Antique DOLL Collector January 2021 Vol. 24, No. 1
The Cloth Dolls of Roxanna McGee Cole Walking Through Time – A Collector’s Tale How Plastic Changed Doll Bodies The Theriault’s Story
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17 ¾” O/M Tete Jumeau 7, blue PW eyes, pierced ears, original body w/ replaced German hands $1995.
11.5” Fabulous Cabinet Size CM Jumeau marked P2, blue PW eyes, beautifully painted and molding $3095.
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German Doll House Dolls 5” 508 11/0 brown molded hair, dressed as maid, bisque arms & legs, cloth body $65. 3.5”All original Maid w/ molded hair w/ maid cap, sweet ½ scale or child maid $85. 5.25” Lady w/ 1920’s blonde hairdo, dressed in lt pink crepe $75. 3.25” All bisque blonde molded hair girl, dressed sweetly from hat to leather boots $69.95
24.5” Early Triste Bebe Jumeau 11 designed by Carrier Belleuse, original HH wig & corkpate, blue PW eyes, applied ears w/ antique pink earrings, stiff wrist 8 ball body, Beautiful molding and coloring $17,500.
11.5” AM Googlie 323 4/0 on 5 piece Toddler body, blue sleep eyes (scuffed), cheek & nose rubs, left thumb chipped. $575.
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#4 Brunette Ponytail in original swimsuit, beautiful face & hair, ponytail retied $295. #5 Brunette Ponytail w/ beautiful face original swimsuit, retied ponytail, slight green by ears $200.
13” Sonnenberg CM 2 Hole Belton ‘6’, stiff wrist body, brown stat eyes, pierced ears, sweet cabinet size doll $695.
27” DEP Tete Jumeau 12, Jumeau in red on head, label on body with working momma strings, pretty coloring, replaced blue PW eyes, a little peppering on forehead between eyes, repainted hands, French DEPOSE shoes (1 as is) $595.
6.5” All Bisque Rose O’Neill Scootles, wonderful facial painting & expression $195.
22.5” Kestner F 168 10, 08 on neck, body stamped Germany 3369, light grey sleep eyes, original mohair wig, antique red dress that blead on body – back, side, right upper arm & back of legs $275.
21” Simon & Halbig Kammer & Reinhart 192 – 9, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, nice 22.5” 1078 Simon & Halbig compo body, human 10, blue sleep eyes, HH wig, hair wig $595. few rubs left cheek $295. 9.25” Morimura Brothers 1, 3/0, blue sleep eyes, original HH wig, bj body $145. 24” All Original CM Bergman Simon & Halbig, brown sl eyes, mohair wig, beautiful dress, underclothing, leather shoes & stockings, (few spots on dress’s back, it has not been laundered) $495.
6.5” All Bisque Bye-lo, marked 20-16 Corp. by Grace S. Putnam Germany, blue painted eyes, no damage on limbs or body $285.
18” K * R 126 /7 Germany 62, on 5 piece Toddler body ( arms repainted), blue flirty eyes, sweet expression, original mohair wig $395. Terri Lee’s marked Terri Lee 5.5” Painted Bisque Patsy Type Doll marked A5, sweet Platinum Terri with extremely full hair done in curls, marked Terri companion doll $39.95 Lee, tagged dress. $165. Strawberry Blond Terri Lee 8.5” AM Our Pet 10/0, blue sleep marked Terri Lee in adorable eyes, original mohair wig, 5 piece tagged sunsuit and bonnet $165. toddler body w/ molded shoes & socks $145. 9” Schuco Mohair Tricky Rabbit w/ Terri Lee’s All Original in tagged clothes Yes/No head mechanism, original Lemon Yellow blonde Terri Lee all original in tag & ribbon $155. petal pusher outfit $165. 11.5” Heubach 7602 Pouty Baby, Light Brown Patent Pending Terri Lee – doll repainted arms, head/ leg stringing was given to original owner by creator of Terri loose, blue intaglio eyes $125. Lee w/ letter, in tagged Bride dress $245.
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Sensational Rare 14.5” Bébé Modele Occasionally, a work of art emerges so perfectly created and so breathtakingly beautiful we are forced to pause. This exquisite petite 14.5” Bru Bébé Modele is such a rarity. Legendary beauty is indeed hers from her wide sky-blue spiral threaded eyes, sensational creamy, perfect bisque, fantastic long original wig, and spectacular wood body with delightful articulations. This Princess is wearing a fantastic antique coral and cream satin ensemble with a matching hat. Her original Bru stamped shoes are immaculate! Precious things come in small packages! This rare delight is pristine and perfect in every way. Never offered before. Please call or email for additional pictures and pricing! 425-765-4010
13” Bru Jeune Bebe - This exquisite Bébé is certain to steal your heart! Blessed with the most desirable look from the earliest period of the Leon Casimir Bru era. Her innocent face is adorned with huge blue spiral threaded eyes lavishly fringed with sweeping lashes, framed with softly stroked sienna brows. Her excellent bisque is creamy and pale with gentle tints of rose and peach. She is marked three and in beautiful condition. Wearing an original lavish dress of pinks, creams, and blues with a faux blouse insert. She has retains her original pretty blonde mohair wig and cork pate along with undergarments and black crocheted stockings. Marked low on her neck’s base and “Bru Jne 3” on the left shoulder. Everything about this little darling is charming and in fabulous, ready to display condition. She is certain to be one of the brightest stars in your collection! Please call for additional details and pricing.
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Fantastic 28” HTF Figure C Steiner Bébé - Fabulous and Rare! A doll in supreme condition with stunning deep blue almond-shaped eyes that literally glow and gorgeous pale satin bisque tinted with muted shades of lilac shadow and soft rose toned lips with a perfect deeper coral outline. She has a superb original body with a lovely patina only time can bring. Dressed in antique silk and wool ensemble with sensational emerald green velvet bonnet. Stunning original blonde mohair wig over her original Steiner cardboard pate. Delicious layers of starchy undergarments and wonderful antique leather shoes complete this regal and rare to locate jewel of one of Maison Steiner’s most delightful creations. She is beautifully marked and free of damage. Additional pictures available. $7495 - plus S&H (Small Steiner not included)
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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls
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Max and Moritz by Simon & Halbig are a 16" (41 cm.) pair of rascally fellows are portrayed, each with bisque socket head, highly characterized facial features unique to each fellow, brown glass sleep and flirty eyes, painted lashes, comma-shaped brows with sculpting details, rounded upturned nose, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with wide beaming or impish smile, accented lips, mohair wig in characteristic black or red color with tousled style, unique composition and wooden fully jointed toddler body with sculpted shoes and socks, antique costumes that may be original. Condition: generally excellent, Moritz with small cheek rubs. Marks: K*R Simon & Halbig 123 (Max). Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt from their art character series, circa 1912, depicted are Max and Moritz inspired by the children's adventure stories written and sketched by Wilhelm Busch in the mid-19th century; the stories, a lampoon of German culture, remained popular for decades, and upon the death of Busch in 1908, and freedom from copyright infringement, dollmakers thought to put the pair into doll firm. Value Points: extremely rare, especially to find as an intact pair, each doll has unique sculpture only for it, including unique body sculpture and painted shoes. The quality of sculpting and painting, along with historical background, ensures their prominence in doll lineage. Originally from the Puppen & Spielzeug Museum, you can find these dolls at Theriault's Auction (theriaults.com), the Marquis auction on January 23-24, 2021.
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Make an appointment to visit my private doll shop in the new year. Socially distanced and by appointment only.
Please call or text me at 336.755.1400 You’ll be greeted by goodies galore and fabulous opportunities to buy, sell or trade! Choose from my 20 plus year doll collection including hundreds of antique and vintage dolls. Plus, pick through my huge collection of antique and vintage doll dresses, slips, chemise, pantaloons, shoes, wigs, ribbons, fabrics, furniture and accessories. Bring your dolls to dress, trade and repair.
If you are thinking of selling your doll treasures, I buy everything from one doll, or doll accessory, to an entire collection, including: dolls, shoes, clothes, wigs, miniatures, doll jewelry, doll houses, furniture and accessories. 1. Antique 24” German Amberg Character Baby Doll. $245 2. Antique 20” German 1079 Simon Halbig Doll On Original Body W/ antique Dress $295
3. 17” Vintage Nancy Ann Style Show Hard Plastic Doll In Fabulous Tagged Outfit $795 4. Antique 16” 220 Kestner German Bisque Toddler Doll W/Mohair Wig & Great Outfit $3495 5. 19” Antique C1890 Jumeau Doll Marked Straight-wristed Body And Mohair Wig $1895
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8. Antique 14” SFBJ Perfect French All Orig Bisque Doll With Great Outfit $225 9. Antique 11” 1009 Simon Halbig Perfect German Bisque Doll $495
10. Antique 16” DEP Jumeau Bebe On Original Body Perfect French Bisque Doll $2495 11. Antique 15” 115A Kammer Reinhardt Phillip Perfect German Bisque Toddler Doll $2495
12. 22” Antique German Bisque Simon Halbig 1489 Erika Doll w/Great Outfit $2950
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14. Antique Huge 36” Simon Halbig Doll w/Great Outfit $1150 15. 18” Antique C1870 E. Barrois French Fashion Doll Poupee Peau With Unique Neck $1895
16. 14” Antique C1870 Wooden Bodied Smiling Bru French Fashion Doll Poupee Peau $9750
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20. Rare Antique 25” x 31” Signed L. Lecka Original Oil of Girl w/Doll Listed Artist $2495
21. 21” Antique German Composition Rare Orsini Doll Dressed In Original Outfit $455 22. Antique 18” All Original Cloth Early Kathe Kruse XII Hampelchen Doll $2850
23. Antique 20” Armand Marseille Character Mold 400 Doll With Fully Jointed Body $2250 24. Antique German 29” Kammer Reinhardt 117 Mein Leibling Doll With Marked Body $3295
25. Antique German 8” Rare Black Character Doll With Orig Body Cute Outfit. $245 26. Antique German 8” Rare Black Character Doll With Orig Body Cute Outfit $245
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From the Editor Welcome to the New Year!
2020 was an extraordinary and challenging year – one that most of us are extremely glad to be done with. Life will likely never be quite the same, but at last, there is light at the end of the tunnel?! Inperson connections, including even larger scale gatherings, appear to be on the horizon. Finally. What have we learned? Among other things, to appreciate the place dolls and the doll community have in our lives more than ever. Not only to help preserve history (see Linda Edward’s article on page 14) but to give us that community and connection that is such an essential part of life in general, and the doll world in particular. We have missed being with our friends and colleagues to share our great passions in person. But we’ve also found new ways to connect – by shopping online, friending on FaceBook, meeting on Zoom, Skype or Facetime, along with calling, texting, and emailing. 2020 showed us additional methods to continue collecting, learning, researching, sharing, and staying in touch. Whether you are in North America, Europe or anywhere around the world, these new communication methods are available to all and have opened our world. Moreover, when stuck at home, we found time to do a lot of those doll-related projects we had not gotten to – researching, writing, organizing, and just thinking about our dolls and doll-related things. For that extra time, we are most grateful. In 2020, Antique Doll Collector readers benefited many times over from our authors’ thoughtful articles sharing their knowledge and passion with you. An excellent example in this issue is Donna Kaonis’ piece on Theriault’s marking the completion of their first 50 years in business (page 18). Thank you, Donna, for this fascinating article and all that you have done for Antique Doll Collector. We also want to thank all our loyal readers and subscribers. We love hearing from you! Let us know what you like and what you don’t, along with what you collect. In short, please tell us what you think at thoughts@antiquedollcollector.com. We look forward to reading, sharing, and even meeting (again) soon.
With all good wishes for an excellent 2021, Gay Bryant PS: Antique Doll Collector is a labor of love created for you! Begin 2021 by subscribing to Antique Doll Collector; for yourself, a fellow doll collector or your doll club. Subscribe at page 46 or visit antiquedollcollector.com/subscribe.html.
Letters Merry Christmas from Australia! Dear Gay and team, Right is a pic of one of my favourite dolls. She has just put the Christmas pudding on the stove to cook and agreed to pose near the Christmas tree! She is 11” tall and has no markings on her bisque shoulder head, but I believe she was made by Kestner after a bit of research. She has a cloth body and upper arms and legs of fine kid leather with bisque lower arms hinged at the elbow. Her face is beautifully painted with brown glass eyes. 10
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Here’s wishing you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, which I hope you manage to have considering the awful Covid situation over there at the moment. Fingers crossed 2021 will be a much better year! With warmest good wishes, Georgie Brown, Australia
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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward
Preserving History Through the Joy of Collecting
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aving dealt in dolls in a physical shop, at shows, via mail order, and online for over 40 years now, many are familiar with my business tag line, “Preserving history through the enjoyment of collecting.” To me, this is more than just a business motto. It cuts right to the heart of what we, who are interested in antique and vintage dolls, are accomplishing with our collections. The collecting of antique dolls draws the enthusiast into the history of ancient times and, to perhaps a greater extent, into the past two and a half centuries. By studying these simple objects of play, we open
“If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.” - Aristotle “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” – Pearl Buck “History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” - David McCullough “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” ― Michael Crichton
Dolls in world costume were a favorite area among the collectors of the first half of the 20th century. As the world became smaller, and the possibility of mutual destruction due to misunderstanding between the peoples of the world became a growing concern, dolls were embraced as a means of building bridges of understanding between people. This genre of doll not only brought the excitement of foreign travel into the homes of collectors, but was also often used in schools, libraries, and other social settings to promote crosscultural understanding, underscoring just how much we all have in common. 14
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I buy dolls and will sell on consignment. LAYAWAY AVAILABLE • Member UFDC & NADDA www.grandmasatticdolls.com • Look for me on Ruby Lane! 11” Sonnenberg Bebe, perfect bisque, gorgeous blue eyes, orig. lambswool wig, ant. dress on org. Sonnenberg body. Extra clothes and org. box. BEAUTIFUL! $2350
11” Sonnenberg Bebe #137, perfect bisque, pw eyes w/painted upper and lower lashes and her ant. mohair wig, ant. batiste and lace dress, great orig. ant. leather shoes on her orig. fully jointed body. A BEAUTIFUL Bebe!! $1,950
11” Premiere Jumeau, “Bebe Incassable,” mint bisque, pw eyes, ant. mohair wig, ant. silk & lace dress, ant. shoes, on orig. “signed” Jumeau body, w/str. wrists. First Portrait Jumeau ever made. STUNNING! $8975
R. John Wright Disney Geppetto & Pinocchio, Series 1 Ltd. Edition. MIB/Cert of Auth. Tags and the orig. box. One of the BEST. Only....$2,800
14” Bru M14” Bru Modele Bebe #0, perfect bisque, outlined pw eyes, early mauve blush under brows, orig. lambs wool wig, ant. Fr. silk Bru dress, ant. Fr. silk hat, socks & “signed” Fr. shoes w/rosettes, First Generation Bru face, orig. RARE fully jointed Modele wooden body (including ankles). Most desirable of Bru bodies. BREATHTAKING!!! $32,500.
3.5” Rare All Bisque Action Bye Lo Baby, mint bisque overall, orig. label, lace skirt & big silk ribbon, w/ orig. carriage lined w/silk covered mattress. Very RARE! Irreplaceable & ADORABLE!! $2000.
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12” Gebruder Heubach Pouty Pair, a #6969 Boy & #6970 Girl, both have perfect pale bisque, same color light blue sl. eyes, wear their orig. matching Mariner costumes & Buret. FACTORY orig. except for the socks on boy. Girl has orig. auburn wig w/ coiledbraids & boy has orig. short boy wig. Both on orig. Heubach fully jointed bodies. They are FABULOUS!! SALE PRICE AT ONLY....$4,875. FOR THE PAIR
14” Kley & Hahn Baby, sl eyes, molded tongue & two upper teeth, ant. mohair wig. Ant. baby gown/ undies on Orig. K & H body. ADORABLE cabinet size Baby!! $695
12” Fr. E.D. Bebe, immaculate pale bisque, pw eyes, ant. mohair wig & cork pate, gorgeous ornate ant. silk & lace dress, ant. slip, undies, ant. shoes & crocheted socks w/ matching hat, orig. ED Body, darling expression & great cabinet size. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! $4750.
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Auction News Happy New Year readers! December saw activity from several auction houses and we have some of the results for you. Theriault’s auction on December 5th was titled, “Marquis: Neapolitan Figures from the Buktas Collection: Part One and Antique Doll Collector featured Neapolitan figures from the auction as our cover. This month, our feature article talks about the history of Theriault’s Auctions as they complete their 50th anniversary of business. (page 20). Results from the December 5th auction include a miniature oak keywind music box at top honors for $17,000. A Neopolitan figure of Balthazar, King of Arabia, was sold for $14,000. On March 6, 2021, the neopolitan figures will be featured again in Part Two of this collection. Visit the Theriault’s website at www.theriaults.com for more information on this auction and more. Ladenburger Auctions held their Steiff special auction on December 5, too. Below are a few of the top sellers in the show that included a wide variety of Steiff characters. Check them out at www. spielzeugauktion.de. Their next auction is coming up in January and you should note that on your calendar! The third auction that was scheduled for December 5 was Galerie de Chartres’ Premium Antique Doll Auction featuring Les plus Belles Poupées Françaises, Janine Chovet Collection, Chapter 2. This auction featured the biggest Steiner figure C8 (95 cm) and also the smallest bébé Steiner série 4/0 (21 m). Examples from the auctions are shown above. See them and the rest of the results at www.ivoire-chartres.com. There are new auction events for January and February on the calendar including Theriault’s, Ladenburger, Cottone, Frasher’s and Sweetbriar.
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Right, Top: Theriault’s Music box, $17,000 Left, Middle: Theriault’s Neopolitan figure of Balthazar, King of Arabia, $14,000 Bottom Series, Left to Right: Ladenburger Steiff Auction: 5145 STEIFF Bear, c. 1930, $6200; 5059 STEIFF Hare Hutch, $5000; 5165 STEIFF Teddy, $7400
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Galerie de Chartres, Left to Right: 250. Baby Jumeau, model known as “Triste” or “Longface,” $8800 266. Baby Thuillier, pressed biscuit head, debossed “A11T,” $8700
Frasher’s Auction will be selling the estate paper doll collection of Cynthia Musser. This collection is famous throughout the doll and paper doll collector communities. Cynthia authored two books, “Precious Paper Dolls,” Hobby House Press, 1992 and “Classic Celebrity Cutouts,” Hobby House Press, 1995, and numerous magazine articles in Doll News, Antique Dolls, and Doll Reader. She was a well-known editor of Doll News magazine, the official quarterly publication the United Federation of Doll Clubs. She was a member of United Federation of Doll Clubs, Doll Club of America, Olentangy Valley Doll Club (Columbus, Ohio), and China Doll Club (Loveland, Colorado). Cynthia Erfurt Musser passed away in Estes Park, Colorado on March 24, 2020. This collection encompasses early historical and rare paper dolls to popular 1940-1950 icons. Cynthia’s collection reflects the lifetime passion and pursuit of a discerning collector. The collection spans over 100 years and includes paper dolls from America, Germany, England, and France. The online auction is scheduled for January 2021. Please check Frasher’s website for date and time at frasherdollauctions.com.
January-February Auctions Theriault’s
Friday, January 8, 2021 50 Forward: New-Style Auction Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Rendezvous: Antique Dolls and Playthings Saturday-Sunday, January 23-24, 2021 Marquis: Antique Doll Auction 410.224.3655 www.theriaults.com See our ad on the back cover for more information.
Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH January16-31, 2021 Online auction 0049 (0) 6203 13014 | mail@spielzeugauktion.de www. spielzeugauktion.de
Cottone Auctions
Thursday, January 21, 2021 Antiques & Design 585.243.1000 matt@cottoneauctions.com www.cottoneauctions.com See our ad on page 12.
Frasher’s Auction
January, 2021 Online Matinee Doll auction 816-625-3785 816-625-6079 (fax) frasher@aol.com www.frashersdollauction.com/
Sweetbriar Auction Saturday, February 6, 2021 Live onsite doll auction 410.275.2213 sweetbriar@live.com sweetbriarauctions.com See our ad on page 13.
AUCTION DATES? Please send us information at events@ antiquedollcollector.com regarding upcoming shows so we can include it in our auction calendar. Sample of the Cynthia Musser collection being sold by Frasher’s at an online auction in January. Please be sure to check their website for specific dates and times.
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Celebrating the First
Fifty by Donna C. Kaonis
Rare Rochard poupée achieved a record price, on display at the Barry Art Museum in Virginia.
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One hundred and four when she passed way, the heiress Huguette Clark made headlines late in life as a recluse, living in a Manhattan hospital room for twenty years while her mansions remained unoccupied. Even in the hospital, Huguette was buying dolls, anonymously through her lawyer. Theriault’s would learn following her death that the woman they called the “client” was none other than Huguette. No one knew that only a short time later the Covid 19 virus would markedly change our lives, quickly becoming a pandemic that would hospitalize and kill so many of our loved ones, close businesses and schools, causing anxiety, stress and isolation. The doll world changed as events were canceled and our virtual world of shows and auctions began. But back to the amazing celebration in Santa Barbara. It began with a private guided tour of Bellosguardo, the large oceanside estate that has been carefully maintained since Huguette Clark last visited it around 1953. Proceeds from this auction would benefit the Bellosguardo Foundation, creating a lasting legacy for future generations. The Saturday auction brought excitement and lots of laughter, Stuart Holbrook doing his trademark impressions, his booming radio voice keeping us entertained throughout the long day. And the Saturday evening gala party was sublime, the fabulous Ritz Carlton flawless with food and service. How did a little auction house in rural Pennsylvania become the world leader with 70% of the global market for dolls? It was not happenstance. It was 1970 when Florence left her job as a librarian and her husband George retired from the library equipment business. They moved to Fleetville, PA, whose residents at that time numbered one hundred and
You can watch Theriault’s historic “Love, Shirley Temple” 2015 auction on Theriault’s YouTube channel.
Florence and George Theriault at the beginning of their career in dolls, circa 1970s.
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Stuart Holbrook, Theriault’s President, giving a pre-auction introduction to the Huguette Clark auction.
fifty. Stuart was only six, but he quickly fell into what would become the family business. A pick-up truck emblazoned with clown faces and the words, “we buy anything old” became a familiar sight in the neighborhood. Auctions were conducted in the back of the truck, the rest room facilities a porta potty, their company office the living room. Specialization was the key they soon decided; they would become experts in one area… antique dolls. Florence’s library background and her profound love of books was tailor-made for their new business. George, a gregarious extrovert, kept the auctions lively and fun, the same traits that have made Stuart well regarded and loved by collectors. Until recently catalogued auctions have been held around the country at five-star hotels, a far cry from the back of a pick-up truck. Florence works tirelessly, often seven days a week, cataloguing, a dream job for this brilliant researcher. I have been in the Theriault library, a large conference room with wall to ceiling bookshelves containing hundreds of books on every aspect of doll and fashion history. I am sure it is the most comprehensive source of related reference material in the world. Her recent catalog on part one of the Büktas collection of Neapolitan dolls is an in-depth study of these mid-1700’s dolls, one that required many hours of research. It was fascinating for me to learn their origins and importance in the evolution of doll making as a forerunner to the poupées and character dolls that would follow. Stuart, President of Theriault’s, spends the majority of his time traveling both here and abroad. He is welcomed by doll clubs where his vivacious personality and obvious delight in meeting people who share similar interests make him an engaging speaker. During the pandemic he has crisscrossed the country numerous times, stopping to pick up dolls, visiting with collectors and always minding strict safety measures by taking a test for the virus before and after each trip. Luke Theriault conducts smaller online auctions held at the company’s headquarters. He also manages the company’s mail order company, Florence & George. At in person Theriault January auctions he is in charge of the after-dinner entertainment that has the audience in
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Luke Theriault assisting with auctioneering at the Huguette Clark auction, January 2020.
stitches. Other members of the Theriault team are a devoted and talented group of people, many of whom you know, and I came to appreciate as former editor of Antique Doll Collector. Theriault’s marketing prowess has elevated doll collecting worldwide, lending respect and stature to our hobby. The exquisite photography and graphic layouts of their catalogues is second to none. World renowned museums have turned to Theriault’s when their owners’ age or illness make it necessary to part with their collections. Media attention naturally focuses on the most expensive dolls such as the 2018 record established for a rare poupée by Rochard with an elaborate gold necklace containing Stanhope images of Paris. It was quite the bidding sensation as two people vied for the exceedingly rare doll which ultimately brought $333,500. Today it, along with a wide variety of dolls, can be enjoyed by visitors to the Barry Art Museum in Virginia. The Rochard is one end of the spectrum but ours is an expansive hobby that can be enjoyed by anyone with a passion. Consider Huguette Clark who could buy any doll she wanted; her estate included a sizable collection of BAPS dolls, inexpensive yet charming little cloth dolls with armature bodies made in the nineteen forties and fifties. In these trying times I have found myself spending extra time on Theriault’s website. It is a treasure trove of information with naturally drop-dead gorgeous photos, educational videos presented by Florence, archived catalogs and much more. I encourage readers to watch Stuart’s YouTube video made for last year’s UFDC convention, “Riding Waves and Bucking Trends, How to Build a Great Collection on a Budget.” For all of us who have lost out bidding on a doll it will give you hope. Just like the stock market, a doll that is far out of reach at a particular auction will likely come back and at a price you can afford. I know, it has happened to me. Theriault’s upcoming January 23 and 24 auctions will be held virtually at their headquarters in Annapolis, MD, without an audience. Be sure to watch the educational video where Florence points out the rarities in this auction, it’s a great way to learn, broaden our horizons and appreciation for what makes a doll rare. What a great way to start their 51st year in business!
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Ann Hays Looks at Life Through Her Doll Collection Time patiently waits for your birth. He takes your hand and walks with you through life. Time is a universal clock that moves forward second by second and minute by minute. First as an infant, time understands your struggles to first see and then visit the marvelous, amazing world you live in. The wonder of it all is reflected in the eyes of these twin German Kestner 257 bisque socket head baby dolls.
An adorable pair of Kestner 257 flirty eyed twins with working cry boxes.
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his wonderful 15" German Heubach character boy has a pristine composition ball-jointed toddler body. His lifelike intaglio eyes, deeply-molded lower eyelids, and crooked smile denote mischief is afoot. His mother keeps an eye on him. She wonders how long before his sailor hat will be removed, his brass anchor brooch lost, or his sailor suit will be soiled. The Victorian portrait of the young boy (below right) is a painted oil on canvas. He is concentrating for the portrait with his eyes fixed on the artist. This well-dressed boy is wearing a red velvet two-piece outfit with front buttoning jacket and white shirt collar common for the 1860s. Note his handsome pair of leather button-up boots. His hair is long and covering his ears. This hair style was worn for a longer period of time for boys schooled at home. The reason he is patiently waiting for the artist to finish is the chance to play with the carved wooden cow pull toy. Outings became popular in the mid-Victorian period. Two large parks were established: Hyde Park, in London, and Central Park, in New York. When going for a walk or picnic in the park, the Victorian family dressed up. They wanted to take the opportunity to display the latest fashions and their status in society. Mothers insisted their children be fashionably dressed when going on an outing to the park. Boys playing in the park would have hoops, and played marbles or knucklebones. Girls were primarily limited to dolls, books, and a skipping rope.
An undocumented rare Gebruder Heubach character child on toddler body.
An antique oil on canvas documents the dress of a Victorian boy at the end of the 19th century.
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The fact that this Kestner character boy is wearing a creamcolored 2-piece sailor suit attests to the limited physical play Victorian children were allowed.
This German Sonnenberg Belton 183 was probably made for export. Perhaps as a tribute to the H.M.C. Wellington or the ownership of the ship.
Sailor suits were extremely poplar at the end of the 19th century, both for boys and girls. Peter Thompson, a naval sailor, was attributed to have designed the sailor suit with a “middy” [midshipmen] top. The 15" German early Kestner character boy doll is wearing a nautical cream-colored tunic with straight leg pants. This lad has an vintage Noah’s ark with Noah
and his wife and lots of animals. His counterpart is a 13" German Sonnenberg Belton 183 girl doll with large brown paperweight eyes, feathered French-type eyebrows, and upper and lower eyelashes. She is wearing an antique red sailor dress and a straw hat with a ribbon inscribed, “H.M.S. Wellington.” She has borrowed her brother’s wooden sailboat. I wonder if she really asked his permission.
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Maturity is reached in the shape of this handsome French 18" parian F.G. gentleman. This handsome adult has stylish caramel-colored molded hair with a side part and forehead wave, impressive blue set eyes, and closed mouth. He is wearing a handmade wine-colored jacket, coordinated vest with tie, and gray pants. He is obviously a man of means and sophistication.
The Munich Art Doll movement and the exhibits in 1908 may have influenced the brothers Julius and Moritz Wallach when they created this male doll. He was once a teaching doll.
This smartly-dressed F.G. parian gentleman would turn any lady’s head.
This suave looking 14 ½" German male art doll was created by brothers Julius and Moritz Wallach. His papiermache head features heavy brows, an elongated nose, applied hair and ears. He has a pristine gusseted kid body. The brothers labored to preserve the textiles, folk art, and provincial costumes that were disappearing from local communities in Europe from the 1920s forward. This provincial gentleman models their talents by wearing a felt hat, dark brown woolen jacket trimmed in black braid.
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A fictional character from Charles Dickens David Copperfield [published in 1850] was produced by the A.W. Kister Co. located in Germany. This rare 4" china half doll represents Clara Peggotty, an apple-cheeked motherly figure who served as David’s nurse, his second mother and house keeper. She is wearing a modest straw bonnet with pink bows and a blue striped shawl. Peggotty’s arms are crossed over her matronly figure and she holds a purse on her wrist. This half doll is pre-1939. Time seems to be gaining momentum as we advance in age; however, it is a merely an illusion. This early 1850s 14" German Kister china swivel head gentleman is completely bald except two wisps of gray hair above his ears. His head and shoulders are tinted pink and modeled in thick paste china. He has wonderful spoon-shaped hands with detailed palms. The boots are slightly heeled. He is wearing a black wool jacket that is expertly hand-stitched. His gray wool pants are newer replacements. As a grandfather, he has a very affable looking face and tells wonderful bedtime stories and rhymes.
This early 14″ Kister china swivel neck grandfatherly doll was a wonderful find. There are numerous mature male dollhouse size dolls. Few elderly male dolls were made in his size or larger.
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A rare china half doll depicting Clara Peggotty from David Copperfield.
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This rare German 31/4" all-bisque mature male nodder was part of a comic newspaper series in the 1920s. He played the part of “Mr. Bailey, The Boss.” The comic strip Smitty appeared in Sunday’s newspaper. The master of creating elderly-looking dolls was Bernard Ravca, with his soft sculpture art. His early dolls [ca. 1939] were produced in Paris, France. While attending an exhibit of his dolls in the United States, France was invaded by Germany and, sadly, he could not return. Ravca became a United States citizen in 1947. He met and married the talented doll artist Frances Diecks and they resided in New York.
This mature looking comic strip figure is a German nodder.
His masterful creations are cotton, formed and shaped over a wire armature frame. Stockinette is stretched over the face and hands. His magic needle sculptured their faces in tucks, contours, deep lines, and drawn in features. The facial characteristics are completed with hand-painted eyes and mouth. Each head takes eight hours to complete. White spun wool hair was used for this elderly female street vendor selling her basket of wares. She has her own unique character features represented in the detailed wrinkles and ridges in her face and in her gnarled, arthritic hands marked with the passage of time. A message on a tombstone reads: “A little time on earth he spent Till God to him his angels sent.” These words offer comfort. Time becomes everlasting!
A Bernard Ravca masterfully created soft sculpture peddler lady selling her wares.
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An Invention That Changed The (Doll) World
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he history of doll production from the 1940s through the current time period is intricately linked to the discovery of plastic. So, to understand the dolls of the time and the companies that manufactured them, it is necessary to learn a bit about the evolution of plastic. To that end, here are some important facts and figures. In 1869, in response to a nationwide contest – with a $10,000 prize – to develop a material to replace some natural products, such as ivory, that were facing extinction. natural products, such as ivory. The popularity of billiards was decimating the elephant population, and the tortoise population was threatened by the demand for manufactured hair ornaments, dresser boxes, and other precious items. Hyatt's winning formula took naturally occurring cellulose and treated it with camphor to create celluloid – a material that was easily shaped and molded, and considerably cheaper than ivory or tortoiseshell. His product took the market by storm, replacing those materials culled from endangered species in the production of vanity items, dolls, tableware, jewelry, and so on. However, celluloid was fragile, and due to the use of camphor in its production, it was a fire hazard. In 1907 Leo Bakeland, a Belgian-American, developed the first non-organic product, Bakelite, in response to the increasing use of electricity and the need for a wire
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insulator. It was a fully synthetic plastic, but Bakelite came with its own caveats – it tended to soften over time, leading to breakage. It also contained formaldehyde and asbestos, and inhaling Bakelite dust led to lung infections. However, Bakelite is still in use today as wire insulation, brake pads, and in other commercial electrical applications. In 1935, plastic, as we know it today, was invented by Wallace Carothers and was used extensively during WWll to produce parachutes, ropes, helmet liners, etc. After WWll, plastic became the primary material used by most manufacturing companies, including doll companies. Most doll companies were using composition, wood, tin, and rubber in the production of their dolls until the early 1940s. They soon discovered that hard plastic was easier to use, durable, allowed for more defined detail, and – most importantly – was cheaper. Madame Alexander and Ideal were some of the first companies to replace their composition dolls with hard plastic. The first dolls were well designed but crudely finished, with visible seams, pale coloring, and low-grade plastics that easily cracked. Some of the initial dolls, such as Ideal’s Baby Coo, still maintained a composition body with a new, hard plastic head. Pedigree was still producing baby dolls with rubber bodies but with hard plastic heads, as were some of the more popular Dy-Dee and Tiny Tears dolls.
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As the use of plastic increased, the quality improved. Madame Alexander set the standard in 1947 with her 18" Wendy Ann doll. Doll bodies were now manufactured with multiple joints that were difficult or expensive in the older composition material. Also, human hair and mohair wigs were replaced with synthetic wigs made from nylon. Saran wigs, one of the first synthetic materials used, allowed for permanently straight or curled wigs. The invention of Dynel allowed for water-set wigs that could be styled. This new wig material set the stage for the production of Ideal Toni, Madame Alexander Madeleine, and Horseman Shadow Wave – to name a few of the popular 1950s dolls that were sold with the intention of allowing little girls to style the hair of the doll. By 1950, the majority of doll companies had switched to hard plastic. Madame Alexander converted to hard plastic in the late 1940s – as did Buddy Lee, Vogue, Ideal, Effanbee, American Character, etc. Buddy Lee’s 13" hard plastic doll was the second highest selling doll in 1949. Fashion dolls became the most popular selling dolls in the mid to late 1950s with Madame Alexander leading the way with her (still popular) Cissy doll. Adult bodies and high heeled feet created a new opportunity for doll companies; with plastic allowing for extra knee and elbow joints. Ideal Revlon competed with Madame Alexander Cissy with a clothing line that challenged the fashion industry. As the companies converted from composition to hard plastic for the doll bodies, they also switched from cotton-based clothing to synthetic (and cheaper) materials such as nylon. Within a few years of doll companies discovering and using hard plastic in their doll production, vinyl entered the scene. Once again, a synthetic product, vinyl, was softer, sturdier, more flexible than the existing plastics. It allowed for rooted hair instead of wigs, and, again, it was cheaper! However, definition in the finer details of the dolls suffered with the use of vinyl over hard plastic. Horseman was the first company to use vinyl in the production of its dolls with the Horseman vinyl Tynie Baby in 1951 and vinyl Campbell kids in 1953. Vinyl became the material of choice for most doll manufacturers by 1957, with blends of the two materials much like the transition from composition. For example, one of the most popular dolls – Cissy – could now be found with a vinyl head and arms and a hard plastic body. American Character Toni is another example of the merging of these two plastics. Unfortunately, as can be seen on those dolls made with a combination of hard plastic and vinyl – the vinyl fades over time. 30
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Ideal vinyl Revlon doll with rooted hair
1970s Hasbro G.I. Joe “action figure” with accessories
Uneeda Dollikin with 14 joints
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Artist Kish doll Tulah
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By 1959, vinyl had taken over the doll market. Mattel Barbie was manufactured of a molded, solid vinyl. Her body is currently made of a hollow vinyl. The 1960s produced many popular vinyl baby dolls – often with gimmicks as selling points; for example, crying Tammy Tears, cooing Baby Buttercup, and Baby Dribbles who had a runny nose after drinking a bottle. Walking dolls also were popular such as Ideal’s Patti Playpals, Goody Two Shoes, and Princess Peggy. The sizes of dolls went to the extremes in the 1960s, varying from the 36" Ideal Patti Playpals to the 3" Mattel Little Kiddles. Action figures entered the doll scene in the 1960s. The Hasbro G.I. Joe was the ultimate “action figure – NOT a doll” for boys, followed by Superman, Batman, and robots. Vinyl was king in the 1970s. Holly Hobby entered the doll scene in 1970s. And the popular T.V. show All in the Family resulted in one of the first sexed dolls for this time period with the production by Ideal of the Joey Stivic doll. Other companies followed suit, producing male and female sexed dolls. However, these dolls were controversial and were poor sellers. The 1980s produced the Cabbage Patch dolls – a combination of vinyl head with stuffed cloth body. Wildly popular, my then four-year-old daughter received one for Christmas that year – a gift from my brother-in-law; purchased for an ungodly sum of money on the black market in New York City. She still owns that doll. 1986 revealed the American Girl doll. Once produced by a private U.S. company and manufactured by the German Gotz doll company, the company was purchased by Mattel in 1998 and dolls are currently produced in China. They are still very popular and considered a collectible doll. My granddaughter has four and plays with all of them. As for the doll artist scene, plastic/vinyl is a common material used for reproductions of their creative efforts. BJD’s – a fashion doll with multiple joints first engineered by Japanese artists – are manufactured with a plastic-based resin. One-of-a-kind artist dolls are made of any number of materials including the use of “cernit” – which is also a form of plastic. Barbie produced a line of “Silkstone” dolls in the beginning of the 21st century. Silkstone is a combination of natural stone and plastic. Looking forward 150 years from the introduction of celluloid, we consider the current use of plastic in our modern world. Although the invention helped preserve some endangered animals, eg tortoises, plastic has become the largest source of pollution in our world. Plastic can take up to 1,000 years to decompose, It fills our landfills – as well as polluting our oceans and destroying sea life. Recognising this rampant pollution, we are called upon to produce a product to replace plastic. What, we wonder, will that mean for dolls of the future? 32
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ABOVE: Artist Kish Bitty Bethany Idex event doll BELOW: 1960’s American Character vinyl Toodles doll – similar in appearance to the earlier bisque Bye-Lo Baby
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A frequently overlooked, but incredibly useful, resource for antique doll collectors is the photograph. As a collector of French Fashion dolls, such as the ones seen here, in these Victorian photographs, I’ve tried to combine historical reference with digital skills in order to uncover the backstory of the image. As the process unfolded, questions were answered – and new ones emerged! – Melanie Luther
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The card shown here is 2 1⁄2 inches x 3 5⁄8 inches, which is slightly smaller than standard. It was clipped at the top, most likely to fit snugly into an album. The elaborate reverse of the card reveals the photographer’s name and address. Next, research into the city directories of 34
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Cincinnati, Ohio tells us that the studio of F. Lambert Ries was located on Kemper Lane/Walnut Hills in the early 1880s. The handwriting identifies the little girl, her married name, and her husband’s name, as well as the names of her parents. Correlating her date of birth with the years Ries’ studio was established on Kemper Lane, gives us a clue as to her age – probably eleven or twelve years old. Our subject, Susan Avery Appleton (1870-1954), grew up to marry Everard John “Jack” Appleton (1872-1931). Her husband became a well-known poet who published over 30 patriotic works. The image itself shows some scratches and blurring. The backdrop in the photo is rather plain; heavily paneled wood, but a fancy carpet. The chair is elaborate with fringe and a tassel. These elements, plus the girl’s hairstyle and clothing, seem to fit the late 1800s. But there is more to learn. After using some photospecific software techniques, ones that can lighten and darken, enhance contrast, sharpen shadow, or remove highlights, we find that new impressions have come to light. For example, we can see that the small French Fashion doll leaning against the footrest wears clothing similar to that of the little girl. We can even see her stockings and shoes. A Jumeau or FG perhaps?
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ABOVE: Closeup of French Fashion doll in Folklore costume. BELOW: Closeup of French Fashion doll with “washed-out” face. Closeup of French Fashion doll, possibly Bru Smiler.
The doll seated on the footrest may be a Bru Smiler. She wears a sparse wig and a hair ornament. Her arms are dark leather. No shoes or stockings are visible, and her feet are exposed. Her skirt is frail and the pleats are splitting. Poised on the chair is a doll with a full wig wearing a hat or bonnet, with dark leather arms and missing stockings and shoes. Her feet closely resemble that of a commercially-made body. Her face is washed out due to the glare from the camera illumination. The doll that the little girl is holding appears to be dressed in a Folklore costume. Judging by the high headdress, possibly from Normandy. We can see the high lace headdress, apron, striped skirt, stockings, and a bit of a dark shoe. Several of the dolls are precariously placed in the image – leaning, sitting on the edge of a chair, feet hanging off, etc. As these dolls were somewhat fragile, this suggests that the dolls were not highly valued, and possibly were studio props. The use of props in a studio was common in this era and contributed to the drama, artistry, and financial gain of the photographer. To the contrary, the Folklore doll on the girl’s lap is held tightly in her arms, as if it were a prized possession. Could the Folklore doll be the only one that actually belongs to her? Or is she surrounded by her collection, albeit some dolls woefully dressed, but well-loved?
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An investigation by Margo Delaughter
egardless of what they collect, most doll lovers in America are familiar with cloth doll makers such as Martha Chase, Ella Smith, Emma Adams and Izannah Walker, to name just a few. But how many are aware of Roxanna McGee Cole and her dolls? Perhaps not quite so many collectors know her, as her dolls are rarely found today. Some articles have been written before about her dolls, but it might be time for
a refresher course on these dolls and the characteristics which help identify them. I obtained my Cole doll in the UFDC Convention salesroom several years ago. When I saw the doll, I thought she was a one-of-a-kind mama-made doll. Wrong! The seller told me the doll was made by Roxanna McGee Cole and that her dolls were often not recognized by collectors.
ABOVE: This 22 inch doll is believed to be a self portrait of Roxanna. LEFT: Cole family photo courtesy Hilarie Johnston. Back row left to right: Roxanna Cole – age 68; Sarah Thurmond Hunt (Molly’s mother); Mary Love Harton (Sarah Harton’s mother-in-law). Front row left to right: Molly Hunt Cole – age 44 (Roxanna’s daughter-inlaw); Sarah Harton – age about 20 (Molly’s daughter) holding 1 year old Laura Harton.
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Seeking more information on Roxanna and her dolls, I turned to my computer and found the websites of the University of Central Arkansas Art and Design and the Historic Arkansas Museum. Information from those sources state that Roxanna Cole made 2,300 dolls during her lifetime. Not only were the dolls sold commercially, but in her later years, again according to these sources, the dolls were sent through missionary societies to impoverished girls around the world. Six of her dolls are in the Wenham Museum in Wenham, Massachusetts. One of these dolls is an older woman dressed in black, which is believed to be a self-portrait of Roxanna. Under the aegis of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program, Jane Iverson did a painting of this doll which is in the National Gallery in Washington, DC. An article by the late Estelle Johnston entitled, “Heirlooms of the Heart” which was published in DOLLS Magazine in 1994, also proved to be a treasure trove of information. Estelle was a member of the Cole family through marriage. But if Roxanna made so many dolls, why then are so few found today? I can only guess that they were indeed played with by children and the dolls just didn’t stand up to the ravages of childhood handling. Furthermore, being all cloth with painted features, I doubt they would have survived being washed by a hygienically minded mother. Many enterprising women in the 1880s became engaged in trade by using their sewing skills to produce dolls to supplement their household’s income. This trade was acceptable in the male dominated business world at that time, since sewing skills were a necessity in every home. Women were thus free to use these abilities to advantage. Sewing results varied, of course, depending on the work of the seamstress, but those who were skilled could realize an income. Young girls began their sewing training at a very young age. I remember attending a program at a UFDC National Convention that mentioned that sewing contests were held during the 1880s, and that one requirement was that the contestant must be at least 6 years old! Roxanna Elizabeth McGee was born near Franklin, Tennessee on August 3, 1825. She began her sewing career at an early age and by the time she was six had made her first doll. In 1842, she married William Russell Cole, who was a merchant in Ripley, Mississippi. Roxanna was the mother of five children – three girls and two boys. Like many infants in the 19th century, her last baby, a girl, died young. The couple followed their youngest son, William D. Cole, and his bride, Molly Hunt, to Conway, Arkansas in June of 1880. It was there that she began to make her dolls. She also taught her daughter-in-law,
Molly Hunt, to make dolls. Molly in turn taught her daughter, Sarah Cole Harton, to make dolls. Mr. Cole died in Conway in 1867, or early 1868. Roxanna died there in November of 1907 at the age of 82.
Faulkner County Historical Society Booklet.
Another internet search led me to an interesting little booklet called, Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings, published by the Faulkner County Historical Society of Conway, Arkansas. The Fall/Winter 2013 edition contained not only a copy of Roxanna’s 1907 obituary, but a letter she had written to her cousin about her observations of events during the Civil War that were occurring near her home in Ripley, Mississippi in November of 1862. The letter is quite moving and gives us a glimpse of the horrors of war she had lived through. It was not until after the Civil War that she moved to Conway, Arkansas and began to make her dolls to help her family financially. A copy of the Boston Daily Advertiser dated April 22, 1898, featured an article about Roxanna and her dolls. The article entitled, “A Famous Dollmaker” told of her perseverance in selling her cloth dolls to the public. Roxanna first sent her dolls to Memphis and New Orleans, where she hoped her dolls would sell. Apparently, the market was too small or sales too slow ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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in these cities, so she turned her attention elsewhere. Since New York seemed like it would be a more lucrative market, she sent a request to sell her dolls to a merchant there. He told her not to bother sending, as he had enough rag dolls. Convinced that her dolls were of a superior quality, she did anyway, and indeed there was there was a market for them. Eventually the dolls were sold across the United States and later in Europe. I’m not exactly sure of the doll’s sizes, but what I’ve found indicates they ranged from 14" to 24". According to family history, Roxanna traveled around the United States and gave lectures. She continued to make dolls for sale and for her family. This talented lady also made quilts and three-dimensional cloth pictures. Since a Roxanna Cole doll has no markings, one must look at how the doll is constructed for identification. The unique bonnet-like formation of the head and the joining of the index finger and thumb are characteristics that identify the doll as being made by Roxanna Cole. These traits are evident in the Cole doll that I own.
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Painting of eyes and mouth. Note worn nose
My Cole doll is 24" tall. She is constructed of firmly stuffed, tightly-woven muslin. Her stitchedon head has delicately-painted features. She has brown-outlined blue eyes, pink cheeks and a red, slightly-smiling mouth. There is slight but firm stuffing of the nose. However, in my doll’s case the nose is worn and appears flat. Wisps of brown hair peek out from under her bonnet. Although rather large, the doll is lightweight and cuddly. Even a small child could easily handle her. As noted previously, the construction of the doll’s stitched-on head is quite unusual. The back of the head is constructed like a bonnet with a rectangle of muslin gathered into a separate circular piece at the crown. I believe the doll would be acceptable with or without an added bonnet. She is jointed at the shoulders, elbows, and hips. The hands are mitten-shaped with defined fingers, and the feet have defined toes. The doll’s left hand is cupped by joining the thumb to the index finger allowing the doll to hold an accessory. The legs are cut to show knee and calf muscles.
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ABOVE: Defined toes on feet BELOW: Muscular formation of legs.
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The doll is attired in a French lace baby bonnet and an antique white baby dress. The dress has pintucks and lace on the yoke and lace at the bottom of the sleeves. Her underwear consists of petticoat, full slip, and pantaloons. Her black and white oilcloth shoes complete her attire. How much of this clothing is original is unknown, but I do know the bonnet and shoes are recent additions. I have reason to believe the dress is original, as it is almost exactly like the dress on one of the Cole dolls shown in Theriault’s October, 2016, catalog. Both of those dolls came from the Cole family and were once owned by the late Estelle Johnston. Since they were family dolls, I feel they were most likely dressed by Roxanna or her daughter-in-law, Molly. The dolls are seated on one of Roxanna’s quilts. Roxanna McGee Cole was a very gifted artist who has left us a legacy of delightful creations. Her dolls, quilts, and three-dimensional cloth pictures are testimony to her creative skills. What a joy for all of us today who are lucky enough to possess one of her creations! A special “Thank You” to Hilarie Johnston, Roxanna’s great, great, great granddaughter for the information she provided me in writing this article. 42
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Two Cole family dolls sitting on a quilt made by Roxanna Cole. Courtesy Theriault’s
BIBLIOGRAPHY Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings, Faulkner County Historical Society, Volume LV, Fall/Winer 2013, No. 2 https://uca.edu/art/threads-through-time-roxana-cole-doll, Univ. of Central Arkansas Art and Design Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas Johnston, Estelle, “Heirlooms of the Heart,” DOLLS, THE COLLECTOR’S MAGAZINE, November, 1994 Theriault’s Auction House, Annapolis, MD, For the Love of the Ladies, October, 2016 auction
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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward (continued from page 14) philosophies, human rights, and personal empowerment initiatives. By not only studying our dolls but preserving them, we offer all of this information to the future, extending the gifts of connection and understanding to the entire human race. There will always be those who think doll collecting is a hobby for “dotty old ladies” who like to play dolls (and in truth, this rather dotty and rapidly aging lady does enjoy playing with her dolls!). Still, we collectors have the secret joy of knowing that we are preserving something meaningful and that our hobby is helping to create a better world. As we begin a new calendar year, I wish for all of us many more opportunities to collect, study, and preserve dolls and experience and spread the joy of doll collecting. The ingenuity of the human race is evident in the technological advances employed in doll making throughout recorded time. Doll makers have, through the centuries, invented new materials, processes, and a boundless array of finished doll types to the delight of the children who played with them and the collectors who now preserve them.
windows into the past. Dolls communicate across time to tell the generations where they, and subsequently where we, have come from. I think that for many collectors, we are initially drawn to dolls because they are beautiful or cute, or out of a sense of nostalgia, reminding us of happy childhood pursuits. We often don’t realize that we are instinctively responding to what the dolls themselves are telling us. Every historical artifact has woven into its creation the hopes, dreams, perspectives, and realities of its makers. This is especially evident in dolls, which are, by their very nature, miniature representations of their creator’s experiences and aspirations. By reading the messages embodied in our dolls, we learn about world history of economics, industrialization, historical class distinctions, health and welfare
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The perseverance of the human spirit is embodied in the history of the many female and male artists that developed small businesses as doll makers to gain economic and social freedom. Their histories, as preserved in doll collections, provide inspiration to us today as we face new hurdles to overcome.
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JANUARY 2021 13-17 ~ Online. Virtual Doll Convention. California Dreaming Showtime. Rachel Hoffman 303-722-8700. info@virtualdollconvention.com. www.virtualdollconvention.com CANCELLED! 16 ~ Naples, FL. Doll Show and Sale. New Hope Event Center. Naples Doll Club. Colleen Holden. 515-707-3450. Dolls50265@aol.com. 22-25 ~ Online. Valentine 2021 Showcase Event. DollShowUSA.com and DollShopsOnline.com. Details at DollShopsOnline-Showcase.com. 24 ~ Naperville, IL. The Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.KaneCountyDollShow.com CANCELLED UNTIL JAN 2022! 30 ~ Glendale, CA. Doll Show and Sale. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Verdugo Hills Doll Club. Janie Olds. 562-818-2501. j.l.olds@ca.rr.com.
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For More Info Contact: Louann at 217-419-6314 or louannw@antiquedollcollector.com
6 ~ Sturbridge, MA. Collins Gifts. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Sturbridge MA Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Steiff Trunk Show. Sturbridge Host Hotel. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com. 6 ~ Concord, CA. Doll Show and Sale. 101 Doll and Study Club. Anne Lien. 415-342-8655. stilly5@yahoo.com. www.dollclubs.com.
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