Children of Japan

Children of Japan
Courtesy, R. John Wright

Hinges and Hearts

Hinges and Hearts
An Exhibit of our Metal Dolls

Tuxedo and Bangles

Tuxedo and Bangles

A History of Metal Dolls

A History of Metal Dolls
Now on Alibris.com and In Print! The First Book of its Kind

Alice, Commemorative Edition

Alice, Commemorative Edition
Courtesy, R. John Wright

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Emma, aka, La Contessa Bathory

Emma, aka, La Contessa Bathory
Her Grace wishes us all a Merry Christmas!

Annabelle

Annabelle

Emma Emmeline

Emma Emmeline
Our New Addition/fond of stuffed toys

Cloth Clown

Cloth Clown

Native American Art

Native American Art

the triplets

the triplets

c. 1969 Greek Plastic Mini Baby

c. 1969 Greek Plastic Mini Baby
Bought Athens on the street

Iron Maiden; Middle Ages

Iron Maiden; Middle Ages

Sand Baby Swirls!

Sand Baby Swirls!
By Glenda Rolle, courtesy, the Artist

Glenda's Logo

Glenda's Logo
Also, a link to her site

Sand Baby Castaway

Sand Baby Castaway
By Glenda Rolle, Courtesy the Artist

A French Friend

A French Friend

Mickey

Mickey
From our friends at The Fennimore Museum

2000+ year old Roman Rag Doll

2000+ year old Roman Rag Doll
British Museum, Child's Tomb

Ancient Egypt Paddle Doll

Ancient Egypt Paddle Doll
Among first "Toys?"

ushabti

ushabti
Egyptian Tomb Doll 18th Dynasty

Ann Parker Doll of Anne Boleyn

Ann Parker Doll of Anne Boleyn

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Tin Head Brother and Sister, a Recent Purchase

Tin Head Brother and Sister, a Recent Purchase
Courtesy, Antique Daughter

Judge Peep

Judge Peep

Hakata Doll Artist at Work

Hakata Doll Artist at Work
From the Museum Collection

Japanese Costume Barbies

Japanese Costume Barbies
Samurai Ken

Etienne

Etienne
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Happy Heart Day

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Baby Boo 1960s

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Dr. E's on Display with sign

Dr. E's on Display with sign

Dolls Restored ad New to the Museum

Dolls Restored ad New to the Museum
L to R: K*R /celluloid head, all bisque Artist Googly, 14 in. vinyl inuit sixties, early celluloid Skookum type.

Two More Rescued Dolls

Two More Rescued Dolls
Late Sixties Vinyl: L to R: Probably Horseman, all vinyl, jointed. New wig. R: Effanbee, probably Muffy, mid sixties. New wig and new clothing on both. About 12 inches high.

Restored Italian Baby Doll

Restored Italian Baby Doll
One of Dr. E's Rescued Residents

Dolls on Display

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L to R: Nutcrackers, Danish Troll, HItty and her book, Patent Washable, Mechanical Minstrel, Creche figure, M. Alexander Swiss. Center is a German mechanical bear on the piano. Background is a bisque German costume doll.

A Few Friends

A Few Friends
These dolls are Old German and Nutcrackers from Dr. E's Museum. They are on loan to another local museum for the holidays.

Vintage Collage

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Public Domain Art

The Merry Wanderer

The Merry Wanderer
Courtesy R. John Wright, The Hummel Collection

The Fennimore Doll Museum

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Robert

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A Haunted Doll with a Story

Halloween Dolls Displayed in a Local Library

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The Cody Jumeau

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German Princesses

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GAHC 2005

A Little PowerRanger

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Doll Talk


Bishop Hill Doll Talk; Historical Dolls-Outline, Ellen Tsagaris


 Based on Dolls:  People for a Make Believe Word by Leila Larmon.  Time Life Books The Encyclopedia

                Of Collectibles.  Dogs to Fishing Tackle, 1978.

 

  1. Intro and Prehistory when a stick, rock, or bone would do
    1. Nampa Figurine
    2. Goddess figures 40,000 +
    3. Sappho’s prayer to her doll born c. 615 B.C.
    4. 7th c. b.c. 6 inch terracotta doll
    5. Plato and Greek shadow puppets/theatre figures
    6. The Lion Man, nearly $6million
    7. Egypt, paddle dolls, Tut’s dressmaker dummy, bone dolls, Ushabti
    8. Roman Rag doll from Egypt
  2. Dark Ages, Middle Ages: 5th C to 15th C
    1. Religious figures and puppets
    2. Soldiers and Leonard’s louts
    3. Clay Baptismal dolls
    4. 13th c fashion dolls
    5. Lucas Cranach
    6. Hortus Sanitatus
    7. Rhenish doll, c. 1530
  3. Renaissance Dolls
    1. Automatons
    2. Da Vinci
    3. Polybius and Vaucanson
    4. Cellini
    5. Anne Boleyn’s Dolls
    6. The Roanoke Doll
  4. Bartholomew Babies and 18th c
    1. Queen Anne Dolls
    2. Meissen and porcelains
    3. Wax and doll houses
    4. Ann Sharp’s Baby House
  5. 19th C: Early wooden, wax, PM and China, Dolls by John Noble
    1. Milliner’s Models
    2. Rise of Porcelain
    3. Bronte sisters and wax dolls
    4. 1832 Queen Victoria
    5. The Nutcracker
  6. The Golden Age
    1. Germany and France,  natural combativeness culminated in Franco-Prussian War 1870-71
    2. Jumeau and Letter of Jumeau Bebe to Little Mother
      1. German phonograph dolls, cry of an animal
      2. Edison
    3. Bru, Jumeau, Huret
    4. Marks and SFBJ later on
    5. Other materials, wood, cloth, PM, composition, wax and wax over and folk dolls
      1. Kachina
      2. Muslin Rag

iii. Japan and it’s doll Festivals and temples, the Friendship dolls

                V. American Dolls and Celebrities

                a. I. Walker

                b. Greiner

                c. Schoenhut

                d. Kewpies

                e. Patsy

                f. M. Vierny and Picasso, Demoiselle’s and Doll Museums, Paloma and her Doll

                f. Shirley Temple, Mego action figures, historical connotations

                g. Barbie, American Girls and her friends

                H. Alexander 1923. And celebrity and literature

                VI. The 21st century

  1. Cayla the spy
  2. Monster high
  3. Trends; antiques can soar to nearly $400,00,

  1.  What is a doll?
    1. Statues
    2. Dressed fleas
    3. Mannequins
    4. Jeff Koontz
    5. Buddha statue, largest in the world, The Spring Temple Buddha, 153 Meters, China
    6. Manfred Bachman and Dolls as Buildings
    7. Doll books and research
    8. Creepy dolls

Further reading, including my blogs and author’s pages:

Antique Doll Collector Magazine, for Puffin Publ. http://antiquedollcollectormagazine.blogspot.com/

Doll Museum: http://dollmusem.blogspot.com/

Dr. E’s Doll Museum Blog:  http://wwwdollmuseum.blogspot.com/

Dr. E’s Doll Museum in Greek:  http://dresdollmuseumingreek.blogspot.com/

Dr. E’s Doll Museum in Japanese: http://japanesedolmuseum.blogspot.com/

Dr. E’s Doll Museum in Spanish: http://museodemunecasenespanol.blogspot.com/


Ruby Lane Blog: https://www.rubylane.com/blog/categories/dolls/all-about-vintage-hard-plastic-vinyl-and-rubber-dolls/

Blogs on Other Topics:

2012 Collins Poetry Residence, MW Writing Center:    https://communitypoetry2012.blogspot.com/?zx=285df0ee62d0b667

An Apologia for Countess Erzebet Bathory: http://anapologiaforcountesserzebetbathory.blogspot.com/

Dr. E’s Greening Tips for the Common Person: http://dresgreening.blogspot.com/

Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/comment/list/4175970-ellen

Memoir: Writing your Life Story: http://memoirlifestory.blogspot.com/

Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: http://pymbronte.blogspot.com/

Monmouth College; Writing as Civic Engagement: http://mc-wace.blogspot.com/?zx=c59fe3f69477392f

Online Literary Magazine . . .  : http://kulitmag.blogspot.com/

Author’s Pages


Goodreads Author’s Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6557755.Ellen_Tsagaris?from_search=true

918studio Author’s Page: http://918studiopress.com/ellen-tsagaris/

Books:

Bachman, Manfred.  Dolls the Wide World Over.

Fox, Carl.  The Doll.  Abrams, 1970.

Hillier, Mary.  Dolls and Dollmakers.  Crown, 1969.

Noble, John. Dolls

---A Treasury of Beautiful Dolls.

Tsagaris, Ellen.  A Bibliography of Doll and Toy Sources. Kindle.

---With Love from Tin Lizzie.  Amazon.com.

Von Boehn, Max.  Dolls.  1927.  Dover, 1971.

Young, Helen.  The Complete Book of Doll Making and Collecting.

Social Media, as myself, or as Antique Doll Collector Magazine or Dr. E’s Doll Museum, Facebook [five sties], Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, Tumblr, StumbleUpon, Instagram, Delicious, Doll Collecting at About.com, Delicious, ISSUU,  Snapchat [in progress], Flickr.

 

 

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Web Pages:

Antique Doll Collector Magazine: http://www.antiquedollcollector.com/

 

Marilee’s Paper Doll Page; https://www.pinterest.com/source/marilee.us

 

Alan Scott Pate on Japanese Dolls: http://www.antiquejapanesedolls.com/

 

United Doll Sellers: http://www.trocadero.com/directory/Dolls

 

Deb Baker, Author of Doll Mysteries: http://littledeadgirl0.tripod.com/creepydolls/ http://deb-baker.blogspot.com/

 

The Shelter for Misfit Dolls: http://littledeadgirl0.tripod.com/creepydolls/

Theriault’s.com: https://www.theriaults.com/

 

The Strong National Museum of Play and Toy Hall of Fame: http://www.museumofplay.org/

 

 

There are many doll collecting groups on Facebook, Flickr, and Pinterest.  The British Museum, Museum of the City of New York, Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears [Chicago], The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, and many other museums and historical spots have dolls.

 

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