March 2014 by Antique Doll Collector magazine

Antique DOLL Collector March 2014 Vol. 17, No. 2

Another Dollmastery Seminar

Coming Up For You

Dollmastery Vignette Series

Educational videos ab out antique dolls— a v a i l a b l e f o r v i e w i n g o n Yo u Tu b e .

Friday, March 28th at the Waldorf Astoria in Naples, Florida

Florence Theriault, co-founder of Theriault’s, will be your guide in her many virtual walk-throughs that explore details, highlights, and rarities of the many exciting antique dolls that are offered at Theriault’s famous doll auctions.

Florence Theriault’s one-day antique doll seminars are fast becoming the new must-go doll events.

Simply visit theriaults.com/vignette After March 10th, watch for a new video featuring rare dolls from the Stein am Rhein Museum Collection to be sold at auction March 29-30, 2014 at the Walforf Astoria, Naples, FL.

Absentee, Telephone and Online Bidding available for the Auctions For information about the auction or to order your collectors book call 800-638-0422, 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com or visit theriaults.com.

25 lucky collectors (yes, the seminar is limited) sit around a large U-shaped arrangement as dolls are discussed and then gently passed around for your up close and personal view. You’ll see rarities you’ve only read or dreamt about, and you’ll listen as Florence talks about the dolls, points out special features you might not have noticed, and candidly answers all of your questions.

Florence Theriault, Theriault’s founder.

It’s an intense, yet fun and casual, 7-9 hour day and as one person who attended last year’s seminar in San Francisco said, “I left with my brain exhausted, but I fell in love with doll collecting all over again.” Space fills quickly, so call or email immediately to reserve your space. The seminar is complimentary.

Another Dollmastery Seminar

Coming Up For You

Dollmastery Vignette Series

Educational videos ab out antique dolls— a v a i l a b l e f o r v i e w i n g o n Yo u Tu b e .

Friday, March 28th at the Waldorf Astoria in Naples, Florida

Florence Theriault’s one-day antique doll seminars are fast becoming the new must-go doll events.

Florence Theriault, Theriault’s founder.

Theriault’s Presents An Extraordinary Doll Auction Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, 2014 at the Waldor f Astoria, Naples, Florida, USA

the

stein am rhein

museum collection

that had stood for years on a small cobblestone pedestrian street in

this quaint locale. She would never open again. Then, one day, the

that will, for many of the new generation of collectors, give a

family made contact and told us that, in fact, the dolls still sat in

first-time look at the vision of Frau Steiner and what had been the

the very same location and had not been touched in all this time.

Puppenmuseum Stein am Rhein.

Nearly fifteen years ago, in the small Swiss village of Stein am Rhein, Frau Steiner turned out the lights, closed and bolted the doors, and locked the window shutters of her beloved doll museum

n March 29th and 30th, 2014 an auction will take place in Naples, Florida at the beautiful Waldorf Astoria Beach Resort. Two full days and nearly 1000 pieces

will be presented in this hard-bound commemorative catalog

PO Box 151 • Annapolis, Mar yland 21404 Toll-free: 800-638-0422 • Fax: 410-224-2515

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Another Dollmastery Seminar

Coming Up For You

Dollmastery Vignette Series

Educational videos ab out antique dolls— a v a i l a b l e f o r v i e w i n g o n Yo u Tu b e .

Friday, March 28th at the Waldorf Astoria in Naples, Florida

Florence Theriault’s one-day antique doll seminars are fast becoming the new must-go doll events.

Florence Theriault, Theriault’s founder.

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12” French RD Bebe, blue p/w eyes, immaculate pale bisque, orig. long HH wig. Wears orig. batiste & lace dress, ant. undies, orig. Fr. shoes w/rosettes, crocheted socks & gorgeous ant. straw hat lined w/silk. Early st. wrist RD body. Tremendous presence. Absolutely STUNNING!!! $4900.

13” JDK Hilda Toddler #237, blue sl. eyes, mintest pale bisque, orig. mohair wig, & pate. Wears orig. fine delicate batiste & lace dress w/tucks, orig. undies, ant. crocheted pink socks & vintage shoes. On orig. “fully jointed” Kestner “toddler” body. Beautiiful crisp modeling & ADORABLE in a great cabinet size!!! $3475.

12” Early S & H #719 Character, perfect bisque, blue sl. eyes, orig. long mohair wig, “original” magnificent vibrant colored ornate costume of silk, wool & velvet, velvet hat & orig. shoes & ant. undies, orig. early st. wrist S & H body. Cl/mo., little double chin from the early S & H #700 series. Smallest I ever saw in this model #. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!! $3350.

5 1/2” “Our Fairy” All Bisque, blue glass eyes, great bisque overall & orig. mohair wig. Darling orig. costume. She is the cutest Our Fairy EVER!! All bisque body w/“starfish hands”, o/cl./mo., 2 molded upper teeth & a smiling face. A little JEWEL!!! $1050. 6 1/2” “All Bisque” Bye Lo Baby, br. sl. eyes, perfect bisque overall, wearing orig. dotted swiss batiste & lace Christening gown & ant. hat. On orig. all bisque body w/“swivel neck”. A little GEM & rare large size all bisque Bye Lo Baby!!! $1100.

9” JDK #211 “Sammy” “All Bisque” Baby, perfect bisque overall, br. sl. eyes, orig. mohair skin wig & plaster pate (never been removed). First out of mold modeling, op/cl./ mo. & extremely modeled “all bisque” orig. body having fat rolls on thighs, dimpled & well modeled toes & chest label. RARE find in an All Bisque!! ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! $2200.

5” Rare Kestner “All Bisque” Googlie, br. side glancing sl. eyes, watermelon mouth, mint bisque overall, orig. mohair wig, orig. net & silk ribbon dress & undies. Rare & desirable “jointed elbows and knees”. Too adorable for words. Sure to make you smile. DARLING!! $3800.

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14" Tete Jumeau Bebe, bl. p/w eyes, orig. "head coil", orig. mohair wig, magnificent thin wool, silk & lace ALL FACTORY orig. costume, matching slip & undies, orig. crocheted socks, orig. "signed" PRESENTATION Jumeau shoes w/ rosettes, signed in gold leaf, orig. Jumeau earrings & ant. Au Bon Marche hat. She has it all!! Orig. "signed" Jumeau body with great orig. finish. She is absolutely AMAZING!!! $9550.

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18 1/2” Black Alabama Baby, a seldom found black cloth doll in what appears to be all original clothing with no paint touch up and/ or repairs! Overall very fine plus condition with just a few minimal scuffs. She has molded ears & a faint blue stamping on lower part of torso indicating the maker. An unusual opportunity to acquire a rare and desirable doll! $3750 An all original 10 1/2” Fre A Steiner. Although her fanciful couture outfit has faded a bit and slightly melted, she has an adorable face and is ready to place within your cabinet. On a marked 5 piece Steiner body, she retains her original wig and shoes. Deep blue paperweight eyes and great bisque with finely painted facial embellishments further add to her charm. Marked on the rear of the head Steiner Fre A 3. $3250 An all original 7” painted bisque “Just Me” child by Armand Marseille. A nice example with painting that is well executed & intact with minimal loss to finish under her mohair wig. $650 An exceptional all original 39cm K*R flirty eyed character child. Marked on the rear of the head K*R 39, this gal has great bisque, blue glass flirty/sleep eyes and her original white cotton outfit, tosca mohair wig, black leather shoes, and beautiful finish to her pink composition body. Currently her original stringing is a bit loose but will re-string for buyer free of charge if desired. $600

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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls

March 2014 Volume 17, Number 2

LA POUPÉE BIEN ELEVÉE – THE WELL-BRED DOLL THE JOYS OF CROSS-COLLECTING

CHINESE CRYING BABIES, ENIGMAS, MOTSCHMANNS, TÄUFLINGE By Carol Corson

At an annual meeting of the Doll Collectors of America, members shared an extraordinary number of these early dolls.

By Samy Odin The author points out that it is hard to resist doll-related antiques, especially images that represent the dolls we love and collect.

Traditional täuﬂinge, also known as Motchmann Babies or Enigmas, were made for some ﬁfty years. At the 2012 annual meeting of the Doll Collectors of America, members shared their examples, revealing the simple charm of these dolls which still captivates us today. Photo Carol Corson

About The Cover

THE RARE PAIR CELLULOID MARIE AND PETER BY KAMMER & REINHARDT

By Margo Delaughter Kammer and Reinhardt’s popular mold 101 was also made in celluloid, few examples which remain. 6

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ATTIC TREASURES

By Mary Krombholz A group of dolls stored in an attic for over a hundred years remain pristine.

14 Auction Gallery 59 Emporium 66 Mystery

68 Calendar 71 Classiﬁed

The author shares her learning experience exhibiting at the national UFDC convention.

One of two special exhibits organized by Donelle Denery.

RIBBONS: A COMPETITION EXPERIENCE By Kathy Meador

2013 UFDC SPECIAL EXHIBIT: LETTIE LANE & FRIENDS

1. Roullet et Decamps Mechanical ‘Tata’ – this 14” french R.D. keywind is still in her factory clothes and ‘rocking’ the original baby as seen in Decamps original advertising! A comic cabinet character of early 20th century Paris! $2250 2. Lithesome Wax Fashion – what an exquisite all original bustled silk gown on this unusual turn of the century 20” fashion lady w/ perfect arms and carriage! $1100 3. Original French Trade Fashion – Rare and early Simon Halbig ‘920’ Long Face Jumeau look w/ PW’s, cl. mo. and Factory Original from bonnet to shoes; a true fashion plate of bustle back french design w/ mint bisque arms. $3500 4. 4-1/2” ‘Schafer and Vater Naughty’ – choice quality, Edwardian whimsy, signed and mint! $175 5. 14” Rare German Fashion – stunning mint factory wig coiffure, crystal tri-color blue eyes, pursed cl. mo w/ drawn teeth, orig. earrings and leather body, a vintage jewel! $1800 6. 17” Elegant D & K Lady – the renowned chiseled features and molded breasts with shapely body in 5 fantastic layers of clothes! $950 7. Some spoiled bebe will have this ‘lifesize’ 10” high Fur Kitten w/ green eyes and orig. bow! So mint! $495 8. 23” Vibrant ‘Bebe Charmant’ – by Francois Gaultier for Pintel and Godchaux, with a hidden invisible flaw and huge blue PW’s set in creamy, plump cheeks plus the rare patent P & G body! Just $1250 9. The Proposal – a large 10” Child holding her doll in its long gown. $450 The Suitor – w/ love letter and flowers in hand! $150 10. 14” All Original Halbig ‘Character’ – a choice ‘1299’ youth, powder fine quality and mint from her wig and lace cap to leather shoes for her First Communion! $750

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Strolling the Bebe - If you love the magic of the day when elegant young ladies took to the park with their charges for a sunny stroll in a pram, then this little walker will charm you! Sweet little poupee in fabulous satin walking suit & bonnet pushes a metal pram holding a delightful little all bisque mignonette darling in orig. christening gown w/ flowing locks & blue glass eyes. 11.5” length Walker -9” Baby 4.5”. Baby has a swivel neck & jointed arms & legs. $6200~

6 Over EJ - An exceptionally beautiful Bebe w/ smoldering brown eyes, gorgeous soft coloring of bisque & lovely expression. In superb pale blue coat dress w/ elaborate lace accents & matching hat; a confection of gathers and lace. delicate plumes &floral accents. Sensational long tailed wig of deep ash blonde perfectly framing dark spiral threaded eyes & gently tinted bisque. Lovely French leather shoes, sturdy orig. eight ball jointed body lightly refreshed. 18 inches tall. Please call for add’l details~$7599

LILY - If you have been hoping to aquire the beautiful Lily; an inspired creation of Madame Lavallee Perrone, this beauty should delight you! This 17” poupee has large sweet blue spiral threaded eyes set in creamy bisque beneath feathered brows. Her lips were gently washed with rosey peach & sensitive tracings of deeper rose. Her sturdy leather body has the better part of the original stamped tag intact. Mademoiselle has been dressed in a charming three pc. cotton flowered promenade suit of burnt orange and ivory and crowned with a flowered straw-brimmed hat to shield her from the sun. She has bisque arms with carved fingers. Please call for add’l details! $5800~

Kewpie Sends a Postcard! What a joy! This is a rare and precious Rosie O’Niell Kewpie indeed. 4.5” w x 3.5” tall. Utterly adorable! $2100~

Gorgeous Mein Leibling True beauty with cornflower blue sl. eyes fringed with sweeping silky lashes, original human hair wig in lovely russet curls. A stunning doll dressed in antique ecru silk dress with lovely lace adornments and original chestnut colored velvet cape and matching elaborate signed bonnet. 28” tall~ $5600

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17” CM German Character #111, French Jumeau body, stationary blue eyes, hairline on forehead and back of right side of head (has been sanded), antique undergarments & shoes, mohair wig $7500 $7500. Now $4950.

20” Incised Depose Jumeau 9 on working Mama pull-string body, blue pw eyes, applied pierced ears $6650 $6650. Now $6150.

22” Tete Jumeau #10, original wig, earrings, shoes (#10 Paris Depose, as is) & socks, blue pw eyes, great face $4895 $4895. Now $3950. 10” 1957 Cissette “Lady Hamilton” all original in tagged dress, slip, panties, shoes, and straw hat, no bracelet $295.

19” CM Bru Jne 8, brown pw eyes, shading above eyes, antique dress, undergarments, socks & burgundy leather boots $13,850 $13,850. Now $10,995. 4” All original glass eyed German all bisque boy in uniform $295. 4” Glass eyed German all bisque, all original girl in striped dress and straw hat $295.

18 3/4” CM Incised Brevette SGDG Jumeau 8, blue pw eyes, applied ears w/ earrings, blue Jumeau stamped body, hairline on back of head $4500 $4500. Now $3650.

20” over all 15” CM Tete Jumeau (red mark) Mechanical, blue pw eyes, boy with fur wig, hand moves hitting pan, head moves back & forth and hat pops up & down, redressed nicely & box recovered, pierced ears, plays music $6995 $6995. Now $4995.

13 1/2” RARE 239 SFBJ Poulbot in possible original clothing, original red sparse wig, shoes & stockings, 5 piece body with touch up on hands, professional repair on back of head $4500 $4500. Now $2450.

17” K*R 121 Toddler, blue sleep eyes, original mohair wig, adorable expression $850. Now $750. 16” K*R 116 on Toddler $850 body with original celluloid hands, professionally repaired eye chip right eye, stationary blue eyes, great molding & coloring $1550 $1550. Now $1250.

20” SFBJ 227 with brown jewel eyes, o/m w/ teeth, repainted body, few scuffs on cheeks, antique boots $1150. Now $795. $1150 14” C/M Tete Jumeau 5, blue pw eyes, blonde mohair wig, antique leather shoes, French style dress $4350. Now $3995. $4350

12” Rare S & H 1304 Adorable Pierrot on Jumeau body, pull strings to sleep brown glass eyes, original hat & wig, faint hairline rim of forehead $3995. Now $2550. $3995

9 1/2” Steiff Dicky Bear 1930’s w/ velvet pads, mohair as is $445. 16” Volland Raggedy Ann w/ wooden heart, some stitching on face, original dress (faded & left top sleeve as is), left leg by shoe - fabric separated, original yarn wig & shoe button eyes $450.

8 1/2” x 6” x 8” Pouty Heubach possible #7602 pull string mechanical, when pulled doll lays down in bed with toy rattle, marked Heubach in square, works great $550 $550. Now $395.

28” 1880’s C/M, Rabery and Delphieu, paperweight eyes, brown HH wig, antique dress & shoes, lovely coloring, some body repaint, professional repair by right eye $1650. Now $995. $1650

19” BP Bahr & Proschild #604 character, sweet face, blue sl eyes, molded o/m w/ teeth, antique clothing and brown HH wig $725.

Schoenhut Pinn Family, 2 men, 2 ladies, 1 girl and baby (hair as is), all in original clothing $295. 24” L’ Eden Bebe Walking Doll in Original Wooden Box w/ worn labels, works great, original stockings and shoes, head marked DEP 10, blue sleep eyes, mohair wig, repro dress $3995 $3995. Now $2450.

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Among the treasures of the Stein am Rhein Museum are two exquisite A.T. bebes, a stunning and rare Petit et Dumoutier, and a pair of extremely rare bisque Steiner dolls in original military costumes.

Two rare googly-eyed dolls peer wide-eyed at the all-original Roullet et Decamps automaton featuring four small bisque dolls riding the elephant who marches along and heaves his trunk from side to side. Many other googlies and automata are featured in the auction. 14

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Gorgeous, yet demure, is the prized bebe of French dollmaker Halopeau, known as the “H” bebe.

The brown-eyed Albert Marque doll, known to collectors as “the lost #27 boy” (as the doll is #27 from the series of only 100 examples made), is wearing his entirely original costume with Margaine-Lacroix label intact.

The only doll ever designed by French artist, Francisque Poulbot, was the street urchin, made famous in his poster illustration work. The dolls were offered as pair, Nenette and Rintintin, in Paris department store catalogs in 1914, this then marking their 100th year anniversary! A pair are offered, in entirely original unplayed with condition, from the Stein am Rhein doll museum.

A Mystery Solved! The Stein am Rhein

MARCH 2014

early fifteen years ago, in the small Swiss village of Stein am Rhein, Frau Steiner turned out the lights, closed and bolted the doors, and locked the window shutters of her beloved doll museum that had stood for years on a small cobblestone pedestrian street in this quaint locale. She would never open again. For the next fifteen years, mystery surrounded this museum, for when Frau Steiner took down her signs she also vanished from the doll world. For years people talked about it, wondered what happened, speculated that the dolls were now in storage, or had been sold intact to one collector in a faraway part of the world. There was even an old website that documented all of the known Albert Marque dolls across the world that listed “the lost #27 that was part of the Stein am Rhein Puppenmuseum of past” and asked collectors to “please help us find out whatever happened to this doll and to the museum.” Tales ran amok. But, in fact, the dolls had quietly sat there, tended each week, year after year, by a neighboring caretaker and family members, and visited only by Frau Steiner herself, who, in truth, could not bear to part with her museum although she was no longer able to welcome others. In time, the tales stopped and memories faded. Then, one day, several years ago, the Steiner family contacted Theriault’s and told them that, in fact, the dolls still sat in the very same location and had not been touched in all this time. Everything was as it was when the doors closed. They were just starting to consider the possibility that the dolls should be auctioned. At the time, Frau Steiner was alive but having difficulty checking on the museum each week. However, knowing that the dolls were there was enough for her and everyone decided to let it be for now so that she could still enjoy the thought that her beloved museum still stood as it was. Stuart Holbrook recalls that first meeting, “I will never forget the doors opening the first time I visited. Large wood gates creaked and squealed on that foggy and damp March afternoon. I peered into the darkened room as the family found the light switch. The first thing I saw was a sign publishing the entrance fee, proving just how long the museum had been closed. It

Doll Museum of Switzerland Comes to Auction March 29-30 gave the amount in Swiss Francs - but next to it also offered the alternative of “5 Deutsch Marks.” I could barely recall what a Deutsch mark even looked liked”. “Though I had heard whispers over the years of the fabulous dolls that Frau Steiner had collected, the reality was even better. Two floors were completely full of classic and splendidly rare French and German dolls and unusual accessories and playthings. The museum stood as a time capsule of perfection…one of the best I had ever seen in Europe. This was a perfectly assembled crosssection of everything collectors have come to love today in the world of fine and rare antique dolls.” And there at the entrance stood the all-original A. Marque doll, the so-called “lost #27”, its costume being bearing the desirable Margaine-Lacroix label. Holbrook continued, “After a few moments the cases were lit and the bounty was further unveiled to me, the first outsider in years to witness what was here. Bebes by Thuillier, Halopeau, Bru, Jumeau, Steiner, Schmitt, Petit et Dumoutier, and others. Poupees large and small, automatons and rare German characters…an endless vault of nearly 1000 pieces that stood exactly as they were on that day 15 years when the museum closed.” Now the moment has arrived. After Frau Steiner’s passing last year, Theriault’s was contacted again. The family felt that now was the time. The museum must go back into the hands of collectors and the mystery unveiled. And so it will be. On March 29th and 30th, 2014 the auction will take place in Naples, Florida at the beautiful Waldorf Astoria Beach Resort. The weekend events begin on Friday, March 28 with a free one-day Dollmastery seminar presented by Florence Theriault, in which dolls from the Museum will be examined in depth with hands-on study (the seminar is free, but attendance is limited to 25 people so call early to reserve a place. Then, two full days of auctions on Saturday and Sunday will offer these cherished dolls to today’s collectors. A hard-bound commemorative catalog will give many a first-time look at the vision of Frau Steiner and what had been the Puppenmuseum Stein am Rhein. (See the fold-out piece on the inside cover of this magazine for a grand view of some of the dolls). All of the dolls can be viewed online after March 10, 2014. For more information about the auction or to order a catalog call 800-638-0422 or 410224-3655, or email info@theriaults.com.

French poupees in the collection include examples from Huret, Rohmer, Bru, Jumeau and others in classic 17” size, as seen in these two fine examples. The museum also has a notable collection of extremely rare larger poupees (see photo on inside fold-out cover of this magazine).

Very rare French poupee with expressive features and original signed Rohmer body.

German bisque dolls include this trio in wonderful factory-original costumes or chemise.

Several dolls with trousseaux are featured in the auction, including this Bleuette with trunk and wardrobe of original costumes.

Some of the miniature doll-sized furniture treasures from the Stein am Rhein collection.

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Chinese Crying Babies, Enigmas, Motschmanns, Täuflinge by Carol Corson

Photos by the author except where noted

The 8 ¼” doll is accompanied by an 11” brother. Both have separated big toes.

Photos of 9” ( 23cm.) Mitsuori ningyo, Taisho Period, undressed to show his body structure. The thighs are hollowed out in the back to allow his calves to fit neatly when he kneels. He has a tiny penis and tufts of hair in front of each ear and at the base of his head in the back as well as a longer one on the crown.

Research and many of the photographs for this article were done in preparation for an educational exhibit and program at the 2012 annual meeting of the Doll Collectors of America. The dolls photographed belong to members of DCA. In the late 18th and early 19th century there were few commercially produced baby dolls in Europe or America. Dolls made of wood, or composition over wood heads, were not cuddly and though some were designed to be babies, they didn’t have the softness or easily folding joints that encouraged a child to “care” for the baby represented. Thus they were not as popular as those representing adults, boys and girls. Although some of these dolls were quite large, 20

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many were quite tiny. Cuddly cloth dolls were mainly home made at this time and few have survived to this day. Japan began making jointed baby dolls in the Edo Period (1615-1868). These first dolls were Mitsuore Ningyo, or “three bend dolls”. They had joints at the neck, hips, knees and rotating joints at the ankles. The backs of the thighs were hollowed out so the calves could fit neatly into them allowing the doll to kneel in Japanese style. The upper arms were made of silk crepe over wire. From the elbows through the fingers they were wood or composition with many layers of fine smooth white gofun (oyster shell) cover, as were the torsos, heads, legs and feet. The ankles were jointed and the feet turn out to facilitate kneeling.

There was no wrist joint. These dolls were popular with wealthy women who played with them and changed their clothes. By the second quarter of the nineteenth century the Ichimatsu Ningyo was developed. The head, shoulders, pelvis, hands and feet were made like those of the Mitsuori Ningyo, however, they have a soft mid torso section with a cry box in it. They also have soft upper arms with no wire in them and soft thighs. Some had “floating” hands and feet. These dolls represented young children and were specifically made for children. These new dolls were exhibited at the World Exposition held in London in 1851. Edmund Lindner, of Louis Lindner & Söhne, Sonneberg, is thought to have seen the Ichimatsu Ningyos at the World Exposition. Varying histories state that he brought one back to Sonneberg either from the fair or from a toyshop in Belgium or Cologne. He gave the doll to a Sonneberg factory owner and had a German adaptation made which at first looked quite Asian. As a Verleger, an export businessman, he ordered a number made by various factories in black as well as white. According to the Ciesliks a Verleger was educated in several languages and was responsible for seeing what the next great seller would be and giving the design to factory owners to produce. The factory owner then parceled out assignments to the many home workers who produced parts, which were then assembled in the factory. Kestner is believed to be the only German company that produced everything in the factory. Soon baby dolls based on the Japanese baby were being produced in large numbers. Most had the hard parts, head, shoulders, hips, hands and feet made of composition or papier maché. They came with jointed necks or in a shoulder/ head version. The lower arms and legs were wooden tubes. Many of these early examples have floating, loosely jointed, hands and feet. The upper arms, and legs as well as the mid torso were cloth. The mid torso contained a cry box, some activated by squeezing the torso. Others cried when the shoulders were pressed towards the hips. The Germans dressed them in simple shirts and bonnets and called them Täuflinge (singular: täufling from the German word taufe, Baptism or Christening). English speaking collectors tended to think all things Asian were Chinese and first called them Chinese Crying Babies.

The largest boy is 22” (54 cm.) His pale blue tie dye obi is an indication that he represents a young child.

The body design of this 9” täufling was directly taken from the Japanese dolls as were the almond eyes and the painted hair style. There is no separate big toe on the Sonneberg dolls.

This 9 1/2 inch fully jointed täufling has curved hands which can grab things. He bears an uncanny resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock!

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23” fully jointed “Baby”, previously from the Dorothy Dixon Collection. Her lower arms and legs are wood. Her Head, shoulder plate, lower torso, hands and feet are composition. The upper arms, legs and mid torso are cloth. Her almond eyes have a sleepy look emphasized by gray lines accenting her upper lids. She has fine single stroke brows and a dimple in her chin. 19 ½” Tilly B., clearly a child, has the short curly mohair wig, blue sleep eyes with black pupils, an open mouth with four teeth which became popular about 1860.

This 16” fully jointed charmer is dressed to go to town. Her curved hands with separate thumbs hold her basket steady.

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The heads of the white babies were often quite white, like their Japanese ancestors. They had wisps of hair painted above the ears and at the nape of the neck also like the Japanese dolls. Some have a wax coat over the paint. Black babies often had African type modeling of their faces and short molded curls painted black for their hair. The earliest dolls appear to have inset black glass eyes and closed mouths. Although this first design was made through the 1880s, by the mid 1850s some were made with a wax coating on the head with softer and more realistic coloring. The early täuflinge were quickly joined by those with eyes that slept and dolls with open mouths and tiny teeth. There were even dolls made with a jointed lower jaw which allowed the mouth to open and close. Tightly curled short mohair wigs were added. Täuflinge with wooden heads and other hard parts were also made, but appear to be much rarer than the papier maché/composition combinations. Although we think of these dolls as German products, dolls have been found with French toy store labels. American and British collectors became aware of the confusion over the origin of these and changed what they called the German version of these dolls to Enigma, in other words, we didn’t know what we should call them. Elizabeth Jo Gerken, an early researcher of papier maché and wax dolls found a täufling with the label of Ch. Motschmann on its soft torso. She naturally concluded that the dolls were made by Motschmann and collectors, leaping at the chance to be more knowledgeable, adopted that name for these dolls. Soon firms producing china parts began producing the typical täufling hard parts in china. Sometimes the china parts were the heads, hands and feet with the shoulders and hips made of papiermaché or composition. Some had china hips and upper torsos. The lower arms and legs might be the usual wood tubes with floating

This group ranging from 5 ¼” to 8” shows a variety of faces probably by different German makers. They are all fully jointed.

china hands and feet or made in one piece in china. Some had a torso made entirely of cloth with no hard parts. These were still referred to as Täuflinge and made in black as well as white versions. The meaning of the word täufling continued to expand over time. In later German toy catalogs the term was used to describe dolls without the floating hands and feet and without the hard upper chest and pelvis areas. The traditional Japanese form of baby continued to be offered along with the newer forms. This 7” china täufling has “floating” china feet at the bottom of his turned wooden lower legs. He has lost the china hands that used to “float” at the end of his turned wood lower arms. He has brown wisps of hair painted on his head. His chest plate and lower torso are composition. He has a working squeaker in his cloth mid section. George was originally a Sanitary Fair doll from the Civil War period. He was shown in catalogues as a täufling although he doesn’t have the shoulder and pelvis parts.

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The china “Alice” style doll is more frequently found. This example is 10” tall with hair which shades from brown to black. She has composition upper and lower torso sections, china head, lower arms and legs with black heeled boots decorated with gold buttons. Her gilded headband shows white where the gold has worn off.

In time older children were included. The most commonly found are the dolls with molded hair in the “Alice” style. These dolls were often made of china hard parts with china or composition torso sections. Boy dolls with short hair were also made. Dolls with the Alice style molded hair are found with composition and wax over composition as well as china heads. Although the early style babies continued to be made through most of the period (1851 to about the turn of the century) täufling designs tended to become simpler and at the same time showed more variety. Dolls with wigs and those representing young women were made. Fewer of the dolls had multiple jointing and thus had less flexibility to encourage active play. The simplification of the bodies allowed them to be made more cheaply. Some had molded hair with decorations held by the wax coating and some had molded hats. By the 1880s they were competing with popular ball jointed dolls with bisque porcelain heads.

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A miniature blond china. She has cloth upper arms and legs and a swivel head, but no hard pelvis or upper torso. By the time she was made the term Täufling was applied to a wider variety of dolls including some who were clearly not babies.

According to Dorothy McGonagle’s study of The Dolls of Jules Nicholas Steiner, Steiner adopted the täuﬂing form for some of his earliest bébés at least by 1870. The earliest of these dolls had wax over composition heads. Soon these dolls had the heads, upper torso and shoulders, hips including the beginning of the top of the legs and the lower legs and feet made of bisque ﬁred porcelain. Cloth formed the upper arms, legs, and mid torso. This torso contained a leather covered cylindrical bellows for the voice box. The head might be a closed dome shoulder head with no neck joint or might have a socket head with a separate shoulder section having a small opening in the back of the head for the insertion of small almond shaped eyes. A cork pate closed the hole and a short curl wig covered it. Some of these dolls had a hole in the left side of the bisque hip with two cords with beads attached, which activated mama and papa cries from the bébé. A larger round hole in the back of the shoulders probably let the sound out more clearly.

This doll actually has a maker’s mark attributing it to the Mueller and Strausburger Company pressed into the back right side of his shoulder. He is 8 1/4” tall with glass eyes. The head and upper and lower torso sections are composition; the lower arms and legs are wood. Coleman photograph This original later catalog page shows that traditional täufling babies, Alice style, molded hair dolls and wax-overs with snoods and hats were made at the same time.

Charles Augustus Fortesque in person. He is 17” tall, with a wax over shoulder head. He has a typical täufling style body with a squeaker and composition limbs. He wears his original 1860s Danish style suit and lives in his original wooden and glass case. He has always worn the glass bead necklaces. Coleman photograph

This wonderful boy has a composition shoulder head with black eyes and incised and painted eyelids. He has cloth upper arms and legs with composition lower arms and wooden lower legs.

This 12” boy has a composition head with a jointed neck, and typical täufling body with floating hands and feet. He has molded hair with a side part.

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A 14” Steiner with open mouth and tiny teeth. The hole in the left side of her bisque hip allows the cord which control her voice box to function. The hole in her bust allows the sound to come out. Some of these dolls have two voice cords coming out the left hip. Roberta Heintz photograph “Jerome” is 9 1/2” tall. He was made by Jules Nicolas Steiner and his head is marked SieA “3/0. His head is porcelain. His upper chest and hip section are papier maché. His arms are ball jointed wood and composition. His mid torso and upper legs are cloth. His original clothes are by Au Nain Bleu.

The original Bébé Parlant Automatique, or kicking, crying Steiner, was made from the 1860s through the 1890s with a bisque head, papier maché torso, composition arms and lower legs, and cloth upper legs. It didn’t have the full täufling body. This bébé was followed by the täufling style body in the 1870s. By the early 1880s some of the small, (about 9 1/2” tall) series bébés were produced with the täufling style bodies. The shoulder plates, hip sections, upper and lower arms and lower legs are made of composition. The arms are jointed with wooden balls at the shoulders and elbows and the mid torso and upper legs are cloth. The head is bisque porcelain. This version is not common and Steiner appears to have quickly moved to a jointed composition body for all sizes of his Series and Figure marked bébés. The traditional bodied täuflinge were made for almost fifty years, a long time in the life of a doll design. Although never as fancy as the later bisque dolls with their variety of eye and hair color and fashionable clothing, their simple charm is still cherished by today’s collectors. Many thanks to the following for sharing their dolls: Diane Buck, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, Carol Corson, Linda Edward, Jan & Howard Foulke, Joy Harrington, Penny Hadfield, Roberta Heintz, Ruth Love, Meriel Marlar, Sue Popp, Tore Scelso, Nancy Smith, Kathy Turner, Gae Ward. Bibliography Cieslik, Jürgen and Marianne: German Doll Encyclopedia 1800 – 1939 Coleman, Dorothy,Elizabeth Ann, Evelyn Jane: The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls Volumes 1 & 2 and The Collector’s Book of Doll Clothes: Costumes in Miniature 1700 – 1929 Gräfnitz, Christiane: German Papier-Maché Dolls 1760 – 1860 Krombholz, Mary Gorham: A Pictorial Reference Guide for German Chinas McGonagle, Dorothy A: The Dolls of Jules Nicolas Steiner Sura, Agnes: A Motschmann By Any Other Name From Doll News, Summer 1995 Original catalog pages from the Coleman Collection Pate, Alan Scott: Ningyō: The Art of the Japanese Doll, and Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyō

This 9 1/2” Steiner is marked Serie A. 3/0. Her body is just like Jerome’s. Her owner has kindly photographed her nude, with her Au Nain Bleu sticker as well as modeling her wonderful outfit. Nancy Smith photograph

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La Poupée Bien Elevée – The Well-Bred Doll The Joys of Cross-Collecting By Samy Odin

Le Moniteur de la Mode, April 1846. Hand-colored Jules David-signed fashion engraving features a springtime stroll by two beautifully-gowned ladies taking in the view from a terrace. PRIVATE COLLECTION

hen one asks a doll collector which objects are featured in his or her collection, most of the time, it is better to expect a long, complex response. Yes, extensive and involved. Often, when dolls are the main focus of a collection, myriad other “collectibles” are gathered around the “plat de résistance” of each ensemble. How to resist doll-related children’s books, for example? How not to feel attracted by those exquisite images from the past that represent dolls of the kind we all enjoy collecting in their three-dimensional form? This is how I started amassing children’s literature pertaining to dolls. The ﬁrst title I found, back in the 1980s, was La Poupée Bien Elevée. It is the story of a doll written by Madame Julie Delafaye-Bréhier during the late 1840s. A proliﬁc author who was Nantes-born in 1785 and died in 1850, she wrote 28

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July 1847, Le Moniteur de la Mode. Hand-colored fashion engraving signed by illustrator Jules David depicts a promenade with mother and children, all attired in high-styles of the day, accompanied by their regally-collared dog. PRIVATE COLLECTION

several children’s books that were very popular during the ﬁrst half of the 19th century. They were re-printed during the Second Empire. The daughter of merchant Jean Julien Marie Bréhier and his wife Marie Jeanne Pichon, she married a doctor, G. C. Delafaye, and moved to the Saintonge region adjacent to the Atlantic coast. There she became a protestant and began writing popular books for children in 1812. La Poupée Bien Elevée was illustrated by Jules David (18081892). This well-known artist was much appreciated in the United Kingdom for his watercolors. His primary income derived from illustrating books, particularly those meant for a young readership, and ladies magazines, such as Le Journal des Demoiselles, Le Journal des Jeunes Personnes and Le Moniteur de la Mode. His images were predominantly “gravure sur bois” (etched into wood), an intaglio printing process.

Twelve black and white plates, engraved by Trichon, grace this charming book, published in Paris by Paul Ducrocq, whose publishing company was located at 55 rue de Seine, on the left bank, in the district where many publishers were active during the 19th century. In 1853, Briton David Bogue, located at 86 Fleet Street in London, published a translation of this popular novel under the title The Well-Bred Doll. The translator is unknown, but her/his initials were “J. C.” Interestingly enough, the British version mentions that the same book, “The story of a doll which was brought up with the greatest care, and was taught to behave in every way like an amiable child,” could be ordered with “coloured pictures and

gilt edges.” Sadly, I have never been able to personally examine the deluxe colored version of this book. Looking at different editions of this novel, featured in the documentary section at Musée de la PoupéeParis, one can see that some plates illustrating the ﬁrst edition were slightly changed for the reprints, which were produced during the later years of Napoleon III’s reign. For example, the hairdos of some ladies were re-drawn in order to make those characters look more fashionable to the next generation. The text and most other illustrations were unchanged. Like many educational novels written for 19th century children, La Poupée Bien Elevée uses the character of ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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a play-doll as a pretext to share moral teachings. This book shows how at the time dolls were viewed as allies of adults in educating youngsters. Despite a plot that is rather simple and predictable, this novel reveals how dolls of that era looked and the ways they were used in everyday life. Lolotte, as she is named in the pages of this story (Lottie in the English version), is ﬁrst seen by Céline and Laurette, the two main characters, at the Fête de Vincennes, a street fair where numerous peddlers had tempting playthings on display. Among their offerings was this doll, which caught the two sisters’ attention. How is Lolotte described? From the ﬁrst chapter:”Belle Poupée vêtue de satin rose, avec une ceinture en argent, et un chapeau du meilleur gout” which translates, “A nice doll dressed in pink satin with a silver belt and wearing a hat of the best taste.” In the second chapter: “Elle avait une petite robe blanche et son

negligé était charmant. Un petit coffret était à côté, et renfermait toute sa garde-robe” which translates, “She wore a simple white dress with charming negligee (read ﬁchu). A small chest contained all her wardrobe.” These two sisters shared Lolotte, the older playing the role of “Mother” and the younger giving her voice and movements to the doll herself, in a ‘Let’s pretend’ game that lasts until the end of the novel. In the sixth chapter, the two sisters converse as follows: “Maman, allez-vous me mettre ma belle robe de mousseline à pois roses? Non, ma ﬁlle; il ne faut pas tant de parure pour déjeuner avec ses amis. Voici votre robe de percale et votre pantalon brodé; c’est tout ce qu’il faut.” “Mother, will you have me wear my nice muslin dress with pink dots? No, my child, it’s not proper to be as dressy to simply have lunch with your friends. Here is your 30

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percale dress and your embroidered pantaloon, this is all you need.” “Allez chercher vos brodequins de coutil.” “Go look for your twill shoes.” “Voilà un ruban rose, il ira bien avec le chapeau rond doublé aussi en rose.” “Here is a pink ribbon to match the round hat also lined in pink.” “Oui maman, je vais chercher mes gants et ma petite ombrelle.” “Yes mother, I’m going to take my gloves and my small umbrella” Aside from a brief mention of an extra “robe de merinos,” a “merino wool dress,” in the seventh chapter, no other

descriptive sentence helps shed further light on Lolotte’s appearance. However, the engravings show a few more details and accessories belonging to this doll of the Romantic era. When Lolotte visits with friends, they are served coffee, seated at a table where: “Le café fut servi dans de belles tasses d’étain ﬁn, brillantes comme de l’argent, et grandes comme des coquilles de noix.” “Coffee was served in beautiful tinware cups, as shiny as silver and as big as a nut shell.” In the last chapter, Lolotte is placed in a metal cradle, like those manufactured by Huret, which was lined with lace and muslin. Next to the cradle, one sees a doll carriage with folding top. It contains pillows and a mattress. Assuming the engraved illustrations are as realistic as they ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Wedding gowns were requisite wardrobe elements for dolls of high quality, particularly those with papier-mâché heads produced by the German company of Andreas Voit. This silk gown and veil worn by an 1840s closed mouth 18-inch example with black glass eyes includes the traditional wreath of orange flowers, which were created in wax. © Musée de la Poupée-Paris

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Play dolls could be found in regional costume. Representing a young girl or bride from France’s picturesque coastal Atlantic region of Saintonge/Poitou-Charentes, this 17-1/4-inch doll has meticulously painted, uniformly defined features. © Musée de la Poupée-Paris

look with respect to human fashions, the representation of Lolotte suggests a paper-mâché-headed doll with, most likely, a leather body. At the time, socalled “poupées empeaussées” were the most popular in France. Since Lolotte was bought from a peddler, she is unlikely to have been a poured wax doll made in England, since those luxury models were mainly offered for sale in upscale toy stores. Nor could Lolotte be a porcelain-headed doll with molded hair, since the engravings show her with slightly different changing hairdos as the story progresses. Finally, bisque-headed poupées hadn’t yet appeared on the market at that time, so Lolotte definitely can’t be a Parisienne. Like later bisque-head ‘poupées,’ Lolotte owns a wardrobe and refined accessories that reflect her social milieu. Céline and Laurette seem to grow up with bourgeoisie values. These characters’ names as well as the way they dress and behave suggest a middle class upbringing, probably inspired by the childhood of the author herself. Among dolls featured in the permanent collections at Musée de la Poupée-Paris, a few could match Lolotte’s type. The first we acquired from Christie’s, during the period when our friend Olivia Bristol was head of the doll department. It has painted features, wears a human hair wig (which is glued onto the domed head) and is graced by a most exquisite party dress that matches the fancy fabric shoes this doll still wears.

Another French poupée empeaussée with papermaché head, exhibiting Andreas Voit characteristics, is dressed in its original wedding gown with a cut typical of the 1840s. The third example is a delicate plaything showing off her Saintonge traditional costume, which would have been worn on festive days by women of the region where Julie DelafayeBréhier once lived. Finally, the fourth and more modest doll has a paper-mâché head with leather body and wooden lower limbs. She is still wearing an original everyday garment similar to what one sees on dolls in peasant attire from the era when La Poupée Bien Elevée was ﬁrst published. Having confessed my avid habit of crosscollecting, I wish you all to experience the same compulsion and thereby derive even more satisfaction from your collecting passions.

Remarkably well-preserved, this 16-1/2-inch papier-mâché shoulder head retains its original braided human hair wig. The flowing gauze dress with silver embellishment is typical of the mid-1850s. © Musée de la Poupée-Paris

Other books by Julie Delafaye-Bréhier include: Petit-Jules le sauteur, ou histoire d’un enfant enlevé par des baladins, Les Six nouvelles de l’enfance, Théâtre de l’enfance, Les Trois orphelines, nouvelles veillées du château, Les Nouvelles nouvelles de l’Enfance, Raoul, ou le disciple reconnaissant, Les enfants de la providence, Le Collège incendié ou les écoliers en voyage. It is interesting to observe that the original title in French, focusing on how well-educated Lolotte was, which would best translate today as “WellBehaved Doll,” is changed in English into a doll that is “well-bred.” This subtle difference underscores plaything’s social status more than the role it was meant to assume in the moral education of children. Acknowledgments: The author wishes to express his gratitude to Lori Santamaura for her precious help with this project, photographer Jean Dalmard and publisher Reverie for the use of photos featured in the book “Fascinating Dolls from the Musée de la Poupée-Paris.”

This 8-inch example dating from the mid-nineteenth century is clothed in a vibrant red traditional costume and has a solid papier-mâché head with delicately painted features, leather body with wooden lower limbs. © Musée de la Poupée-Paris

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Fabulous 6” Mignonnette. Pale Bisque. Blue eyes. CM. Superb modeling. Orig. long blonde Couture, Black, Factory mohair wig. Orig. 11” Simon and Early peg strung. Halbig 739; one of the Rare bare feet. earliest of the Simon Cupped hands. and Halbig›s dolls. Smiling lips. Orig. Brown toned body Old pale aqua in excellent condition. coat dress with Straight wrists. Br. SE, old undergarments. Pierced ears. OM with One of the most teeth. Orig. black mohair wig in curls. Wonderful modeling. All orig. red dress with beautiful Mignonnettes hand stitching. Orig. straw and red matching that I have ever seen. $3,550. hat. Red socks and brown leather shoes. A true treasure, a wonderful ﬁnd. $2,850.

15” Couture Steiner, Fire A. Rosy cheeks, fabulous modeling. DK blue eyes. Fly away brows. Dimple in chin. Long blonde hair. Sweet lips. Long lashes. Mint and Factory orig. DK purple silk dress and hat with lace inset plus lace on hat. Numbered black French shoes with buckles. Crocheted socks. Pierced ears with orig. earrings. Wears First Place National ribbon for 1978. This doll has it all. $7,150.

13 “ Sonneberg child. She has the face of an early Portrait. Large almond shaped eyes. Bl. threaded eyes with blush under brows and cheeks. Blonde mohair wig. Pierced ears. CM. Old Br. wool dress with old wool red cape over body and head. Br. leather shoes with rosettes. You will LOVE this doll in your collection. $2,900.

16” Antique early Kestner XI. DK. Br. eyes. Soft creamy white bisque with rosy blush on cheeks. Long blonde hair. Early straight wrists. Orig. Steiner pate. Bl. cotton dress with old lace. Elaborate French presentation hat. Antique leather white boots. Great price of only $5,250.

5” All Bisque. BR. glass eyes. OM. with teeth. DK. BR. mohair wig with silk pink bow in hair. Old ﬂowered dress, hand sewn. Pink silk ribbon at waist. Black Mary Janes. Sweet little girl. $750.

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ATTIC TREASURES By Mary Krombholz

ith each passing year it is more and more difficult to locate antique German dolls dressed in original clothing because exposure to light and changing temperatures can so easily damage fabric. Therefore, it is an exciting occurrence to have the opportunity to study a group of dolls that were stored in a fourth-floor attic for over a hundred years. As my friend unwrapped each of the 40 dolls, I marveled at the pristine condition of each piece of clothing, wig and accessory. I felt like I was in a time bubble, and it was 1900 instead of 2013. I have chosen 21 of these antique German dolls to picture in this article, and with one exception, the dolls are dressed exactly as they were originally dressed at each Thuringian doll factory. The bald parian shoulder head on this 15-inch doll (1) was made by the Alt, Beck & Gottschalck porcelain factory in Thuringia. The facial features include typical ABG brown, single-stroke eyebrows which thicken in the center, red and black eyelid definition lines, partially outlined 36

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irises with glazed black pupils, white highlight on the top left side of each iris and a closed mouth with a darker red accent line between the lips. The original cloth body on this doll was made by the Philip Goldsmith doll factory in Covington, Kentucky. Goldsmith bodies are recognizable by the small sticks inserted into each ﬁnger of the leather hands, as well as by the striped stockings and the pair of cotton tassels tied to the top of each laced boot. The doll is wearing an original wig, underwear, and clothing. Bands and rufﬂes of pink cotton accent the cotton dress and longer, matching underskirt. This 21-inch doll (2) is identical, except in size, to the doll in the preceding photograph. It also has a bald, ABG parian shoulder head mounted on an original Goldsmith body, and it is wearing an original wig, underwear and clothing. The bodies on the two dolls do not contain the printed corsets which were patented by Goldsmith on December 15, 1885. Philip Goldsmith made composition doll heads

3 and cloth doll bodies from 1870 until his death on July 12, 1894. The A.W. Fr. Kister porcelain factory in Scheibe-Alsbach, Thuringia made this glazed-porcelain shoulder head with a Flat Top hairstyle (3). The 19-inch doll, circa 1860s on, has a cloth body with leather arms. The facial features include the typical Kister singlestroke eyebrows, red and black deďŹ nition outlines of the eyelids, blue-painted irises without outlines or highlights and closed mouth. The doll is wearing original underwear, clothing, shoes and socks. This 4-inch glazed-porcelain Frozen Charlotte (4) was made by the Hertwig & Co. porcelain factory in Katzhuette, Thuringia. It has a Flat Top hairstyle, single-stroke eyebrows, outlined eyelids, blue-painted irises without outlines or highlights and a closed, heart-shaped mouth. The glazed-porcelain, attached body contains arms which are bent at the elbows, and legs which contain typical Hertwig blue-painted garter bows and gold-painted shoes. The doll, made circa 1880s on, is wearing an original cotton dress and underwear. A 16-inch Hertwig shoulder head (5) has a Low-Brow hairstyle and facial features which include single-stroke eyebrows, black outline of the upper eyelids, no outlines or highlights on the irises and a closed, heart-shaped mouth. The cloth body contains the bulbous lower legs and typical blue-painted garter bows which identify the doll as a Hertwig. The doll, circa 1880s on, is wearing an original cotton dress and underwear.

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7 The back of the head of this 14Â˝-inch Simon & Halbig bisque socket-head doll (6), circa 1887, is marked with the capital letters DEP. The facial features include multi-stroke eyebrows, hair upper eyelashes, lower painted eyelashes only, and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The doll has a fully-jointed composition body,an original wig, mechanical, side-glancing blue-glass eyes and two voice cords which hang on the right side of the body. The doll is wearing many layers of original clothing which include three pieces of lace-trimmed cotton underwear, a red wool skirt trimmed with a black velvet band, a net skirt with scallops, a lace-trimmed blouse tied at the elbows with red silk ribbon, a fringed scarf held in place with a silver rhinestone pin, a strand of pearls, a lace-trimmed bonnet featuring a large ribbon bow and original socks and shoes. The back of the head of this 8Â˝-inch bisque sockethead doll (7), with a 5-piece composition body, is marked: 1079/2/0//DEP//S&H. The facial features include brown, single-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes, and an open mouth with upper teeth. The Simon & Halbig doll, GM (Design Patent) 1892, is wearing an original wig, a black cotton dress and a bonnet trimmed with bands of bright-yellow cotton fabric. The bisque socket head on this 7-inch doll, GM 1895 (8), was made by the Gebrueder Kuehnlenz porcelain factory in Kronach, Thuringia. The back of head is marked with the

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10 9 Kuehnlenz trademark Sunburst enclosing the letters “GK,” as well as the mold numbers 44.15. The facial features include single-stroke eyebrows, stationary, brown-glass eyes, upper and lower painted eyelashes and an open mouth with upper teeth. The regional costume on the 5-piece, composition body includes a black cotton skirt and red cotton apron, a cotton blouse with lace-edged, elbow-length sleeves tied with red bows, and a black wool vest embellished with braid. The doll is also wearing an original wig with ribbon-tied pigtails, and an original hat tied with a black ribbon bow. The back of the bisque head of this 16-inch Kestner shoulder-head doll (9), circa 1897, is marked: I. 154. Dep. The facial features include multi-stroke eyebrows, traces of hair upper eyelashes,straight lower painted eyelashes only, and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The shoulder head is mounted on a kid body with bisque lower arms, which is pin-jointed at the shoulders, knees and hips. The doll is wearing an original mohair wig, underwear which includes pantalets with pink-silk ribbon woven through the lace edging, a pink cotton dress with lace insertions and lace trim on the neckline and sleeves, as well as original socks and shoes. The back of the head of this 12-inch Kestner bisque socket-head doll (10), GM 1897, is marked only with the size number 4½ 4½, but identical bisque heads are often

11 marked with the mold number 143. Author Jan Foulke provides the following information on this characterlike head in her book titled Kestner, King of Dollmakers: “This is a puzzling doll because it really is a character face, but it was in production in the late 1890s long before the character dolls of 1909 and thereafter were produced.” The facial features include light-brown, multi-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. Her kid body is pin-jointed at the shoulders, hips and knees and the bisque lower arms have beautiful dimpled hands. The doll is wearing an original mohair wig with curly bangs attached to a ﬂat, braided strip of hair, as well as original socks and shoes. The original clothing includes a pink-and-white checked skirt with crossed straps over the shoulders, and a lace-trimmed cotton blouse. The original cotton underwear includes eyelet-trimmed pantalets and a lace-trimmed petticoat. The bisque shoulder head on the 14-inch doll (11), circa 1890s, is marked with the Kestner conﬁguration of letters: G. made in Germany. The facial features include brown-glass sleep eyes, multi-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashesand an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The doll is wearing an original wig and clothing which includes a lace-trimmed cotton dress and bonnet, a lace-trimmed petticoat and pantalets, as well as original socks and shoes. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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A 14-inch Simon & Halbig doll (12), circa 1900, is wearing a French regional costume of Alsace, which includes lace-trimmed underwear, a maroon skirt trimmed with a black velvet band, a silk striped apron, a lace-trimmed cotton blouse, a black velvet vest embellished with braid and a large, black bow with streamers on her head. The doll has a fully-jointed composition body and is wearing an original mohair wig, striped socks and brown-leather shoes. The facial features on the bisque socket head include multi-stroke eyebrows, upper & lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The back of the head on this 12-inch bisque sockethead doll (13) with a jointed composition body, is marked: PR//1900. According to information in the Ciesliksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; German Doll Encyclopedia, the PR initials indicate that the Paul Rauschert porcelain factory in Huettensteinach made the head. Facial features include single-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, dark-brown, glass-sleep eyes and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The village of Huettensteinach adjoins Koeppelsdorf and Sonneberg. This doll is wearing an original Alsatian regional costume which includes a red silk skirt, a plaid silk apron tied with ďŹ&#x201A;owered silk ribbon, a cotton blouse trimmed with lace on the neckline and sleeves, a black velvet vest banded with 2 rows of braid and

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decorated with 8 pierced, gold metal circles. The doll is also wearing an original wig and large bow on her head, as well as original white cotton pantalets trimmed with eyelet, striped cotton socks, and red leather shoes. A bisque socket head 14-inch doll (14), with a fully jointed composition body, is marked: Made in Germany//Floradora//A./2/0./M. The facial features include light-brown, single-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The circa 1901 doll is wearing an original mohair wig and an original Alsatian regional costume which includes a light-orange wool skirt trimmed with 2 velvet bands, a cotton blouse trimmed with lace on the neckline and sleeves, a fringed apron, a black velvet vest decorated with pearls, ďŹ&#x201A;at leaves, circles and a star, a large, patterned silk hair bow made of the same material as the apron, striped socks and maroon leather shoes. The bisque socket head on this 9-inch doll (15), with a 5-piece composition body, is marked K(star) R//21 (centimeters). According to information in my 1911 Kaemmer & Reinhardt 25th Anniversary booklet, Simon & Halbig dolly-face heads like this example were designed by Ernst Kaemmer circa 1902, and made for K&R during the following two decades. The facial features include brown, single-stroke eyebrows, upper

and lower painted eyelashes, dark-brown, glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. The doll has an original blonde mohair wig and the original clothing includes a red and blue patterned coat and matching hat trimmed in beige-colored lace. An 8Â˝-inch bisque-head doll (16), circa 1902 on, has a 5-piece composition body. The back of the head is marked: K(star)R//21. The facial features include brown, single-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, dark-blue, glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. The doll is wearing an original mohair wig, underwear which includes pantalets tied with red silk ribbons, a dress made of patterned cotton with a lace-edged neckline and sleeves, painted socks and 2-strap, reddish-brown painted shoes with low heels. The back of the head on this 6-inch bisque sockethead doll (17), circa 1902 on, is marked S&H//K(star) R//15. The facial features include brown, single-stroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, darkblue, glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with upper teeth. The 5-piece composition body has black-painted socks and 2-strap, reddish-brown shoes with low heels. The doll is wearing an original mohair wig and clothing which includes a white crocheted hat, sleeveless vest, jacket, full skirt and underpants; all of which have paleblue crochet as a decorative edging. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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A 28-inch bisque socket-head doll, circa 1902 on, has a fully-jointed composition body with separate ball joints at the shoulders, elbows and knees. The back of the head is marked: HALBIG//K(star)R, and the neck is marked: 70 (centimeters). The facial features include brown, multistroke eyebrows, hair upper eyelashes, upper and lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes and an open mouth with 4 upper teeth. The upper and lower lips are partially outlined in a darker shade of red. The K&R doll (18) is wearing an original wig, bonnet, chemise, petticoat and pantalets, as well as original socks and brown-leather boots with ball-shaped metal buttons. This is the only doll pictured in this article which is not wearing an original factory dress over her original underwear. This pair of Shilling composition shoulder-head dolls (19), circa 1900, are 11½ and 19 inches tall. They have the cloth bodies and composition lower arms and legs typically found on dolls made by this Sonneberg doll factory. Original mohair wigs cover the dome-shaped heads. Both dolls doll have similar facial painting with multistroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, dark-brown, glass sleep eyes and open mouth with 2 lower teeth. The 11-1/2 inch doll is wearing an original

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wig and clothing which includes a lace-trimmed chemise and pantalets, a lace-trimmed petticoat and a long, lacetrimmed baby dress. The lace-trimmed bonnet is tied with a blue-ribbon bow. The short wool jacket has scalloped edges decorated with embroidery. The 19-inch doll is also wearing an original short, curly mohair wig. The original clothing includes an off-white long wool petticoat with scalloped edged trimmed with decorative white embroidery, a long, lace-trimmed dress and white, crocheted booties with pink bows. This 11½-inch bisque socket-head character boy (20) was made by the Gebrueder Heubach porcelain factory in Lichte, Thuringia circa 1910. The back of the head is marked: 1//Germany. The facial features include multistroke eyebrows, upper and lower painted eyelashes, blue-glass sleep eyes and a closed, pouty mouth. The doll has a fully-jointed composition body and an original mohair wig. He is wearing original clothing which includes brown-velvet knee pants with gold metal buttons, a matching jacket with gold metal buttons, a large, lightbrown cotton collar edged with 2 rows of white braid, a large ﬂat hat with a brown-silk ribbon headband, as well as original brown socks and leather shoes. Credits: Private Doll Collection. Doll Photographs by Tony Arrasmith.

THE RARE PAIR

Celluloid Marie and Peter by Kammer & M Reinhardt

ost doll collectors are familiar with the bisque head dolls by the Kammer & Reinhardt doll company. The company made both bisque dolly-faced dolls and character-faced dolls. The character dolls are quite endearing and especially by Margo Delaughter sought after by collectors. However, the company Celluloid heads made of composition, did not produce and market Marie & Peter celluloid and even cloth. just dolls with bisque heads, Courtesy Some of the Kammer & but used other materials for Marilyn Parsons Reinhardt bisque character the heads as well. This article dolls’ celluloid heads were is about two popular supplied by the Rheinische character dolls, Marie and Gummi und Celluloid Fabrik Peter, whose heads are Company whose turtle mark celluloid instead of is recognized by celluloid bisque. doll collectors. Many of Ernst Kammer these character dolls can and Franz Reinhardt be found today with the founded the Kammer exception of this rare pair & Reinhardt doll with celluloid heads. company around 1885 Opening night of the in Waltershausen, salesroom at any UFDC Thuringia, Germany. Convention is always Their doll production one of excitement for lasted until 1932. Their buyers as well as sellers. early dolls were made Such was the case at of wax and later of bisque. the 2013 convention in The company designed the Washington, DC. I was molds for their bisque dolls’ following a fellow club heads, but most of the heads member down the long themselves were supplied by rows of merchandise Simon & Halbig as Kammer & when she spotted two Reinhardt did not have its own dolls in one seller’s booth. porcelain factory. Other companies Much to my delight she pointed that also supplied their bisque out Kammer & Reinhardt’s Marie and dolls’ heads included Kling and Peter with celluloid heads. I had seen Schuetzmeister & Quendt. The both Marie and Peter in my book on Kammer & Reinhardt doll company celluloid dolls, but had never seen any proved to be quite successful examples outside the covers of that book. Finding either and by 1920 the company had acquired both the Heinrich Marie or Peter with a celluloid head is rare, but ﬁnding Handwerck and Simon & Halbig doll factories. both dolls together is almost unbelievable. The purchase The Kammer & Reinhardt dolly-faced dolls with bisque was quickly made as neither one of us thought the dolls heads on ball jointed composition bodies or kid bodies were would remain in the booth for very long. made from 1886 to 1909. Then, when in 1908 the Munich Art Now that my friend had the dolls in her possession dolls introduced the character doll movement, Kammer & and we were able to examine them closely, we both Reinhardt developed their own line of character dolls. As wondered if any appeal was lost when the mold was stated earlier, the company used many different materials reproduced in celluloid. In order to answer that question besides bisque for their doll heads. After 1909 these included ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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it was necessary to look at the bisque head Marie and Peter for comparison. The mold 101 was used for both Marie and Peter. Whether the doll was Marie or Peter depended on wig style and costuming. The 101 mold gives the doll a slightly pouty look that is quite appealing. A lovely example of Marie is shown here. The doll is 19 inches tall and her bisque head is mounted on a composition ball jointed body. She has blue painted smooth eyes, closed slightly pouty mouth and original reddish brown mohair wig with snail braids around each ear. There is a black line defining her upper lid and single stroke eyebrows. The back of her head is marked: K*R 101. An example of the mold 101 dressed as Peter has a short blonde mohair boy’s wig. He is 16 inches tall and his bisque head, like Marie’s, is mounted on a composition balljointed body. A close-up of his head allows us to see his crisp “first out of the mold” features with blue painted smooth eyes with deeply molded upper eyelids outlined in black, single stroke eyebrows and closed mouth. Like Marie, the back of his head is marked K*R 101. This mold must have been popular as several versions of this bisque doll were produced. Below, a flocked haired Peter and two examples of Marie, with both painted and glass eyes. If Kammer & Reinhardt used different hair styles and eye techniques, why not a different material for the dolls’ heads? This brings us to our “rare pair”. The celluloid heads of both Marie and Peter described in this article have a matte finish and are quite brittle. This may be why we do not find many in existence today. Couple that with the combustible nature of celluloid and it is any wonder that any celluloid dolls produced during this period survived. Celluloid head Marie shown in her original dark blonde mohair center-parted wig has snail braids around each ear. I can’t say if her outfit is original, but the material is of the period and very detailed. It was either factory made or sewn by a skilled seamstress. One can see in Marie’s close-up that the facial molding is wonderfully clear in celluloid. She has a slightly pouty mouth and molded eyelids. Her brown painted smooth eyes are topped with single stroke eyebrows. The back of her head is marked: K*R, turtle symbol, 701. Her counter-part, Peter, has features even “crisper” than Marie’s. He is 14 inches tall and is dressed in a coordinating outfit. If we look 46

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Bisque head Marie Courtesy Marilyn Parsons

Bisque head Peter Courtesy Vicki Kutz, Victoria’s Doll House

Bisque head Peter with flocked hair and two examples of Marie, a painted eye and glass eye. Courtesy Rick Saxman

at the close-up of his face we can see how beautifully the 101 mold was reproduced in celluloid. His short boyish cut wig is a reddish brown in color and his brown painted smooth eyes are topped with single stroke eyebrows. His lips are pink and slightly pouty. He too is marked: K*R, turtle symbol, 701. Shirley Buchholz’s book, “A Century of Celluloid Dolls,” has another version of Marie in celluloid. The doll pictured in the book on page 76 is 15 inches in height and is the celluloid shoulder head version. She is on a kid body that has cloth lower legs and celluloid forearms. This Marie has blue intaglio eyes with molded lids and painted lid lines. Her wig is of brown mohair with the familiar snail braids. She is marked on the back of the shoulder: unframed turtle, K*R, 301. Even Celluloid Celluloid in celluloid Kammer & Reinhardt did not Marie Peter make just one version. Was any appeal lost when the 101 mold BIBLIOGRAPHY was reproduced in celluloid? Opinions will vary, but this Buchholz, Shirley; A Century of Celluloid Dolls; Hobby House Press, Inc; 1983 Kammer & Reinhardt Dolls 1886-1932 German; www.dollreference.com/ writer does not think the celluloid versions are any less kammer_reinhardt_dolls.html appealing. These are two wonderful dolls that can be Krombholz, Mary Gorham; The Story of German Doll Making 1530-2000; Hobby enjoyed in both bisque and celluloid. House Press; 2001

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Ribbons: A Competition Experience By Kathy Meador

any people attend the annual UFDC convention and never enter one of their prized dolls in competition. Whether this is due to lack of information concerning the process, or reluctance to transport their valuable dolls, or just shyness regarding competing, is an interesting question. At the most recent convention in Washington, I decided to jump in the fray, and I would like to share my positive and also hair-raising experiences. Hopefully, you will feel enabled to try yourself this next year. I actually first entered dolls in the 2012 competition in New Orleans as I could take them easily in the car. I was thrilled to win a first with this paper doll! Happily, I won some ribbons, but I also lost out on several due to my notorious reluctance to read the directions. So, this year, armed with the school of hard knocks knowledge, I tackled this year’s competition in Washington to try to exceed my first haul of ribbons. Determined to outdo myself, I added dolls to my travel inventory until I had five dolls to tempt the gods of fortune. I felt that I finally had a grasp on how to enter because this year I decided to read and re-read the instructions. Knowledge is an enabling thing! So my first tidbit of advice is to understand the category in which you want to enter your doll. If the category states the doll must be German with a closed mouth, then obviously, you should not enter your Handwerck 109. The categories vary slightly from year to year, so don’t think that there will automatically be a category for that favorite hard plastic or treasured German doll. This is designed to keep the competition fresh each year. Make sure that you understand all elements of the description. The first year, I somehow neglected to note that to enter a doll in the “paper doll created by competitor category,” the doll had to be a certain size. I spent the entire summer leading up to the convention drawing and redrawing a doll representing a “French Historical figure.” I researched many historical people before deciding on Vigee LeBrun’s daughter. (Vigee was Marie Antoinette’s portrait artist). I proudly toted that doll into the competition only to sadly discover the next day that I had drawn it two inches too large and it had to be eliminated. This year, I made sure it was the correct size, and I even called to clarify instructions. Result? The Kestner XI snagged a third, likely because her clothing was antique but replaced (originality factor). A blue ribbon at Washington. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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My Bye-Lo took a second, the blue ribbon doll being much rarer.

Understanding how the dolls are judged will really affect how you choose the dolls you enter. I had the opportunity to speak with a judge after the competition. She spoke of the acronym R.O.C.A. which is code for the elements used in judging: Rarity, Originality, Condition and Appearance. This is roughly the order in how the dolls are weighted during scoring, meaning rarity is the factor that lends the most points. This explains why you will sometimes see a bedraggled doll proudly wearing a first place ribbon that she earned because of rarity and originality standing next to a lovelier example that is bereft of a ribbon. Let’s say you decide to enter dolls at this coming year’s competition in San Antonio. First, you need to read over the Competition Booklet that is sent out when you sign up for convention. Very carefully study each category to decide where your doll will best fit in and stand out. She may qualify for more than one category but where will she best fit into qualifying for rarity, originality, condition and appearance? This year I had a little all-original wigged glass-eyed bisque Bye-lo that fit into two categories, but I went with the one that I felt had the best chance of standing out and it paid off with a second place ribbon.

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The doll that won first place was a harder-to-find doll (there’s that rarity factor) and deserved the blue ribbon. In certain events like “Costuming by Competitor,” it is extremely important that you are aware of what the judges want. Originality, technical skill and appearance are paramount. Last year, I casually decided to create a costume and all the accessories and was still sewing parts of it until I had to carry it downstairs into the competition showroom! Since I had neglected to research this category well, I did not realize that the judges are actually not only looking at the total effect of the costume, but also, the technical skills (i.e., French seams) and precision sewing skills. When I saw the entries, I felt fortunate to be given a fourth place. Because I hate not doing well, I decided to sharpen my skills and was rewarded with a third place ribbon this year. Next year, I aim for a second place! After making your selections, carefully fill out the form that comes with your convention packet and mail it by the correct date to the director of either modern dolls or the antique dolls, depending on where your categories lie. In my case, I had entries for both divisions. Ensure accuracy when stating how much the doll is worth for insurance purposes. After a few weeks, you will receive the competition tags to put on your dolls. Keep up with these! Now is a great time to fill out the 4”x6” index cards sometimes requested to describe your doll. Be sure to be honest in your description. It will be a flag to the judge if you write ”perfect bisque” when there is an obvious hairline or if you say it has its original outfit when it was obviously bought from DollsR-Us. Make sure your doll is in her best condition – iron her clothes if needed or repair a distracting torn seam. Of course, making sure she is clean helps. Think like you were taking your child to church. Your next task is deciding how to transport your dolls. Since we still cannot beam them up a la “Star Trek”, you have to decide whether to ship them there to yourself at the hotel, drive them there yourself, or (don’t faint) fly on the airplane with them! Let me assure you, this option is not for the faint hearted or for the poor planner. Before you do anything, if you have valuable dolls, you should really check into getting insurance. My insurance covers leaving the house with them, but check your policy. Driving is obviously the easiest option—pack them well to prevent injury and lock your car when you stop for road trip snacks. I have not tried the second option yet, which is to ship them to the hotel, but I spoke with some folks that did. Obviously, pack them well and insure them. I would imagine that alerting the hotel might be important also. I would check with the Post Office or Fed Ex to nail down that delivery date, too. As I said, there is a third option and that is to take them on the airplane with you. If you have a heart condition, or are a little on the excitable side, this may or may not work. Since I had to fly to Washington, I blithely chose this option. Let me begin by saying there are several things you may want to consider. First up:

your suitcase(s). I chose to take two – one for my clothes and one for my dolls. With my husband standing over me with a “You have really lost it” look, I packed and repacked that doll suitcase over and over to make sure my babies were going to go in comfort. I just threw my clothes in the other suitcase as if they were tennis balls. Of course, I had not considered how I was going to lug around those two big bags. As soon as I got to the airport, I ditched the clothing bag to Southwest’s baggage handlers to check. Hopefully that suitcase would not take a detour to Hawaii… then, carefully lugging the doll suitcase around (oh, please don’t bump me, people) I got in the security line where the first hurdle came up – luckily, the security people did not think I was a lunatic when I told them I was hand carrying $6,000 worth of dolls and would they please be extra careful putting it through the machine. They were actually nice and assured me while I hovered over them. Getting the suitcase into the overhead bin was the next snafu. It was heavier than I expected and I nearly toppled it on a poor lady’s head but finally lurched it into place and zealously watched the other travelers to make sure they did not knock it about while arranging theirs. After landing and retrieving my other suitcase, my roomie and I found a shuttle for the hotel. There were several people on the shuttle with various hotel destinations. We were the first to be let off and the driver placed our suitcases on the ground. Trying to focus on my manners, I was searching my purse to give him a tip when he took off for the other hotels. Shrugging, I reached for my suitcases when I came to the realization that he had left a larger one than mine for me. OH NO! You guessed it – he had my dolls! I ran as fast as my 60-year-old legs could go, but the shuttle vanished into rush hour Washington traffic. Dejected, I dragged some unknown man’s suitcase full of boxer shorts (no name tag anywhere) into the hotel and called the shuttle company. Put on hold, it took an hour to reach someone. Finally, they told me that the shuttle driver would return “tomorrow” with my suitcase and pick up the other man’s. Now normally I would have considered wearing boxers for a day, but in this case, my answer was to get some backbone and say that that was unacceptable. Surprisingly, that worked and two hours later, the cranky driver returned with the kidnapped dolls. At this point, I do think I cried a little even though my husband had tried to reassure me on the phone, “But they are insured, honey.” It was a sense of great relief when the time came to actually check them into competition. There is a designated check in time of about two hours and you must do it then. Naturally, everyone will cram unto the elevators at the same time to enter them at the beginning of the entry period. I learned from the previous year that if you wait until the last half hour, the line is not so long and your arms will thank you. The clerks are excellent volunteers and know where each category is located. They are sensitive to the value of your dolls and will

My doll in the costuming division placed third which actually thrilled me. This doll was a tribute to my maternal grandfather who was a “newsie” (newsboy) as a child in order to avoid being slated to working in the coal mines in Ohio. Although he never received higher education, he ultimately became the editor of his town’s newspaper. To create his 1912 look, I taught myself how to knit to make his sweater; I made his newsboy cap, his news bag and the miniature copies of his newspaper, his pet mouse, his boots and socks and knickers, suspenders and shirt. Oh, and the miniature political pins I forgot to pin on him. My biggest reward was not the ribbon, but my mom’s tears when she saw the doll, a Dianna Effner “Little Darling” that uncannily closely resembled my grandfather as a child. Worth all the effort!

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My Depose Jumeau won a third. Although she was all original and lovely, there were several entries in this particular category, including the very doll that won the President’s Choice Award, a spectacular Jumeau dressed as a Pierrot, a very unusual costume (remember about that rarity factor).

help you. However, realize that because of the value of all the items, no one can carry in any extra bags, and that includes your wallet, so leave it elsewhere or with a friend. You will not be permitted to touch anyone’s dolls but your own, but you can set yours down and take the time to arrange them to good advantage. Make sure you have included everything that needs to be with the doll. You will be thanked for entering your items and given a token of appreciation – tickets for the Helpers. Undoubtedly, you are a much more organized planner than I, and you will not encounter some of the pitfalls into which I tripped. Be organized, be informed, be generous and enter your dolls – the experience is worth the time and the worry, especially when you ﬁnally enter the competition room and realize that your dolls are in rariﬁed air! Maybe next time I will tell you the story of getting home…

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The earliest Daisy, still tied in her original box, wearing chemise, socks and shoes, was a Kestner 171. The dolls measured 18 inches.

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ettie Lane was the name of a paper doll series by Shelia Young that ran in the Ladies Home Journal (LHJ) beginning in 1908. In December, 1910 the magazine’s editorial page first mentioned that a Lettie Lane doll would soon come to life. That doll was Daisy and to receive her a child had to sell three subscriptions and in return she would receive Daisy in a chemise, shoes and socks as well as patterns for all the outfits worn by Daisy in that month’s paper doll page. Like Bleuette in France, Daisy taught little girls how to sew, an important skill in the early years of the 20th century. The first Daisy dolls were mold 171 by Kestner and the second order were dolls from Heinrich Handwerck with heads by Simon and Halbig. 56

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www.frizellburgantiques.com Susie Q and Bobby Q by M. Alexander all original 13” $495 pr. We also carry a quality line of antiques, textiles, furniture and jewelry. 30 years of experience where you can buy or sell with confidence. Laura Turner, proprietor, 1909 Old Taneytown Rd., Westminster, MD 21158. Open Thurs- Sun 11-5. Call us with your wants, we have an ever-changing inventory 410-848-0664 or 410-875-2850.

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Two Sylvia MacNeil Workshops

Personalized instruction by Sylvia herself! 19th Century Sewing Techniques to construct Chiffonnette’s Pink Silk Ensemble with Chemisette! The Highlight of the Paris Special Exhibit! April 4-5-6, 2014

Hat Workshop Choice of 2 Hat styles constructed from antique straws and trims. May 31 & June 1, 2014 Amicalola Falls Lodge, North GA To register or for more information contact: Mary Ann Byers 706-636-4321o or email: mabyers382@aol.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Auction Gallery

Wonderful 14” early china lady with molded bun

Morphy March 2014 Doll Sale

Elegant 19” “Morning Glory” china lady

Impressive 20 ½” papiermâché lady with exposed ears and molded barrette

Auction Gallery cont. from page 15

Desirable Schoenhut “Tootsie Wootsie”

Splendid 18” Cloth Izannah Walker prepatent model, Central Falls, RI, Ca. 1850 Exquisite 26” Jumeau triste bébé with signed Jumeau shoes Charming Schoenhut “Mary Had a Little Lamb” set

orphy Auctions March 22, 2014 premiere doll auction will showcase the multigenerational collection of the Foote family of Maryland. Doll collectors in the Washington D.C. suburbs are very familiar with Iverna and Irving Foote, as they were very active members of the Dollology Club, UFDC convention attendees, and regulars at the Gaithersburg Doll Show. However, the Foote collection is actually the legacy of Irving’s mother, Dorothy Budde Foote from Medina, Ohio. She joined her ﬁrst doll club in 1940, though her doll collecting had started even before that with oriental dolls that she had bought so that she could use them in her Sunday School classes at her church. Then piqued by a cover of Antiques magazine, she became interested in antique dolls. She was fortunate to be able to attend the lst annual UFDC convention in 1950. Her sister Bertha Budde took up doll dressing, and many of the dolls in the Foote collection were costumed by “Aunt Bea.” Dorothy had ﬁve children. All of them shared in the dispersal of her collection when she died, but only two actively continued her love of doll collecting: her son, Irving, and her daughter, Dorothy Foote Mishler. Dorothy resides in Wooster, Ohio, and is still a member of UFDC. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Irving’s wife, Iverna, shared his interest in collecting. Upon the foundation of the dolls inherited from his mother, they built a remarkable and diverse collection with a strong emphasis on early china dolls and wooden Schoenhut dolls and toys, but also including French bébés and fashions as well as early cloth, papier-mâché and parian dolls. They enjoyed pursuing their doll collecting interest together, planning vacations that included visits to doll and antique shops, going to auctions, and attending conventions, as well as the usual vacation activities. Irving also enjoyed photography, and combined his two hobbies by photographing dolls and giving talks to help collectors learn how to take better pictures of their dolls. The Foote family legacy is being enthusiastically continued by third generation collector Mary Foote, daughter of Irving and Iverna. Mary was encouraged in her collecting by her grandmother, who would make presents of dolls to her. Irving Foote passed away in 2004, and at 94 years old, Iverna has moved to an assisted living facility where she has space to display only a few treasured dolls. Mary has chosen some of her parents’ dolls to enter her own collection, and other Foote family members have selected dolls as mementos. Now the remainder of the Foote collection will be offered to doll collectors around the world.

Fabulous 13” Bru Brevete

Remarkable Kathe Kruse “Hampelchen” Doll XIIH

Spectacular 17” Simon & Halbig IV

Outstanding 16” Kathe Kruse Doll I

omplementing the Foote Collection will be an extensive private collection from Europe, which reﬂects the owner’s love of children. Highlights are an impressive group of Kathe Kruse dolls, representing the whole spectrum of her career, including wistful Doll I models, smiling “Schlenkerchen,” sleeping and awake “Sand Babies,” and a boxed “Hampelchen.” Saucy and mischievous googlies abound, representing makers, such as Kestner, Heubach, Marseille, K*R, SFBJ, and Hertel Schwab. Not to be overlooked is a wide variety of Gebr. Heubach characters, showing the gamut of emotions from pouting to laughing, and several of the elusive SFBJ 252 pouty toddlers. K*R characters are represented by at least 12 different models with many multiples, including the desirable pouties. Happy toddlers and babies by various

Saucy JDK 221 googly

Very pouty 18” SFBJ toddler

Pouty 19” Schoenhut, all original

Laughing 17” Gebr. Heubach 5636

German factories add a touch of idealism to this group. From Maryland, comes a group of antique doll houses and miniatures, which feature a rare Tynietoy Farm house and a lovely selection of Tynietoy furniture. Other consignments from around the United States bring the auction total to about 700 lots. Do come, bring a few friends and plan to spend the whole day with dolls! Auction starts at 9 a.m. at Morphy’s gallery in Adamstown, PA, just ½ mile from the Reading/ Lancaster PA Turnpike exit. Preview everyday 9-4. All types of bidding are accepted – absentee, phone, internet and live gallery. To order catalog or arrange for phone bidding, call Morphy Auctions at 717-335-3435. For more information contact janfoulke@aol.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Auction Gallery Ivy Auctions March 15

Rohmer Poupee, 1857-1880, 20” French Fashion shoulderhead doll, antique clothing

Kley & Hahn #536 character doll, 14”

28” Pouty Heubach character doll, beautifully dressed in green velvet coat

vy Auctions, Inc., located in Laurens, South Carolina, will hold their annual spring auction on March 15 beginning at 9 a.m. EST. Along with their usual fare of 18th, 19th, 20th century vintage, select, period, and fine furniture and decorative accessories, they will be offering over 100 dolls, the majority coming from the collection of Jimmy Draper of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Draper has been a collector of dolls for sixty years. His passion for dolls started at an early age as he traveled throughout Europe and visited the finest doll collections, both private and public. He is an eclectic collector, and the dolls offered on March 15 reflect this. The auction will feature early chinas and parians, German character and French fashion

Madame Alexander, Cissy, all original with hat box and wrist tag, high color

Lilli (Bild Lilli of Germany) 11 1/2”, 1956, original outfit, high color

bisque, celebrity dolls from the 1930’s to 1960’s, Barbie, and rare B. Lilli as well as bears, toys, and a large collection of early bride and groom cake toppers. A complete catalog with pictures and descriptions will be available online approximately two weeks prior to the auction at IvyAuctions.com. For a complete listing of dolls offered or for answers to any questions, call Ivy Auctions at 864-682-2750. In addition to on-site bidding, phone, absentee, and online bidding will be available. For information regarding phone and absentee bids, call Ivy Auctions at 864-682-2750 or visit their website at IvyAuctions.com. Online bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com.

Theimer Auction March 29 in Paris

he upcoming auction, conducted by François Theimer, will include numerous important French bébés including Bru Jeune, Lioregraph Jumeau, a large group of Steiner Bébés (Figure and serie A-B-and C), a large group of small sized bébés by Jumeau, Steiner and Joanny, and a rare bébé Mothereau signed T.M. on the neck. Doll rooms, doll furniture and doll accessories, a trunk marked Au Nain Bleu, a Léopold Lambert Automaton, mechanical toys, etc. will be offered. At the time of this writing consignments are still be added every day. Visit www.theimer.fr for more information.

20-inch Tiburce Mothereau

24” Circle Dot Bru 62

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Size 13, Jumeau Triste, 24 inches

A “bird’s nest” French sewing necessaire, 7 inches, c. 1870, $3800.

Auction S Gallery Theriault’s January 12

A necessaire in the shape of a grand piano, 12 inches long by 7 inches high with lock and original key, $16,000.

Viennese sewing box with 19 miniature watercolor scenes, 9 inches, $22,000.

Napoleon III gilt sewing necessaire in the shape of a beehive, $4200.

unday, January 12 was a special day for doll collectors with two back to back auctions: the Hanne Büktas Collection of Antique Needlework Tools and Sewing Accessories, followed by Half Dolls and other Toilette Table Fancies from the Margaret Woodbury Strong holdings and the private collection of Vicki Lee Little, both part of Theriault’s three day auction extravaganza in Newport Beach, CA. Whoever thought sewing implements could be so beautiful or half dolls so detailed! Prices listed do not include the buyer’s premium. Theriault’s, PO Box 151, Annapolis, MD 21404. 800-638-0422 www.theriaults.com

Lady with Flowered Bonnet by Sohne, 6-1/2 inches, $5000.

Lady with Garland of Flowers, 6 inches, $17,500.

“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not,” by Goebel, 6-1/2 inches, $5500.

7-1/2 inch doll “Serving Cocoa” by Gebruder Heubach, $6250.

Aristocratic Lady with Cup of Tea, 9 inches, $6750.

Lady with Feathered Hat, by Sohne, 6-1/2 inches, $6200.

Dressel and Kister’s Lady with Basket of Flowers and Cherub on Head, 5-1/2 inches, $9750. Powder Puff Pierette with Pierrot and Harlequin, 8 inches, $5000. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Auction Gallery A

lovely early unsigned bebe, 28”, c. 1878, realized approximately $11,100 during Francois Theimer’s January 25 auction. Not shown is a rare Albert Marque doll body with the original bisque arms. It sold for nearly $20,500.

n early Jumeau bebe with pressed bisque head, closed mouth, pierced ears, the articulated body marked gold medal Paris, sold for approximately $11,800 during a recent Chartre auction. The Bru fashion, with blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, kid and wood body, realized $6900.

endy by Bruno Schmidt, 18”, the ball jointed composition body with original ﬁnish, sold for $11,000 and the rare Heubach 7975 character, 15”, with removable bonnet, brought $6600 at Sweetbriar Auctions during their February 1 sale.

We would like to thank the following auction houses for their participation:

17” unmarked French Fashion with swivel head and wood arms realized $4245 at the January McMasters Harris auction. The 24” (including stand) SFBJ Marquis Fumeur Automation brought $3520.

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Galerie de Chartres, 10 rue Claude BERNARD, ZA Le Coudray, BP 70129, 28630 Le coudray CHARTRES, Email: chartres@galeriedechartres.com McMasters Harris Apple Tree, 1625 W. Church Street, Newark, OH 43055, (740) 344-4282, www.mcmastersharris.com Sweetbriar Auctions, P.O. Box 37, Earleville, MD 21919, (410) 275-2094, E-mail: sweetbriar@live.com Theimer Auctions, 4 rue des Cavaliers, 89130 TOUCY France, Email: francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr

MARCH 2014

Another Great Toledo Doll Show Coming April 6 T he October 2013 show featured an incredible abundance of rare and high end antique and vintage dolls, yet those that came looking for artist and contemporary dolls were not disappointed. Well-known doll artists also displayed some amazing creations for consideration. Barbie and her friends from all decades made a grand appearance at the show as did those wonderful antique and artist teddy bears we all love to see. A few of our great dealers included Fritzi’s Antique Dolls (IL), Floyd Jones (IL) Sherry Dempsey (PA), Sue Brightwell (PA), Nancy McGlammery/Ed Pelton (PA), Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy Bears (IL) Diane Kirsch Smith (IN), Lorrie Dove (MI), Chuck & Barbara Buysse, Two Beth’s Dolls (OH), Bob Severns (IN) and Allen Cunningham/ Deana Ellis. We hope to see you our next show on April 6, 2014.

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Do You Have a Mystery Doll?

bought this doll in France or England over thirty years ago (she was vintage then). She appears to be entirely homemade; her costume, umbrella and stockings are all stitched by hand. No markings. She is a bit squeezable, but not ﬂexible – like there is fabric or some kind of stufﬁng inside. She is about 12 inches tall. I hope someone can help me! Email or call Jenny at 970.390.7204 riccabella@ comcast.net. Perhaps there is a doll in your collection that you and others have never seen before. Send us a high resolution photo and any information you have to antiquedoll@gmail.com (you may also send a print photo to Antique Doll Collector, P.O. Box 39, East Petersburg, PA 17520). If you can identify a mystery doll, write to us at the address or email above.

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Admission $5 ($1 off with ad)

Early bird entry available on show day with advance registration. Following are just a few of the many great dealers coming in from coast to coast. Check the web site for others & as well as hotel group rates. You won’t want to miss this one. Beth Ryan & Beth Karp/ 2 Beth’s Dolls (Ruby Lane)  Fritzi’s Antqiue Dolls (IL)  Geri Gentile (MI)  Ron & Robyn Martin / Straw Bear Antiques (GA)  Erika/Axel Pinkpank (IL)  Vivian Brady (Vivian’s Dolls)  Sue Brightwell (PA)  Mary Jo Koets (Mary JO’s Enchanted Doll Closet)  Linda Cantwell (IN)  Gail Lemmon (All Dolled Up)  Artist Deana Ellis (OR)  Allen Cunningham - Bethany Lowe Artist & Designer  Cynthia Oregon (LA)  Barbara Russell (SC)  Artist Bob Severns (Two Spirit Dolls)  Chuck & Barbara Buysse (MI)  Angela Simko (IN)  Donna Kirsch Smith (IN)  Sandy Johnson Barts (MI)  Sharon & Jan Napier (MI)  Joan Nagy (MI)  Lorrie Dove (Antique Doll Treasures - Ruby Lane)  Cindy Budin (OH)  Michael Wolk - Laniewski (MI)  Sonja Bryer (OH)  Ed Pelton/Nancy McGlamery (PA)  Joyce Kintner (PA)  Floyd Jones (IL)  Alora’s Attic - www.alorasattic.com & many many more.

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Calendar of Events

Send in your Free Calendar Listing to: Antique Doll Collector, c/o Calendar, P.O. Box 239, Northport, New York 11768 or Email: adcsubs@gmail.com. If you plan on attending a show, please call the number to verify the date and location as they may change.

10/19-4/6/14. Switzerland. Unique Special Exhibition. Private Marilyn. The Person Behind The Concept of Monroe. www. toy-worlds-museum-basle.ch.

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1 Escondido, CA. Doll Show. Church of the Resurrection Parish Center. Cameo Doll Club. Gwen Pogue. 619-460-4678. 1 Fletcher, NC. Doll Show. WNC Agricultural Center. Jackie Stone. 828-505-1577. www.AshevilleDollShow.com. 1-2 Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 410-357-8451. 443-617-3590. infodolls@comcast.net. 1 Punta Gorda, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Charlotte Harbor Event Center. Port Charlotte Doll Club. Merle Romer. 941-286-1446. 2 Oregon, IL. Doll Show. Historical Coliseum Building. JoAnn’s Dolls. 815-234-8332. joannLG@comcast.net. 2 Tucson, AZ. Collectible Toy Show. Tucson Expo Center. Tucson Miniature Automobile Club. 520-323-1848. 3 Gaithersburg, MD. Discovery Day Auction. MD Hilton. Theriault’s. 410-224-3655. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com. 7 Roseville, CA. Luncheon. Placer County Fairgrounds. Gold Rush Doll Collectors & Crossroads. Nancy Lazenby. 918-253-7740. 8 El Paso, TX. Doll Show. El Paso Holiday Inn. Sun Country Doll Folks of El Paso. Janna Daniels. 915-637-3438. 8 Fairhope, AL. Doll & Toy Show. Fairhope Civic Center. Eastern Shore Doll Study Club of Alabama. Ruth Ann Brett. 251-980-5958. 8 Lakeland, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Lake Mirror Center. Tropical Doll Study Club. Suzanne Watkins. 863-676-8886. Diane Milla. 863-644-1144. 8 Roseville, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Placer County Fairgrounds. Crossroads. www.dolls4all.com 8 Santa Barbara, CA. Doll Show. Earl Warren Showground. Santa Barbara Doll Club. Bonnie Dunlap. 805-733-1261. 9 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show Featuring Barbie Dolls. Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore. 310-386-4211. 9 Lansing, MI. Doll Show. Banquet & Conference Center of DeWitt. Sandy. 269-599-1511. SJBbetsys@comcast.net.

9 Maquoketa, IA. Doll & Toy Show. Jackson County Fairgrounds. Eastern Iowa Doll Shows. Sherryl Newton. 319-610-3534. 10 Annapolis, MD. Antique Doll Rendezvous Auction at Theriaults. 410-224-3655. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com. 15 Alexander, NY. Doll Show. Firemen’s Recreation Hall. Linda Vilsack. 585-482-0835. Helene Marlowe. 585-334-5536. 15 Laurens, SC. Antique & Collectible Doll Auction. Ivy Auctions. 864-682-2750. www.Ivyauctions.com. 15-16 Puyallup, WA. Doll & Bear Show. Puyallup Fairgrounds. Crossroads. www.dolls4all.com. 15 Rocky Mount, NC. Doll Show. Double Tree Gateway Centre. Knight SE Doll Shows. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com 15 Venice, FL. Doll Show. Woodmere Park. Venice Doll Club. Mary Falcone. 941-312-4568. 16 Dedham, MA. Doll & Toy Show. Holiday Inn. David Bornstein. 978-535-4811. www.bornsteinshows.com. 16 Houston, TX. Doll Show. Double Tree–Hilton Houston Hobby Airport Hotel. Bluebonnet Bebes of Houston. Linda Sieck. 713-283-5900. qsieck@sbcglobal.net. 17 Annapolis, MD. Rendezvous Auction at Theriaults-OOAKs from the Judene Hansen Collection. 410-224-3655. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com. 19-22 Houston, TX. Doll Convention. Marriott Hotel. Bay Area Doll Club of Texas. Becca Hisle. 281-614-0077. 22 Adamstown, PA. Doll Sale. Morphy Auctions. 717-335-3435. janfoulke@aol.com. 22 Chartres, France. Dolls & Accessories Auction. Galerie De Chartres. 33(0)2 37 88 28 28. (F) 33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@galeriedechartres.com. 23 Fort Wayne, IN. Doll & Bear Show. The Lantern. B&L Promotions. Linda Mangold. 419-228-4657. 23 Omaha, NE. Doll & Toy Show. 6005 Grove Street. Elaine Klein. 712-889-2154. porcdoll@wiatel.net. 29 Birmingham, AL. Doll Show. Trussville Civic Center. Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com. 29 Glendale, CA. Doll Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. Jewel City Doll Club. Dene Alcott. 818-248-4862. Debra Harrington. 661-298-7860. 29 Hendersonville, NC. Land O’Sky Doll Club Luncheon. The Cedars. Barbara Green. 828-388-1177. bgreenware@morrisbb.net.

WELCOME SPRING!

Come to the 166th Eastern National Doll Show and Sale! Join the UFDC in the Learning Room© to celebrate the end of ice and snow and the arrival of spring at the June 7 and 8, 2014 show in Gaithersburg, MD. Visit the Learning Room on Saturday and Sunday June 7 and 8 for programs, doll stringing and repair, doll displays, and UFDC club sales tables. Hourly door prizes including Antique Doll Collector subscriptions and free tickets for upcoming Eastern National Doll Shows! Meet your doll friends at the show and perhaps ﬁnd that doll treasure you have been searching for all year long or maybe even all your life! All activities are free and open to all doll show attendees. For more information about UFDC and its activities in the Learning Room contact Barbara Stone at BSConsults@aol.com.

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29 Marietta, GA. Doll Show. Cobb Civic Center. Collector’s United. Gary Green. 706-695-8242. 29-30 Naples, FL. Marquis Auction Weekend. Waldorf Astoria. Theriaults. 410-224-3655. (F) 410-224-2515. www.theriaults.com. 29 Paris, France. Dolls & Collectible Toy Auction. Ambassador Hotel. Francois Theimer. 0033 03 86 74 31 76. Francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr. www.theimer.fr 29 Waldorf, MD. Doll Show. Chin Hamaya Culture Center. Southern Maryland Doll Club. Lynn Buonviri. 301-475-3466. 30 Anaheim, CA. Doll & Bear Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. Rowbear & Friends. 831-438-5349. DollFestival@aol.com. 30 Farmington, CT. Doll & Toy Show. Hartford Marriott Farmington. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. 30 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Doll & Bear Show. Hilton Hotel. JMK Shows. 352-527-6666.

36th Annual

Doll Show & Sale

March 29, 2014

Glendale Civic Auditorium

1401 Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208 SHOP from 10 am to 3 pm – Street Level Admission $5.00 – Under 12 Free

Antique, New & Collectible Dolls and Accessories Paper Dolls – Old Toys – Bears – Miniatures – Related Books Doll Repair Experts on Premises FREE PHOTO taken with your favorite doll or with ours… DOOR PRIZES DRAWN EVERY HOUR

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APRIL

2 Hatﬁeld, PA. Doll Auction. Alderfer Auction & Appraisal. 215-393-3036. www.AlderferAuction.com. 5 Columbia, SC. Toy & Collectible Show. Jamil Temple. Colacollectors.com.webs.com 5 Des Moines, IA. Doll & Bear & Toy Show. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Colleen Holden. 515-986-1975. www.Desmoinesdollshow.com. 5 Ottawa, Ontario. Doll Show. Ernst & Young Centre. Anne Taller. Annetaller@storm.ca. 5 Ringgold, GA. Doll Show. The Colonnade. Chattanooga Doll Club. Jane Heavener. 706-965-6031. mjheavener@catt.com. 5 San Jose, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Santa Clara Fairgrounds. Crossroads. www.dolls4all.com. 5 Thousand Oaks, CA. Toys & Comics Show. Palm Garden Hotel. Rowbear & Friends. 831-438-5349. DollFestival@aol.com. 5 Tucson, AZ. Doll Show. Sabbar Shrine Temple. Karen Kosies. 520-321-0003. Karen@TusonDollShow.com. 5 Westampton, NJ. Dolls at Auction. Sweetbriar. 410-275-2094. SweetbriarAuctions.com. 6 Cincinnati, OH. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. Margie Schultz. 513-207-8409. 6 East Meadow, NY. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Temple Emanu-el. Doll Study Club of Long Island. Bonnie Olsen. 516-747-1425. Hcbd41@yahoo.com. 6 London, Ontario. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. London Ukrainian Centre. April Norton. 519-433-8888. 6 Toledo, OH. Doll & Bear Show. Stranahan Great Hall. Sandy Bullock. 734-282-0152. Sandy4085@ hotmail.com. www.toledodollshow.com. 6 Youngwood, PA. Doll & Toy Show. Youngwood Fire Hall. Laurel Highlands Doll Club. Penny Fetter. 724-832-0282. 9-11 Nashua, NH. Doll Auction. Holiday Inn. Withington Auction. 603-478-3232. (F) 478-3233. withington@conknet.com. www.withingtonauction.com. 11-13 Monroeville, PA. Collectibles Show. Monroeville Convention Center. 724-502-4350. www.steelcitycon.com. 11-12 New Hope, PA. Private Collection of Flora Gill Jacobs At Auction. New Hope Fire Hall. Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions Ltd. 215-297-5109. www.noelbarrett.com. 12-13 Bethlehem, PA. PA’s Largest Antique Show. Lehigh University Fieldhouse. www.AntiqueCityShow.com. 800-822-4119. 12 East Syracuse, NY. Doll & Bear Show. Dewitt Community Room. 315-698-4501. Oldolls1@hotmail.com.

Calendar cont. on page 72

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

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

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1103 6th St. N.W. Winter Haven Florida 33881 We specialize in antique and collectable toys and dolls and also deal in all types of antiques. Our doll doctor has over 20 years experience with all doll services performed on site. We make as well as restore teddy bears too. Our doll doctor can make wigs, clothes or any service your doll may need. We are located in central Florida and opened year around seven days a week. Monday thru Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm. Call 863-956-4333 or 863-221-4035. Email: Jerry@Shermansantiques.net Website: www.shermansantiques.net

The Doll Study Club of Long Island presents its 33rd Annual Doll and Teddy Bear Show & Sale

Sunday, April 6, 2014 10 am to 4 pm

TEMPLE EMANU-EL 123 Merrick Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554 Antique and collectible dolls and bears, rafﬂes, miniatures, doll and bear artists A portion of the proceeds will beneﬁt Smile Train. Donation $5 Contact Bonnie Olsen 516-747-1425 email hcbd41@yahoo.com

Omaha Dolls, Toys & Bears Show

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 9 am to 3 pm

6005 Grover Street, Omaha, NE Admission $3, under 10 Free

Door Prizes • Free Parking • Doll Repairs on Site • Free Appraisals Antique and Collectible Dolls Barbies and Modern Dolls Teddy Bears • Clothing • Supplies For information: 712-889-2154 email: porcdoll@wiatel.net

Member of UFDC and Doll Doctors Association of America

ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

MARCH 2014

MY LITTLE DOLL CO.

VICTORIAN RETREAT

WWW.MYLITTLEDOLLS.COM

ANTIQUE DOLLS

Beautiful dolls at reasonable prices! Lynne Shoblom, 928-445-5908 or cell 928-713-1909.

email victorianretreat@msn.com

Gorgeous 30” Early Kestner Pouty, cornﬂower blue sleep eyes, early body! $3795

106 W. Main St., Carlisle, KY 40311 859-289-3344

Member of UFDC & NADDA

Ruby Lane site: www.victorianretreat.rubylane.com

Come join us at the 4th Annual

PRESCOTT DOLL SHOW AND SALE Saturday, May 31st at the La Quinta Inn, Prescott, AZ. Door prizes, rafﬂes and fun for all! Visit our website: prescottdollshow.com or call Lynne 928-713-1909 or Di 928-308-2644 for details.

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

Hours: 11-4, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or by appointment. Visit us at www.kydollandtoymuseum.com

ANTIQUE DOLLS – French and German Bisque, All Bisque, Chinas, Limited Ed. Doll Plates. SASE. Ann Lloyd, 5632 S. Deer Run Road, Doylestown, PA 18902. 215-794-8164. Email: alloyd@nni.com RubyLane.com/ shops/anntiquedolls Member NADDA, UFDC

ANTIQUE dolls and collectibles. LSADSE for color fully illustrated list. 10 month layaway available. Member UFDC & NADDA. Regina A. Steele, 23 Wheatfield DR, Wilmington, DE 19810-4351. Phone 302-475-5374 Email: RSteele855@aol.com Visit my website: www.ReginaSteele.com

Place Your Ad Here ON THE WEB AT:

www.HoneyandShars.com New dolls added weekly

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

ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

a classified marketplace for antique dolls and related merchandise Copy Ads: 35 cents per word, no limit; $12 minimum Ads with a border and boldface, add $10 to word total BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ADS we can convert your color ads to black and white 1/12 page ( 2 1/2” h x 2 3/8” w) $40 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $50 FULL COLOR PHOTO ADS 1/9 page ( 3 3/8” h x 2 3/8” w) $125 Please include payment with your ad. Larger ads are considered display ads — call us for information. 1-888-800-2588. Antique Doll Collector, P.O. Box 239, Northport, NY 11768 Classified ads due no later than the first day of the preceding month of publication. Example: May 1 for the June issue.

MARCH 2014

Buy • Sell Repair • Consign

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CERTIFIED DOLL APPRAISALS – Doll appraisals online at www.doll-appraisals.com by Certified C.A.G.A. appraiser, for insurance, bankruptcy, divorce, casualty loss, or just to see what a doll is worth, its history, etc. I can also do appraisals by mail. Victoria Way, P. O. Box 501, Tehachapi, CA 93582. Phone 661-823-7828 or 661-972-7728. Please visit my website at www.doll-appraisals.com or www.antiquedollappraisals.com

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

Call or text: Jennifer Hajkowski 443-223-4956 or Cheryl Hoiler 301-330-6220

Calendar cont. from page 71 12 Holland, MI. Doll Show. Holland Civic Center. West Michigan Snowbabies/Muskegon Sand Doller Doll Clubs. Barb. 616-633-1720. 12 Riverside, CA. Doll & Toy Show. Janet Goeske Senior Center. Inland Empire Doll Club. Judy Day. 951-371-4267. 12 Santee, SC. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Knight SE Doll Shows. Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. www.knightshows.com. 13 Livonia, MI. Fashion Doll Show. Livonia Marriott Hotel. Grant-a-Wish Fund. Sherry Bonner. 248-408-1402. 13 Milwaukee, WI. Doll & Bear Show. Serb Hall. Orphans in the Attic. Sue Serio. 800-796-9649. 262-646-5058. 13 Whitman, MA. Doll & Teddy Show. Whitman Mothers’ Club. Knights of Columbus. Norma Gardner. 781-534-5769. 781-447-6079. 19 Austin, TX. Doll Show. Norris Center. Joni Holland. 817-929-1691. 19 Spokane, WA. Doll & Toy Show. Spokane Community College. Bldg. #6. Lilac City Doll Club. Mary Sherwood. 509-838-8487. sewsewmary@netzero.net. 25-27 Newark/Columbus, OH. Doll Auction & Show. Aladdin Shrine Center. McMasters Harris Apple Tree Doll Auctions. 800-842-3526. mark@mcmastersharris.com. 26 Eastlake, OH. Luncheon. Radisson Hotel. Northern Ohio Doll Club. 440-442-1172. 440-255-7863. 26 Henrietta, NY. Doll & Bear Show. Good Shepherd Hall. Dottie. 585-889-2015. Odailey622@aol.com. 26 Jamesburg, NJ. Luncheon. Forsgate Country Club. Young at Heart Doll Club of New Jersey. 26 Pleasanton, CA. Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Event. Alameda County Fairgrounds. 775-348-7713. info@crossroadsshows.com. 27 Oakville, Ontario. Greater Toronto Doll Show. Holiday Inn Oakville. 416-221-3093. greatertorontodollshow@gto.net. 27 Sturbridge, MA. Doll & Toy Show. Sturbridge Host Hotel. Treasured Memories Antiques. Kimberly Kittredge. 860-559-5040. KSKittredge@yahoo.com. Check for recent updates and extended calendar of events at www.antiquedollcollector.com/calendar.html

Ashley’s Dolls & Antiquities Be sure to join us for the NADDA Doll Show & Sale, May 3 and 4, 2014 in Greensboro, NC. Southern Garden Party on Saturday, May 3 at 4 pm, with speaker, Rosalie Whyel. Alan Pate will be presenting a progam on Sunday morning, May 4 at 9 am. There will be an entire hotel ﬂoor of some of the country’s BEST dealers. Embassy Suites 336.668.4535 for reservations. More info at NADDA.org. Do not miss!!

Billye Harris • 723 NC Hwy 61 South, Whitsett, NC 27377 • (336) 266-2608 Website: AshleysDolls.com • E-mail: AshleysDolls@gmail.com Visit us on Rubylane.com/shops/Ashleysdollsandantiquities • Generous Layaways Member UFDC and NADDA