Antique DOLL Collector April 2021 Vol. 24, No. 4
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Anne Demuth
Buying & Selling Fine Antique Dolls 1025 Bowman Rd., Westfield, NC 27053
Make an appointment to visit my private doll shop. Socially distanced and by appointment only.
Please call or text me at 336.755.1400 You’ll be greeted by goodies galore and fabulous opportunities to buy, sell or trade! Choose from my 20 plus year doll collection including hundreds of antique and vintage dolls. Plus, pick through my huge collection of antique and vintage doll dresses, slips, chemise, pantaloons, shoes, wigs, ribbons, fabrics, furniture and accessories. Bring your dolls to dress, trade and repair.
If you are thinking of selling your doll treasures, I buy everything from one doll, or doll accessory, to an entire collection, including: dolls, shoes, clothes, wigs, miniatures, doll jewelry, doll houses, furniture and accessories. 1. Antique 24” German Bisque ABG Sweet Nell doll. $295
2. Rare Antique Fashion Doll Bonnet for Antique Bisque or Early Doll, See Ruler. $325
3. 3” French Poupee Bebe Original Tortoise Box Doll Accessory. $325 4. Antique Trunk chock full of antique fabrics For outfits For Dolls. $325
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5. 6” Victorian French Poupee Bebe Paper Mache Fur Covered Dog Doll Accessory. $325
6. Antique 26” German Bisque 575 Simon Halbig on Fully Compo Jointed Body. $395
7. Antique 26” German Bisque 1916 Schonau hoffmeister Doll with original body. $345
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8. Antique 24” German Bisque CM Bergman Doll on French Fully Compo Jointed Body. $345
9. Antique 26” German Bisque 1916 Schonau hoffmeister Doll with original body. $395 10. Antique 25” German Bisque Doll with original body. $355
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11. Rare Antique Best Ever Trunk To Display With Fashion Or Lady Doll. $375
12. Antique German C M Bergman Doll 24” With Fully Jointed Compo Body. $395
13. Antique 25” German Bisque Handwerck Halbig Doll with original Body. $425 14. 21” Antique German Composition Rare Orsini Doll Dressed In Original Outfit. $455
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15. Antique 13” German Bisque #525 Kley Hahn Child Doll On Fully Jointed Compo Body. $475 16. Antique German 20” Armand Marseille 590 Character W/Fully Jointed Compo Body. $475 17. Antique 22” German Bisque Adolf Wizlesnus Doll with original body. $365 18. Antique German 14” 531 Kley Hahn German Bisque Doll. $495
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19. Antique 21” French Bisque SFBJ Doll with original Body& Great Outfit. $495
20. 7” French Jumeau Poupee Bebe Borzoi Dog Original Walking Cane Doll Accessory. $625 21. 14” Vintage 30’s Lenci Lucia All Original Cloth Doll. $650
22. C1890 22” French Bisque Doll Unis France With Human Hair Wig. $495
Find all of these and more in my eBay Store Anniepoojewels For more information call: 336.755.1400 or email: dollsbearscookies@yahoo.com Also find us on Facebook: Anne Demuth See you July 18-21 in Baltimore!
Find me at Rowbear’s National Doll Festival.
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Offering two 5“ French leather babies, one in pink crocheted dress wearing orig. white leather shoes, and the other in antique white organdy gown w/ crocheted bonnet. Circa 1920s and very rare, both from my personal collection. $4750. and $4500. They are shown together in an antique metal bathing tub that detaches from the base and has a turning spigot. 8” x 7” x 3 1/2”, $550. They are also enjoying a ride in an 8” long Marklin carriage w/ expertly replaced hood. $1995. PLEASE SEE CONDITION INFO. and MORE PHOTOS AT www.maspinelli.com on CLOTH and ACCESSORIES pages.
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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls
April 2021, Volume 24, Number 4
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MUSEUM NEWS Moving world Steiff Surprises and Fascinates
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GERMAN FASHION DOLLS OF THE 19TH CENTURY by Melanie Luther
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German bisque fashion doll for the French Market. 15” bisque swivel head on kid-lined bisque shoulderplate, blue spiralthreaded glass eyes, Painted lashes, multistroked brows, pierced ears, very full cheeks, tiny closed mouth with thin white space between accented lips, original brown human hair wig. Plumplymodeled kid body with gusset jointed hips and knees, bisque forearms. Wearing pink and white cotton dress, straw bonnet, antique white leather shoes, plus watch pinned to bodice. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions.
PROJECT LISETTE France's beloved '20s magazine and doll - her wardrobe and patterns by Martha Nichols
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BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE A Childhood Whim Fulfilled by Margo Delaughter
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IT ALL STARTED WITH A MOUSE by Susan Foreman
DEPARTMENTS AND THE QUEST 8 The Quest 16 Auction News 18 Museum News
18 Emporium 47 Calendar of Events 47 Classified Ads
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Matrix All Bisques! …left to right: (1) 5.5” A/O Victorian Kestner Child - so romantic $215. (2) Large 7” Early & Mint Barefoot Kestner - rare size! $2700. (3) 4” Googly Clown - swivel head, mld. cap! $495. (4) 6” SH Mignonette- bl. PWs, cupped hands, orange socks Mint. $1450 (5) 6.5” A/O Halbig Mignonette - long limbs clo/mo $1250 (6) 5”A/O Jtd Kestner Boy- sl. eyes, wig & pate. $295 4.5” A/O Jtd Kestner Crochet - PE’s, fancy shoes $190 (7) Rare 5” Brn French Barefoot Mignonette - GEs, (212) 787-7279 orig wig, Mint. $1895 (8) Rare 7” Over the Knee White Stkg French Mignonette - orig mohair wig, glazed boots, socket hd PE, clo/mo $1495 (9) Very Rare 5.5” SFBJ Mignonette - Gl.eyes, orig wig, Over Knee Grey Stkgs $1495. (10) Heirloom 6.5” Kestner 102 - Wrestler mold, pc’d ears, 5-strap bootines, curved fingers, orig. clothes $2500 (11) Bruno Schmidt 7” Teen - orig bobbed wig, Over the Knee Yellow Stkgs $850 (12) Early Fr Trade Barefoot - very curved matrixbymail@gmail.com arms/shapely legs, bl PWs $1600 (13) 7” GK ’61’ Mulatto - rare size, Bare Feet, swivel hd, Clo/ Mo $2200 = $1650 (14) 5” Yellow Boot - A/O,GEs, mohair Plus 3” ‘208’ Yellow Boot - doll’s dolly.Both for $750 (15) Vintage 7” Kestner ‘208’- Clo/Mo, Sl.eyes, great face, $495 (16) 4” Gl Eye Cutie - A/O, hip long wig, GEs $260 (17) 5” Bonnie Babe bl. sl. eyes, pink shoes $550 (18) 7” Clo/Mo ‘5002’ Sweetie - Factory Wig, jtd. limbs $425 (19) 4.5” Bare Foot Brown - GEs, clo/mo, jtd slender limbs $595 5” A/O Socket Head Halbig - sl. eyes, om, Bare Feet, ptd shoes $850 (20) 8” Candy Container - artist sgnd, rare AB doll Blue Ribbon! $225
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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward
Ephemeral Pleasures
Sometimes an item as ephemeral as a box label can be invaluable in adding to our doll knowledge. The Vogue doll seen here is a great example of this. It is known that Vogue offered cloth dolls in the early 1940s but it has been difficult to find attributable examples. This doll found in her original Vogue labeled box, is a lovely example of these hard-to-find dolls, providing us with firsthand information on the costuming and construction of these dolls which will aid in recognizing other examples when found. The doll has oilcloth feet, a cloth mask face, yarn hair and her dress is fastened in back with the style of decorative pins often used on other doll costumes and hairstyles of the era.
t has often been said that all that glitters is not gold, but it can also be said that all that is ephemeral is not destined to be lost. In the past 20 years sociologists and ecologists have lamented over the observation that we live in an increasingly “throw-away” society. Goods are not built to last, human created trash is an ever-increasing issue and advice on purging our homes of unnecessary items abounds. Despite the very real concerns raised by these realities, collectors know that not every ephemeral item belongs in the recycle bin. Happily, many little items that were not intended to have permeance were kept for a variety of reasons, some 8
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as mementos of happy occasions, some because they are just to pretty or cute to toss out, some because they fired someone’s imagination with images of distant places or other times. These seemingly inconsequential pieces of ephemera that add to our knowledge about the dolls we enjoy and the world that created them. The quest to find these pieces of doll history can be as much fun as looking for the dolls themselves. Items such as trade cards, catalogs, old magazines, photographs, and boxes are often the best source of key pieces of information. These items can be found by exploring collecting niches outside of the doll world. Specialist dealers in all sorts of antique and vintage paper continued on page 10
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The Quest A Collecting Column by Linda Edward (continued from page 8)
Catalogs, advertising post-cards and photos are a rich source of details about various doll makers and their product lines. Original correspondence between doll makers and collectors provides that person-to-person connection to these artists and business owners, providing glimpses into their personalities and marketing strategies. Period photographs of children with their dolls can help us to date various dolls and really places our dolls into context in our displays.
items can be a veritable gold mine for the doll collectors looking for primary resource information. During the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 20th century many doll collectors kept scrap books with doll-related clippings and other paper memorabilia. Today these can be found in auction box lots and online sales venues. Combing through items like this can reward the collector with wonderful little tidbits of doll information that may otherwise have been lost. All of these pieces of ephemera make great additions to our doll displays whether at home, at doll collector events, or within our communities, adding a deeper dimension to the story we are seeking to share. As we look toward the reopening of in-person doll shows and collector events remember to keep an eye on the paper goods as you are searching for that new doll for your collection. The enjoyment of your hobby is sure to be increased along with your knowledge as you hunt for, preserve and share these ephemeral pleasures.
Certain dolls are themselves ephemeral, a case in point being the crepe paper dolls of the first half of the 20th century. Most of these delightful little creations were never intended to outlast the holiday or party theme they were made to enhance. But today they are charming remembrances of other times and customs. Shown here are instructional books by the Dennison Manufacturing Co. which gave instruction for making these dolls as well as commercially made crepe paper dolls for use as centerpieces, place cards, and party favors. Crepe paper dolls created by doll artists Bernard and Frances Ravca, such as the Santa in this image, still making holiday seasons brighter even 80 years or more after his construction from this most ephemeral of materials.
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Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy www.gigisdolls.com Bears Inc.
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Double Trouble pair of Lenci Cupids 1920’s from Fetish Series 8” one mint w/ box has 3 Lenci tags other one has slight fading & has Lenci tag on back of wing $1095. 20” K * R 101 Marie w/ blue painted eyes, mohair wig, repainted lower legs, 1 finger missing left hand, antique clothing, leather boots $1595. 4.5” All bisque all original German Girl Queue San Baby w/ label $129.
14.5” Fabulous Gebruder Heubach 1880 Baseball Pair – Batter & Pitcher, wonderful bright coloring & perfect except for small chip on baseball plate at feet of batter, both stamped, batter - small baking crack on base below right shoe $1895.
Dream High BJD 2” super well detailed with amazing resin jointed body, “Squee” has 16.5” Schoenhut 16/400 1911-12 freckles and a fabulous character $495. w/ brown intaglio eyes, mohair wig, sweet 101 K * R Look, small rub on nose $795. 3.5” x 4” Mohair Hermann? Dog, sweet face w/ glass eyes $50.
21” Tansy by Lynne & Micheal Roche #1/45, porcelain head, arms & legs, cloth body, blue glass eyes, HH wig $1095.
20.5” Handwerck 119 10 ½ x, brown sleep eyes, HH wig, pierced ears $395. Steiff Peky 3.5”x 3.25”, mohair, jointed head $50.
21.5” Monika Raphaella 1/35, beautiful hand painted face, mohair wig, porcelain limbs, cloth body $895.
17” Emperis Handcrafted in England Agent Snow Wolf – George Farrell, amazing detailing resin body w/ fabulous outfitshirt, pants, vest, belt, boots, sun glasses, gun, wig, very limited edition $2450.
10” Circ blue eyed Bye-lo on stamped body with celluloid hands, dressed in a sweet Mollye organdy dress $125. 10” Circ Bye-lo w/ blue eyes on frog body w/ celluloid hands $100. 10” K * R S & H 121 Baby, blue sl eyes, original mohair wig, antique clothing $145. 14” Effanbee Patsy in original? Outfit – dress, combination & hat, compo in nice condition, clear green eyes $145. 15” Sluggo by Georgene Averille 1944 all original, few minor marks on forehead $99.50 15” Ideal Shirley Temple All Original in Heidi outfit w/ script pin $175.
13.5” Alexander Caroline #1312 All Original in Box w/ wrist tag in Riding Outfit $225.00
21.5” Rare Character Heinrich Handwerck Simon & Halbig 174 Superior, beautiful molding, brown sleep eyes, pierced ears, beautiful body, original mohair wig w/ chenille dog $875.
20” Gebruder Heubach Dolly Dimple H 8 Rare Character All Original w/ HH wig in sweet pink cotton & lace dress & undergarments, leather shoes $2495.
16” OOAK Afrodita Marie Antoinette resin BJD, beautifully sculpted w/ amazing details, 2 mohair wigs, dress, 2 pairs of Eikollander Couture Shoes, earrings w/ box, Peruvian Artist $895.
Dream Baby Hand Puppet all original w/ blue eyes, small eye chip rt., celluloid hands, some spots on pillow $110. 4 ¾” Kestner + 130 3 in antique silk dress, original wig & bottom of box, brown sleep eyes $215.
10” OOAK BJD Male “Neyton” by Rayset Dolls – Svetlana Gomenyuk from the Ukraine, very well detailed complete w/ outfit 2019 $295. 18” Kestner Pink Luster Covered Wagon China 1850-60’s, blue painted eyes, beautiful facial painting, new body w/ chipped fingers on left hand 4.5x4x2.5” $295. 15.5” Kestner Covered Wagon Pink Luster China 1850-60’s, blue painted eyes, wooden arms & legs (repainted) on cloth body, 3 hole shoulder plate as is, silk outfit, 4x3.5x2.25” $195.
17” Wendy Lawton Lucy Gray 63/350 1995, From the Once Upon a Rhyme Series, all original in box w/ COA, wood & porcelain jointed body, great piece w/ box $295.00
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of Antique to Modern Dolls Sells to Highest Bidder! A wide range of antique to modern dolls including French, German, Composition, Vinyl, Paper Mache, China, Tin Heads and Wood. This unique and rare collection includes Tin Head Minerva, Wood Schoenhut, China heads, German and French dolls. Compositions including Patsy Ann, Nancy, and Shirley Temple’s, etc. Lots of Vinyl and many, many more!
Bid Now at wwwjoerpyleauctions.com Online Only Auction will end April 21, 2021 at 6 pm. All dolls will sell to the highest bidder!
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Annual Doll Show & Sale September 10 - 12, 2021
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Preview - Friday (5pm - 9pm) Seminars - Saturday (9am - 11am) Open Door - Saturday (11am - 5pm) Enjoy a Ticketed Bus Tour of Historic Charleston And Visit a Special Private Collection - Sun (8:30 am - Noon) - $50 Register With Cheryl Lane, Charm of Charleston Doll Club Cherylsunlimited@aol.com | (843) 797-1500 Embassy Suites - Charleston Airport & Convention Center Call by June 15 & Mention NADDA For Special Rate (843) 747-1882 (Andrea Harvey, Room Coordinator) Special Saturday Programs (9 am - 11 pm) By: Fritzie Martinez, Shelia Needle & Sue Brightwell
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Buying & Selling Fine Antique Dolls
Experience pure doll Joy!
1. Antique 14” French Poupee Bebe Wooden Leather Covered Trunk W/tray Best Ever! $695
2. Incredible Antique German Wooden Noah’s Arche Ark Complete With Animals 10”. $750
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4. Rare C1911 12” Kammer Reinhardt Character 116A With Original 5pc Compo Body. $925 5. C1890 20” Antique German Gebruder Kuhnlenz French Trade Doll Doll w/SW Body. $995
6. Antique 14” German Bisque Gebruder Heubach 8420 Doll w/ Fully Jointed Orig Body. $1195
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7. Rare C1911 12” Kammer Reinhardt Character 116A Doll w/Side Hip Jtd Toddler Body. $1150 8. Rare Antique Meiji 18” Oriental Gofun Doll With Original Outfit. $1250
9. Antique 17” C1820 Paper Mache Milliners Model Spaniel Curl w/Bun Doll. $1150
10. Antique 14” German Bisque Factory Sonneberg Solid Dome So Called Belton Doll. $1250 11. C.1890 23” Antique German Hard to Find 630 Closed Mouth ABG Doll Perfect $1495 12. 19” Antique C1890 Jumeau Doll Marked StraIght wristed Body And Mohair Wig. $1798
Find all of these and more in my
eBay Store Anniepoojewels email:
dollsbearscookies@yahoo.com Also find us on Facebook:
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Make an appointment to visit my private doll shop in the new year. Socially distanced and by appointment only.
Please call or text me at 336.755.1400
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Pictured from left to right: 1. 11” Door of Hope 2. 17” French Clelia 3. 11” Francois Gaultier French Fashion 4. 22” French Depose S.F.B.J. 5. French Doll Towel Rack
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Auction News - Calendar Upcoming Auctions
Alderfer Auction
Tuesday-Wednesday, April 6-7, 2021 Catalog of Antique and Other Fine Dolls 215.393.3000 www.alderferauction.com
Sweetbriar Auction
Saturday, April 10, 2021 Saturday, May 8, 2021 Live onsite doll auction 410.275.2213 | sweetbriar@live.com | sweetbriarauctions.com See our ad on page 5.
Treasureseeker Auctions LLC
Sunday, April 18, 2021 Antique & Vintage Doll Auction 123 W. Bellevue Drive, Suite #2, Pasadena, CA 91105 626.529.5775 | info@treasureseekerauction.com www.treasureseekerauction.com See our ad above.
Joe R. Pyle Auctions
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Large Collection of Antique to Modern Dolls 304-412-4628 | www.joerpyleauctions.com See our ad on page 12.
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 divine déjà vu Doll Auction 2323 S. Mecklin Sch. Road, Oak Grove, MO. 64075 816-625-3786 | fax 816-625-6079 | frasher@aol.com frashersdollauction.com See our ad on page 9.
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 Rare Vintage Barbie and Barbie Family, Costumes, and Ephemera Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16, 2021 Marquis Antique Doll Auction 410.224.3655 | www.theriaults.com See our ad on page 1 and back cover for more information.
Withington Auction
May 15-ish, 2021 Absentee Doll Auction Event Featuring NH, MA and NY Collections 603.478.3232 | withington@conknet.com | www.withingtonauction.com See our ad on page 13.
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Spring has arrived at the Frizellburg Antique Store!
Looking forward to warmer weather and seeing all of our friends and customers!
1. 13” Simon & Halbig 1299 Character with Original Wig............ $1595 2. 12” Kestner 237 “Hilda” Toddler in Sweet Pink Pinafore......... $2900 3. 14” Bahr & Proschild 204 Closed-Mouth in Nurse Uniform..... $1995
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“Moving World – Steiff surprises and fascinates” opens at the Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel, on April 27, 2021 with a wonderful selection of mechanically driven scenes produced by the Steiff Company. Remember the moving shop window scenes during the Christmas season? They were the highlight of Christmas strolls for many people. In this exhibition there are wonderful examples, many from the Twenties. The Wochen-Ende im Tier-Reich (Weekend in the Animal Kingdom) shown here is one of the show’s main attractions. The installation was originally produced in 1928, with 47 Steiff animals and Bauhaus style scenery. The original showpiece had impressive dimensions, being over five meters in length and two meters in depth. Another highlight of this special exhibition is Die Mühle im Grund (The Mill in the Valley), from 1926. You will see around 70 original Steiff felt dolls in idyllic rural surroundings covering about 15 square meters. Special exhibitions also includes 13 smaller, moving mechanical compositions such as the giraffe and the Teddy baby as tall as a full-grown adult. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, see the Museum website at www.spielzeugwelten-museum-basel.ch/de/.
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The Not-So-Ugly Stepsister of the French Poupée A Study of the German Fashion Doll
By Melanie Luther quick look at German dollmaking history reveals that a thriving industry developed rather quickly in the second half of the 19th century. Names like Kling, Kestner and Simon & Halbig were in the forefront of production. By 1860 Kestner, one of the few dollmaking companies to make entire dolls, acquired the Ohrdruf porcelain factory and began to produce bisque dolls. Wilhelm Simon and Carl Halbig established their porcelain factory in Grafenhain nine years later, in 1869. The porcelain factory of C. F. Kling in Ohrdruf produced doll heads in 1870. Waltershausen and Sonnenberg had become prosperous centers for porcelain doll manufacture, with over 40,000 residents identified as being involved in the doll and toy industry according to an 1896 survey taken by the German government.
German bisque fashion doll dressed in the enfantine manner. 14.5”. Bisque swivel head on kid edged shoulderplate on a German kid leather body with bisque hands. Sweet face with deep, dark brown glass inset eyes and closed mouth with a hint of a smile. Pierced ears. Blonde mohair wig with middle part and long, flowing curls. Wearing an organdy dress with old trims and a charming matching hat. From the author’s collection.
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LEFT: German bisque fashion lady with kid lady body, antique gown, by Kestner. Bisque shoulderhead, with blue glass sleep eyes, closed mouth, kid lady body with gusset-jointing, bisque forearms, wearing an antique gown. Circa 1885. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions. RIGHT: German bisque fashion lady with rare twill body and antique costume. Bisque swivel head on kidedged shoulderplate, cobalt glass eyes, painted lashes and brows with dark eyeliner, closed mouth and brunette hand-tied human hair wig. Twill-over-wooden body with shapely torso, dowel-jointing t shoulders, hips and knees, wearing antique blue silk gown with black velvet trim. Simon & Halbig, circa 1885. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions.
As progress in manufacturing doll heads and bodies increased within Germany, so did competition between European countries. It would be fair to say that even though the French fashion doll was immensely popular and had a specialized industry of its own, the German doll manufacturers saw themselves as natural competitors in the field. One of the pathways into the French market was through the German fashion doll. This is well illustrated by this article which examines the beauty and variety of marked and unmarked lady dolls that are attributed to German makers. RIGHT: Early German bisque fashion lady wearing beautiful antique white pique fashion gown with soutache embroidery.16”. Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, cobalt blue glass inset eyes, dark around eyeliner, delicately-painted brows, rose-blushed eyeshadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with pale outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig. Original kid lady body with gusset jointing at hips and knees, original bisque arms to above the elbows. Attributed to C. F. Kling, possibly for the French market, circa 1870. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions. 18
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The faces of these bisque head dolls exhibit their true beauty. Expressions range from serene to wistful, dreamy to petulant, and half-smile to smiling. Some even appear haughty and arrogant, while others are secretive, and some, even flirtatious! Subtle differences such as shading of the face and lip painting, cheek blush, and dots on nostrils create a doll’s uniqueness. The space between eyelid and brow, and the length and spacing of eyelash painting adds to her individuality and charm.
LEFT: German bisque fashion lady by Kestner in beautiful factoryoriginal costume. 15” bisque shoulderhead with blue glass sleep eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, slightly-parted lips, and four porcelain teeth. Blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, kid gusset-jointed body with bisque forearms, marked “F” in script. Wearing rose silk satin full-length gown with crepe yoke and garland, matching bonnet with black velvet ribbons. Circa 1890. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions.
ABOVE: Closeup of German bisque fashion doll for the French Market. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions. RIGHT: German bisque fashion doll for the French Market. Marks: None visible. 15”. Bisque swivel head on kid-lined bisque shoulderplate, blue spiral-threaded glass eyes, painted lashes, multi-stroked brows, pierced ears, very full cheeks, tiny closed mouth with thin white space between accented lips, original brown human hair wig. Plumplymodeled kid body with gusset jointed hips and knees, bisque forearms. Wearing pink and white cotton dress, straw bonnet, antique white leather shoes, plus watch pinned to bodice. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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The fashion doll’s eyes are the unmistakable means of communication to the collector. The classic blue threaded eyes, frequently seen in a French poupée reveal glass that is quite deep over the irises. This increase in glass dimension forms a bulge that can easily be identified in a facial profile. These are the classic paperweight eyes. A flat glass eye, proportionately smaller, both of blue and of brown color is more commonly seen in a German fashion. (It should be noted that some early French poupées do exhibit a cobalt blue enamel, flatter eye.)
ABOVE: Closeup of German bisque fashion lady with glass eyes. Courtesy of Theriault›s Doll Auctions. LEFT: German bisque fashion lady with glass eyes. 15”. Lady doll has a solid domed bisque shoulderhead with bald pate, cobalt blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircling eye sockets, painted lashes and lightly arched brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center line, pierced ears, and blonde mohair wig. Her muslin stitchjointed body has shapely torso, and bisque lower arms and legs with pained stockings and black flat shoes with red laces. Wearing an early white pique gown with soutache braid trim and silk bonnet with lace edging. Circa 1875. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions. 20
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Even though German dollmakers were cognizant of attempting to closely approximate the human body with their designs, cost was always a consideration. Both shoulder heads molded in one piece and swivel heads were produced. The price of the doll was ultimately affected by the quality of the body. Stuffed cloth was the least expensive body, but was not particularly strong nor did it provide much flexibility for posing. Kid bodies were more expensive than cloth and provided a degree of “poseability” especially if they were made with gussets at the elbow, hip and knee. Cloth and kid bodies were stuffed with sawdust, excelsior, hair, straw, wool, cotton and kapok.
Carved, wooden articulated bodies became an option, but were expensive to produce. German fashions exhibited a variety of bodies, including muslin/cloth, kid leather and twill over-wood as well as combinations. Bisque limbs were also attached to the torso and many arms and hands display interesting styling and painting. A particularly rare body type is the “maquette”. This type is defined as a wooden body, fully jointed with limbs with metallic hinges and covered with fabric. The forearms and lower legs are bisque and the head is marked S&H.
LEFT: Rare German bisque fashion lady 411, Mystery maker. Marks: 411 17» Bisque solid domed shoulderhead, elongated face with inset brown glass eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, pierced ears, open-closed mouth with modeled white space between shaded and accented lips, brown mohair wig, cloth body(replaced) with bisque lower limbs. Wearing antique brown silk fashion gown. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions. BELOW: Gorgeous German bisque fashion lady with twill-over-wooden body by Simon and Halbig.17”. Bisque shoulderhead with plump rounded face, cobalt blue glass enamel inset eyes, painted lashes, lightlyfeathered brows, blushed eyeshadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig. She has a twill-stretchedover-wooden boy with shapely torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips, and ankles with bisque forearms and hands. Wearing a stunning antique aqua silk gown, with matched set of antique jewelry. Simon & Halbig, circa 1880. Courtesy of Theriault’s Doll Auctions.
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ABOVE: German bisque, mystery-maker, fashion doll with trunk. Marks: D 1 15» Bisque swivel head on bisque shoulderplate, almond-shaped inset blue glass eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, rose-blushed eye shadow, closed mouth, accented lips, brown human hair wig over cork pate, gusset-jointed kid fashion body, bisque lower arms. Wearing antique fitted two-piece silk gown, original white leather shoes; includes paper lithographed wooden trunk with lift-out tray, plus clothing items consisting of underclothing, dresses, aprons, chemise, bodice, shoes, socks, and miscellaneous accessories. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions. RIGHT: Closeup of German bisque mystery-maker, fashion doll. Courtesy of Frasher’s Doll Auctions.
Some collectors who have studied these lovely German dolls would argue that Parians with their stunning hairstyles, exquisite ornamentation and lady bodies could be categorized as German fashion dolls. Others speculate that later models, such as Kestner’s “Gibson Girl” and Simon & Halbig’s mold #1159 could also claim that designation. As a fellow collector, I urge you to continue this fascinating study of German fashion dolls whenever and wherever you can find one, because they are wunderschon! RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY – German Fashion Dolls Cielslik, Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik. English version edited by Florence Theriault. German Doll Studies. Annapolis: Gold Horse Publishing, 1999.
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A number of fashion dolls that were fabricated in Thuringia, Waltershausen and Ohrdruf were completed outside of Germany. They were shipped through Nuremberg, a large toy and doll center in Germany. Many were dressed in France and then distributed by firms in Paris and London, and ultimately shipped worldwide. The mid to late 1870’s witnessed marked expansion of the doll and toy industry in Europe and the United States. During this period, American department stores added doll and toy departments to their sales floors. Macy’s in New York established a doll and toy department in 1875 followed by Marshall Field, Wannamaker, and Woodward & Lothrop in the 1880’s. By the end of 1890, however, production of fashion dolls greatly decreased in number. In fact, in 1889, Harper’s Bazaar reported, “lady dolls are quite out of favor” yielding their popularity to the German child-like dolly faces and French Bebes. Coleman, Dorothy G., and Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman. The Collector’s Book of Doll’s Clothes, Costumes in Miniature, 1700-1929. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975. Krombholz, Mary Gorham in collaboration with Cynthia Erfurt Musser. The Story of German Doll Making 1530-2000. Grantsville: Hobby House Press, 2001. Sherer, Pamela. A Century of dolls: Treasures From the Golden Age of Doll Making. Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 1995. The author thanks Barbara Frasherof Frasher’s Doll Auctions, Oak Grove, Missouri and Florence Theriault and Travis Hammond of Theriault’s Doll Auctions, Annapolis, Maryland; also Gianina Frasher of Frasher’s Doll Auctions Doll Auctions for their assistance with this article. q
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Project Lisette By Martha Nichols
uch has been discovered about La Semaine de Suzette and its now-famous doll, Bleuette. Fillette magazine and its doll Friquette are becoming more familiar. But did you know there was another 20th century French girls’ magazine which offered dressmaking patterns for dolls? It was Lisette. While La Semaine de Suzette and Fillette began in 1905 and 1909, Lisette was first published later, in 1921. It outlasted the other two magazines, continuing into the 1970s. Lisette magazine’s doll was also called Lisette; she was originally a 13”. bisque doll with glass eyes and fullyarticulated, wood and composition body. In 1923, Lisette introduced a pasteboard or composition head on articulated body to be their pattern model. The 13” doll was used until 1935, when Lisette “grew” to 13¾”. In the 1930s, Lisette sold dolls named Francette, Lison, and Lucette, as well as Lisette, in 13”, 13¾”, and one in 15¾” size. The dolls came with only a simple chemise, so Lisette readers needed to make or purchase socks and shoes. What set Lisette apart from the other two magazines was that each pattern for the doll was also produced and Lisette magazine’s 1923 color cover illustrates a story in that issue. July 1921 advertisement shows the first bisque-head doll offered to readers.
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Girls and their Lisette dolls could happily dress alike.
sold for girls. The patterns were categorized by age and available by mail through the Lisette office at 1, Rue Gazan, a street that borders the Mountsouris Park in the southern part of central Paris. Like the other magazines for girls, Lisette most likely purchased their dolls from a French maker. In 1921, a 13” doll was an inexpensive play doll, and German-made dolls were considered un-patriotic. Lisette did not mention a maker name in its ads – no one knows exactly what doll Lisette was – but, because the SFBJ dominated the market at the time, it is likely they were involved. At the same time period, the SFBJ was making dolls for many Paris department stores, for La Semaine de Suzette, and probably for Fillette. In the mid-1920s, and into the 1930s, they also provided dolls to be Frisette of Ma Poupée, the doll magazine. The Lisette pattern models shown here are a 13” SFBJ Paris pasteboard head doll with original mohair wig, and a 13” bisque head doll marked with the anchor and L C initials of Lanternier et Cie. Both have threaded-glass eyes and fully-articulated size 3 bodies with size 1 feet made by the SFBJ. The Lanternier doll’s body has the SFBJ circle label. The SFBJ Paris mold is not as well known as the 60 or 301 mold; it was made in both bisque and pasteboard from about 1905 into the 1920s. The Lanternier doll dates from about 1919, and retains her original “Victory” costume celebrating the end of WWI. Her sadly-damaged mohair wig was replaced with a French human hair bob. 26
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Lisette in 1923 had a pasteboard or composition unbreakable (incassable) head.
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Left, the SFBJ Paris, and right, the Lanternier, both 20th century French dolls of 13 inches. Their vintage trunks provide a models’ changing room.
A Lisette cover from 1946.
Lisette patterns are well drafted and fashionable, reflecting some of the new dressmaking concepts of the 1920s, like kimono-cut bodices (sleeve and bodice cut in one), bias trim, and drop-hemlines. A tiny back view was included in the unsigned illustrations. Each pattern includes all the pieces except rectangles that can be cut from simple dimensions. The pieces are numbered, and the numbers correspond with the numbered steps of the instructions. There was no Tante Jacqueline at Lisette, but the sewing instructions were often signed by someone calling herself “L’Abeille,” (The Bee). Instructions cautioned the seamstress to add seam and hem allowance; as was common at one time, the pattern pieces were traced around on the fabric, marking accurate seam lines, and allowances were added while cutting out the pieces. Lisette patterns used notches to align the seams. They are not much different from modern patterns except that the grain lines and “on the fold” indicators are written in text on the pattern pieces without the arrows we follow now. To create a complete wardrobe for the Lisette dolls, and, of course, to sell patterns to home dressmakers, Lisette produced patterns for every type of garment from lingerie and nightwear to outerwear and fancydress costumes. Here you will see day dresses, bed jacket, cape, shawl, bathing costume, and a butterfly party costume ranging from 1924 to 1929. Modern fabrics will work well for these period patterns if you choose them on the basis of drape and weight, as well as time-appropriate color and trim. Very little alteration to any of the patterns was needed. Antique DOLL Collector
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1924 “Un Robe Simplette” (A Simple Dress) pattern features the trend for Russianinfluenced, asymmetrical trim. As titled, this simple dress would be versatile in many different fabrics, and uncomplicated for the young readers to sew. The drop-waist speaks of the 1920s.
Also, from 1924, Lisette’s bathing costume included shorts under the dress. To cut the skirt, dimensions, rather than a pattern piece, were given. The nautical navy dress is trimmed in red bias-cut fabric strips; an anchor decorates the dress, rather than the crab shown in the illustration.
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The 1928 “Coquet Tablier” (Stylish Smock) has an interesting pocket/belt carrier detail. Smocks like this were used for play or school. In a tiny check with ribbon appliqué, the smock passes for a dress, but could still go to school. Dark colors were used for school smocks to hide the inevitable ink stains.
The dress pattern is 1929’s “Un Jolie Robe” (A Pretty Dress) with a bias-cut skirt and bow-tie neck detail. In a lightweight wool, the “pretty dress” has a self-fabric bow and belt, and points toward the natural waistline’s return in the 1930s.
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Right: 1926 “Un Gentille Robe” (A Nice Dress) gives only the kimonocut bodice pattern, but includes a tutorial on making pleated skirts. Left: Soft linen plaid makes “a nice dress” for Lisette, with silk ribbon bow and crocheted accessories. To make the over-blouse style, additional hem allowance was added.
A 1926 cardigan sweater pattern was used to make this sunny, warm bed jacket.
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1928 “Un Jolie Cape” (A Pretty Cape) has the most stylish, high-fashion illustration of all the patterns. The cape in small-scale, green waffle cloth doesn’t quite live up to the illustration. The collar would have to be nearly twice the height to create the effect shown in the illustration. Lisette would need a more swan-like neck, too! 32
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For fancy-dress parties like Mardi Gras or New Year’s Eve, a costume is required. This is the 1924 pattern, “Un Jolie Papillon,” (A Pretty Butterfly). Tulle and velvet are suggested, but this butterfly costume is made of a specialty gauze and slubbed silk. The wings are painted paper, and the antennae? Gold painted pipe cleaners. See www.antiquedollcollector.com/pdfs/Lisette-Shawl-APR21.pdf for a bonus page. Antique DOLL Collector
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Buster Brown and Tige
A Childhood Whim Fulfilled By Margo Delaughter
“I’m Buster Brown. I live in a shoe. That’s my dog Tige. He lives in there too!”
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oes that verse sound familiar to you? Those of us of a certain age well remember the high-pitched voice repeating that verse on the radio. Oh, how I wanted a pair of Buster Brown shoes with the colorful label of the boy and his dog in the heel. I was a rather spoiled child, but I never did get a pair of those mostwanted shoes. Apparently, they were too expensive for my folks. I do remember that the shoe store where we shopped carried them. I loved the cardboard cut-out of the boy and his dog. This marketing technique worked on me as a child, as it was meant to by the Brown Shoe Company. What I didn’t know then was that there was a Buster Brown doll and a stuffed dog. I found that out much later, and my old childhood desire was rekindled. Not for the shoes, of course, but for the doll and the dog. Who was Buster Brown and how did he come to be a spokesman for The Brown Shoe Company? The answer to that question takes us back to 1902. Buster Brown was a comic strip character created by Richard F. Outcault and published in the New York Herald. Buster had a sweetheart named Mary Jane and, of course, a dog. He was named Tige and identified as a pit bulldog. The character was loosely based on two boys. One boy was Granville Hamilton Fisher, son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing, New York. Fisher’s physical appearance, including the characteristic pageboy haircut, was given to Outcault’s Buster Brown. The other boy was Roger Cushman Clark of Deadwood, South Dakota. He also was described as the “original model” for Buster Brown. The name Buster came, directly or indirectly, from the popularity of Buster Keaton, then a child actor in vaudeville. Mary Jane was also drawn from real life, as she was Outcault’s daughter of the same name.
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Buster Brown as he appeared in the comic strip by Richard F. Outcault. Note that his outfit is more pink than red.
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The comic strip first appeared in the New York Herald in 1902, as noted, but Outcault left the Herald in 1906 for William Randolph Hearst’s employ. There was a court battle over the right of the name, Buster Brown, for the comic strip, and The New York Herald prevailed. Outcault continued his strip, Richard F. Outcault January 14, 1863 – September 25, 1928 now nameless, while the Herald continued their own version of Buster Brown with different artists. The Herald’s Buster Brown series lasted until January 1911, and Outcault’s until May 13, 1923. Before he left the New York Herald, Outcault traveled to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair selling licenses to up to 200 companies for use of the Buster Brown characters to advertise their products. John Bush, a sales executive for the Brown Shoe Company, persuaded his company to purchase the rights to the Buster Brown name, and the brand was introduced to the public at the fair. The advertising campaign grew steadily, and the Brown Company hired little people or children to portray Buster Brown in tours around the United States. Each actor was accompanied by a dog, and the two performed in department stores, theaters, and shoe stores from 1904 to 1930. The characters were revived and given an updated look for a brief period in the 1980s and 1990s. While searching for information on Buster Brown, I discovered another bit of history that, although not directly related to the dolls, was of interest, so I’ve included it. One Buster Brown actor was William H. “Major” Ray who billed himself as “The Original Buster Brown.” Major, as he was known, was born on April 22, 1860. He stood 44 inches tall, and his wife stood 37 inches tall. He worked for the Sells Brothers Circus before moving to Hornersville, Missouri and opening a general store. One item he sold was Buster Brown shoes. He convinced the Brown Shoe Company that he would be a better actor for the role of Buster Brown than a child. The company agreed and he and his bulldog were given the role. Major Ray died in 1936 in Hornersville. His headstone is engraved with the image of Buster Brown and Tige. Obviously, he was quite proud of his role as Buster Brown.
Buster Brown and Tige label found in the heel of the children’s shoes.
William H. “Major” Ray who billed himself as the original Buster Brown actor.
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ABOVE: 974 pattern to make pillow type Buster Brown and Tige dolls by Buster Brown Textiles, Inc. LEFT: 13inch American lithographed cloth doll as Buster Brown from the Blackler Collection Auction. Courtesy Theriaults.
The Buster Brown advertising campaign produced a plethora of items bearing the Buster Brown and Tige logo. I’ve found references to banks, shoe stretchers, pins, match holders, paper dolls, puzzles, teething rings, post cards, roly-polys, dishware, glasses, books, tobacco jars (obviously for the adult fans), figurines, watches, comic books, and, of course, dolls! I imagine I’ve missed a good many more items, but my list gives you an idea of the popularity of Buster Brown and Tige. There was even a series of live-action two-reelers produced from 1925 to 1929 by the Stern Bros. for Universal Pictures. My research also found that in 1904, a Buster Brown doll was produced by Hamley Brothers of England. Little is known about that doll, and I was unable to even learn what material the doll was made of. Art Fabric Mills, Arnold Print Works, Babyland Rag, and Knickerbocker Specialty Co. are all mentioned as having produced Buster Brown rag dolls. An all-bisque, 4-inch Buster Brown with movable arms was made in Germany by the Hertwig company. Then, in 1929, Ideal and Horsman each produced a composition and cloth Buster Brown doll dressed in the familiar red suit. Years later, in 1974, a Buster Brown cutout pattern sheet was produced by Buster Brown Textiles Inc. The pattern made a kind of pillow doll of Buster as well as his dog Tige. 36
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ABOVE: Close-up of the 7 inch wooden Buster Brown. RIGHT: 7 inch wooden Buster Brown in brown outfit with leather covered squeaker in torso. Courtesy Sara Bernstein.
I found two dolls identified as being Buster Brown dressed in brown outfits rather than the red outfit most associated with the character. Perhaps they are earlier versions of Buster Brown. One doll is pictured in this article. The pictured doll is 7 inches tall and has a squeaker in his torso. The squeaker is covered with leather and his arms and legs are wood. The other doll dressed in a brown outfit has a cloth body and cloth legs with composition head and arms. While the 7-inch doll has painted eyes, this 15-inch doll has tin sleep eyes. Neither doll is marked as to maker. My Buster Brown doll by Ideal is 18 inches tall and is clearly marked with a diamond with IDEAL inside. The head, lower arms, and lower legs are composition. The torso, upper arms, and upper legs are cloth and are firmly stuffed. His tin sleep eyes are a pale blue and his arched
eyebrows a light brown. Darker brown painted eye lashes, a button nose, and red cupid bow lips complete his facial features. His blond, painted hair is in classic pageboy style. There is crazing to the face and head, but it is not too distracting. The familiar red Buster Brown suit appears to be mostly original. There are two gold buttons on the outfit’s jacket. One is marked “BUSTER BROWN SHOES” while the other is plain and probably replaced. The button above the original one is missing, but the mark still shows where it originally was. The white Peter Pan collar, blue bowtie, and black belt complete the jacket. His red pants are knee length and he sports a red hat on his head. On his feet are his original white cotton socks and black leatherette shoes with ankle buttons. He’s quite the young man!
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Close-up of Buster’s face showing crazing. Buster’s blonde pageboy hair style.
9 inch Tige made from the Buster Brown Textiles pattern.
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1908 Boedecker Bros. Buster Brown advertising postcard.
Accompanying the doll was a Buster Brown postcard which predates the doll. It shows Buster holding a sign asking “Santy” to get his present at the best store. Tige agrees too. The pictured calendar is dated 1908. The postcard is an advertisement for BOEDECKER BROS., MULHALL, OKLA. On the back of the postcard in the box where a stamp is placed it reads, “Postage One Cent. If Written on, Postage Two Cents”! Those words and the general condition of the postcard lead me to believe that it is an authentic 1908 postcard. Naturally no Buster Brown doll is complete without Tige. Once more eBay came to the rescue. I obtained the pillow style Tige dog made from the pattern by Buster Brown Textiles, Inc in 1974. The dog has floppy ears, big black eyes, and a smiley face with protruding red tongue. Around his neck is a red, yellow, and white collar from which a heart shaped tag hangs with his name. His tail is separate and stands away from his body. Tige is 9 inches tall and the perfect size for the doll. Whatever happened to the Buster Brown Shoe Company? The Brown Shoe Company is still in business to this day, but is now called Caleres. They own Naturalizer and Dr. Scholl’s among other brands. A strong company that met the changing needs and styles people favored. It took a number of years, but my whim has been successfully fulfilled, and Buster and Tige are now part of my doll collection. BIBLIOGRAPHY www.backwardglances.com/buster-brown-shoe-store-kid/ www.findagrave.com/memorial/6429390/william-h.-ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster Brown
15 inch pillow doll made from the 1974 pattern.
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“It All Started With A Mouse” by
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n October 27, 1954, Walt Disney uttered those few words when talking about the origins of the multinational media and entertainment conglomerate. Those same words can be used when describing how I became interested in dolls depicting cartoon and literary characters, as well as popular celebrities. The mouse referred to is, of course, Mickey Mouse. Mickey was born in November 1928. My husband Jay was born in January 1929. When Jay was a couple of years old, he received a Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse stuffed toy and began his lifelong devotion to the rodent. The Charlotte Clark Mickey was one of Disney’s first merchandise tie-ins. Here is a brief summary of how this now-highly-collectible doll came about. In January of 1930, the always-enterprising Charlotte Clark decided she could successfully market a Mickey doll. She asked 14-year-old artist Bob Clampett to sketch an image of Mickey which she could duplicate in cloth. He went to the Fox Alexander Theater in Glendale, CA, and while watching the cartoon, Mickey came to life on Bob’s sketchpad, and the first Mickey doll arose from those sketches. Walt and Roy Disney were thrilled with the results, granted permission to Ms. Clark to produce the dolls, and even rented a house near the studio from which Charlotte and her helpers would eventually produce 300 to 400 dolls Disney and Charlotte Clark (source: a week. Time Magazine)
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Now back to my Charlotte Clark/Mickey connection. Jay’s Mickey stayed with him throughout his life, and based on how many times it was mended, it was definitely loved. Mickey was placed on the dash of Jay’s first car. Jay even claimed he took Mickey in his army duffle bag to Korea in 1953. Fast forward to 1973, when Jay and I married. I decided that Mickey needed to be placed under a dome in a place of honor in our new home. And since we were in the watch business, I felt examples of 1930s Mickey Mouse watches would be the perfect accompaniment to Jay’s Mickey. Jay’s first Mickey with early Ingersoll And this is how it Mickey Mouse Watches began . . . Today an entire room of my home is devoted to character dolls, and almost every doll is accompanied by a character watch depicting its image. Opening the door to that room can, I’ll admit, be a bit overwhelming. What may at first glance appear to be a clutter, really is quite organized according to theme. Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket have a shelf. Snow White and her seven friends have a shelf. Lucky Alice in Wonderland seems to have acquired a couple of shelves. Well, you get the idea. Each display includes watches and other merchandise tie-ins. If watches were not made depicting certain characters, books portraying the character are displayed (Little Women and Heidi are examples). Oh how we collectors can justify one more acquisition. Although Charlotte Clark was the first to produce Mickey dolls, her limited production could not keep up with the growing demand. In that Geo. Borgfeldt & Co. of New York was the first to manufacture and sell Mickey
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merchandise other than dolls, Disney turned to them to produce more Mickey dolls. This did not meet with success, as the quality was not up to Disney standards. Roy and Walt decided the best solution was to release a Charlotte Clark pattern to the public and let individuals make their own dolls. McCall Company of New York released pattern No. 91 in early 1932. However, for those that were not seamstresses, there was still a need for more Mickey dolls. In 1934, Knickerbocker Toy Company of New York showed the quality desired by the Disneys and were able to help fill the market void. Although the Disneys did not approve of the Mickeys made by Dean’s Rag Book Company of England (they felt it had a toothy sneer rather than a smile) or those made by Margarete Steiff & Company of Germany, today they are quite McCall Pattern #91, circa 1933 sought after.
Left photo: Jay’s first Mickey and the last Mickey he bought - an R. John Wright #277/500. What made the Wright special is that Jay purchased it directly from John in 2005. Right photo: 16” Knickerbocker, 14” Dean’s, and 6” Steiff with tag and button in ear.
Mickey not only made Disney what it is, guiding me down a unique collecting path, but also saved Ingersoll Watch Company from bankruptcy. The amazing influence of this one small mouse. The “Mickey Mouse Watch” story really begins in 1932, when Disney signed an agreement with “Kay” Kamen, a master salesman, giving him the merchandising rights to Mickey. Kamen previously had great success selling merchandise promoting Hal Roach’s Our Gang Comedies. Kamen approached Ingersoll-Waterbury about producing
the Mickey Mouse watch, as they were still considered the world leaders in mass marketing of watches. The company was in poor financial condition at the time because the public just could not afford watches. The work force had dwindled to 300. Kamen turned to Sears Roebuck and Company to absorb initial development costs. Sears agreed, provided they would be the first retailer to promote and sell the Mickey Mouse watch. The watch debuted on May 27, 1933, at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The reception was enormous. Everyone wanted the Mickey Mouse Watch. Inside the Ingersoll booth you could actually watch men assembling Mickey Mouse watches. Long lines formed. At one point Ingersoll was selling over 5,000 Mickey Mouse watches a day. The price: $3.75. The watch came with either a leather band or a metal bracelet. When Macy’s offered the watches for sale in the fall of 1933, they sold over 11,000 watches the first day. In 1934, more than one million Mickey Mouse watches were sold, necessitating a nearly-ten-fold increase in the Ingersoll workforce to 2,500 employees. And remember, this was during the Depression. Shortly after the introduction of the Mickey Wrist Watch, a Mickey Pocket Watch was added to the line.
Charlotte Clark created other notable Disney characters. In 1939, she produced a 16” tall Pinocchio to coincide with the debut of the 1940 animated movie, adapted from the original 1883 children’s book by Carlo Collodi. I was fortunate to acquire an example several years ago and he continues to make me smile every time I look at him. The craftsmanship is exceptional. My Pinocchio is privileged to have a cloth Jiminy Cricket to serve as his official “conscience”. And both Jiminy and Pinocchio have representative character watches. In honor of Mickey’s 20th birthday in 1948, U.S. Time (formerly Ingersoll; soon to be called Timex) introduced a series of ten watches known as the “Birthday Series.” This series included: Mickey, Donald, Daisy, José Carioca, Bongo, ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Pinocchio, Dopey, Jiminy Cricket, Pluto, and Bambi. Each is an identical round wrist watch with the only change being the dial. While I have been fortunate to acquire an example of each of these watches, Jiminy’s watch is exceptional in that it retains its original box and warranty.
16” Charlotte Clark Pinocchio and cloth Jiminy (maker unknown). Both are showing off their Ingersoll wrist watches.
Walt Disney released its first full length animated feature Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Madame Alexander immediately took advantage of this release to introduce Dopey. Madame’s 12” Dopey has a composition shoulder head on a cloth body. His original hang tag reads “Walt Disney’s Dopey, Madame Alexander’s Creation.” The original box retains its original label as well. And while there was no Dopey watch made in 1937, in 1948 Ingersoll introduced Dopey as one of the featured characters in their ten piece “Birthday Series.”
Mickey wasn’t the only cartoon star of the 1930s. Betty Boop reigned supreme between 1930 and 1939. Created by Max Fleischer, Betty appeared in 90 cartoons. Even when the Hays Code of 1934 forced her appearance to be toned down to appear more demure, this Jazz Age flapper reached worldwide popularity. Consequently, merchandise tie-ins followed suit. Cameo Doll Company introduced their wonderful Betty Boop doll in 1932. This 12” doll, designed by Joseph Kallus, has a composition head on a wooden segmented body. She came dressed in either a black, red, or green molded-on dress, or undressed. Kallus began his doll design career in 1912, when Rose O’Neill chose him to help in the “doll” creation of her popular kewpies. He formed the Cameo Doll Company Max Fleisher and Betty Boop (source: ComicBookHistorians.com) in 1922.
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The E. Ingraham Clock Company (founded in 1860) offered their Betty Boop pocket watch in 1934. Betty is pictured on the dial wearing a black outfit, black garter, and long black gloves acting as the hour and minute hands. The case back is die-embossed showing Betty with her dog Bimbo. It appears parents felt this pocket watch was inappropriate for children. Very few were sold and even fewer survived, thus it is considered one of the rarest character watches. During the Great Depression years of the 1930s, attending movies was a means of escape for many. Costing less than a quarter, the movies could provide hours of entertainment. Musicals and comedies were especially popular. Shirley Temple was number one. Shirley’s film career began at the age of 3 in 1931, and from 1934 to 1938, she was the number one box office draw, appearing in 29 films from 1931 to 1938. Licensed merchandise depicting this charming star quickly appeared, with dolls being an obvious choice. While Mickey Mouse helped save Ingersoll during the Depression, Shirley enabled Ideal to weather the storm. This symbol of happiness was sculpted in doll form by Bernard Lipfert, patent applied for by Ideal in 1934, and became an instant hit.
This 27” all original Shirley Temple is quite proud of her pocket watch
Shirley did not get a watch until 1958, when Westclox (founded in 1899) introduced their Shirley Temple pocket watch. This coincided with Shirley’s introduction to an entire new audience - the television audience. From 1958 to 1960, she hosted two series. Ideal did not lose sight of Shirley’s renewed popularity and released a vinyl Shirley doll in 1958. In doll form and watch form, Alice in Wonderland has proven to be one of the most popular personalities. Since Alice’s first appearance in 1865, in Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (retitled shortly thereafter as Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), she has been loved by generation after generation. Early china dolls with headbands are referred to as Alice type (illustrator Sir John Tenniel did not give Alice her headband until she debuted in Through the Looking Glass). In 1905, Martha Chase made incredibly-detailed dolls depicting characters from the Alice book. And since 1930, Madame Alexander has depicted Alice in many forms - cloth, composition, and vinyl. Judy Ann became Alice in 1938, and Nancy Ann as Alice soon followed. Doll artists continue to interpret Alice in a variety of mediums with R. John Wright’s felt interpretations being some of my favorites.
Above & Above right: 9” China Tauffling, circa 1865, referred to as “Alice type” because of the headband. Left: a 24” rare Swivel Neck china, circa 1865, with Alice headband. This doll is from the important, 19th century collection of Henri Rene d’Allemagne
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Above left: 18” Alice in Wonderland (Margaret face). Composition. All original w/wrist tag, tagged dress, and ribbon. Circa 1946-1947. Above right: 14” Alice with Maggie face, 1951. Hard plastic. Original tagged dress, wrist tag, curlers, and box. She is showing off her 1951 US Time Alice watch.
Two circa 1933 Madame Alexander cloth Alice dolls, Madame’s cloth Alice dolls coincided with the debut of the 1933 American film version of the famous Alice. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures, featuring an all-star cast, including W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle, Gary Cooper as the White Knight, Edward Everett Horton as The Hatter, Charles Ruggles as The March Hare, and Baby LeRoy as The Joker. Charlotte Henry played her first leading role as Alice.
Above left to right: Alice and the White Rabbit by BAPS 1948. Composition Judy Ann Alice, 1938. Below: John Wright commemorative Alice w/flamingo, #120 (she is standing in front of an original cel from the 1951 movie) and on the right, John Wright White Rabbit, #479/500 (he has his own watch!).
Above left: A rare (made for one year only) 7” composition Madame Alexander Betty as Alice, circa 1935. Above right: 13” Wendy Ann as Alice in Wonderland. 1936. Composition. All original w/ swivel waist.
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When Disney presented Alice in animated form in 1951, watches in her likeness followed suit. And it is because of the vast variety of Alice dolls and timepieces that have been produced that Alice has taken up two display shelves.
One of the most common Alice watches is the U.S. Time example issued in 1951. The center photo is of a rarer 1951 Helbros with an animated Mad Hatter. Right is an all original 1970 Timex which included the plastic Alice figure (original price: $7.95)
And finally, an article about dolls and character watches would not be complete without mentioning Howdy Doody. After all, “It’s Howdy Doody Time!” From 1947 to 1960, The Howdy Doody Show was the leading children’s TV program in the United States. The creator of the Howdy Doody character, “Buffalo” Bob Smith, Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody (Hakes Auctions) first performed him as a radio character before transitioning to the new format known as television. Peter Puppet Playthings, incorporated just a few months before Howdy Doody first appeared on television, introduced their Howdy marionette in the 1950s. Peter Puppet Playthings marionettes, made at their Long Island City factory, have composition heads, hands, legs, and feet with wood block bodies. After just 15 Howdy by Peter Puppet Playthings years in the marionette business, the company dissolved in 1962.
In 1958 U.S. Time issued an Alice watch that merely had the word “Alice” on the dial. This watch came with a porcelain Alice figure. In 1973 Bradley introduced their version of Alice
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In 1954 Ingraham presented their Howdy watch and Patent Watch Company offered their Howdy with rotating eyes. This is only a small sampling of the many character dolls and timepieces from my collection. But since magazine space is limited, I will close for now. q Some of the shelves in the “Mickey Room” as I call it.
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LONG TERM 10/17/20-4/5/21 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Special exhibition “Denim – stylish, practical, timeless”. +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum. 4/27/21-3/27/22 ~ Switzerland. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Special exhibition “A moving world - Steiff surprises and fascinates.” +41 (0)61 225 95 95. sina@swm-basel.ch. www.swmb.museum.
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POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 9!! 10 ~ Mt. Juliet (Nashville) TN. Doll & Bear Show & Sale. Nashville Doll Show. Southeastern Doll Shows. Jackie Stone (828) 505-2287 jackiestone@charter.net. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com POSTPONED TO APRIL 3, 2022!! 11 ~ Dedham, MA. Spring Dedham MA Doll, Bear & Folk Art Show. Holiday Inn Boston Dedham Hotel. Collins Gifts. Wendy Collins. 603-969-1699. CollinsGifts14@aol.com. www.collinsgifts.com. POSTPONED TO AUGUST 14!! 17 ~ Ringgold, GA. Doll Show & Sale. Chattanooga Doll Club. The Colonnade. Carolyn Cronan (706) 965-4619 ccronan@catt.com. POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 17! 18 ~ Denver, CO. Toy & Doll Supershow. Denver Mart, I-25 at 58th Ave (Exit east). Dana Cain. 303-347-8252. Dana@ DanaCain.com www.tdsupershow.com 18 ~ St. Charles, IL. Kane County Doll Show. Kane County Fairgrounds. www.kanecountydollshow. com. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. 18 ~ Pasadena, CA. Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Treasureseeker Auctions. 629-529-5775. www.treasureseekerauction.com
21 ~ Shinnston, WV. Antique & Modern Doll Auction. Joe R. Pyle Auctions. 304-592-6000. www.joerpyleauctions.com POSTPONED TO APRIL 30, 2022!! 24 ~ Grapevine, TX. Doll & Toy Show & Sale. Metroplex Doll Club. Grapevine Convention Center. Linda Crowsey. 903429-0128. lindacc45@hotmail.com. Rodney Waller. 817-988-8019. rwaller@swbell.net. 24 ~ West Chester (Cincinnati), OH. Fashion Doll Show & Sale. Queen City Beautiful Doll Club. EnterTRAINment Junction. Margie Schultz. 513-207-8409. askmargie@aol.com. POSTPONED TO JUNE 27, 2021! 25 ~ Lancaster, PA. Doll, Toy & Teddy Bear Show. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. Ron Funk. 717-371-0395. 21 ~ Oak Grove, MO. divine déjà vu Doll Auction. Frasher’s. 816-625-3786. frasherdollauction.com POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 10-12!! 30 - May 2 ~ Charleston, SC. National Antique Doll Dealers Association. 2021 Antique Doll Show & Sale. Embassy Suites. Marion Maus. mmausantiques@ gmail.com. www.Nadda.org. Calendar continued on page 48
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MAY 2021 1 ~ Maitland, FL. Doll Show and Sale. Venue on the Lake Maitland Civic Center. Greater Orlando Doll Club. Barbara Keehbauch. 407-678-5678. bkeehbauch@msn.com. 6 ~ Annapolis, MD. Rare Vintage Barbie and Barbie Family, Costumes, and Ephemera. Theriault’s. 410-224-3655. 410-224-2515 (F) www.theriaults.com. 8 ~ Batavia, NY. Doll & Teddy Bear Show and Sale. Saturday’s Child Dolls. The Quality Inn. Martha Smith. 585-506-7948. satschild4@yahoo.com. 8 ~ Richmond, VA. Doll Show and Sale. Richmond VA Raceway Complex. Ruth Walker. 434-295-1435. whales89@aol.com. Judy Seay. 434-981-3822.
8 ~ Toledo, OH. Doll, Bear & Toy Show & Sale. Toledo Doll Show. Stranahan Theater & Great Hall. Karen Kosies. 520-270-0179. toledo@dollshows.net. 8 ~ Westhampton, NJ. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar Auctions Antique & Vintage Doll Auction. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2213. sweetbriar@live.com. www.sweetbriarauctions.com POSTPONED TO 2022!! 15 ~ Tucker, GA. Doll Show and Sale. Atlanta Doll Collectors Club. Vickey Harris. 404-543-8866. vickeydharris@aol. com. Ebony. ebonyjb@hotmail.com. www.atlantadollcollectors.com. 15 ~ Williamsfield, OH. Doll Show and Sale. Williamsfield Community Center. Heirloom Doll Society. Lynne Morrow. 440-344-7747. circlemranch25@gmail.com. 15 ~ Hillsboro, NH. Absentee Doll Auction Event. Withington Auction. 603.478.3232. withington@conknet.com. www.withingtonauction.com.
POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 11!! 15 ~ Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), NC. Doll & Bear Show and Sale. Amran Shriners Temple. Jackie Stone. 828-505-2287. jackiestone@charter.net. www.SoutheasternDollShows.com 15-16 ~ Annapolis, MD. Marquis Antique Doll Auction. Theriault’s. 410-224-3655. 410-224-2515 (F) www.theriaults.com. 16 ~ Madison Heights, MI. Doll Show and Sale. UFCW Hall. Doll Show Productions Presents. Michael Wolk-Laniewski. 248-252-9635. Or Jan Napier. 586-731-3072. lildolls@excite.com. www.DollShowProductions.com. 19 ~ Great Britain. Dolls, Dolls Houses & Related Pieces. ++44(0) 7736668702. leigh. gotch@candtauctions.co.uk. www.candtauctions.co.uk
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