"Echoes of Old Remembered Times" January 23-24, 2021 Brochure

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A N UA RY 23-24, 2021 AT THERIAULT’S STUDIO IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AUCTION 11AM EST BOTH DAYS

Echoes of Old

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January 23-24, 2021 at Theriault’s Studio in Annapolis, Maryland The Auction Begins at 11AM Eastern Both Days

“ECHOES OF OLD REMEMBERED TIMES” A CATALOGED MARQUIS AUCTION OF FINE ANTIQUE DOLLS Turning the pages of our past as we shelter at home is now a commonplace. This might be, quite literally, pages of old nearly-forgotten family albums or might be pages of our mind. We dream of rare dolls we have imagined, and we dream of others we’ve loved which got away. Theriault’s brings many of these treasures to you today, to real life, in their January 2021 auction, offering more than 400 antique and vintage dolls and playthings.

The beloved French doll is in abundance highlighted by a splendid bébé A.T. in tiny size 1, along with bébé beauties by Bru, Jumeau, Rabery and Delphieu, Gaultier, and Steiner. The sizes range from grand exhibition models to dainty cabinet sizes, each with superb antique costumes. Poupées, too, are found in fabulous array, along with their accessories and extra costumes.

Collectors of early dolls are not ignored. Highlighting the auction is an outstanding early English wooden, preciously stored for more than 250 years in her wooden box along with seven original costumes of couturier quality. Too, the petite Grodnertal wooden has her own original box and, also, has a wonderful original trousseau that is virtually not to be found today. There are other early wooden and paper mache dolls, as well as rare porcelain dolls and bisque ladies with sculpted hair, some from previous museum collections sold by Theriault’s decades ago.

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Max and Moritz always top the lists of “wants” for character doll collectors, especially when found in a pair such as those presented in this auction. The auction has a bevy of rare character dolls from Kammer and Reinhardt, Simon and Halbig, Gebruder Heubach and more, some the rare painted eye models produced during the short-lived art character era of 1909-1912. Googlies, too, cheerfully abound; more than a baker’s dozen can be found including one actually in a baker’s costume!

Specialty collectors are not forgotten. There is the collection of rare early Door of Hope dolls, the collection of original Shirley Temple dolls, French automata and German hand-wind mechanical musical toys, dollrooms and stables, collection of American black cloth folk dolls (see the article on pages 12-13 of this brochure), outstanding maitrise quality dollsized furnishings, antique doll costumes, rare teddy bears, Schoenhut dolls and animals, Kathe Kruse dolls and other cloth models, and more.

In all, the auction is all you hoped for. Plan your auction day now. Get ready to draw up a chair, and watch and listen to the bidding fun for two great days. Get registered to bid, and, if the mood takes you, go ahead and bid. Or just enjoy.

After all, even if we can’t be greeting you person-to-person, we want to keep the history alive. As collectors say, “If it’s January, it’s Theriault’s”. x

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The full-color commemorative Catalog is available for $59 by calling 410-224-3655 or visit www.theriaults.com.

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Get Close-Up and Personal with Your Favorite Dolls from Theriault’s Face2Live is Theriault’s new service that allows you to view on live video feed closeups of a few dolls you are most interested in.

Call 410-224-3655 or email info@theriaults.com to schedule an appointment. Then simply go to theriaults.com and click the handy button on the side of the main page.

From there you will be connected to one of our staff on video chat (you do not have to be on video yourself) who can either get the doll you are interested in right then or schedule an appointment with you later. A great way to get a close up look of features and face in a live private video session. Available Monday through Friday 9AM-4PM Eastern.

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Dollmastery Vignette Series Watch Florence Theriault’s educational videos about antique dolls — available for viewing on YouTube.

Simply visit YouTube.com/TheriaultsDolls After January 5th, watch for new videos featuring rare dolls from the Janaury 23-24, 2021 auction to be sold at the Marquis Auction Event at Theriault’s Studio in Annapolis, MD.

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The American Black Cloth Folk Doll

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fine small collection of American black cloth dolls is presented at Theriault’s January 23 catalog auction ranging from unique handmade folk examples to the artistry of Martha Chase to a distinctive and sought-after early cloth doll from the hands of Dewees Cochran, more famously known for her composition-bodied child portrait dolls.

Nana by Dewees Cochran.

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The black cloth woman doll presented by Martha Chase from her studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island about 1900 is notable for its 26” size, a sure indication that the doll was likely intended as an exhibition model. It was during this same era that Chase presented other historical dolls such as George Washington and it may be that a Virginia with small twins. plan was to create needlework. At any rate, one an exhibition that represented so-called Lancaster Rag Doll has pivotal times in American history. At any rate, the doll, with been located with an attached exceptional detail of sculpting and note stating that it was purchased from the Ladies Repository which characterization, and oil painted was founded to allow “women of features worthy of portraiture, good character who had come remains a small masterpiece of upon hard times” to make a living American doll history. from their needlework skills. The dolls have molded stockinet heads Another commercial doll from with stiffened oil-painted features the 1890s/early 1900s era is in and brown cotton bodies, and are the January auction collection.

Known as the Lancaster Rag Doll quite rare to find. in deference to the Lancaster, Pennsylvania location where most Handmade folk dolls, each unique and generally very existing similar dolls have been imaginative, are the most found, there is some conjecture commonly found black dolls of that the dolls were made by the late 1800s/early 1900s. Yet family members of Lancaster common is hardly the correct artist Charles Demuth whose word. The dolls are actually mother was known for her fine

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quite scarce.

Examples of the dolls feature clever use of found material in their making such as pearl button eyes, and handmade costumes. One gentleman’s costume surely designates him as “gentleman around town”, while another in Lancaster Rag doll. a very fine formal wear suit has stitching of his face resembling a jack ‘o lantern pumpkin for which he is named “Pumpkin Man”. Another unique model is “Virginia”; despite her highly-caricaturized presence, the doll was the prized possession of young Mary Norris of Philadelphia area as the doll represented the beloved family maid, Virginia. (An aside: Mary later sued her very wealthy father who wrote her out of his estate because she married a lowly mechanic); the provenance is included with the doll.

Martha Chase doll.

Gentleman around town.

And then there is Nana, the remarkable cloth doll made by Dewees Cochran in 1934. Very few examples of the celebrated artist’s early cloth works are known to exist, and this example is preserved in remarkable original state of preservation.

The dolls, and many others, all appear in Theriault’s January 23 and 24 Marquis auction, “Echoes of Old Remembered Times”.

Beecher-type doll and Pumpkin Man.

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The Neapolitan Doll — Its Place in Doll History

By Florence Theriault

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t’s a long-held belief in doll circles that the art character doll originated about 1910 with the exhibition of the Munich Art Dolls from the studio of Marion Kaulitz, followed soon thereafter by the highly expressive character dolls created

by Kammer and Reinhardt and others.

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The belief holds that the idealistically beautiful doll of their recent past was being supplanted by the new realistically featured character doll with all the moods, frowns, sadness and delight of the real ‘people of the street’, The theory is generally true.

But one thing is wrong. It wasn’t the first time.

In the 1700s in the flourishing city of Naples, Italy, art character dolls abounded. The dolls depicted

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women, men, children, peoples of all races and people of all social backgrounds, and people in every imaginable mood of expression.

Their original purpose, from many centuries earlier, had been as figures in nativity scenes, but over time had evolved. In this wealthy and prosperous city, with a booming intellectual and artistic population, the dolls had become “a grand distraction for a population at play, a toy of the elite” as described by Elio Catello in an introduction to a museum exhibition at the Kimball Museum.

THE CHARACTER FACES OF THE NEAPOLITAN DOLLS Artists, whose other works were of marble or stone, were recruited to sculpt the models for these dolls.

Their involvement was mostly a well-kept secret, and to this day, very few are documented. After all, these were playthings, not art!

And a famous artist would not want their name connected with child play. The same practice and the same secrecy - occurred a century and a half later in the doll factories of Germany where famed fine art sculptors were enlisted to sculpt doll heads. An example is the work of Berlin artist Arthur Lewin Funcke who sculpted models for the art character series of Kammer and Reinhardt, but whose name was not known until some 75 years later! This secret role of fine artists in sculpting realistic and highly expressive dolls portraying “people of the streets” is the

reason art character dolls were created in both eras. And which is why, today, many collectors affirm that the doll is art.

DOLLS WITH SCULPTED HAIR AND BONNETS There are other categories of collecting in which the type of doll familiar to today’s collector was preceded by the same-style Neapolitan doll in the 1700s. An example is the German bisque doll with sculpted hair and/or bonnet from the 1860-1885 era which are highly sought by today’s collectors, particularly examples with are rare variations of hair style, uniquely-modeled bonnets, and those which combine these features with a highly characteristic facial expression.

So, too, do those principles hold

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when studying the forebear Neapolitan doll.

MALE DOLLS In one category the doll models of the Neapolitan era are more abundant than the later bisque or porcelain dolls of Germany and France. That was in the greater number and variety of male dolls which are shown in the photographs here and is likely explained by the changing market model. By the 1860s the most likely market for a doll was a young girl who presumably sought a doll in her own image.

THE PREQUEL OF AUTOMATA Dramatically, the faces, poses, costumes and activities of many 19th century automata were foreseen in the Neapolitan doll.

This is particularly notable in exotic dolls of the East with their rich complexion, lavish costumes

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and highly-expressive and realistic features, but is also echoed in Neapolitan dolls as musicians, dancers, and “action-oriented” portrayals. Fast forward 100 years, add an internal clockwork mechanism and, voila! There is an automaton.

THE THEATRE Every collector who has ever posed a doll – a tilt of the head, a placement of the arm - rather than allow the doll to stand inertly, face forward, knows the drama, the theatre, that is inherent in every doll. Sometimes a doll can pose dramatically by itself with lighting and the quiet elegance of space speaking to its specialness. Other times, a doll posed interactively with other dolls, scenery, accessories, animals and such, creates a theatre of life. The 1700s Neapolitans understood the benefits of each, commissioning important dolls that were designed for unique display, and simultaneously creating lavish exhibitions – farmyards, marketplaces, taverns, elegant salons – and more. The Neapolitan notion of the doll as theatre was repeated a century

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or more later, such as the great international toy fair exhibitions staged in Germany each year.

SUMMARY The Neapolitan doll has been overlooked by doll collectors. There is a sense that these are “not really dolls”. Yet, they are! They portray faces of people, their little bodies were designed to be articulated into infinite poses, they wear clothing costumes, and, mostly, they were meant for play, for arrangement, for imaginative dreaming.

Here is further good news. They remain affordable and, in most cases, they require little in the way of restoration or costuming. For collectors looking for the “something different”, here is a wonderful path to choose.

The dolls shown in this article are features in Theriault’s March 6, 2021 auction, “The Doll as Theatre” Session Two of the Hanne Buktas Collection of Neapolitan dolls. For more information www.theriaults.com. x

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Every Theriault’s auction brims with new discoveries for your collection. So why not join in on the bidding fun? It’s easy and fun.

Choose your favorite way to bid. choose from the following bidding options Bid Live on the Internet Plan to spend the day at the auction in the comfort of your home.

Watch and listen to the auction live, and get ready to bid live when the dolls of your choice come up for auction.

Bid on the Telephone Choose your dolls, and then call our office to make a reservation for telephone bidding. We call you when your dolls of choice come up for bidding, and you bid just as though you were there.

Bid Absentee Place your bids right up to the time of auction by mail, fax, email or phone.

Advise us of the lots and your top bid. We will bid for you fairly and competitively.

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All Kinds of Auctions All About Dolls Whatever your style of doll, whatever your budget, Theriault’s is here to provide you with a chance to bring home a doll with live online bidding, live telephone bidding or traditional absentee bidding. So plan to “come to the auction”, draw up a chair, get comfortable, and watch the live audio/video stream whether you plan to bid or not. It’s such fun! x Marquis Doll Auctions

Our premier events, presented bi-monthly, featuring important and rare dolls, many from celebrated private collections or important museums, presented in award-winning full color catalogs.

x Specialty Doll Auctions

Ranging from Neapolitan Dolls of the Theatre to rarities from the Madame Alexander firm, these auctions are also featured in award winning full-color catalogs.

x Rendezvous Doll Auctions

Wednesday Evening mid-week auctions, just a little get-together auction, with a great selection of dolls and playthings ranging from rare dolls to those more affordable.

x Fifty Forward Doll Auctions

Our newest style, designed as an oldfashioned country auction. Where every lot begins its bidding at $50. A great variety of dolls, playthings and related ephemera in new-style timed auction, only available online.

And be sure to receive notice of all of these events by visiting www.theriaults.com and registering to receive free email notifications.

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Dear Friends, I wanted to take a moment to personally thank each and every one of you for joining us for any auction you may have participated in this year. Your enthusiasm and ability to adapt with us has inspired our work each and every day. Not just myself, or Florence, but our entire staff have been so appreciative of the energy and positive element you bring to our work. And your interaction and kindness to them during this time, as they work through so many changes, have lifted their spirits more than you can know.

This is how a community works together. Again, thank you.

We will continue on with more unique adaptive events over the coming months. Specialty Marquis auctions, our new hugely popular Fifty Forward events, Wednesday night Rendezvous, and special landmark surprises are being worked on as we speak.

We promise to keep you doll happy and fully engaged for the months to come.

As well, with new exciting YouTube videos from Florence, we are inspired always to make sure that content and education is an integral part of this.

It’s important these days to remember that each morning brings us one day closer to being together again in person. That day will come when we open the doors to an auction room and welcome you with open arms and hugs. And what a day that will be!

Until that moment, you have our vow to make this time as close as possible to the real thing for each and every one of you.

Happy Collecting, Stuart Holbrook President of Theriault’s

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Come Visit The New FlorenceandGeorge.com In the early 1970s Florence and George Theriault cast off their lucrative and stable careers to open a small country auction house in rural Pennsylvania.

They didn’t make more money, they made less. They didn’t work fewer hours, they worked more, but they were their own bosses. Within ten years that small auction company became an internationally renowned antique auction firm.

Later Theriault’s moved to Annapolis, Maryland, and a sister company, Dollmasters, was founded by Florence and George.

Where Theriault’s would offer people unparalleled antique collectibles, Dollmasters presented collectors with a mix of hand-crafted art pieces and old store stock discovered by Florence and George as they toured the world gathering antiques. Dollmasters distinguished itself as the mail-order company that didn’t simply offer every item it could find; they picked and chose the ones they would be proud to have in their own homes.

Shopping couldn’t be easier at the great new Florence and George! Better, faster, and still the name you’ve come to trust with F&G!

Four decades later, Dollmasters changed its name to Florence and George to celebrate the original entrepreneurial spirit of its founders.

But like Dollmasters, Florence and George is still committed to offering you nothing we wouldn’t put in our homes. Florence and George: For collectors, by collectors.

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Absentee, Telephone and Live Internet Bidding

January 23, 2021

We welcome absentee bidding, live telephone bidding, and live bidding on the internet. Too, you can “tunein” to the online auction and watch and listen to the entire event.

Questions? Give us a call and we’ll help you choose the bidding option that is best for you.

January 24, 2021

Auction Information

S AT U R DAY & S U N DAY

11:00 AM EST. “Echoes of Old Remembered Rooms” Session One. Auction Begins.

11:00 AM EST. “Echoes of Old Remembered Rooms” Session Two. Auction Begins.

For more auction information or to discuss selling your dolls call 410-224-3655 or visit www.theriaults.com.

The auction will take place at the Theriault’s Studio in Annapolis, Maryland. For auction information call Theriault’s at 410-224-3655 M-F 9AM-5PM EST or go online to theriaults.com. Email queries to info@theriaults.com anytime.

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