convention as we tend to go all out during the holidays! Although the convention did not officially open until Wednesday, July 22nd, for early arrivals there were workshops and

Room box, Joan Pitt collection.

These delightful cotton batting ornaments are from the collection of John Malberg.

This display was labeled “snips and snails and puppy doll tales.”

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Santa in his toy shop, collection Mario Pecunia Below: Two of the trees entered in the trim-the-tree contest.

Bottom left: A separate room was set up for nativity scenes.

One of several Christmas trees on display.

A Christmas room box in the collection of Joan and John Pitt.

This was an original holiday display in the former Watt and Shand department store, now the Marriott Convention Center.

room trading. The Christkindlmart, a salesroom for talented Glow artisans who make their own creations and the Museum room where members bring their rare antique treasures for display, opened Wednesday. Several attendees dressed as their favorite Christmas character for dinner that evening.

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room hopping, it was a busy four days. The convention concluded Saturday evening with a special banquet at which we were most fortunate to have as our table hostesses Lynn Murray and Anne ThorntonTrump, aka the Two Sisters Studio.

We would like to share with you some of the treasures displayed in the museum room, the largest assemblage of antique Christmas items in the world.

A fantastic Belsnickel shown by Ed and Brenda de Garbolewski.

We didn’t catch the owner’s name but this whimsical piece is delightful.

Collection Kathy Dannels

Father Christmas candy containers in the collection of Brad Myers.

Snow babies from the collection of Mary and Jack Maroski

Enthusiastic holiday collectors will find a wide variety of Christmas items to collect.

These are certainly the largest kugels we have ever seen! Collection Craig McManus

Join The Golden Glow of Christmas Past

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The Carabet Collection cont. from p. 21

The extraordinary detail of workmanship is evident, not only in the armature and accessories of the warrior, but also in the construction of his white horse whose hide is created by individuallyimplanted hair in a technique known as “keuesaiku”, not unlike the hair-implanting technique employed

by English dollmakers.

The ningyō in The Carabet Collection range from the delightful playful gosho to the elegant ladies of the court, from portraits of historical heroes to dolls personifying centuries-old legends.

More than 200 of these rare and choice dolls are offered, ranging from the truly rare and valuable to those more budgetpossible but equally charming to the collector just beginning to dip one’s feet in this unique and different doll genre.

For collectors wishing to learn more about the world of antique Japanese dolls, an afternoon seminar is offered on Friday, January 8th at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach, California. The seminar will be presented by Alan Scott A dainty and petite pair of carved wooden ladies, known as “ishiPate, renown authority on the subject, bijam” in sumptuous costumes. and author of two important books on the subject including Ningyō, The Art of the Japanese Doll. The seminar is free, A facial but advance reservations are necessary. view of Call Theriault’s at 800-638-0422 for a carved wooden details and to reserve your place. A courtesan 180 page hardbound catalog with color details photographs and historical descriptions her rare of each doll, including detail photos coiffure and hair of costume construction and detail, is ornaments. available for $75.

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Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or Email: adcsubs@gmail.com.

If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

Ongoing

8 /1‑1/3/16. Kansas City, MO. Messengers of Goodwill/The 1927 Japanese Friendship Doll Exchange. Toy & Miniature Museum. 816‑235‑8000.

Toyandminiaturemuseum.org.

10/24‑4/16/16. Switzerland. Parasols & Umbrellas‑from everyday object to work of art. Michel Heurtault’s museum pieces 1750‑1970 & latest creations. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

11/21‑2/14/16. Switzerland. Anton Mosimann’s Unique Collection of Cookbooks & Menu Cards. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.swmb.museum.

December 2015

4 Louisville, KY. Doll Auction.

Hays & Associates, Inc. 502‑584‑4297. www.haysauction.com.

5‑6 France. Galerie De Chartres Fine French Dolls, Automata and Musical Auctions. +33(0)2 37 88 28 28 (F)+33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galleriedechartres.com.

5‑6 Gaithersburg, MD. National Antique to Modern Doll & Toy Show. The Fairgrounds.

Bellman Events. 410‑357‑8451.

443‑617‑3590.

InfoDOLLS@comcast.net.

5 Harlem, NY. Doll Show. Dwyer Cultural Ctr. Morrisania Doll Society.

Ellen Ferebee. 917‑655‑8531.

MorrisaniaDollSociety.com.

5 Punta Gorda, FL. Doll Show.

Charlotte Harbor Event Ctr. Peace River Doll Club.

Marilyn. 941‑575‑7789.

6 Concord, CA. Nancy Jo’s Christmas Sale. Crowne Plaza Hotel. 925‑229‑4190. vallejodoll@gmail.com. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

12 Philadelphia, PA. Doll Luncheon. Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. Letitia Penn Doll Club. Reservations Joell Taggart.

610‑525‑3316.

Joellt1@comcast.net.

14 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous at Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com.

Theriaults.com.

18‑20 Denver, PA. Toy & Doll, The Frances Walker Collection Auction. Morphy Auctions.

Jay Lowe. 610‑659‑1981. www.MorphyAuctions.com.

19 Columbia, SC. Model Train Show. Jamil Temple. South Carolina Trade Shows. Todd Pletcher. 843‑307‑8674.

21 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous at Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com.

Theriaults.com.

January 2016

3 Anaheim, CA. Dolls, Bears & Jewelry Doll Sale. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. 831‑438‑5349.

DollFestival@aol.com.

9‑10 Newport Beach, CA. Doll Auctions. The Fairmont Hotel.

Theriault’s. 800‑638‑0422. info@theriaults.com. or theriaults.com.

9 Waco, TX. Doll Show. Lion’s Den. Productions Unlimited.

Kyle. 405‑810‑1010.

10 Hauppauge, NY. Doll Show.

UPSKY Long Island Hotel.

Patchogue Doll Fanciers Club.

Mary. 631‑981‑9332. Helen.

631‑281‑3799.

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Auction Gallery

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Withington’s Auction

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ithington’s final doll auction of the season is always fun with the Wednesday afternoon Doll Show (room-selling in the third floor hotel rooms), night auction previews, lunch, raffles and plenty of time for social-networking.

There were many rare examples of early papier mache, milliner’s models, woodens and many French Fashions.

Examples include this 27-inch wooden doll with a magnificent coronet braid, c. 1800, which brought $8500. A 28-inch paper mache shoulder head in near mint condition sold for $9718. Among the many French dolls this 16-inch marked Schmitt realized $7345. For additional prices visit www.withingtonauction.com

Unmarked French fashion.

12 inch bebe with Bru type face.

8-1/2 inch Steiner with trunk and clothing.

Alderfer Auction “Luscious Ladies”

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lderfer’s recent auction included some special French dolls including this diminutive 8 -1/2- inch Steiner marked BTE. S.G.D.G. Paris A 1 with her trunk containing additional clothing and accessories. It sold for $1,775. An 18-inch swivel head French fashion with leather over joined wood body brought $2,318. A lovely bebe with a Bru type face, 12 inches tall, sold for $1,962. And bringing up the rear, the 1950s tagged Mohair Steiff “Slo” Turtle foot stool, realized $1,638. For more results contact Alderfer’s at alderferauction.com

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Measuring 14 inches by 23 inches, Slo, a Steiff turtle foot stool.

Theriault’s October 17 Auction

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he lovely Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix was the site of the latest Theriault doll auction held on October 17. A few of the highlights are included here. For additional prices realized visit proxibid.com. Prices do not include the buyer’s premium.

19-inch H Bebe by Aristide Halopeau, c. 1880. $28,000

Size 4 Bru, 14 inches, by Leon Casimir Bru, original body, $17,500

15-inch marked head and body Schmitt et Fils, c. 1882, straight wrists, $16,000.

The biggest surprise in the auction was this 40-inch salesman sample made of tiger maple, mid19th century which sold for $31,000 (estimate $1200-$1600).

A charming 12-inch wooden, early 1800’s, with provenance and wearing the original gown sold for $28,000.

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Gaithersburg Antiques Doll Show

Hundreds of Selling Tables…

December 5‑6

Nancy Jo’s Christmas Sale

December 6, 2015

The 170th Eastern National Antique to Modern Doll & *Toy Show 2015

10 am to 3 pm at the

Crowne Plaza Hotel,

45 John Glenn Drive, Concord, CA

Established 1972

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

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

www.nancyjodollsales.com

The Naples Doll Club My Little Doll Co. 2016 Annual Doll Show and Sale Friday, January 15, 2016 Noon to 5pm Saturday, January 16, 2016 10am to 4pm

Buy • Sell • Doll Repair • Consign 443‑223‑4956

Kathe Kruse Wide Hip, attached thumbs, repair at knee $1950

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The Fairgrounds

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

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

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

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To be held at: New Hope Event Center 7675 Davis Blvd.

Naples, FL 34104 Admission: Both Days $8 Saturday Only $5 Children Under 12 $3 (proceeds benefit local charities) Doll Appraisals $5 per doll For Dealer/Travel Info contact Myrna Eby mydolls_2@yahoo.com General Information Contact Wendy Mitchell 239-530-0010 THE BEST IN DOLLS AND DOLL RELATED ITEMS!

14” All Original Alexander Dionne Emelie $275

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ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE

DOLL AUCTION

Friday, December 4, at 9:30 a.m.

120 South Spring Street Louisville, Kentucky 40206

HAYS & ASSOCIATES, Inc. will be selling at ABSOLUTE AUCTION two wonderful doll collections from two estates, including the Estate of Ada Stegner.

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE DOLLS: French dolls

by Jumeau, Fleischmann & Bloedel Eden Bebe, Jullien, mechanical Steiner & S.F.B.J. - French & German fashion lady dolls - Pretty German bisque child & baby dolls including Googly & closed mouth dolls - German character dolls by Gebruder Heubach & others - Wonderful all-bisques with glass & painted eyes - German automata of children playing musical instruments - German chinas - large Creche child - Frozen Charlies & Charlottes - Wax w/open/close eye mechanism Hard plastic & composition dolls including Shirley Temple, Sweet Sue & Madame Alexander dolls - Schoenhut animals Piano babies - Lovely doll artist dolls - Doll clothing - Doll furniture - Ethnic dolls - Pincushion dolls - Reference books DOLL HOUSE w/dolls & furnishings.

Terms: cash, approved check, VISA & MC Inspection: Friday, December 4, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. DAY of AUCTION

NO BUYER PREMIUM • UNCATALOGUED KENNETH S. HAYS KENNETH S. HAYS, JR. Auctioneers - Appraisers

HAYS & ASSOCIATES, Inc. 502-584-4297

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January 2016 continued from page 65 15‑16 Naples, FL. Doll Show.

New Hope Event Center. Naples Doll Club. Wendy Mitchell.

239‑530‑0010. Myrna Eby. Mydolls_2@yahoo.com

Sara Bernstein’s Dolls

Doll Show and Sale Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

It will be held at the ARABA TEMPLE, 2010 Hanson St., Fort Myers, Florida

For the serious collector as well as the casual observer this is a “must see” show for 2016.

16 Panama City, FL. Doll Show.

Holiday Inn Select. Rose Marie’s Dolls. Rose Marie. 850‑532‑9797.

16‑17 San Diego, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Al Bahr Shriners Center.

Crossroads. Dorothy Drake.

775‑348‑7713. info@crossroadsshows.com.

29‑31 Sarasota, FL. Doll & Bear Convention Show. The DEVYN Event Ctr. Jesse Kohler.

352‑527‑6666.

30 Chandler, AZ. Dolls, Bears & Miniatures Show. First Church of the Nazarene. Dolls & Friends Doll Club. Cheryl Fox. 602‑550‑9933.

30 Portland, OR. Doll & Teddy Bear Event. Monarch Hotel in Clackamas. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775‑348‑7713. info@crossroadsshows.com 30 Glendale, CA. Doll & Toy Show.

Glendale Civic Auditorium.

Verdugo Hills Doll Club. Janet Hollingsworth. 626‑441‑3330. jhollwth@pacbell.net.

30 Palm Springs, FL. Doll Show. St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Gold Coast Doll Study & Sunshine Doll Clubs of FL. Karen.

561‑741‑1059.

31 Miami, FL. Toy, Doll & Collectibles Show. Airport Ramada Inn. Steve Fuller.

305‑446‑4488.

31 Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel.

Karla Moreland. 815‑356‑6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.napervilledollshow.com.

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The Cape Coral Doll Guild and Fort Myers Doll Club present their annual

Admission is $4 for adults, children 10 and under are free.

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

This Doll Show and Sale is your source for both the needs of the collector and the doll artist. Sales tables will feature antique to modern dolls and toys, doll clothing, furniture, supplies, lace, ribbon and fabric.

Contacts: Marilia (239)540-8628 or Sharon (239)267-1483 email: magicofdolls@gmail.com

Honey & Shars’ On the web at:

HoneyandShars.com and rubylane.com/shop/honeyandshars New dolls added weekly 106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859‑289‑3344

Member of UFDC & NADDA

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

honeyandshars@yahoo.com

Edison Talking Dolls Wanted Any Condition Doug Burnett Music Museum

816‑210‑3684 Edisondoll@yahoo.com

Hours: 11‑4, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or by appointment.

Visit us at www.kydollandtoymuseum.com Like us on Facebook at ky doll and toy museum Verdugo Hills Doll Club Presents

The Charms of Yesteryear A DOLL & TOY SALE

Saturday January 30, 2016 10am-3pm Admission $5

Glendale Civic Auditorium 1401 N. Verdugo Road Glendale, CA Pink Books listing 2016 doll shows, free at this show.

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5‑7 Des Moines, IA. Antique Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Kimberly Schilling. Melting Pot Productions, Inc. 712‑326‑9964.

Kim.spectacular@gmail.com www.AntiqueSpectacular.com.

6‑7 San Diego, CA. Miniature Show. Al Bahr Shriner’s Ctr. San Diego Miniature Crafters.

February 2016

6 Leesburg, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Leesburg Community Ctr. Orange Blossom & Hills & Lakes Doll Collectors. Janelle Sundeen.

352‑728‑1832.

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

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

6 Port Angeles, WA. Doll Show.

Vern Burton Center. Just Dolls of Washington. Dori Beachler.

360‑683‑1006.

6 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction.

Sweetbriar. Dorothy Hunt.

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

13 Fort Myers, FL. Doll Show.

Araba Temple. The Cape Coral Doll Guild and Fort Myers Doll Club. Marilia. 239‑540‑8628.

Sharon. 239‑267‑1483. magicofdolls@gmail.com.

13 New Braunfels, TX. Doll Show. New Braunfels Civic Ctr. Dorothy Meredith.

830‑606‑5868. dmeredith@dolldr.com.

Antique dollhouse food, roast suckling pig on porcelain platter

www.TheDollWorks.net

ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810‑4351.

Phone 302‑475‑5374 Email: RSteele855@aol.com Visit my website: www.ReginaSteele.com ANTIQUE DOLLS – French and German Bisque, All Bisque, Chinas, Limited Ed. Doll Plates. SASE. Ann Lloyd, 5632 S. Deer Run Road, Doylestown, PA 18902.

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

20 Largo, FL. Doll & Bear Show.

Minnreg Building.

St. Petersburg Doll Club.

Ilene Delk. 727‑347‑7556.

21 Tampa, FL. Teddy Bear Show.

Crowne Plaza Westshore.

Bright Star Teddy Bear Shows.

Valerie Rogers. 502‑423‑7827.

26‑27 Charleston, SC. Rose Percy Event. Francis Marion Hotel.

Deborah Jenkines. 706‑459‑4856. djenkines@aol.com.

27 Pensacola, FL. Doll & Toy Show. The Wright Place First Methodist Church. The Pensacola Doll Study Club.

Jan Taghon. 850‑748‑3673.

Hazel Spencer. 850‑944‑2183.

27 Punta Gorda, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Charlotte Harbor Events & Conference Ctr. Pt. Charlotte Doll Club. Merle Romer.

941‑286‑1446.

27 Richmond, VA. Doll Show.

Richmond Raceway Complex.

Capital Doll Club. Jackie Price.

804‑275‑0091.

28 Strongsville, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Strongsville Holiday Inn. Gail Lemmon. 440‑396‑5386.

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