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Antique DOLL Collector December 2014 Vol. 17, No. 11

J o i n Th e r i a u lt ’s i n N e w p o rt B e a c h , CAlifornia The Legendary Theriault’s January Auctions Continue Featured this year is the famous estate collection of Susan Whittaker of Beverly Hills highlighted by an extraordinary array of the rarest of French bébés (H, AT, Bru, Jumeau, Schmitt and a fabulous Marque) and more than 200 exceptional early mignonettes, delightfully counterpointed by more than 50 googlies in the rarest models and sizes known to exist.

Friday evening, January 9 7 PM - 8 PM. Meet and greet old friends at a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and take a sneak peek at the weekend’s offerings.

Saturday, January 10 The Outstanding Antique Doll Collection of Susan Whittaker of Beverly Hills 8:30 AM. Early Preview and walk-through tour with Florence Theriault. 9 AM - 11 AM. Preview of the collection. 11 AM. Session I of the Susan Whittaker Collection begins.

Sunday, January 11 9 AM - 11 AM. Preview of the day’s auction. 11 AM. Session II of the Susan Whittaker Collection begins. 2 PM. Discovery Day of 200 additional dolls.

A gorgeous 200 page hardbound catalog of the Whittaker Collection, with special features not available to online viewers, is available for $75 including after-auction prices realized and priority postage.

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Friday evening, January 9 7 PM - 8 PM. Meet and greet old friends at a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and take a sneak peek at the weekend’s offerings.

Sunday, January 11 9 AM - 11 AM. Preview of the day’s auction. 11 AM. Session II of the Susan Whittaker Collection begins. 2 PM. Discovery Day of 200 additional dolls.

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An adorable 13” J.D.K. “Hilda” toddler mkd 237 on the rear of the head. Beautiful even bisque, original finish on the fully jointed toddler body, retains his original skin mohair wig and dressed in appropriate clothing. $1750 A 12” Kestner Pouty child mkd with only a “7” on the rear of the head. An exceptional early fully jointed composition and dressed in antique, most likely her original clothing. A great size with an abundance of charm and personality! $2250 An all original 11” K*R 131 Googley. Marked on the rear of head K*R 131, a great cabinet sized character with such appeal! Brown glass sleep eyes, near mint composition fully jointed toddler body, original clothing and wig. $3950 An 8 1/2” mechanical Heubach, the cone shaped body contains a mechanism that when wound this little fellow will race about the floor. In all original condition and in working order. $525 An incredible 16” Nursing Bru with no apologies. The head still has the rubber ball(hardened) within and the twist key to activate the “feeding ball” which protrudes from the rear of the head. A beautiful clean Bru kid body with bisque hands(1 finger repaired), the head and shoulder plate have no issues! The bisque is outstanding as well as the modeling to her face. Dressed in period antique christening clothing she also comes with her own french horn(not pictured). Stunning!! $8000 A 14” pouty Schoenhut girl with original paint finish... NO touch up and ready to display in your collection. $950 A 23” S&H 1159 on a straight-wristed adult body. Great bisque, excellent original finish to the jointed composition body, brown glass eyes(set), original blonde mohair wig and dressed in appropriate period clothing. $1750 A 12 1/2” 2nd series Portrait Jumeau. An exceptional bebe marked with a “5” on rear of head. Great expression and bisque, blue paperweight eyes, straight-wristed early Jumeau body, antique clothing and a skin wig really make this bebe a standout! $5500

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Stunning 18” Terrenne on Wood Body w/ Lavish Trousseau If you have been looking for an elusive beauty that assimilates poise, grace & style; she has just arrived complete with a superb trousseau. Mademoiselle is nothing short of magical… such a delicate glow about her face; softly painted in palest tints of rose and peach. Large deep blue eyes framed with gentle lashes & softly lined brows. Her lips are full with a smile hinting a secret kept for over a century. She is garbed in an elaborate fawn colored challis wool walking suit. This ensemble has an elaborately constructed bustle, fancy & feminine gathered plaid fan pockets, ivory silk covered buttons, wonderful pleating at the hem & pin-tuck pleated linen at cuffs and throat. She also has 6 other lovely gown, ensembles & additional toilette. • An elaborate sage & golden taffeta silk jacket over a voluminous skirt with fantastic detail to the bustle and richly appointed ruffle and scalloped & pleated trim-work. • A green pinstriped three piece outfit made of rich silk is a vision of detail with tiny silken covered buttons in emerald green; expert tailoring of the cuffs and pocket details, as well as a corded hem in the same fabric, cut on a diagonal. • Our lovely young lady has several ensembles that are perfect for taking in brunch or strolling in the garden. A lovely ecru afternoon linen gown replete w/ baby blue ribbons, a flowing train & beautiful, deeply pleated hemline & cuffs. Mlle. has a parasol, straw bonnet, elaborate original felt & velvet bonnet w/ plume, leather handbag, ivory kid boots, night shirt, slippers, evening cap, gloves, muff, black velvet jacket, and additional toiletries along with an additional superior pulled up blonde wig in ex. condition and orig to doll. Marked 4 on head, beautiful label on her chest boasting: Médaille d’Exposition Universelle 1867 J. Terrene Paris An exceptional doll on a superior articulated body that was crafted by Marie Victoire and Albert Frederick Anqueulle w/ articulated waist, thighs, elbows, knees and wrists. $22,950~ Custom layaway always an option!

All of us at Beautiful Bebes Antique Dolls wish You and Yours a Joyous Holiday filled with Warmth and Love! See us Dec 6 & 7th at the Eastern National Doll Show in Gaithersburg, MD at the Fairgrounds! National Antique Doll Dealers Show in San Francisco is coming in April 18-19th, 2015! More details to follow~

Two adorable Bebes have insisted on making an appearance! A precious 15” marked 6 EJ in superb condition ; dressed in a frothy confection of ecru and seafoam from head to toe. Her marked 7 Depose sister is 16” and looks like a bonbon in her raspberry Bebe jacket over ecru and floral print dress; crowned with a charming high brim hat scattered with roses. Both Bebes are delightful; pristine bisque, beautiful decoration of features and overall perfect condition. E6J~ $7,600. Depose~ $6,900. Custom layaway always an option! Meissen was a master... his works are coveted. This charming scene, of what may be Napoleon Napoleon, slumbering as a child plays at his knee is precious. Marked and in excellent condition. 8”x 6” x 8” $1,095~ Member UFDC & NADDA

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17” Alexander Polly Pigtails 1949 all original in blue organdy dress, blond braids, blue eyes $275.

14” Pair of Gebruder Kuhnlenz GK 28 25 all original, dolls belonged to Mable (1880) & Elsie (1882) Flinn, dolls have jointed heads on shoulderplates, kid bodies, bisque arms, 1 has 2 chipped ﬁngers, brown glass eyes, blonde mohair wigs w/ plaster pates, pierced ears $2095. pair

24” K Star R 128 on baby body, blue sleep eyes, right foreﬁnger glued $495. 24” K Star R 128 on baby body, blue sleep eyes, left middle ﬁnger glued, baking crack corner of mouth, black mark on chin $395. 13” Georgene pair of Awake / Asleep Raggedy Ann & Andy, original clothing, Andy has few face stains $175.

21 ½” K * R 101 “Peter” with professional repair on head, it appears left side by ear, right side of ear, forehead & front of neck, facial features are all original, fur wig $2150. Now $1750.

24” Cloth Madame Alexander 1939 - 45 All Original in tagged dress, ﬂoss hair & blue painted eyes, few spots on face $475. 16 1/2” Alexander Grey Dog 1954 with pink heart nose, Alexander tag on bottom $125.

14 1/2” Schoenhut w/ blue green eyes, replaced mohair wig, cheek and nose rubs, missing left thumb, Jan. 17th, 1911 label, antique clothing $250. 15” Schoenhut Miss Dolly w/ blue green eyes, replaced mohair wig, cheek and nose rub, Jan. 17th, 1911 label $250. 7 Piece Blue Enamelware Cookware 4 x 4 1/2” Tea Kettle w/ lid, double boiler w/ lid, cook pot, strainer, frying pan, some chips $95. 3 1/2” x 2 1/4” Cream Oval metal dish w/ cute decal 2 girls with dog $22.50

14” Hilda JDK jr. 1914 with molded hair, brown sleep eyes, baby body - crazed, hands repainted, great molding $1100. 13” JDK jr. Hilda 245 1914 F 10, original pate and wig, blue sleep eyes, 5 piece baby body $1495.

18 ½” Kestner “S”, blue sleep eyes, original plaster pate, mohair wig, antique clothing & leather shoes, left pinkie as is $595.

27” Kestner A 211 20 on Toddler body, brown sleep eyes, original plaster pate, great molding $875.

14” Johanna Art Boy by Barbara Buysse, fabulously hand painted with great expression $525. Blue Enamelware - 3” Pitcher, 2 1/2” handled covered chamber pot, soap and toothbrush dishes, some chips but great display pieces $75. Cream, Purple & Green Enamelware - 5” Pitcher, 5” Bowl, 4” handled covered chamber pot, toothbrush dish, some chips but great display pieces $75.

Fabulous 14 piece Beige & Brown Enamelware dolls cookware, 4” x 4” Tea kettle, frying pan, 2 covered handled pots, 2 covered cook pots, 1 open pot, colander and mold, few chips great for display $225. 15” Brown Intaglio Eyed Schoenhut, mohair wig (cut), Jan. 17th, 1911 label, some paint damage on face $275. 14 1/2” Schoenhut Boy all nicely repainted, cute face, original underware $250.

24” Kestner A 211 20 on baby body, brown stationary eyes, original plaster pate - fur wig as is, great molding $595. 10” Steiff Bear 1910-20’s wonderful face, nice mohair, bodies stufﬁng has settled, hole right foot pad $895. Now $725.

10” Vintage Native American Hopi Carved Mongwa Owl Doll by Cliff Lomahaftewa, hand carved wood, great detailing $395. 17 1/2” NASB “Dash of Spice” Style Show #1504, original clothing and straw hat, some fading $145.

8 1/2” x 6 1/2” Roldan Bull Fighter with bull $65. 9” Roldan Skier on skies w/ poles, has made in Spain tag $125. 10 1/2” x 6” Hard Carved Laplander, signed Norsk Lappegutt $49.95

10 1/2” MIB All Original Alexander Kathy in Christening Dress #2810 1955 - 56, w/ tag, bottle and box, never played with $115. 9 1/2” Herzi by Porzellanfabrik Mengersgereuth, mohair wig, blue sleep eyes, missing 1 tooth, marked w/ heart in circle PM Herzi Germany 3/0, antique clothing and leather booties $110.

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December 2014 Volume 17, Number 11

OH, YOU GREAT, BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL!

THE UNUSUAL PAPER-MACHE DOLLS OF J.D. KESTNER JR.

by Fritzi Bartelmay Martinez A chance encounter led the author to specialize in very large antique dolls. Typically special ordered for a child from a family of means, they are difﬁcult to ﬁnd but worth the effort.

by Christiane Gräfnitz In her informative article the author shares rare examples of these extraordinary early dolls.

About The Cover Records indicate that by 1815 J.D. Kestner was selling paper

mache goods, including doll heads to other European countries, so we may assume that he began production even earlier. Early doll expert, Christiane Grafnitz, discusses the company’s paper mache production and shares some unusual examples, including the rare doll on our cover. Kestner sample sheets illustrating the rich variety of caps, bonnets and hats of that time complement her informative article. Photo by Christiane Grafnitz

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A VISIT WITH ANN MEEHAN PART 3

by Donna C. Kaonis A circa 1860 Georgian house, purchased in London and a magniﬁcent Mystery House are richly decorated with elegant furnishings and accessories.

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CHRISTMAS FAIRIES

by Margaret Gray Kincaid In this country we have a variety of holiday tree toppers, but in England it is the Christmas Fairy who deserves the place of honor.

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KRIPPEN AT THE BAVARIAN NATIONALMUSEUM IN MUNICH by Donna Kaonis A variety of nativity and street scenes display remarkable workmanship.

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LADIES AND THEIR LITTLE GIRLS

CDVs of Little Girls and Their French Fashion Dolls by Jan Peterson Cartes de Visite (visiting cards) of young girls and their dolls allow us to peek back in time.

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1) More than an AM 323 googly, at 14” tall she becomes quite a gleeful Googly Character with huge dancing eyes, button nose, glowing bisque, mint long curl factory wig, fully jointed body and completely charming period clothes! $1600

3) This 14” Gbr. Heubach Dolly Dimple lives up to his name with such deep dimples in joyous anticipation, with shining youthful round ‘shoe button’ eyes, orig. wig, and dressed for the holiday social in formal jacket and tie! $595

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4) Ask about the special working eye mechanism in this mint 24” K*R 117n in Original Clothes. In her mint factory wig she also boasts the original fully jtd. high knee body so fashionable for this so well dressed ‘My New Darling’ as she was known in 1927 ! $1100

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2) Create a tradition for that special child or family in your world with this rather sophisticated, beautifully made,mint in box, Nutcracker Suite Automaton featuring 4 mechanical revolving scenes, 8 melodies, & complete w. stage lighting & open/close curtains! $295

7) 12” Mint Kestner 235 - a special rare JDK mold; unusual Fully Jointed Toddler! Mint kid and composition labelled body w. ‘football’ torso, sleep eyes, mint factory pate & wig. A dumpling! $495

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8) Factory Tagged “Whistling Jim” by Gbr.Heubach a stunning 14” fellow with his factory romper and rarely seen ‘tag’, big beautiful face, ‘loving cup’ ears, intaglio eyes and he still has a whistle in his 8 tummy - plus 2 UFDC ribbons! $995

5/6 & 9/10) The World’s Most Handsome Candy Container!... With his rarely seen flocked side part hair hair, wooden sled and wooly suit w. cap! This Rare Gbr. Heubach is 18” tall and mint with a 10” cir. head. A real show stopper! $2500. Candy Container “Sledding Girl” - possibly Kling; how Victorian she is in her two tone textured red velvet with pw eyes, closed mouth & mohair curls, at 10” tall and 9” long she’s easy to see - and a joy! $2500 12

12) What an opportunity to have an artist made ‘A.Marque’ of probably better quality than some originals! A striking 20” tall example made ca:1980 she is fully jointed with bisque lower arms and beautifully dressed in the original manner. $495

11) 8” Unusual Large All Bisque Pair - Black Forest charm abounds in the all original crocheted traditional costumes of these jointed charmers, w. factory wigs & caps- her’s in long braids. Delicate quality and lots of charm in a striking 8” size. $950

13) Scarce Kestner Child Fashion one rarely sees these early 14” tall closed mouth socket heads, w. orig. pate & wig, still mounted on its original 1880’s body w.mint hands; all original and peppermint pretty in the fancy layers of clothes and fabulous leather two tone boots! $1495 14) This 18” Early Kestner ‘143’ model, exudes boyhood charm in his big gentle blue eyes, factory pate, wig & body, and so charming in his ‘mommy-made’ period clothes and orig. Kestner shoes! $650

15) A Lithesome Poupée Jumeau with dainty ladylike charm, delicate hand drawn features and coveted ‘ice blue’ PW eyes. She is a 14” heirloom original in her charming winter weight walking dress and leather high heeled boots. $2100 (see #32)

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16) 21” Important Empress Eugenie China - more commonly seen in parian but rarely in china .This serene womanly portrait is exquisitely modeled and richly painted; with her original cloth body and leather arms. She is majestically dressed in the elegant silk velvet she so deserves... plus her magnificent snood! $2750 (see #19 & #21) 17) A particularly vivid 15” Gaultier Poupée Parisienne - she has both unusual energy and grace. Her mint body is in brilliant posture for her form fitting tailored pink day dress with matching chapeau. Her expression is crisp & petal perfect! $1700 (see#30)

18) 14.5” Simon Halbig Fashion - her special size enhances the distinctive aquiline beauty of her features. With her factory wig and ladylike stature this SH 1160 in Edwardian hat and walking dress is ready to stroll. $750 19) see #16 & #21 18

20) Noel! Noel! - Two all original Cabinet Gems! see #23 & #34 21) (see #16 & #19)

22) Wrapped and draped in tiers of grand elegance this 12.5” Vintage French Fashion confection is the belle of the ball with her original factory set coiffure, cork pate and delicate bon-bon like expression. (see #24). $1900

23) 10.25” All Original SFBJ 301 Paris - excellent quality bisque, lovely antique mohair tresses and high style factory silk couture plus fully jointed body. Bluette charm all grown up yet still cabinet size! $1200

24) “La Petite Mademoiselle” similar in style to Louis Doleac with a lovely, youthful aspect, feathery brows and a slight smile for you. $1900 (see #22) 25) 16” Original Belton Style Fashion - detailed modeling with shaded lids, pw eyes, closed mouth, swivel neck, kid body, original silk bustle back gown and train plus leather boots. $1100

26) Candy Container - 9” tall Victorian Miss with container shown open. (see #5 & #10). $2500 27) 17” Early Simon Halbig 949 with pw eyes, long cheeks, the early square teeth, pretty bisque, mint antique mohair wig, chunky stiff wrist body... the works! $1100 28) Halbig Sisters! - (see#27 & #29)

29) 12” Adorable Simon Halbig 939 - rare cabinet size version, blue eyes, breathy bisque, mohair wig, all original delightful clothes and boots plus 8-ball chunky body- all mint! $1200

30) Poupée Gaultier (please see #17) $1700

31) Rare Petite ‘Joanny Bebe’ - from the fashionable Rue de Rivoli comes this enigmatic 12” tall closed mouth Sugarplum with an early EJ look, luscious PW eyes and sumptuous expression cuddled by a wealth of mohair tresses. Her mint body in antique under layers and an elaborate factory chemise complete the charm of this very rare bebe. $6200

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32) Poupée Jumeau (please see #15) $2100

33) If the elegant couture of Maison Jumeau defines for you the Golden Age of Dolls you will need only this one, Size 7, Bebe Jumeau in Original Couture to illustrate that fact! In the classic 17” height she is resplendent tip to toe in her doré bronze ensemble beginning with the silk & beflowered Ram’s Horn chapeau and ending in mint fully signed shoes. The cork pate, mint wig, signed body w. original coil all attest to her luxurious and undisturbed lineage. The ultimate prize where opulence and good taste intersect. $6500

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34) From the famed Parisian doll emporium - This precious 10.5” Bebe “Au Nain Bleu” is all original with label, from bonnet to signed ivory leather shoes presenting original ornate layers of factory couture including jewelry and a luscious hip length mohair wig! La Petit Bijou! $2500

35) Lovely Pressed Bisque Parisienne - from the 1870’s - This 16” Barrois/ Bru era fashion properly costumed by the second generation owner features the refined artwork associated with those early poupée. She retains her original firm body, all the layers of undergarments and the side button heeled shoes as well ! Naturally gracious... $2250

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n early ﬁrst series Premiere Jumeau, marked 6, wearing an original dress and Jumeau shoes with additional clothing and accessories brought approximately $35,500 during the Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion on October 10 and 11. In the same auction this Bru Jeune, c. 1870-1880, marked Bru Jeune 4 with original breast plate and pate and bisque forearms sold for $18,000.

t Withington’s ﬁnal sale of this year, an 18” bisque incised 1448/1 with brown sleep eyes, closed smiling mouth with molded teeth and wearing antique clothes realized $10,848. The highly decorated 19th century key-wind Singing Bird Box brought $11,300. 14

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n exquisite example of K*R’s Karl, mold 107, with the original body and wig, 21-1/2 inches, brought $23,600 at James D. Julia’s November auction. Bringing $13,035 was this darling and diminutive Bru incised Bru Jne 1, 11 inches tall, wearing her marked Bru Jne shoes.

lovely transitional Bru Jne Bebe with original signed body, c. 1890, wearing marked Bru shoes, sold for $15,680 at the November 1 Frasher doll auction. The Jumeau Triste, marked 12, 26 inches tall on the original body brought $17,360. More Auction Gallery on page 58

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A World Made Small

At the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg All Photos courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

his year to usher in the joys of the holiday season, a delightful exhibition, “A World Made Small,” will ofﬁcially open on December 5 at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. From dollhouses that are fully furnished for girls with which to play and learn housekeeping to building sets, such as forts, for boys to enjoy, Morris-Canby-Rumford Dollhouse these miniature buildings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820 the 19th century are sure to charm museum visitors young and old alike. The exhibition will remain on view through September 7, 2015. The earliest dollhouse, the Morris-Canby-Rumford Dollhouse, dates to 1820 and was made in Philadelphia. Wood and various materials were used to make this dollhouse for twin girls, Elizabeth Clifford Morris and Sarah Wistar Morris, when they were about seven years old. It stayed in the same family for generations until given to the museum in the 1980s. Each generation cared for and added to the house; it includes original furnishings from the 1820s as well as detailed furnishings made in the 1930s. The Long Island Dollhouse, is the largest at 15 feet long. An 11-room house (plus a tool shed) was found in the late 1960s in an old Long Island home that was being demolished. The house dates to about 1900 and was probably based on homes in the area. It came with only a few furnishings, which have been supplemented over the years with antique miniatures as well as modern pieces, some based on the collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum (the other of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg), which purchased the house in 1969 from the famous New York toy seller F.A.O. Schwarz. Other dollhouses in the exhibition will include a house made in the Chesapeake around 1835 for the granddaughter of an early governor of Virginia; a unique house made from

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Parlor of Morris-Canby-Rumford Dollhouse

a packing crate and furnishings made from scrap wood for a young girl whose mother took in boarders by one of the men living with the family; two dollhouses made in the 1890s–one almost four feet tall and the other a tabletop folding cardboard house; and the most recent in the collection from the 1940s that came to the Art Museums directly from the original owner. In addition to the dollhouses, “A World Made Small” will also feature other toy buildings including German wooden toy sets from the late 19th century. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. For museum program information, telephone (757) 220-7724 or visit www.colonialwilliamsburg.com.

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Corrections...

e have heard from two individuals who have researched the pin-jointed walker 14”dolls used by a number of doll producers in the 1950s. Susan Piefer has researched Mary Hoyer dolls and Ruth Hoseley dolls and Peggy Millhouse has extensively researched Richwood Toys, Inc., the company that sold a 14” doll as Cindy Lou. Richwood could not have sold 14” doll molds to Hoseley, the only molds they owned were for the 8” Sandra Sue dolls.

he winner of the German Celluloid, non-ethnic costume was misidentiﬁed. This doll by Wagner & Zetsche is owned by Suzanne McBrayer.

The Unusual Paper-Mache Dolls of J.D. Kestner Jr. by Christiane Gräfnitz

hen exactly J.D. Kestner began to produce papier-mâché dolls and what they looked like is unfortunately not known. Advertisements in daily newspapers of the time around 1800 and thereafter prove active dealing in papier-mâché goods, dolls and dollheads had already taken place in Thüringia. We do know for sure that Andreas Voit of Rodach had been in production since 1803 making not only ﬁgures, busts and animals, but also different kinds of doll-heads although it was not until 1806 that he received the privilege for the production and sale of papier-mâché goods. During this time the Voit company had fourteen employees, and it is very likely that there were other small papiermâché producers in business. Also around 1806, exclusive rights for the production and sale of papier-mâché articles for the district of Sonneberg was granted to Johann Friedrich Müller. Since 1815, J.D. Kestner Jr. was selling papier-mâché goods to other European countries, thus one can assume that he had begun years before then, not only the distribution of papier-mâché goods and dollheads but also their production. Early records proving his dealings in papier-mâché articles are not only to be found in a so-called mayor book, but also in a so-called “Copir-book” that contains all correspondence to business partners. Such a book was started by Kestner on December 6th, 1815, a few weeks after the wedding with his ﬁrst wife Sabina Friederike Buschmann. Both books are kept today in

Lady in blue dress around 1830. Papier-mâché head with two long molded curls and highly modelled bun, painted black. Painted eyes. The shoulder-head is modelled on a simple moveable wooden limb body. Black painted shoes. The dress, with the wide sleeves dates to around 1830. She is 35 cm/14” inches tall. This type of lady’s head is listed in the Kestner sample book of the 1840’s with the letters A and B.

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Papier-mâché boy with a special blue modelled hat from about 1830. Papiermâché shoulderhead in typical Kestner style with painted ornaments. He has a friendly childish facial expression. This type of head is to be found next to other boys’ heads with different modelled colored hats and caps with the letter U. Cloth body with leather arms. He is dressed with a blue jacked, cotton skirt and black trousers. He is 42 cm/16.5” tall.

the Museum Schloß Tenneberg in Waltershausen/Thuringia, Germany. In his first letter written in the “copirbook” to Mr. J. C Bielefeld in London, he offered ladies and boys doll-heads in thirteen different sizes. In further letters which he sent at the beginning of 1816 to London and Amsterdam, he reaffirmed, several times, that his doll-heads are of his own production and that he was able to deliver matching dollbodies made of finest leather. A list of 1818 shows that Kestner also had in his in selection, next to a matte-finish lacquered doll heads, doll-masks, so-called half-faces, swaddling-dolls, and doll-bodies made of the finest leather. Unfortunately at that time it was not common to identify by mark production so that we can only refer to two sample sheets from around 1830 and another one, ca. 1840, both to be found in the Archives of the Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg/Thüringia as well as to the only known sample book by Kestner of about 1840/50 which is being kept in the Museum of Schloß Tenneberg in Waltershausen. The variety of different types of doll heads with the colored painting is fascinating and shows the richness of caps, bonnets and hats of that time. A later sample sheet, which is kept at the Museum Schloß Tenneberg in Waltershausen, probably dating to around 1860 shows, next to the papier-mâché heads, also heads made of wood and glazed porcelain. It is interesting that at this time the Kestner firm was also offering china dolls with glass eyes. A further important step for the expansion of his assortment of goods was the acquisition of a factory for wood-working in the year of 1818. It enabled him to make dolls with turned limbs and mobile wooden bodies. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Boy with papier-mâché shoulderhead with brown scattered modelled high hat and a red textile tassel, a so-called Turkish Fez. In the sample book of J.D. Kestner he is also illustrated among the boys’ heads marked U. His height is 54 cm/21.5 inches tall. His cloth body has brown leather arms. He is dressed with a long white shirt with embroidered Greek letters in red, black woolen trousers, red silk belt and leather shoes. The so-called scattered hats were made using sand or special powder which was sprinkled on hats prepared with glue, so that they had a rough surface. Kestner advertised it on the sample-sheet of 1840. Man with moustache, in a red coat and black trousers. About 1840. Papier-mâché head with modelled brown scattered top hat, leather body with wooden arms and legs. He is 11.5 inches tall. In the sample book men’s heads of this kind carry the letter N.

In the following years papier-mâché production experienced a great upswing so that Kestner got into conflict with the papermillers, who since 1672, had the sole right to produce cardboard and paper. The result was a massive dispute with the papermillers which lasted several years. Therefore Kestner had to find other ways in order to produce his papier-mâché articles and doll-heads. The solution of the puzzle for him was an old English papier-mâché recipe which was patented in 1800 by Matthias Koops in England. This formula used moss, hay, straw, thistle and remains of flax with the total exclusion of rag and paper. On January 11th, 1822, Kestner acquired this patent together with the right to produce his own cardboard and papier-mâché goods with this special natural fibre for the following ten years. But already two years later in 1824 Kestner was able to buy for the amount of 550 Taler, a paper mill with rolls and more press forms. In the following years, this purchase largely expanded the range of papier-mâché articles and toys and not only revived the business but also allowed the production to be simplified and improved. A registration in 1824 verifies that at that time Kestner not only distributed dolls with wooden arms or leather bodies but also produced dolls with papier-mâché arms. During the same year the company moved into a large newly constructed building immediately in front of the Bornpforte in the Neue Gasse in Waltershausen. The production of dolls took place primarily here during the following decades. Homeworkers delivered their doll heads and other parts to the new factory. The parts assembled there, dressed and prepared to be sent to all parts of the world. The ornament of a crown which Kestner had mounted below 20

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Lady-doll with modelled long black painted side-curls and deep knot in the style of 1840/50, size 52cm/20.5 inches tall. Papiermâché shoulderhead, leather body with wooden arms and legs. Old wine-red velvet dress with bows of lace. This doll possibly is a papier-mâché doll of Kestner with the bonnet missing. In the sample book it is shown under lady heads F.

the gable of his new factory, was to become the trademark of the company for the coming decades. Unfortunately at the beginning of this century, the deteriorating condition of the building caused it to be torn down. A larger sample sheet, in the possession of the Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg, leads to the conclusion that, at the beginning of 1830, Kestner began to name his different types of papier-mâché dolls and other goods which he produced himself, with the so-called Kestner alphabet, letters and numbers.

Small Harlequin with modelled high hat, around 1830. Jointed wooden body. Size 11cm/4.4 inches tall. In the samplebook this type is mentioned under Harlequins with the letter P. He belongs to the Stadtgeschichtliche Museum in Leipzig, Germany.

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Turk man, who once belonged to Dorothy Dixon. He is 8 inches tall.

Such a swimming child of papier-mâché has seldom been preserved. It measures 21cm/8.5 inches and can, indeed, swim. These swimming children carry the letter H in the sample book of Kestner.

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Trade with dolls ﬂourished and after the country joined the German Custom Association in 1834, business sales doubled to 40, 000 Taler. Since Kestner put great importance on quality, their price rose by 50% in 1845 without reducing sales. This great demand for dolls also resulted in the fact that homeworkers from further away began working for Kestner. In 1836 the company, in the process of looking for further market opportunities, is supposed to have entered into contract with a porcelain factory of Ohrdruf. There are doll heads of porcelain which show great similarities with the bonnet-heads of papier-mâché of Kestner. Since after 1840 other porcelain companies in Thuringia and Silesia began the production of glazed doll heads, they could also have been fabricated there. We do know that in 1860, two years after the death of J.D. Kestner, the porcelain factory of Steudinger, Müller and Co. in Ohrdruf was bought by the Kestner ﬁrm which henceforth was named Kestner and Cie. Thanks to the only preserved sample book of the 1840’s belonging to the J.D. Kestner Company, we can regard the variety of doll heads and their high quality painting with the corresponding large letters. Unfortunately the papier-mâché dolls of Kestner rarely survived. Their modelled hats, bonnets and caps were easily damaged and surely thrown away. These illustrations show several papier-mâché dolls which I have, with a lot of luck, mostly acquired myself during the past forty years. Should anyone be in the possession of an extraordinary papier-mâché doll and question whether it is a doll of Kestner or not, I would be pleased to be any help.

38” Cuno Otto Dressel in antique hat and dress reading a Santa book to Schuco bear.

42” Konig and Wernicke in her original dress.

Oh, You Great, Big Beautiful Doll! by Fritzi Bartelmay Martinez

Dear Doll Collectors and Friends... many years ago, before I became a collector of antique dolls, I had a chance encounter that forever changed my life! Of course I did not know at the time how profoundly this encounter would impact my life. This “chance” encounter occurred in Lenore’s Antiques Shop, which was located in the little town of Oswego, Illinois. Lenore had a lovely shop filled with art glass, fine antique china, walnut and marble furniture, old kerosene hanging lamps, cut glass, and a charming cat, Tiger, who liked to sit in the window. As I was walking through the store, I saw a beautiful and very well behaved child who looked ready to speak to me from her carved walnut chair across the room. As I was about to compliment Lenore for having such a wellbehaved grandchild, I stopped myself realizing that this beautiful fine-featured child with mesmerizing blue eyes,

and blonde hair was a doll! She was wearing a lovely antique white-work and lace dress with a large dark hat framing her face with ﬂowers and feathers. Lenore had obviously been watching me studying this doll: Lenore: “I see you’ve noticed Nelly. People think she’s a real child all the time. What’s your name?” Me: “Fritzi.” Lenore: “Good German name, Fritzi, unusual… Well Fritzi, this is Nelly, and I’m Lenore. Now that we’ve all been properly introduced… Are you looking for anything special today?” Nelly was a 40-42” antique German girl doll. As strange as it seemed that I was being “introduced” to a doll, it made me smile and I kind of understood why Lenore “introduced” me. This was my ﬁrst encounter with a very large antique German doll. Although my mother, Valda Dillon, was an antique doll collector, she did not collect ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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36” #99 Handwerk in her antique dress and pinafore ready for Christmas morning.

36” Armand Marseille boy with his original wig and antique costume. He has his musician award pin on. He likes to blow his horn.

large dolls so I had never seen anything like this doll. I was amazed, and asked Lenore about her doll. Lenore explained that the doll had been made in Germany circa 1912. Her parents gave Nelly to Lenore when she was a small child. Lenore sat Nelly in her playroom. Lenore was an only child of wealthy farm

37” Kestner #142 boy in great antique boy costume with old Steiff dog as his companion. 26

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36” Simon and Halbig #939 in Persian lamb costume. The Century Baby wears a crocheted costume made by my grandmother and the baby beads were my mother’s.

A family Christmas photo. From left, 36” K*R 117n with her tap shoes. 36” Simon and Halbig 949. 42” Heinrich Handwerk in antique boy costume with his pet bull dog.

owners, and informed me that only wealthy people could afford a doll like Nelly. Dolls like Nelly usually had to be special ordered, which is what Lenore’s father had done. At that time, the dry goods store owner ordered two dolls like Nelly: Lenore’s doll, and one other doll that was used in the store’s Christmas window display. Lenore felt her parents had given her Nelly because of how frequently Lenore was lonely as an only child. Through the years Lenore heard and knew of just a couple of other only children who had a life-sized doll like Nelly. One of these girls told Lenore that she had two life-sized dolls, not just one. I was so enthralled with the story and Lenore’s doll, I never forgot Nelly and found myself looking for other dolls like Nelly when I was antiquing. Years later, when I started collecting and selling antique dolls, the encounter with Lenore and her doll Nelly motivated me to specialize in very large antique dolls. I quickly discovered that it is a difficult task finding very large antique dolls. I persevered, and for many years, especially in the Midwest, someone looking for a great big beautiful antique doll would either visit our shop or find us at a doll show. This led to me having the privilege and joy of helping many collectors place these childlike dolls in their collections, with some individuals collecting only 36”- 42” sized dolls. Although we call these great big beautiful German dolls common they are anything but common,

38” Handwerck # 79 in her hand painted antique dress and original extension wig. A sweet German girl. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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44” Kley and Hahn walker with flirty eyes checking out her googly collection. Her dog is dejected because she’s not paying attention to him.

especially in sizes of 36” and larger. Lenore’s personal life experience explains why these beauties are truly hard to find treasures. Just as it has always been difficult for collectors to find nice small examples of some molds it is also difficult to find very large examples of them. The small ones are lovely, but the very large examples can be showstoppers with outstanding modeling, and a “wow” factor that only exists in such large sizes. These dolls were symbols of wealth, and still give an impression of affluence and refinement, particularly in groupings, or a doll sitting in a chair as a work of art, or watching over other dolls. A small doll cannot duplicate that “wow” factor of a great big beautiful doll, as the song goes: My heart’s afire, with love’s desire. In my arms, rest complete, I never thought that life could ever be so sweet ‘Til I met you, some time ago, But now you know, I love you so! Oh, you beautiful doll! You great, big, beautiful doll! Let me put my arms about you, I could never live without you.

42” K * R Simon and Halbig with her K * R 126 baby.

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40” all original Kestner letter series with Valentine from her 38” Schoenau and Hoffmeister boy friend, “ the dog catcher”.

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38” Handwerk in her antique Scottish costume waiting for bag pipes.

Oh, you beautiful doll! You great, big, beautiful doll! If you ever leave me how my heart would ache, I want to hug you but I fear you’d break. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, You Beautiful Doll! “Oh, You Beautiful Doll” by Nat Ayer (music) and Seymour Brown (lyrics). My grandmother, a tall woman, frequently played this song on her piano. She loved this song because my grandfather used to sing it to her. Apparently, he too knew the “wow” factor of a great big beautiful doll. So in memory of all the Great Big Beautiful Dolls, please enjoy these photographs of some exceptional examples of great big beautiful dolls out of the Great Big Antique Doll Collection. Happy dolling.... Love, Fritzi Fritzi’s Antique Dolls Photography courtesy of Rick Martinez. Dolls provided from the collections of Marilyn Stout, Ruth and Jerry Schulz, Fritzi Bartelmay Martinez and Megan V. McAlister. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Christmas Fairies by Margaret Gray Kincaid

My oldest Christmas Fairy is a very small flatfooted china doll from the 1860’s. She is dressed in fine crinoline with silver trim. Around her waist are bits of turquoise silk ribbon and the same silk ribbon attaches her wand to her hand. The wand is also made from silver ribbon on a paper stick. The wings are almost melted away, but they are iridescent paper ribbon attached to her shoulders. It is her wand which makes her a Christmas Fairy and not an angel.

Another early Christmas Fairy from the 1880’s is a large 22-inch tall wax doll that came in her original box. She is dressed as a fairy in white (faded) crinoline with the edges cut in small V points. This is like pinking, but larger and hand done. This treatment is common to most of the Christmas fairies I have. The trim is fairly large-scale silver Christmas garland. Her wand is made of twisted cloth and garland with red berries attached. This fairy has no wings. She may have been a store display because she is so large, but she has a red string tied around her which may have attached her to a really large tree. 32

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bout 15 years ago I was selling at The Kensington Town Hall show in London with a good friend and fellow dealer. While I was dutifully setting up, he was out and about buying wonderful things. He found some English Christmas fairies that I truly coveted and from that point on I have been searching for Christmas fairies every time I travel to England. I was so charmed that in England there is a fairy on top of the tree instead of an angel. Originally I thought it was a simple exchange of a Fairy for an Angel, but I have found it is a much deeper difference in traditions. I’ve tried to research American, German and British Christmas customs and I’ve asked my friends and family about them. From that research and more, I’ve pieced together this article. Most Christmas customs include some aspect of magic. In the northern hemisphere there has always been a sense of magic surrounding the winter solstice. Many of our time honored traditions come from the Druids and the Roman Saturnalia. The celebration of the birth of Christ was moved by the early church to the old solstice celebration. In England the holly, ivy and the sacred plant of the Druids, mistletoe, were brought in to decorate the home, while the Yule log was lit over the solstice. In Germany they brought in the ﬁr tree. Many traditions involve the lighting of candles to symbolize the return of light. Saint Nicholas, also called Nikolaos of Myra, was an important early Christian Bishop. He was born in Greece in 270 and died on December 6, 343. In his life, he was very generous. Legend says that if someone in need put out their shoe, he would place coins in it. He loved children and had little gifts for them. This tradition of Saint Nicholas traveled across Europe and became widespread…adults secretly left treats for the children in their shoes on his feast day December 6. In Holland he was called Sinterklaas, which was Americanized to Santa Claus. In England he is known as Father Christmas.

Left: This chubby-cheeked early paper mache fairy with a charming skin wig is about 12 inches tall. Her crinoline wings are trimmed in tinsel and sequins and she holds a sparkly wand to grant wishes.

Below: I have an 8-1/2 inch bisque head Christmas Fairy on a composition body. She looks to be 1890-1900. She is dressed in white crinoline with silver lace on the skirt sleeves neck and crown. She has silver cardboard wings and a very elaborate wand.

Above: A Christmas Fairy which was probably made in the 1890â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s using a paper mache doll. She is dressed in V-cut crinoline but her outer skirt and wings are silk organdy. Again the trim is silver tinsel but with flat silver sequins on both the skirt and the wings. Her wand is made of organdy and tinsel. She has a tinsel bow on her bosom with little silver balls attached to it. She has a piece of pink silk ribbon which picks up the color of her pink cheeks.

Left: Around the turn of the 20th century, Fairbanks Fairy Soap had a wonderful advertising campaign using pictures of a Christmas Fairy. Fairy Soap was manufactured in Chicago, but they had an office in London. Pictured on the inside of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s green cloth box is a lovely Christmas Fairy. It was used as a display piece for stores to sell the white floating soap at Christmas time. The image is truly delightful and must have had an influence on how people imagined the Christmas Fairy. Fairy liquid dishwashing soap is still a popular brand in England. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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A little blue wax fairy with fly away blond hair. The crinoline is blue with v-cuts at the edge. The underwear is tied with blue ribbons and her dress is decorated with silver tinsel. Her wings are tinsel wrapped around a steel wire. Her head band is silver ribbon with a fetching tassel on left side. It looks like she was tied on the tree with the same silver ribbon. Sometime along the way she lost her wand.

Thomas Nast drawing of the Christkind.

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Martin Luther is said to have changed the tradition of Saint Nicholas, who he considered ‘too Catholic’, to the Christkind. A fairy spirit know as the Christkind brings the tree and presents from the Christ child. The Catholic counties embraced the Christkind and the Protestant countries returned to a secularized Father Christmas. The tradition of the Christ child or Christ spirit became widespread in most of Northern Europe, South America and French New Orleans. I have questioned my Austrian son-in-law, Claudius, extensively over Austrian Christmas customs. In Austria Saint Nicholas comes on December 6, with his mean side kick Krampus. On December 24th, the decorated Christmas tree and all its gifts are brought by the Christkind who is said to be a little girl who brings the presents from the Christ spirit. Claudius described the Christkind as having fairy-like qualities. On Christmas Eve, the children are taken away for the afternoon and everything is prepared. After Christmas dinner, the door was opened to the Christmas tree revealing all the presents which had magically appeared! The Christmas tree brought by the Christkind was crowned by an angel or a star on the top. The early Puritans who settled the United States felt that Christmas was a drunken pagan custom and had no celebration. In New York, the Dutch tradition of Sinterclaas was the strongest. The New York department store owners found that the wealthy Dutch families would most easily part with money at Christmas time and encouraged these customs. In the early 19th century there was no firm image of Saint Nicholas, who was often portrayed as a bishop or a gnomelike creature. Modern American Christmas traditions were developed and illustrated by Thomas Nast, born in Germany in 1840. Nast started drawing cartoons when he was 15, and he was only 19 when he started drawing for Harper’s Weekly. Nast, with his wonderful centerfold pictures in the holiday editions of the paper, illustrated Saint Nick as a jolly old elf with his magical reindeer. These holiday illustrations had a deep influence, and as the Puritan religion faded, Nast’s wonderful illustrations of Saint Nick based on Clement’s poem, “The Night before Christmas” filled the void. The earliest illustration I have is from 1862, showing a family separated by war, the Mother praying, the Father on watch at war, the children sleeping in their bed with Saint Nick and his reindeer on the roof. Nast also drew some lovely images of the Christkind. While Saint Nick, and eventually Santa Claus, became the most popular Christmas tradition in the United States, Father Christmas and the Christmas Fairy seemed to hold equal importance in England. The first records of Christmas trees in England start with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Victoria became queen in June 1838. Because there had been such problems with the heirs to the throne, she was pressured into marrying soon. Luckily she fell in love with her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coberg in what would become Germany and they married in 1840. Their first child, Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa was born on November 21, 1840. Prince Albert’s first Christmas at Windsor was a sparkling festive occasion in the German tradition with fir trees, candles and presents like those Albert had enjoyed in Rosneau, Saxe-Coburg. This was a custom from Prince Albert’s German childhood that he wanted to share with their children.

This little Christmas Fairy is an all bisque measuring 5-1/2 inches tall and marked 620. I would date her about 1910. She has a white dimity dress with wings made out of the same fabric and a narrow silver tinsel trim around the hem and the edge of the wings. This little girl looks to be homemade. She looks very cute on the top of a feather tree.

Real life Christmas Fairies at the Royal Albert Hall in 1921. The three girls are dressed as fairies and the tallest child is holding a Christmas Fairy doll. They are in front of a huge tree decorated with toys and packages and full-sized electric light bulbs. Notice the crinoline skirts on the fairy costumes are now very short and the legs look long. They are still V-cut crinoline.

In England the Christkind was never part of their folklore tradition while there was a long tradition of fairies reaching back to Queen Titania in Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Mid Summers Night Dream. Christmas pantomimes, a popular holiday entertainment, would include a fairy, her magic allowing the plot to have magical happy endings. Eventually the Catholic angel on top of the tree morphed into an English fairy according to Olivia Bristol, the former head of dolls and toys at Christies in London. In Germany the Christkind brought the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, but in England it was the Christmas Fairy who delivered the tree for the children to discover Christmas morning. I have a lovely little book, The Christmas Fairy Fairy, by Lizzie and Robert Mack that appears to be from the 1890â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The Christmas Fairy brings the Christmas tree and all the lit candles. She also brings little presents attached to the tree, including a little doll. Today in some families, the presents under the tree are brought by the Christmas Fairy. Father Christmas brings the stocking, but the tree is the province of the Christmas Fairy. Now the electric Christmas tree lights are known as fairy lights. Christmas fairies for the top of the tree come in all come in all styles and qualities. Many were handmade using inexpensive dolls. Others were store bought and professionally made. The Christmas Fairy dolls were meant as tree toppers, because the fairy brought the tree. Christmas traditions are wonderful fun for children of all ages and we love to carry on these traditions of Christmas magic for them. Years ago, I asked my 90-year old Uncle John about his favorite memory of his grandparents and he told me about going to their house on Commonwealth Ave. for Christmas; it must have been about 1909. They had a two-story tree decorated with candles and all sorts of bright ornaments and Christmas presents. I like to think

Prince Albert brought his beloved Christmas traditions to Windsor. This illustration appeared in 1848 in the London Times. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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The delightful little AM 300 is a very sophisticated fairy from the 1920’s. Olivia Bristol told me she looks like one she had seen which was made for Jenner’s Department Store in Edinburgh, Scotland. Department stores would commission fashionable little Christmas Fairies as a promotion. This girl has a long slim body with long legs and gold shoes. Her skirt is made out of silk organdy cut in flower petal shape shaped with fine silver ribbon. The bodice is many layers of silver wire wrapped around her. The wings are made of silk painted with silver and a fine silver wire sewn around the edge; silver ribbon makes her headband.

Cecily Mary Barker was born in 1895 and she became known for her illustrations of flower fairies. Her first book Flower Fairies of the Spring was published in 1923. Her images of fairies became very popular in the 1920’s; she painted the flowers in great botanical detail and used these details to make each individual and charming. Her image and poem about the Christmas Fairy give a1920’s aesthetic to the Christmas Fairy. R. John Wright caught this image of the Christmas Fairy in his felt doll in 2009. Since my granddaughter was born in 2009, I have used Wright’s Flower Fairy on top of my tree because I love the image and I wanted something unbreakable in case of toddler disaster.

how excited he was with such a fabulous sight and I love that he carried that memory with him throughout his life. The Christmas Fairy is a fun tradition from Great Britain and we can think about the generations of English children who looked forward to their treats from the Christmas Fairy. So whether your tradition is Christmas fairies or Christkind, Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas, I hope you are still carrying happy memories and sharing with future generations. I take great joy in sharing my memories with my granddaughters and love making new memories with them. I also love looking for Christmas fairies and other treasures in my travels and I hope you do, too!

On my last trip to England, I got a tiny celluloid doll dressed as a Christmas Fairy. Her shoes are painted gold, her skirt is white crepe paper with Dennison’s gold stars on it and the wings, bodice, hair band and wand are made of gold ribbon. I have her shown as a tree topper on a doll’s Christmas tree, but this is one case where she may have been a tree ornament and not tree topper. On the same trip, I bought a modern Christmas Fairy at the Fortnum and Mason Christmas shop. I was interested that department stores still carry Christmas Fairy tree toppers. 36

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19” S & H #739 DEP, perfect pale bisque, blue sl. eyes, orig. wig, vintage silk dress, ant. pinafore, undies, orig. boots, ant. hat. From early S&H 700 Series, orig. early str. wrist S&H body. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!! $2400.

MIB 17” R. John Wright “Edward & His Drum”, #139/150 Ltd. Ed. All tags & Certificate. Made in 1985, kept in non smoking environment, never displayed. One of the most beautiful R. John Wright dolls!! $1750.

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admit to being woefully ignorant when I started writing about the collection of Ann Meehan, a longtime dolls’ house dealer and collector. My crash course has been an eye-opening experience, one that I have fully enjoyed. Just as we delight in finding that perfect piece of furniture or accessory for our home, a dolls’ house is a work in progress showcasing the decorative arts of a certain time period. Do we ever tire of decorating? The Georgian house, built circa 1860, was purchased from Christie’s in London and features six rooms, each with a fireplace and three center hallways. The consignor, a 90-year old woman, had sadly gone blind, and could no longer enjoy her dolls’ house. A stately brick home with decorative quoining on the sides and center section, it opens on the left and right side from the front, a most desirable way to gain access. It is also possible to gain entry from the back by taking out the removable windows which appear as mirrors on the inside of the house. Crowning the roof is a shield bearing the initials of the family for whom the house was built. Although the house came furnished, there were very few desirable pieces. As any dolls’ house collector will tell, this is not a negative, it is the interactive nature of furnishing a house that makes it so addictive. There is so much to admire in this lovely house. The upper left dining room holds several pieces of early ebony Boulle with its lavish gold transfer work. The mirror over the fireplace and the painting frames are by Rock and Graner. Ann believes the unusual treen knife holder on the dining room table is modeled after a full-sized example that held fruit in the The Georgian House measures: 44”h. x 41”w. x 18”d. 40

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Left: What doll wouldn’t feel at home in this beautifully appointed dining room. The knife holder is a very unusual piece of treen ware. Below: Two elegant dolls in their original attire discuss preparations for an upcoming party.

Among the many decorative accessories in the dining room are these charming Staffordshire tureens.

lower bowl so guests could serve themselves. The Boulle table and Gothic chairs were purchased at auction in England. On the sideboard are three delightful Staffordshire tureens with ﬁgural hen, duck and swan covers. The doll with her ﬁnely molded features is by Conta and Boehme. In the room below, two equally lovely dolls in formal attire boasting extravagant trains are discussing the preparations for that evening’s soiree. The lady on the right also came with her fur coat, now safely stored in a miniature armoire. The bookcase on the left is one of three Boulle pieces that were purchased at Rhoads auction house in PA; on the pediment of each is an owl, which is rarely seen on Boulle furniture. An unusual accessory is the newspaper holder, standing next to the red upholstered chair. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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Two kitchens make food preparation a breeze. Ann is particularly fond of “early” food, made of a plaster substance and difficult to find.

A house this large is deserving of two kitchens – on the lower left, a Rock and Graner bench holds some delicious looking desserts – all of it very early, circa 1820. “Early dolls’ house food is made of a plaster substance and is surprisingly hard to find,” says Ann. The two dolls’ house dolls are especially nice, and like all of Ann’s dolls, they are always wearing their original clothing. The kitchen on the lower right side is well stocked with foodstuffs for the coming winter. The hallways on each floor provide the perfect setting for fine needlepoint rugs and elegant floral displays. The stairway is cleverly angled but stops at the second floor, forever stranding the wonderful doll on the top floor with her fashionable molded hat.

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An early painting depicts the inhabitants of the house during their youth. This is a wonderful room with rare dolls’ house dolls (the wooden is earlier than the other dolls… Ann likes to think of her as an elderly aunt who has come for a visit). The nurse watches her charges in the Boulle cradle.

The wonderful all original wooden with her large brimmed hat in the upstairs room on the right side of the house is earlier than the other dolls in the house, but we pretend that she is an elderly aunt, one who has her clothes, she isn’t, heaven forbid, reduced to buying them! In the same room is a rare black papier mache nanny holding a white baby and a wonderful early painting of children over the fireplace. Seldom seen is the Boulle sleigh bed and cradle which is filled with miniature wooden dolls. On the floor below are two more dolls with lovely molded curls and original costumes – you may get a glimpse of a toilet paper insert under one of the dolls, it is a great method to hold up these dolls without using doll stands that spoil the mood. There are three pieces of trueto-life miniatures of period furniture in this room – a piecrust tilt top table, a great sideboard with inlay and a dumb waiter. An expert cabinet maker must have fashioned these pieces, every tiny carving detail has been duplicated from full size originals, making me wonder if they might have been salesman samples. In the back left corner you can catch a glimpse of the ivory étagère with its mirrored backing. “Because of the number of hand carved vases, I was afraid this piece could easily get broken in shipping, so I waited and picked it up in person several weeks following the sale,” says Ann.

A seldom seen Boulle sleigh bed.

Exact replicas of real furniture grace this elegant room (see close-up above). The tiniest detail, from the fluted edges to the ball feet duplicate full-sized period pieces. The ivory étagère seen in the back corner displays a multitude of hand carved vases.

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he next house is one referred to by dolls’ house collectors as a Mystery House for obvious reasons – we do not know who made these elaborate chipped and scored wooden houses that resemble tramp art. Was it a cottage industry or perhaps a prison inmate? Various sizes have been found in the Northeast and at one time were sold at F. A.O. Schwarz. In their 1887 catalog a small example was priced at $33, a considerable sum for that time. I learned from Ann that there are various configurations of mystery houses, some with simple slant top roofs and other, more ornate houses, with gambrel roofs. The mystery dolls’ house that she purchased came from the former Enchanted Dollhouse in Manchester, Vermont. Prior to that in 1984 she had the opportunity to buy it at Withington’s, but was not willing to pay $21,500, the final selling price. Fortunately for collectors of large dolls’ houses, prices have come down in recent years, after all, not everyone has the display space they require. In 1988 she was able to buy the same dolls’ house at Withington’s for $10,000. It was at that auction that Ann met her close friend Sue Singer, the former proprietor of Lucy’s Doll Shop. Ann overheard Sue saying that she was going to bid $500 for the house. They both had a good laugh over that and became fast friends. The left side of the house opens to four large rooms, on the right are two additional rooms as well as two compartments that open in the roof for additional attic space. Windows on the front, side and back have their original draperies. Rooms have high ceilings allowing for slightly over scale pieces. The exterior displays the chamfered wood that distinguishes these houses. Each room has a “parquetry” floor, although not the typical inlay that we think of when describing parquet, rather the floors are scored and painted in. Ann has made a study of the various floor designs seen in mystery houses. Interconnecting doors have cut out designs, exterior trim and pediments, it’s those extra details that makes a house a home! When Ann bought the house, it was sparsely furnished with mainly reproductions, so she set about her favorite task… decorating. Downstairs the parlor is home to an impressive Gothic Boulle pier mirror on which sits an extraordinary pendulum clock topped with a rooster! You may notice on the Boulle pieces little ivory droplets; the embellishments on quality early dolls’ house furniture spared no expense. 44

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The Mystery House measures 43 -1/2”h. x 47”w. x 17”d.

The patterned floor is quite beautiful, and although Ann favors antique needlepoint rugs, a mystery house with its elaborate floor designs should not be covered up. The dining room has the finest and most complete treen set Ann has ever seen. Notice the candlestick on the desk, it is the part of the set, its base featuring the same delicate painting. “I like to carry out a theme in each room,” says Ann. Here we see the blue upholstered furniture with its intricate gilt metal attachments which complement the wallpaper (the papers in mystery houses are actual old life-size wallpaper) and the rare glass chandelier. “This was originally in the Spanish house but I felt the size and the wonderful blue beadwork was more appropriate for

the mystery house. A work of art with its tiny eight hanging globes, it was a real challenge to pack it for my move from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania.” In the back of this room are two working kerosene lamps set into marble tables with soft metal scrolled legs painted gold. The glass eyed dolls’ house gentleman and the lovely lady with her blue silk ribbons complete the elegant ambience.

The house’s two formal rooms are magnificent indeed with their detailed scored and painted floor designs. On the Gothic Boulle pier mirror rests a delightful pendulum clock topped by a rooster!

An exquisite chandelier was relocated from the Spanish house because its blue beading was such a perfect match to the original wall paper in the dining room.

The most impressive treen set Ann has ever seen! Even the candlestick on the desk is part of the set!

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The upstairs bedroom is home to an exceptional all original Marklin bed, one with arms that swing out to the side. The gentleman of the house insists on keeping his ship’s model in The all original Marklin bed has arms that swing out on each the bedroom where he can see it when he awakes and when side. The master of the house was once a sea captain and he retires at night. Another rare Marklin bed, again with its enjoys the ship’s model in the bedroom. original bedding, resides in the nursery. The side railings move up and down and it has the original coiled springs The nursery contains another all original Marklin bed, still with under the mattress. In front of the bed is another seldom seen its coiled springs under the mattress. Ann enjoys the challenge Boulle cradle, one of several forms of dollhouse cradles Ann’s of finding Boulle cradles which are extremely rare. collection. Also in this room a washstand that must have delighted children. It has a tin lining and you can pour water in the tank, turn the faucet to let water ﬁll the bowl! On the dresser is a lovely kerosene lamp with a Wedgewood base.

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The bathroom is outfitted in the latest Victorian amenities and the kitchen is a pure delight with its blue and white furniture made by Bing.

The kitchen caught my eye with its charming blue and white furniture made by Bing. Each piece was added one at a time, requiring patience as it might take several years before a room is complete. The dolls’ house cook is sporting a rare beard, simulating the prevailing fashion for hirsute gentlemen in the late 1800’s. Although life was deﬁnitely more circumscribed during the nineteenth century, most of us can agree for the fortunate few it was more elegant, and worth preserving, at least in these charming one-of-a-kind dolls’ houses.

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13 1/2 “ Kathe Kruse Stoffpuppe. Made in Germany. Entire body stuffed making the doll have a hard body. Sewn fingers. Hard plastic head. Intaglio eyes in blue and red lips. Short blonde cap like wig. Wears red floral dress. White tights. Pink terry cloth hat. Has orig. tags. Never played with. Has been in her box since finding her in Germany. Only $ 85.

14 1/2 “ Incised DEP. Braid around head. Bulging deep blue pw. eyes. Probably Simon and Halbig. Dark eyebrows. Black eyeliner. Large lower eye lashes. Red stained lips. Some wear on body but mainly in great condition. Wears orig. slips and pantaloons. Possibly orig. white lawn dress with buttons in front and a huge bow in the back on her dress. Gorgeous full French blonde with lots of curls. Bonnet of frail lace and silk apricot colored silk bows. Silk ribbon ties under chin. Black French shoes with heart incised on bottom with numbers. Heel has a number one on it. A BEAUTY TO BEHOLD! $ 2,250.

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4-1/2” Boxed Barbie watch and long Barbie scarf. NRFB. Beautiful set. Long scarf is 47-1/2”. Pink covered with Barbie items. Watch is covered with Barbie items. Watch is made by the Fossil Co. 1994. It is a limited edition piece. Very Superb item. $ 85

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Krippen at the Bavarian Nationalmuseum in Munich by Donna Kaonis

he Bavarian Nationalmuseum, one of our stops in Munich on the TLC Grand Tour, is known for its outstanding collection of Neapolitan, Sicilian, Tyrolean and Bavarian wood carvings including street scenes and nativity scenes. By now our group had seen many examples of woodcarving, but these extraordinary animals and ﬁgures were truly remarkable, displaying wonderful craftsmanship and detailed workmanship. We can trace nativity scenes as we know it back to the late 15th century when small-scale carvings were placed in churches during the Christmas celebrations. Initially in Germany the word Krippe, meaning crib, was used to refer to Jesus’ manager; later Krippen came to encompass all the ﬁgures and animals in the nativity scene. Buildings, landscaping, and tiny accessories all contribute to the scenes and are representative of the area where the work was produced.

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The first recorded private nativity scene was recorded in an inventory in 1567 in Italy. Eventually monasteries and royal courts encouraged artists to produce quality carved figures. As time went on, human figures representing the townspeople gave the nativity scenes a more folkloric character. By the early 19th century private individuals began commissioning wood carvers, resulting in exceptional and highly detailed figures.

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Ladies And Their Little Girls CDVs of Little Girls and Their French Fashion Dolls by Jan Peterson

ne of the oldest photos in our family collection is one of my own grandmother as a very little girl pushing a lady doll in a buggy. It is one of the staged cabinet photos that were so popular in the 19th and very early 20th Centuries. Grandma is bundled up in her winter best, and I have always wondered if the doll in the photo belonged to her, or if it was a just a prop the photographer used. In any case, the photo is framed, sitting on the piano in our living room, and is a family treasure. It had long been a custom in Europe and the United States to leave professionally printed calling cards at the homes one visited. Most homes had lovely silver or ďŹ ne porcelain trays placed on tables in the entry that were designed to receive the calling cards. The ďŹ rst calling cards were simple black on white with the

This elaborate silver calling cards tray (circa 1860) holds both CDVs and colored lithograph calling cards.

This photo of my grandmother, Ethel Sherman (age 3), and a lady doll is a family treasure!

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name of the visitor printed on the front. There was even a special “language” of calling cards that involved folding one of the four corners to signify, “I will call again,” or “I leave my condolences”, among other messages. In Europe and America, commercially-made calling cards became all the rage with the advent of color lithography during the 19th Century. The brilliant colors that were suddenly possible to print in large quantities were such a novelty, many people would never dream of throwing the calling cards away. Collecting antique calling cards for their quaint charm and beauty is a hobby many people enjoy today. Along with the brilliantly colored lithographed calling cards, photographs called Cartes de Visite (visiting cards in French) made it possible to share photos of oneself or one’s loved ones relatively inexpensively. Much the way people share favorite photos on Facebook today, well over a hundred and ﬁfty years ago, a favorite photo could be reproduced in quantity and glued to a lightweight cardboard background that also served as an advertisement for the photographer’s studio. Replacing the previous tintype photos that could only be made one at a time and were one-of-a-kind pictures, CDVs employed a glass plate negative and made making numerous copies of a photo both possible and inexpensive. As many as eight copies of the same

Size comparison of cabinet cards and CDVs. Cabinet cards replaced CDVs in popularity in the 1880s.

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A little girl and her HURET fashion doll dressed in classic 1860’s French attire. Photo courtesy of Melanie Luther DECEMBER 2014

Although the exploding powder flash has eclipsed this doll’s face, the details of her lovely costume and molded bisque hands are preserved for us to enjoy. Photo courtesy of Melanie Luther

Sisters in dresses that match their fashion doll’s ensemble proudly pose with their mother.

I was thrilled to find a CDV with a lady doll in a French folklore costume!

photo could be printed at the same time. The quality of the CDV photos was greatly superior to the previous dark tintype images, but the albumen fades over time, and most CDVs found today are not as sharp as when they were first produced. Nevertheless, they are a joy to find and to study. Just as my grandmother was photographed with a doll in the Nebraska of the 1890s, little French girls were photographed with their dolls in France, too. For those of us who collect antique dolls, seeing the dolls with their ORIGINAL little girl is thrilling. Being able to peek back in time, sometimes as long ago as the 1860s, is mesmerizing. It is fascinating to study the details of the doll, her wig and clothing, the children, their hairstyles and clothing, and the furniture of the period in the photos. Among the rarest of the doll CDVs are the ones with French fashion dolls. The heyday of that period of doll manufacturing took place in the 1860s and the 1870s, when photography was still in its relative infancy. It is much easier to find CDVs with little girls and their Jumeau bébés of the 1880s and 1890s. Bru actually made commercial trade cards with photos of his dolls that are highly prized and almost impossible to find. I have been very fortunate to find old CDVs featuring poupées in France, and my friend, Melanie Luther, generously shared part of her collection for this article. The only unfortunate truth about these wonderful glimpses into the past, is that it is nearly always impossible to see the dolls’ faces! The old, explosive powder they used to take the photos to create enough light in the studios for a “flash” reflected off the dolls’ bisque and porcelain faces and left them nearly a total blank! But, it is still possible to see

Both blondes, this little girl and her lady doll are dressed in their very best.

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A little girl looks less than thrilled with her new fashion doll.

Grimm (like the brothers of fairytales fame) was my maiden name. Imagine my delight at finding this CDV in France of a lady doll and her little girl who had the same last name! (Blanche M. Grimm– age 4 - is written on the back).

such other details as little shoes, earrings, braids in their hair, and the dolls’ amazing costumes. What a wonderful primary source to inspire today’s talented seamstresses and wig makers to replicate them! Cartes de visite technology was ﬁrst patented in Paris in 1854. It is so very fortunate for doll collectors that the process of adhering a thin albumen print to a light cardboard card really took off during the reign of Napoleon III, the precise time in history when French fashion dolls became immensely popular. Exchanging CDVs became such a popular fad, it took on its own name, cartomanie (card mania), and soon spread to all of Europe and crossed the Atlantic to the Americas.

Left:The details of this doll’s gown are amazing! The gown was either made by a professional couturière or a very talented maman. Right: Imagine owning this phenomenal doll in her breathtaking gown. This little girl was VERY lucky!

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This little girl doesn’t look happy holding still for her photo! The pagoda sleeves on her doll’s dress match the date (1867) written on the back of the CDV.

Far left: The fact that the doll’s dress is far more sumptuous than that of the lovely child, makes me think this doll was a photo studio prop. Left: If you look VERY closely, you can barely manage to make out the doll’s facial features, but it takes no effort at all to see the jaunty feather in her chapeau!

Special albums were manufactured to display the little cards, and nearly every Victorian parlor boasted an album or two prominently displayed for both visitors and families alike to enjoy. The lovely embossed leather album in which I keep my collection of CDVs of little girls and their French lady dolls is just such an item. Later in the 19th Century, larger prints called cabinet cards became all the rage. Special albums were manufactured for them, too, and they eventually replaced the collecting of CDVs in popularity. Sharing little photos became hugely popular once again in the U.S. with the advent of senior pictures taken of graduating high school students beginning in the mid-20th Century. They continue to be just as popular, but are experiencing heavy competition from cell phones possessing the memory capacity to hold an amazing amount of photos. People will never cease to be delighted by capturing their lives in photos they can revisit whenever they want. I ﬁnd it enchanting to browse through my CDV album and to be able to gaze into the past of 19th Century France. It is wonderful to imagine the lives led by those lovely lady dolls and their little girls.

Oh, my! This reminds me of my own daughters’ Barbie collection! This young girl has six lady dolls including a china head, four French fashions and a sweet Penny Wooden! (This last photo is not a carte de visite, but rather it was taken from a Keystone Stereoview card.)

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13-1/2 inch portrait doll by Fritz Bierschenk, c. 1910 realized $6,600 at the recent Alderfer auction. This 14-inch nursing Bru Jne 3 (no longer in working order) brought $5,850.

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11/29/14-2/2015. Switzerland. Russia’s Icons – Cult Images & Depictions of Saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. www.toy-worldsmuseum-basle.ch. ©

December 2014 2-4 Baltimore, MD. BEBE JUMEAU Study of Original Fashions Winter Session. Reservations. Margaret Kincaid. 646-709-4340. Margaret. kincaid@gmail.com.

5-7 Monroeville, PA. Toys & Collectibles Show. Monroeville Convention Ctr. Steel City Con. 724502-4350. www.steelcitycon.com. 5-6 New Hope, PA. Toy, Train Dolls’ House, Advertising & Americana Auction. Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions Ltd. 215-297-5109. toys@noelbarrett.com. Liveauctioneers.com.

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6 Concord, CA. Nancy Jo & Elaine’s Christmas Sales. Crowne Plaza Hotel. Nancy Jo Schreeder. Elaine Cordova. 925-229-4190. vallejodoll@gmail.com. www.nancyjodollsales.com.

6 E. Syracuse, NY. Luncheon. Justin’s Grill. Triple O Doll Study Club. Leona Carbonaro. 315-635-9902.

6-7 France. Dolls, Automata, Puppets & Mechanical Music Auction. Galerie De Chartres. 33(0)2 37 88 28 28 (F) 33(0)2 37 88 28 20. chartres@ galeriedechartres.com. 6 Fullerton, CA. Luncheon. Crowne Plaza Fullerton. Frances Shelby. 714-847-2361.

6-7 Gaithersburg, MD. Doll Show. The Fairgrounds. Bellman Events. 410-357-8451. 443-617-3590. InfoDolls@comcast.net.

6 Harlem, NY. Doll Show. LeRoy Nieman Art Center. Morrisania Doll Society. Ellen Ferebee. 917-655-8531. 7 Wilwaukee, WI. Doll Show. Serb Hall. Orphans in the Attic. Sue Serio. 800-796-9649. 262-646-5058.

8 Gaithersburg, MD. iDiscover Auction. The Hilton. Theriault’s Auctions. 800-638-0422. info@theriaults.com. Calendar cont. on page 62

10 Sarasota, FL. Doll Show. Ramada Waterfront. Knight Southeastern Doll Shows. www.knightshows. com. 803-783-8049.

10 Waco, TX. Doll Show. Lion’s Den. Productions Unlimited. Kyle. 405-810-1010.

11 Naperville, IL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Marriott Hotel. Karla Moreland. 815-356-6125. kmorela@ais.net. www.napervilledollshow.com.

16-17 Naples, FL. Doll Show. New Hope Event Center. Mydolls_2@yahoo. com. Myrna Elby. 574-780-0951. Wendy Mitchell. 239-530-0010.

17-18 San Diego, CA. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Crossroads. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. www.crossroadsshows.com.

24 Chandler, AZ. Doll & Bears Show. American Legion, Post #35. Dolls & Friends Doll Club. Cheryl Fox. 480-966-3061. Vicki Lafferty. 480-464-2899.

25 Hauppauge, NY. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. UPSKY Hotel of Long Island. Patchogue Doll Fanciers Club. Mary. 631-981-9332. Maryv24@verizon.net.

Calendar cont. from page 60 13-14 Denver, PA. Dolls, Toys & Pop Culture Auction. Morphy Auctions. 877-968-8880. www.MorphyAuctions.com

31 Glendale, CA. Doll & Toy Show. Glendale Civic Auditorium. The Verdugo Hills Doll Club. Janet Hollingsworth. 626-441-3330. jhollwth@pacbell.net.

13 Philadelphia, PA. Christmas Luncheon. Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. Letitia Penn Doll Club. Jennylou. 609-466-4660.

31 Palm Springs, FL. Doll & Bear Show. St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Gold Coast Doll Study Club & Sunshine Doll Club. Karen Monahan. 561-741-1059.

14 Buena Park, CA. Doll Show. Holiday Inn. Sherri Gore. 310-386-4211.

January 2015 4 Anaheim, CA. Dolls & Bears Show. Anaheim Plaza Hotel. DollFestival@aol.com. 831-438-5349.

8-9 Newark, OH. Premier Antique to Modern Doll Auction. McMasters Harris Doll Auctions. 800-842-3526. mark@mcmastersharris.com. www.mcmastersharris.com.

31 Panama City, FL. Doll Show. Holiday Inn Select. Rose Marie’s Dolls. 850-532-9797.

February 2015

9-11 Newport Beach, CA. Marquis Catalog Auction. The Fairmont. Theriault’s Auctions. 800-638-0422. (F) 410-224-2515. info@theriaults.com. 62

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6-8 Des Moines, IA. Antique Spectacular. Iowa State Fairgrounds. Kimberly Schilling. Melting Pot Productions. 712-326-9964. kim@antiquespectacular.com 7 Fullerton, CA. Best Little Dol Club of Orange County Luncheon. Crown Plaza Hotel. Michele Wise. 949-351-0512. Robin. 626-644-5236.

7 Leesburg, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Leesburg Community Center. Orange Blossom & Hills & Lakes Doll Collectors. Janelle Sundeen. 352-728-1832. 7 Pensacola, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. First United Methodist Church. Pensacola Doll Study Club. Paula B. Meyerriecks. 850-292-6074. 7 Pt. Angeles, WA. Doll Show. Vern Burton Center. Just Dolls of Washington. Dori Beachler. 360-683-1006. 7 Westampton, NJ. Doll Auction. Crescent Shrine. Sweetbriar. Dorothy Hunt. 410-275-2094. www.SweetbriarAuctions.com.

8 Miami, FL. Doll & Toy Collectibles Show. Ramada Inn. 305-446-4488. Steve Fuller. lsdfullr@gmail.com.

14 Ft. Myers, FL. Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Araba Temple. Fort Myers Doll Club & Cape Coral Doll Guild. magicofdolls@gmail.com. 239-540-3628. 14 New Braunfels, TX. Doll Show. New Braunfels Civic Ctr. Hill Country Doll Show. Dorothy Meredith. 830-606-5868.

14 Phoenix, AZ. Doll & Bear Show. No. Phoenix Baptist Church. Sunbonnet Doll Club. Judy. 602-896-1771. Leonore. 602-841-0438. www.SunbonnetDollClub.com. 14 Pompano Beach, FL. Doll Show. Pompano Beach Civic Center. Pompano Beach Doll Club. Mary Ann Payung. 954-783-2158.

14 Portland, OR. Doll & Bear Show. National Guard Armory. Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Dorothy Drake. 775-348-7713. 14 W. Melbourne, FL. Doll Show. Veterans Memorial Complex. Florida Space Coast Doll Club. Cindy Harris. 321-431-3133. 15 Strongsville, OH. Doll Show. Gail Lemmon. 440-396-5386. Ceil Fassinger. 440-477-7174.

21 Jacksonville, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Ramada Mandarin Conference Ctr. Knight SE Doll Shows. Howard Knight. 803-783-8049. 21 Largo/St. Petersburg, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Minnreg Building. St. Petersburg Doll Club. Ilene Delk. 727-347-7556. Jo Valente. 727-384-1708.

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Doll Show & Sale Friday January 16, 2015 1-5pm Saturday, January 17, 2015 10am-4pm

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21 Montgomery, AL. Luncheon. Arrowhead Country Club. Montgomery Area Doll & Toy Club. Elizabeth Murray. 334-279-8018. Linda.S.Tamplin@att.net.

22 Bellevue, WA. Doll & Bear Show. Red Lion Hotel. Antique Doll & Toy Market. Lisa Pepin. 206-362-8723.

22 Galesburg, IL. Doll Show. Sandburg Mall. W. Central Illinois Doll Club. Jane Easterly. 309-299-0486. 22 Tampa, FL. Teddy Bear Show. Crowne Plaza Westshore. Teddy Bear Promotions, Inc. Valerie Rogers. 502-423-7827.

28 Baton Rouge, LA. Doll Show. Milton J. Womack Center. Bayou Bebes Doll Club of Baton Rouge. George Orgeron. 985-386-4291. Orgeron2466@bellsouth.net. 28 Pasadena, CA. Doll Show. Elks Lodge. Forever Young. Sandy Kline. 818-368-4648.

28 Punta Gorda/Pt. Charlotte, FL. Doll & Bear Show. Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Ctr. Pt. Charlotte Doll Club. Merle Romer. 941-286-1446. 28 Richmond, VA. Doll Show. Richmond Raceway Complex. Capital Doll Club. Jackie Price. 804-275-0091.

Donations: Friday $8 Saturday $5 Children under 12 $3 Doll Appraisals $5 each For dealer information or directions call Myrna Elby: 574-780-0951, email: mydolls_2@yahoo.com or Wendy Mitchell 239-530-0010

Verdugo Hills Doll Club Presents

THE CHARMS OF YESTERYEAR A Doll & Toy Sale

Saturday January 31, 2015 10 am to 3pm Admission $5 Glendale Civic Auditorium 1401 N. Verdugo Road Glendale, CA

Pink Books listing 2015 doll shows free at this show.

Edison Talking Dolls WANTED Any Condition Doug Burnett Music Museum

816-210-3684 Edisondoll@yahoo.com ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR

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VICTORIAN RETREAT

SARA BERNSTEIN’S DOLLS

ANTIQUE DOLLS

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

Beautiful Dolls and Accessories at Reasonable Prices! Member of UFDC and NADDA

Kestner Dollhouse Soldier with Sword.

Fabulous 24” Simon Halbig 1159 Lady for French Market. $1995.

Lynne Shoblom 928-445-5908 or 928-713-1909

email: victorianretreat@msn.com Please check out my shop on Ruby Lane: www.victorianretreat.rubylane.com Website: www.victorianretreat.com

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

Sherman’s Antiques

Kathy’s and Terry’s Dolls Quality shop of vintage dolls, clothes & accessories

717-979-9001

Early Ronnaug Petterssen “Sami Boy & Girl Skiers” and the price is $395 for the pair.

Visit our shop at www.rubylane.com/shops/kathysandterrysdolls

& Doll Hospital

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 Member of UFDC and Doll Doctors Association of America

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

www.TheDollWorks.net WANTED TO BUY Dolls Made by Ann Mitrani Email: Gazie4@fairpoint.net or call 207-589-3229 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 ONE OF FLORIDA’S LARGEST DOLL SHOPS... is just a short drive from the interstate. Come find the doll of your dreams in historic downtown DeLand, FL. We have a large selection of dolls over 100 years old, as well as vintage and one of a kind. Dolls of DeLand, 118 N Woodland Blvd (Hwy 17-92), DeLand, FL 32720 (386) 736-0004 Tues-Sat 11:00AM-5:00PM

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