January 2024 by Antique Doll Collector magazine

•English Woodens – An 18th Century Love Story •Revere Pottery Doll Heads • The Daruma Doll •UFDC Exhibit, History Through Dolls •Dressing A Penny Wooden Doll

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21” Simon & Halbig Kammer & Reinhart 192 – 9, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, nice compo body, human hair wig $475.

10” FG Man 1880 -1900 on leather body, painted black hair & painted blue eyes, vintage shirt, shoes & hat $475

34” Heinrich Handwerck Simon & Halbig 7, blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig, body marked Heinrich Handwerck 7 in red, small repair on right wrist $465. 7.5” All original Celluloid Pair w/ cloth body from Bienna marked Mohl / Hauser Wein on shoes $79.95

18.5” CM Kestner E 128 9, brown sleep eyes, nice ball jointed body $995.

18.5” CM Steiner Ffe A, 2 early stiff wrist body 18801890, mohair wig, antique undergarments, shoes & socks, blue PW eyes, lovely body $2925.

12.5” All Original French DEP 2, blue sleep eyes, pierced ears, silk dress breaking under her lace overlay, HH wig $995.

20” German ABG Blond Molded Hair, inserted blue glass eyes, 1870-80’s, newer body & limbs $325.

7.5” Heubach #8578, blue intaglio eyes, flocked hair 4/0 Germany, 5 piece toddler body $145. 8” Heubach #8178 all original, blue intaglio eyes, 5 piece body $255. 6” Hertwig All Bisque Pair w/ black molded hair & yellow boots / socks, girl left foot repaired $165. Pair

1954 Alexander Queen Elizabeth #597 1st edition Coronation Queen w/ crown $295. 1953 Strung Coronation Queen Ginny All Original w/ crown & scepter $295.

18” Ideal Pigtails? All original w/ HH wig, beautiful compo $195. 19” Ideal Shirley Temple All Original in Our Little Girl Music dress w/ NRA tag, pin $265.

16.5” Kestner ? with blond hair in snood, 1860’s, blue eyes, head has repair on snood & shoulder plate, original arms & legs, newer body, antique clothing $200.

19.5” Heubach Santa 7 1/2 w/ sunburst mark, blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig, shoes & socks $1325. 28.5” S & H 1079 DEP 14, blue stat eyes (rt eye glued, on original rocker), beautiful BJ body, HH wig $400. 6” All Bisque Georgene Averill Bonnie Babe 15, brown sl eyes, pink molded shoes, great detailing on hair, small chip on neck flange $395.

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 $225.

17” All Original German Sandreuter wooden red headed girl, blue green hand painted eyes, jointed knees & waist $1295.

23” French DEP, blue stat eyes, ball jointed arms, straight legs, little paint chipping rt hand $425. 15.5” K * R 121 Baby All Original w/ blue sleep eyes, mohair wig $325.

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January 2024, Volume 27, Number 01

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2023 UFDC SPECIAL EXHIBIT Indigenous Dolls of Region 1 History through Dolls

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THE PAUL REVERE POTTERY Doll Heads by Linda Edward

LORD AND LADY WALTHAM English Woodens - An 18th Century Love Story

Lord and Lady Waltham, crafted by Kathy Patterson, are made in the style of the later-period Georgian dolls, with inset glass eyes and clothing of the period. Antique dolls were not signed by their makers. Because Kathy’s dolls are such faithful replicas of the originals, they are signed and dated, to distinguish them as replicas.

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Auction News Special Auction Services Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin There is a magnificent collection coming to auction soon in England. It arrives through Special Auction Services, ( www. specialauctionservices.com) in two auctions, Feb 22, and April 25, 2024 and is probably the largest and most valuable antique doll group to be sold in the UK in the last 25 years. The collection in question was built up over the last 75 years, starting with one broken doll found in an attic. In 1949 Austin Smith and his late partner Margaret Harkin rescued a broken doll from an attic in a house contents sale in the English West Country. The collection they build is now worth in excess of £500,000! Daniel Agnew, the doll and teddy bear specialist at SAS, reports he was blown away when he first saw the collection: “Austin had been poorly, so I was shown around the large rural house near Bath (Somerset) by a relative. The first room was staggering, full of the best antique dolls you could imagine. Then I was taken down a corridor lined with wallmounted cabinets crammed with small dolls, to another room full of dolls’ houses, then a room of automata, then a further two rooms full of dolls too many to be counted. There must have been easily over 500, probably nearer 1,000 dolls there....” Austin and Margaret built their collection over threequarters of a century. Since they tended to buy items via auction, or direct from the original family who owned it, the collection has remained very private and not shown to anyone, so it is very much fresh to the market. Collectors and antique doll lovers can expect a great treat. SAS Special Auction Services A rare Gustav Vichy lady at her toilette musical automaton 1870s. The pressed bisque French fashionable doll head with grey lace eyes with a darker edge to the iris, light brown brows, pink mouth with darker pink detail, ears pierced into the head, elaborate original blonde mohair wig with two long ringlets falling down her back, on cork pate, bisque shoulders and arms, stood with wooden legs, original cream silk dress embroidered with flowers, lace and pearl trim, attached by metal tube at waist to her wooden dressing table with turned legs, faded paper label to underside, easel mirror and dressed with pink silk covered with spotted net and lace trim, holding a wooden hand mirror and powder puff, when wound the music plays and the doll lifts her hand mirror and then leans towards the dressing table and powders her nose, 22 inches (56cm) high (missing one finger, fading and a little dusty, head turn mechanism not working, mechanism could do with a service) £6000-8000.

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SAS Special Auction Services A very rare exhibition quality Pieroti wax shoulder-head King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Coronation Robes circa 1902, the King with inset blue glass eyes, inserted beard, eyebrows and receding hair, stuffed body with wax arms and legs, original elaborate cloth of ivory silk, gilt metal tunic, sash with metals, white kid shoes, purple velvet robe trim with white rabbit fur and red velvet, gilt thread and pearl crown —22in. (56cm.) high (missing thumb); Queen Alexandra with inset blue glass eyes, inserted brown mohair wig and eyebrows, stuffed waisted body with wax limbs, original cream silk dress embodied in gilt thread and beads with English roses, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks, lace trim, underclothes, satin shoes, card fan, purple velvet robe trim with white rabbit fur and red velvet, gilt thread and pearl crown —21in. (53.5cm.) high (some discolouration to wax on both and some aging to clothing); various coronation ephemera, in original wooden unmarked box with two brass carry handles. £15002000

SAS Special Auction Services A fine mid 19th century fashionable doll, the pressed bisque socket head, bisque shoulder-plate, elongated almond shaped blue striated glass eyes with a darker edge to iris, delicately painted features, ears pierced into the head, blonde mohair wig on card pate, Cruchet style kid covered wood body with painted hollow brass arms and bisque forearms, hinged hips and knees, the kid on upper legs looking like drawers and her lower legs probably wood covered in kid, original Maison bright blue two-part dress with train, grey silk piping and ribbons at cuffs, blue velvet trim, blue ribbon bow with tassels, lace collar and cuffs, a gilt and enamel toy fob watch on bow pin, silver pendant, white straw cap with blue silk trim and artificial flowers, cotton combination and petticoat, pink and white striped petticoat, cream wool petticoat, cream silk petticoat and black socks —17 1/4in. (44cm.) high £20003000

SAS Special Auction Services A rare 19th century German papier-mache shoulder-head soldier doll probably in 18th century British uniform, with blue painted eyes, black painted centre-parted hair falling over ears, stuffed body with painted wooden limbs, red painted shoes, red felt tail coat with gilt thread ribbon and spangles trim, high collar, white silk breeches, gilt garters and black felt bicorn hat with gilt tassels —12 3/4in. (32cm.) high (back of hair an old over paint, slight damage to clothes and ageing) £800-1200

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Auction Calendar Theriault’s

Saturday-Sunday, January 6-7, 2024 Rosalie: A Life of Dolls, JW Marriott Camelback Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ Saturday, March16, 2024 Celebrate the 65th Anniversary of Barbie, Annapolis, MD 410.224.3655 | info@theriaults.com www.theriaults.com

Frasher’s

Saturday, January 6, 2024 Preview: 9 am; Auction: 10 am Winter Rendezvous Auction 2323 S Mecklin Sch. Road Oak Grove, MO 64075 816.625.3786 | frasher@aol.com frashersdollauction.com

Withington Auction

Wednesday, January 24-31, 2024 - Online Only Cure for the Winter Blues - The Steiff Collection of Jamie Gomes February TBD, 2024 The End of the California Collection: Lenci - Bru Battered Beauty - Fine Artist Made etc. March TBD, 2024 The Dolls of Agnes Sura April TBD, 2024 Encyclopedia of Children’s Sewing Collectibles DoubleTree by Hilton, 2 Somerset Pkwy, Nashua, NH 603.478.3232 | withington@conknet.com www.withingtonauction.com

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Sat, January 27-Sun, February 11, 2024 - Online Only Friday-Saturday, April 12-13, 2024 Anniversary Auction - 35 Years Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion 0049 (0) 6203 13014 | mail@spielzeugauktion.de www.spielzeugauktion.de

Alderfer Auction

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 10AM and 7PM Single Owner Dolls: Estate of Barbara Bailey 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA 19440 215.393.3000 | www.alderferauction.com

Sweetbriar Auction

Saturday, February 3, 2024 Preview: 8 am; Auction: 10 am Antique & Vintage Doll Auction Crescent Shrine, 700 Highland Drive, Westampton, NJ 410.275.2213 | sweetbriar@live.com sweetbriarauctions.com

SAS (Special Auction Services)

Thursday, February 22, 2024 The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1 Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Dolls & Teddy Bears Auction Thursday, April 25, 2024 The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 2 Newbury, UK | +44 (0) 1635 580 595 mail@specialauctionservices.com | specialauctionservices.com

Simon & Halbig Galore 18” RARE S & H #759

Character, perfect dewy bisque, “dimples,” blue set eyes, orig. HH wig, orig. batiste dress & woolen coat, ant. undies, orig. shoes & ant. hat, orig. SH body, very RARE mold #. A BEAUTY! $2675. 15” S & H #1279 Character,

mint bisque, sl. eyes, orig. mohair wig, “FACTORY ORIGINAL” batiste dress, slip, undies, leather shoes & socks, & S & H body, BEST #1279 character face w/desirable flyaway brows, dimples & the most beautiful eyes. A KNOCK

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21” S & H #949 Closed Mouth Character,

early closed dome, mint bisque, pw eyes, orig. HH wig, orig. woolen dress & jacket w/batiste underdress, ant. undies & shoes, orig. early S & H str. wrist body, fabulous modeling. A STUNNER!!

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17” S & H #949,

early closed dome, cl/ mo., bulging blue pw. eyes, perfect bisque, orig. mohair wig, orig. batiste dress, fabulous hat, ant. slip & undies & orig.shoes, on early orig. str. wrist body. And she is AMAZING! $2100. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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UFDC SPECIAL EXHIBIT “Journeys of Discovery” Indigenous Dolls of Region 1 United Federation of Doll Clubs 73rd Annual Convention Special Exhibit Bellevue, Washington August 1-5, 2023

vonne Baird, Maureen Isaman, Karen Truesdell, Nancy Evans, Vicki Johnson, Glenice Justin, Nancy Moore, and Judith Vaughn coordinated the Indigenous Dolls of Region 1 Special Exhibit at the 2003 Journeys of Discovery convention. Dolls and artifacts from members across the Region were a visual treat as well as an educational one for convention attendees. The broad range of dolls included examples by Mary Frances Wood, who created her dolls primarily in the Portland, Oregon area. A rare play doll by Wood was shared. Examples of Skookum dolls were on display. These Native American-themed dolls were sold as souvenirs

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in the early 20th century. Fur-clad indigenous dolls from Canada and Alaska stood in a glass case against the back wall of the exhibit room. A tribute to Patty Reed and her small wooden doll, Dolly, told the story of the Donner Party as they made their way west from Springfield, Illinois to Sutters Fort California. Near Dolly was a beloved cloth doll with her trunk and small wardrobe. This doll came west with her pioneer family on the Oregon Trail. A special display in honor of Sacajawea—another doll by Mary Frances Wood—relayed her experiences on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

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Lord and Lady Waltham An 18th Century Love Story By Laurie Baker

n August of 2021, I shared with you the story of Charlotte, a Georgian wooden doll expertly made by doll artist, Kathy Patterson, in the style of a historic antique Georgian sold at auction that year. I had always admired two antique Georgian dolls in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Lord and Lady Clapham. So, shortly after Charlotte arrived, I commissioned a gentleman doll, George, to be Charlotte’s consort and companion.

For a short history placing these dolls in their time, Joy Harrington states, in her excellent book, The MaryAnneGeorgians: The Wondrous World of English Woodens: “the use of the term ‘MaryAnneGeorgians’ most accurately describes English wooden dolls produced from the 1680s to the 1830s by referencing the British monarchies who reigned during this time; ‘Mary’ for the reign of William and Mary (1689–1702) ‘Anne’ for the reign of Queen Anne (1702–1714), and ‘Georgians,’ for the long reigns of the King Georges, from George I (1714– 1727) through the reign of George IV (1820–1830).” Both Lord and Lady Waltham are made in the style of the later-period Georgian dolls, with inset glass eyes and clothing of the period. Antique dolls were not signed by their makers. Because Kathy’s dolls are such faithful replicas of the originals, they are signed and dated, to distinguish them as replicas. In the past, her dolls were mistaken for genuine antiques, they were so finely crafted.

LEFT: George, Lord Waltham BELOW: Lord and Lady Waltham

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I followed George’s progress closely. In the manner of antique Georgian dolls, his head and torso were carved from one piece of linden wood. He was given an artfully-aged complexion, a noble nose, slight smile and those pupil-less, dark glass eyes. From Kathy’s trove of antique fabrics and trims, I had choices to make. Being able to choose the fabrics is another advantage of Off to a good start having a doll custommade—your vision and the doll artist’s combine to ensure the doll is truly unique and precisely what you want.

ABOVE: George’s tricorn hat LEFT: George’s auburn hair with queue

His fully-articulated body allows him to sit in a chair, as well as stand tall, next to Lady Waltham. His handsome face is masculine and stylized. He is larger in proportion, at 20 inches tall, to Charlotte’s 181⁄2 inches.

Fabrics and trims.

George shows off his pocket watch.

A replica pocket watch and chain hang from his vest. His black felt tricorn hat, trimmed with gold braid and an ornament on the side, is a perfect fit. He has an auburn mohair wig, with a queue tied with a ribbon, and sausage curls by each ear.

Lord Waltham, sitting in his chair. His silk jacquard jacket is artfully fitted, with a matching vest beneath. He wears a ruffled white cotton ascot at the neck.

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RIGHT: Dressed for success BELOW: Jacket side, front and back

ABOVE: George’s shoes with buckles RIGHT: George’s shoe and stockings

Both dolls’ faces, with slight smiles, show both the artistry of the dollmaker as well as the narrative I have created for them. Though both are English, through and through, they were actually born in Canada, Charlotte a year before George. She waited a year for her husband to join her, and as we know, separation is difficult for those in love. But in the end, he arrives, not in a coach-and-four, but in the UPS truck. He is unwrapped from layers of protective packaging, and taken to the doll room. There, he is placed next to his beautiful wife. A row of small brass buttons trims his jacket and vest and on the cuffs. White stockings and finely made black shoes complete his clothing. All are hand-sewn and are custom fit to him.

Jacket with brass buttons

Smiles all around

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a shell motif, that keeps good time; a handsome cabinet with drawers behind doors, and a compartment on top for hats, gloves, or other belongings; a Queen Anne, antique dumbwaiter table with smalls, including a Staffordshire dog and other knick-knacks; a convex mirror with ormolu frame, and two rare miniature tea caddies.

Antique English Cupboard

Nearby are Charlotte’s antique chatelaine with scissors and a sewing egg, containing a thimble, and a sewing roll I made for her use. A small Georgian “daughter,” an artist doll by Marina Savchuk, stands by her parents. She is so pleased to have Father home, at last. This is a vignette of domestic happiness, with the family enjoying a quiet evening at home.

Antique Clock and Queen Anne Dumbwaiter with Smalls

Two rare, porcelain tea caddies

Young Daughter by Marina Savchuk

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The doll room, with antique French dolls, furniture, and accessories, now has a fair share of English wooden replicas. The English have moved in, with all their household goods, though in separate displays. Separate but equal? That depends on which doll you ask.

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Georgian wooden dolls are evocative of their time, treasured possessions available only to the wealthy of the day. They were under the care of many successive generations, perhaps in many different families. These treasured heirloom dolls, their trousseaux, and extensive accessories were carefully stored Old Pretenders wooden lady doll away and preserved. Three hundred years later, their clothing retains its vivid colors, and the dolls are often in remarkable shape. Perhaps they have a nose rub, or their hair is sparse if it is there at all. Thanks to inspired artists who faithfully recreate Georgian wooden dolls today, it does not take a small fortune to add one, or more, to your collection. It does take patience, but these dolls are worth the wait. They should come with a warning: “These dolls are addictive…”

Variations on a theme

For the Walthams, family is everything. With her ladyship’s hand resting on her lordship’s shoulders, hands entwined, there is little doubt of the affection they hold for each other. It is, indeed, a small world, and they

are pleased to have found their places in it—together. In the UFDC Summer, 2011 issue of DOLL NEWS, Susan Dosseter chronicles the history, and story, of her antique wooden doll, Mary (“Her Name Had to Be Mary”). What I found so fascinating All you need is love… is that the original family kept a detailed history of the doll. It names all the little girls in the family who played so carefully with her. It lists their births and deaths. And, most of these little girls were named Mary. Do I expect Lord and Lady Waltham’ family history in an article, three hundred years in the future, listing everyone who owned them? With ten or twelve Lauries through the generations? Hardly. But to me, Lord and Lady Waltham and their daughter are as beautiful, as handsome, as dear, as any dolls have ever been. And to me, that is everything.

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A photo that appeared in the June 1912 issue of House Beautiful magazine shows some of the Saturday Evening Girls at work in the Paul Revere Pottery. Photo public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

This Revere-ware tile showing Hull House, the home of the pottery is in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Photo public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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s is often the case, the hobby of doll collecting can lead us down paths we never knew existed, broadening our understanding of history and the part dolls have played in the lives of the people who designed, made and played with them. The story of the Paul Revere Pottery of Boston, Massachusetts is far more than the story of dollmaking. For those who have an interest in American Arts & Crafts pottery or the women’s empowerment movements of the early 20th century, the tale of this venture is wellknown. But for this collector (and perhaps you, too) the history of this company was a recent discovery. I chanced upon brief information on these dolls and the group that created them while working on a project concerning dolls made during World War I. I soon became drawn in by the larger story of this charity project that so changed the lives of its participants. In 1899 a librarian and reformer named Edith Guerrier established a library reading club which met at the North Bennet Street Industrial School in the

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Among the many decorative and utilitarian products, the Paul Revere Pottery would become known for some charming children’s dishes such as this bowl. Photo courtesy of Bonhams/Skinner auctions.

North End of Boston. This club allowed groups of young women to gather to improve their reading and English language skills. Most of the girls attending the club came from working-class Italian and Jewish families, and the aim of the club was to broaden the horizons of these girls, to help them find a way out of the tenements and assimilate into American society. Small groups met weekly, each on a different night of the week. One of the most dynamic of these groups would become known as the “Saturday Evening Girls” due to the night of their group’s meetings. Edith Guerrier grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts in a family that moved in the same circles as literary notables such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott. No doubt this early association with members of the Transcendentalism movement opened her thinking to new causes such as individual freedom of thought and women’s suffrage. She would go on to study at the Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College and the Museum School of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts before beginning her work with the Boston Public Library and the Industrial School. Another individual who would play a key role in Guerrier’s work was well-known Boston philanthropist Helen Osborne Storrow who had long supported women’s charities. She served as the chair of the World Committee for the Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (her husband similarly supported the Boy Scouts among other charities). Storrow took an interest in the work

A finished socket head is seen here; note the style of painting used on the brows and lips. The back of the head was marked PRP. Photos courtesy of the Coleman Archives.

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In an effort to answer to European supply-chain issues Paul Revere Pottery came up with uniquely designed porcelain doll eyes. The rocker weight was molded as an integral part of the ceramic eye assemblage. Photos courtesy of the Coleman Archives.

Guerrier was doing and began to underwrite the group’s activities. In 1906 Guerrier had come through a challenging time during the illness of her father. Storrow recognizing Edith’s need for rest and rejuvenation paid for a European vacation for Guerrier and her partner Edith Brown. During this trip, the two Ediths began to become aware of the many hand-crafted products they were seeing as they traveled. This planted the seed for a project to benefit the Saturday Evening Girls. They believed that funds to further the education of the girls in the club could be raised by creating hand-crafted products of some sort. After considering a number of options they finally settled on the concept of making pottery. In 1907 and 1908 Guerrier and Brown hired a potter and chemist who had previously worked for Merrimac Pottery in Newburyport, Massachusetts. With his help Edith Brown began teaching the girls the art of pottery making. In 1907 Storrow enabled the group to purchase a Boston building on Hull Street which became known as Hull House. The building’s proximity to the famous Old North Church inspired the group to name the venture Paul Revere Pottery. The business was soon producing utilitarian wares such as bowls, pitchers, and children’s dishes. This was part of a larger movement going on at the time which focused on a return to artisan-made products, and the pottery they created was in the same vein as that being made by Newcomb, Rookwood, and others of this type. At this point you may be asking yourself, what does all of this have to do with dolls? In 1914 the Great War or World War I began in Europe. This conflict quickly impacted the availability of the popular German bisque dolls that were enjoyed in most Western countries. As in many other lands, the group at Paul Revere Pottery saw this as both a patriotic duty and an opportunity to create a product of their own to fill the void. Doll heads, bodies, and limbs were sculpted and production began. The firm seems to have had confidence that their heads would be successful as according to an article published in the November 1963 issue of Spinning Wheel magazine several thousand heads were produced. Painting techniques and special colors of glaze were experimented with and some doll socket heads were completed. The Spinning Wheel article then went on to recount that although eyes and wigs had been ordered from abroad it soon became apparent that the war would prevent these finishing supplies from arriving. The pottery responded with devising porcelain eyes with an integral rocker weight to allow their doll heads to be finished. It seems, however, that these efforts were not wholly successful

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and where most American forays into making bisque headed dolls limped along for a few years after the war Revere heads did not even make it until the end of the fighting. According to one employee of the pottery unfinished heads were simply thrown away. An interesting anecdote was reported in an article that appeared in 1977 in Hobbies magazine. It stated that in 1950 a number of these unfinished white porcelain heads were recovered from the river near the pottery. These were then sold to doll collectors for $5 each. Some of these unfinished heads were then painted and fired by dollmaking hobbyists of the era while others remained as found. An exhibition of the dolls from the pottery was held at the University of Massachusetts in the summer of 1975. Images from that exhibit show socket-heads, both those with original finish and unfinished versions, as well as unfinished ceramic bodies and limbs. Aside from this ill-fated venture into dollmaking, the Paul Revere Pottery remained in business until 1942 providing employment, educational opportunities and personal growth for the many women who were associated with the venture. The dolls they made are seldom found today and frankly do not compare favorably with their European-made counterparts in quality, but they remain one of the interesting niche areas in the study of dolls and have earned their place in the story of American dollmaking. Although difficult to find today this example was exhibited at the 2023 convention of the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc. This 14-inch tall doll bears the incised mark reading PRP 1102. Doll courtesy of Kathleen Zell.

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An image from the 1977 article in Hobbies magazine shows a variety of finished and unfinished heads and body parts which were part of an exhibit held in 1975 at the University of Massachusetts.

This 15-inch doll marked PRP illustrates one style of painting found on these dolls. Photo courtesy of Morphy Auctions.

A 13-inch example is incised PRP No. 2. and shows another style of painting. Photo courtesy of James R. St. Jean Auctioneers. This little pair of Revere Pottery dolls, dressed as pilgrims, reflect their New England roots. Dolls courtesy of Sharon Zerkel.

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PENNY WOODEN DOLLS by Jan Peterson | Photos by Elwyn Peterson

Painted wooden dolls, with articulated arms and legs in the collection of Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, England. Courtesy Jane Austen’s House, Chawton.

Dearest Aurelia, My sisters and I began life as a tree growing in a forest in Germany over 150 years ago. One day, a woodcutter cut our tree down, chopped the trunk into logs for the fire in his cottage, and sold the kindling in the market. However, we were saved from the flames because he gave the smaller pine branches to the woodcarver in the village. With his well-used knife, the old gentleman deftly whittled our bodies from the soft wood. His wife painted our hair, faces, arms, stockings, and shoes. Then, we were sold to a little toy shop that also offered dolls made of the finest bisque. The shopkeeper knew not every little girl’s parents could afford such an expensive plaything. All little girls loved to play with dolls, so he sold us for only pennies so that every little child could have a doll of her own to love. . .

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hus begins a bundle of letters written on antique stationery to a little girl in England. Aurelia is the granddaughter of a wonderful friend whose home is only a stone’s throw from the last home in which Jane Austen lived. During my most recent visit to Winchester, England, I had the pleasure of visiting Jane’s other home, in Chawton, where she lived with her mother, a dear friend, and her sister in a cottage on the estate of her brother. Among the treasures on display in the cottage were two Penny Wooden dolls and a fabulous wardrobe hand-sewn for them by Jane and her sister Cassandra. It was charming that two such plain little dolls had garments fit for the most expensive French poupée imaginable. Intricate white-on-white embroidery-embellished petticoats and pantaloons, and the dresses and gowns were wonders of exquisite workmanship. Later, at my friend’s home, we were discussing the dolls and my passion for collecting and dressing antique dolls. Ann brought a little box into the parlor that contained two Penny Wooden dolls like the ones on display at Jane Austen’s cottage. She had found them forty years earlier in a candy store during a day trip to Bath. Why they were on the counter in a sweets shop is a bit of a mystery, but Ann picked out a large and small doll from the jumble of arms and legs and brought them home to Winchester. She asked if I would be willing to make an outfit for the dolls so that she could give them to little Aurelia for Christmas. Thus began an adventure of international travel for two very unassuming little “girls.” Back in Minnesota, I researched Regency styles for girls and women to match the frocks seen at the Jane Austen cottage. I hoard every antique fabric, scrap of clothing, trims, thread, and sewing notions I come across in my trips to France, Germany, and the British Isles. It was so much fun to rediscover what I had on hand once I decided on the items to create for “Janey” and “Anna” as Ann had named

Top: Two peg wooden dolls, Janey and Anna, are shown in their day dresses made of French toile de jouy-style print trimmed with antique French passementerie with matching bonnets. Collection of Aurelia. Clothing by Jan Peterson. Right: Anna pauses for a cup of English tea. Her dress has removable long sleeves of Regency times, which saved laundering the entire dress, or the dress could be worn without the sleeves in warmer weather. Collection of Aurelia. Clothing by Jan Peterson. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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the dolls. I no longer have the use of my hands I once had, and the embroidery necessary to duplicate Jane Austen’s and Cassandra’s handwork was not possible, BUT among the bits of antique cloth in my trove, I found beautifully embroidered white-on-white pieces that would make undergarments as lovely as those seen in Chawton. They were also perfect to make the dolls’ nightgowns and nightcaps. For day dresses, the girls received frocks made of a French toile de jouystyle print trimmed with antique French passementerie. Matching poke bonnets completed the dresses. For Anna, the larger doll, I made the removable long sleeves of Regency times that saved laundering an entire dress or allowed it to be worn with short sleeves in warmer weather. I found the softest white wool challis that had started life as a baby shawl in France and embroidered the edges of matching capes for the dolls with antique red French embroidery silk. The last items for the doll’s wardrobes were a ball gown for Anna and a party dress for little Janey to be worn at a country estate soiree . . . perhaps at Netherfield? The dolls wrote little letters to Aurelia explaining why the pantaloons went clear to their ankles and why their petticoats rose half-way up their torsos to accommodate Regency fashions. They told tales of their life with their original little girls, their trip across the Atlantic in a “huge silver bird” and of the interminable fittings they endured in Minnesota. While I was making the wardrobes, I found a wonderful book about Penny Wooden dolls to include in the parcel to be sent back to England. The illustrations accompanying this article were all taken from it. It was printed in the late 19th century and reprinted twice in the 20th century. Penny Wooden dolls go by many names. The storybook refers to them as Dutch Dolls. The word Dutch is a misunderstanding of the word Deutsch which is German for German. People refer to them as Grödner Tal dolls because craftsmen in that part of Austria made wooden dolls as well as craftsmen in Sonneberg and Nuremberg, Germany. Because the dolls are articulated at the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees by the use of little pegs, they are also known as

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peg-wooden dolls. They came in a myriad of sizes and even the largest cost only pennies. They were produced as fast as a carver could shape them and crudely paint them, making them the least expensive dolls on the market. I love period films (such as The Woman In Black) that show little girls tenderly holding their Penny Woodens and including them in pretend tea parties. During my most recent trip to England, I shopped the street markets on Market Day, always on the lookout for an antique doll treasure. I spied a little snuff box for only 50 pence one morning and figured for that price, its rough shape justified the purchase. I thought when I got home to the United States, I could possibly restore it and use it as a powder box for one of my old dolls. I was astonished when I opened it to find it was NOT empty! Inside was the tiniest Penny Wooden doll ever made. She measures only 1-½ inches tall. Tucked inside the snuff box was also a note stating the box dated from the mid-18th century and was already 174 years old in 1935. I realized that the TINY Penny Wooden doll in the illustrations in the book really did exist along with her larger sisters. I can only wonder about the little girl who tucked her tiny doll inside a family snuff box so long ago. Now to find a pair of magnifying goggles to make her a little wardrobe, too. Dressing Janey and Anna for little Aurelia was a labor of love. It brought so much pleasure, the discovery of times past, and it made me appreciate the fact that it is not the price of a doll that makes her precious, it is how much she is loved.

Top to bottom: The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls was written by Florence K. Upton and illustrated by Bertha Upton. The book was originally published by Longmans, Green & Co., in 1894, England. An illustration from The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls shows two dolls very similar to Anna and Janey, skipping. The illustration shows how peg dolls were articulated at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. This illustration from The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls shows the varying sizes of the peg woodens. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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I Call Him Dar The Daruma Doll …a traditional Japanese lucky charm By Susan Foreman

t took five trips to Japan for me to finally appreciate these roly poly-type dolls. Called Daruma, they are a traditional Japanese lucky charm. As fortune would have it my travels found me in Tokyo on March 4, 2023, the exact day that Jindaiji Temple held its Daruma Doll Fair. As such, along with my traveling companions Alan Scott Pate and Vickie Hannig, I set off on what would be a truly exceptional adventure. We boarded the subway which took us to the train which took us to the bus which ultimately took us to the Temple to witness the festival in person. What a breathtaking festival it was. And what an eye-opening (so to speak) experience. Large Daruma in front of the Jindaiji Temple’s main hall where we said a prayer before purchasing our own Daruma.

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Food vendors, clockwise: Mouchi, Frozen Bananas, Octopus.

Jindaiji is one of the oldest and most distinguished temples in the Tokyo area and its Daruma Doll Fair is considered a spring institution and one of Japan’s three greatest such festivals. The fair’s official name is the Yakuyoke (Ward Off Misfortune) Ganzan Daishi Festival and is said to have started in the Edo period (1603–1867). The festival had several hundred booths, most of them selling Daruma with the rest selling a vast array of food ranging from the traditional Japanese mouchi (rice cake with red bean paste) to frozen bananas to octopus. The temple grounds and the temple itself are beautiful but when

surrounded by thousands of these dolls for sale it is indeed breathtaking. Upon arriving at the temple grounds, we managed to thread our way through the crowd, along the colorful path lined with food vendors to the stairs leading to the temple itself. We ascended the stairs and there in front of us was the most amazing sight—Daruma vendors covered every inch of the area in front of the temple. It was virtually a sea of crimson as most of the Daruma are red. We bowed in front of the main hall, said a prayer, tossed a coin in the offering box, and then went in search of our own Daruma. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Left, Daruma surround the temple grounds. Above, purchasing my Daruma.

But what is being celebrated and who does this doll represent? Daruma is the Japanese name of Bodhidharma, an Indian 6th century Buddhist monk, who spread Chan Buddhism in China. His teachings were introduced in Japan under the name of Zen in the 12th century. The accounts of Bodhidharma’s life are largely legendary as there are virtually no actual historical records. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia “Most traditional accounts state that Bodhidharma was a South Indian dhyana (dhyana is the training of the mind) master, possibly a Brahman, who traveled to China perhaps in the late 5th century. About 520 he was granted an interview with the Nan (Southern) Liang emperor Wudi, who was noted for his good works. According to a famous story about their meeting, the emperor inquired how much merit (positive karma) he had accrued by building Buddhist monasteries and temples. To the emperor’s dismay, Bodhidharma stated that good works performed with the intention of accumulating merit were without value, as they would result in favorable rebirths but would not bring about enlightenment. Another story states that, soon after meeting the emperor, Bodhidharma went to a monastery in Luoyang, where he spent nine years staring at a cave wall in intense concentration.” In the Buddhist tradition and as a doll, Daruma is pictured as a middle-aged man, with a beard and abundant brows, exaggerated facial features, wide eyes, and draped in a monk’s red robe. Daruma’s portrait is a prevalent motif in Japanese art, especially for the famous artist Hokusai. One of Hokusai’s renderings of Daruma, 40

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Woodblock print depicting Daruma by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887.

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The invention of the Daruma doll, the traditional lucky charm, was attributed to Takasaki’s Shorinzan Daruma-ji Temple in the 17th century. Its typical round shape, without legs or arms, originates from the legend that Daruma’s limbs atrophied after his uninterrupted meditation for nine years. It is said his eyes are protruding because he cut his eyelids himself over frustration as he fell asleep during this period so he would not fall asleep again. There are four basic steps to follow to achieve good fortune through Daruma: 1. Buy a Daruma doll at a temple during a dedicated festival. 2. Make your wish mentally; then paint the left eye’s iris. 3. Display the doll on an easily visible place to be frequently reminded of your goal. 4. Paint the right eye when the wish comes true or when the goal is achieved.

Following the above steps we did, indeed, purchase our Daruma at the temple during its once-a-year festival. The primary color of the Daruma is red which represents good fortune, is considered a protective color, and is the color of the monks’ robes. Other colors are available to correspond to specific needs: If you select a black Daruma it means your goal is success in business. Blue, if your goal is success in school. Green is for health and developing skills, yellow for monetary wealth, pink for love, violet for health and longevity, and white for students and martial artists to be successful in their tests. Alan and I opted for the traditional red while Vickie chose the blue not because she was looking for success in school but rather because she likes blue. As with all new Daruma, our Daruma had blank eyes. We joined the long line that would lead us to a priest who would draw the Sanskrit characters on our doll’s left eye representing fresh beginnings and the setting of our goal for the year.

Temple in which our Daruma eye would be drawn.

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In line to have Daruma signed. The priest in front of us was waiting to have the second eye on his Daruma filled in.

Those in line who had last year’s Daruma and had achieved their goal had the priest fill in the second eye. The most powerful image, however, was seeing those individuals who had their Daruma’s second eye completed immediately walk over to a receptacle to say

goodbye to the doll. Watching one man carefully place his doll on the ledge while looking into its eyes, then saying a prayer, and with one finger gently pushing it over the edge to disappear forever definitely solidified the significance of Daruma.

The signing and passing of the Daruma over incense.

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Saying goodbye to Daruma. With one small push Daruma is gone forever.

In keeping with the above instructions my Daruma has a prominent place in my kitchen. I now begin each

day by saying “good morning Dar”…yes, I have even named him. q

ABOVE: With my Daruma after the signing. RIGHT: And, Dar in my kitchen today.

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U.S. Museums Compiled by Monica Bessette Doll, toy, miniature, and dollhouse museums ARIZONA

INDIANA

MICHIGAN

OKLAHOMA

Arizona Doll & Toy Museum 5847 W Myrtle Avenue Glendale, AZ 85301

Marquis Doll Museum & Restoration 214 N. 5th Street Lafayette, IN 47901

Midwest Miniatures Museum 20 S. 5th Street Grand Haven, MI 49417

Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures 4455 E Camp Lowell Drive Tucson, AZ 85712

Museum of Miniature Houses and Other Collections 111 E. Main Street Carmel, IN 46032

MISSOURI

Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum at Ardmore Public Library 320 East Street SE Ardmore, OK 73401

Phoenix Art Museum Thorne Rooms 625 N Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

KANSAS

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis 4746 Gravois Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116

Prairie Museum of Art & History at Thomas County Historical Society 1905 S Franklin Avenue Colby, KS 67701

National Museum of Toys & Miniatures 5235 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64112

KENTUCKY

United Federation of Doll Clubs 10900 N. Pomona Avenue Kansas City, MO 64153

CALIFORNIA Grovian Doll Museum 213 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library 122 W. Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

COLORADO Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, & Toys 830 Kipling Street Lakewood, CO 80215

IOWA Dyer-Botsford Historical House and Doll Museum 331 1st Avenue E. Dyersville, IA 52040

ILLINOIS American Doll & Toy Museum 3059 30th Street Rock Island, IL 61201 Art Institute of Chicago Thorne Rooms Michigan Avenue Entrance 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60603

Great American Dollhouse Museum 344 Swope Drive Danville, KY 40422 Kentucky Doll & Toy Museum 106 W. Main Street Carlisle, KY 40311 KSB Miniatures Collection 215 Sutton Street Maysville, KY 41056

LOUISIANA House of Broel Dollhouse Museum 2220 Street Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 Lois Loftin Doll Museum at Beauregard Parish Tourism Comm. 204 W. First Street DeRidder, LA 70634

MASSACHUSETTS Wenham Museum 132 Main Street Wenham, MA 01984

MAINE Fawcett’s Maine Antique Toy and Art Museum 3468 Atlantic Highway Waldoboro, ME 04572

World’s Largest Toy Museum 3609 W. Country Boulevard Branson, MO 65616

NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures 108 Fourth Street Spencer, NC 28159

NEW YORK Den of Marbletown Bear & Steiff Museum One Bastien Lane Kingston, NY 12401 Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street New York, NY 10029 Strong National Museum of Play One Manhattan Square Rochester, NY 14607

OHIO Children’s Toy & Doll Museum 206 Gilman Avenue Marietta, OH 45750 Doll Museum at Old Rectory, Worthington Historical Society 50 W New England Avenue Worthington, OH 43085

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg Doll Museum 2004 State Street Harrisburg, PA 17103 Historic Strawberry Mansion 2450 Strawberry Mansion Drive Philadelphia, PA 19132

TENNESSEE Knoxville Museum of Art Thorne Rooms 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37916

VIRGINIA Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University 1075 W 43rd Street Norfolk, VA 23529

VERMONT Dollhouse and Toy Museum of Vermont 212 Union Street Bennington, VT 05201 Shelburne Museum 6000 Shelburne Road Shelburne, VT 05482

WASHINGTON The Doll House - The Museum 14104 C Street S. Tacoma, WA 98444

WISCONSIN Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum 1135 6th Street Fennimore, WI 53809

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

LONG TERM Sep 10, 2023 - May 26, 2024 ~ Mannheim, DE (Germany). Children’s dreams: Playing – learning – life around 1900.Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen. Museum Armory C5. 68159 Mannheim. Information office: Tel 0621-293 37 71. rem.buchungen@mannheim.de. Nov 4, 2023 – Feb 4, 2024 ~ Basel, CH (Switzerland). I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel.

JANUARY 2024 6-7 ~ Scottsdale, AZ. Rosalie: A Life of Dolls. JW Marriott Camelback Hotel. 410-224-3655. info@theriaults.com. www.theriaults.com. 14 ~ Garden Grove, CA. New Year Doll Festival. 10 am - 3 pm. Admission $6. With Ad $5. Military families, kids under 13 free. Embassy Suites in Garden Grove. 11767 Harbor Blvd. Landmark Ballroom. 831-438-5349. RowbearPresents@charter.net. 20 ~ San Diego CA. Teddy Bear Show & Sale. 10 am - 3 pm. Bears with a Mission. Courtyard San Diego Airport/Liberty Station, 2592 Laning Rd. Cindy Malchoff, bearswithamission@gmail.com. 518-578-0006 c/t. bearswithamission.com. 26-28 ~ Online. Online Teddy Bear Show. BearHugs4u.com. Dolores Austin. DoloresJA@aol.com. 570-313-2327. info@bearhugs4u.com. bearhugs4u.com. 27 ~ Glendale, CA. Verdugo Hills Doll Club Show and Sale. Admission $7 (under 12 free). Glendale Civic Auditorium. 1401 N. Verdugo Rd. Janie Olds. j.l.olds@ca.rr.com. 562-818-250. 27-Feb 11 ~ Online. Online Auction. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. www.spielzeugauktion.de. 0049(0)6203-13014. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. 27 ~ Naples, FL. Annual Doll Show & Sale. Naples Doll Club. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Drive, 34103. Karen McLean, call/ text 239-571-5082, kmclean@comcast.net. 28 ~ Naperville, IL. The Naperville Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom. 1801 North Naper Blvd. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.KaneCountyDollShow.com 30 ~ Online Only. Doll Auction. Single Owner Dolls: Estate of Barbara Bailey. 10 am and 7 pm. Alderfer Auctions. 215-393-3000. AlderferAuction.com.

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3-4 ~ San Diego, CA. Miniature Doll Show and Sale. University of San Diego. sd.minishow@gmail.com. 3-5 ~ Online. Bear Blitz Stars Teddy Bear Online Show. Valerie Rogers. 502-423-7827. brtstar1@aol.com. bright-star-promotions.com.

3 ~ Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Sweetbriar. Crescent Shrine, 700 Highland Dr. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. SweetbriarAuctions.com. 3 ~ Leesburg, FL. Annual Doll Show & Sale. Orange Blossom & Hills and Lakes Doll Club. Morrison United Methodist Church, 1005 W Main St. Richard Ziller. 703-627-7763. rjziller@hotmail.com. 10 ~ Schertz, TX. Hill Country Doll Show & Sale. 9 am-4 pm. Schertz Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Pkwy, 78154. $7 adults, $2 kids. info: 830-606-5868. 11 ~ Tampa, FL. Teddy Bear Show & Sale. Tampa Teddy Bear Show. Holiday Inn Tampa Airport Westshore, 700 N Westshore Blvd. Cindy Malchoff. TampaTBshow@gmail.com. 518-578-0006 call/text. tampateddybearshow.com. 17 ~ Redding, CA. Northern California Winter Expo. 10 am - 7 pm. Admission $6. With Ad $5. Military families, kids under 13 free. Win-River Resort & Casino Event Center. 2100 Redding Rancheria Road. 530-366-5191. RowbearPresents@charter.net. 17-18 ~ Dallas, TX. Doll Conference (primarily BJD and modern dolls). DollCon Dallas. 10:00 AM 5:00 PM. Westin Central Park Dallas 12720 Merit Dr. Kellyann Herrington. admin@dollcondallas.com. Text 469-630-2205. www.dollcondallas.com/. 18 ~ Lynnwood, WA. Doll Show & Sale. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Embassy Suites Hotel, 20610 44th Ave. Lisa Pepin. Call/text 206-669-7818. pepins4@msn.com.

2 ~ Phoenix, AZ. “Celebrating the World of Dolls” Doll, Bear, Miniature Show & Sale.World Doll Day Shows & Events. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Shrine Auditorium, 552 N. 40th St. Door Prizes, Raffles/ Helpers (Benefits Local Charities). Mary Senko. 425-330-1770. Mary.Senko@worlddolldayshows.com. WorldDollDayShows.com. 5 ~ Newbury, UK. Dolls & Teddy Bears Auction. SAS (Special Auction Services). +44 (0) 1635 580 595. mail@specialauctionservices.com. www.specialauctionservices.com. 9 ~ Lakeland, FL. Tropical Doll Study Club Doll and Bear Show and Sale, 10 am to 4 pm. Adm: $5 adult, $1 children up to age 15. 121 S. Lake Ave. Contact Diane Milla. 863-644-1144. milladiane@gmail.com. tropicaldollstudyclub.com. 10 ~ Maquoketa, IA. Eastern Iowa Doll Show. AmericInn and Suites. Early birds 8am $12.00, 9 -3 $6.00. Sherryl Newton. 319-610-3534. easterniowadollshows@aol.com. 10 ~ DeWitt (Lansing), MI. Lansing Antique & Collectible Doll Show & Sale. Banquet & Conf Ctr of DeWitt, 1120 Commerce Park Dr. Sandy Johnson Barts. 269-599-1511. SJBbetsys@comcast.net. Calendar continued on page 48

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22 ~ Newbury, UK. The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin - Part 1. SAS (Special Auction Services). +44 (0) 1635 580 595. mail@specialauctionservices.com. www.specialauctionservices.com. 23-25 ~ Online. Online Charity Sales Event. Good Bears of the World. 10 am - 5 pm Daily. Terrie Stong. goodbears1@sbcglobal.net. goodbearsoftheworld.org. 24 ~ Largo, FL. St. Petersburg Doll Club 46th Annual Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Largo Event Center (formerly Minnirig Bld). 6340 126th Ave North. Josephine Valente. info: 727-384-1708. aldopip@tampabay.rr.com. 25 ~ Strongsville, OH. Northern Ohio Doll, Mini & Bear Show. Best Western Plus. 15471 Royalton Road, 44136. Eileen. 440-283-5839. phdofdolls@yahoo.com.

MARCH 2024 2 ~ Escondido, CA. Cameo Doll Show and Sale. 10 am- 2:30 pm. Church of the Resurrection. 1445 Conway Dr. Gordana Little. 760 749-3257. Nancy Verdugo. 760 546-5023.

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MARCH 2024 CONT’D FROM PAGE 47 15-17 ~ Online. Online Teddy Bear Show. BearHugs4u.com. Dolores Austin. DoloresJA@ aol.com. 570-313-2327. info@bearhugs4u.com. www.bearhugs4u.com. 24 ~ Denver, CO. Toy & Doll Supershow. Crowne Plaza DIA Convention Center. 15500 E 40th Ave. Dana Cain. 303-347-8252. Dana@ DanaCain.com www.tdsupershow.com 24 ~ Pleasant Hill, CA. 2024 Spring Doll Show & Sale. Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Ln. Danny. 510-917-2219 call/text. bayareadollcluborg@gmail.com. 24 ~ Portland, OR. Portland Doll & Bear Show. 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $10. Parking free. Embassy Suites - Portland Airport. 7900 NE 82nd Avenue. Show and sale featuring Antique, Vintage, and Artist Dolls. Special guest Muriel Fahrion, creator of Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears. Joe Koury. joe@queensofthedollaisle.com. 650-303-4140. queensofthedollaisle.com.

APRIL 2024 6 ~ Westampton, NJ. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Sweetbriar. Crescent Shrine, 700 Highland Dr. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. SweetbriarAuctions.com.

6 ~ Jonesborough, TN. Doll Show & Sale. The Dollhouse. Jonesborough Visitor Center. Ellen Stafford. 423-753-0022. ellen@jonesdollhouse.com. jonesdollhouse.com. 6 ~ Madison, WI. Madison Area Doll Club presents “Though the Years” 52nd Doll Show and Sale. Exhibition Hall at Alliant Energy Center 1919 Alliant Energy Way. Vicki Kutz. dollcoll@charter.net. 608-279-5298. 6 ~ McClellan (Sacramento) CA. “Celebrating the World of Dolls” Doll, Bear, Miniature Show & Sale.World Doll Day Shows & Events. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The Officers’ Club, 3410 Westover St. Door Prizes, Raffles/Helpers (Benefits Local Charities). Mary Senko. 425-330-1770. Mary.Senko@worlddolldayshows.com. WorldDollDayShows.com. 7 ~ Erlanger, KY. Triple Crown Doll Club Doll Show & Sale. Triple Crown Doll Club. Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport, 1717 Airport Exchange. Kathy Woods Call/Text 859-663-8298. kathymsn@zoomtown.com. 12-13 ~ Germany. Spring Auction-35th Anniversary. Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion. www.spielzeugauktion.de. 0049(0)6203-13014. mail@spielzeugauktion.de. 12-15 ~ Online. Bear Blitz Stars Teddy Bear Online Show. Valerie Rogers. 502-423-7827. brtstar1@aol.com. bright-star-promotions.com. 13 ~ West Chester (Cincinnati), OH. Fashion Doll Show & Sale. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. EnterTRAINment Junction Expo Room, 7379 Squire Court. Deborah Goerz. 513-404-0438. deborah_goerz@yahoo.com. 13 ~ Des Moines, IA. Happy Sisters Doll & Toy Show. 11 am - 4 pm. American Legion Hall #374. Betty Peterson. bpcleo@netzero.com. 515-664-4992 (call or text). 13 ~ Riverside, CA. Doll Show and Sale. 10 am - 2 pm.. The Inland Empire Doll Club. Janet Goeske Senior Center. 257 Sierra St. Linda Ann Brandt. Call/Text 951-217-1936. brandtlindaann@gmail.com.

14 ~ St. Charles, IL. Kane County Doll Show. Karla Moreland Presents. Kane County Fairgrounds. Prairie Events Center West. 525 S. Randall Rd. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.kanecountydollshow.com.

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