"Let the Little Lambs Play" Auction
Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 11:00 AM Eastern
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"Let the Little Lambs Play" Auction
Sunday, April 26, 2009 | 11:00 AM Eastern
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Marquis Catalogued Antique Doll Collection
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An All-Original German Cloth Character by Kathe Kruse with Original Box 1500/2000
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 378)
18" (46 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and painted facial features, brown painted hair in short swirling curls, green/brown shaded eyes with black upper eyeliner, brown eye shadow, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with accent line between the lips, blushed ears, stitch-jointed arms, disc-jointed legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Germany 94744 (foot). KK Kathe Kruse (wrist tag with stamped LU) Kathe Kruse Modell 1 (box). Comments: Kathe Kruse, circa 1945. Value Points: pristine unplayed with condition of the wistful-faced child with beautiful painting, original costume, wrist tag, original worn box with extensive advertising and labels
Rare German Cloth Character "Schlenkerchen" by Kathe Kruse 1600/2200
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 378)
13" (33 cm.) All-cloth doll depicting an infant child, having pressed and oil-painted facial features and short brown curly hair, brown shaded eyes, black upper eyeliner, closed mouth with defined space between the lips, attached to stockinette body with stitch-jointed arms, mitten hands, separate thumb in a manner to suggest a loose-limbed baby, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Kathe Kruse (left foot) Germany (right foot). Comments: Schlenkerchen model II, Kathe Kruse, the doll was presented for a very short time, circa 1922. Value Points: rare model with most pleasing artistic patina of painted features.
Early Model German Cloth Character by Kathe Kruse with Original Costume 2000/2500
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 378)
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features and hair, short brown curly hair with forehead details, shaded green eyes, black upper eyeliner, brown eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth, very plump cheeks, stitch-jointed arms, disc-jointed legs, separately-sewn thumb. Condition: generally excellent, tiny nose rub. Marks: Kathe Kruse 68727 made in Germany (foot). Comments: Kathe Kruse, circa 1915. Value Points: very endearing expression enhanced by fine original painting, original woolen costume and cap, undergarments, leather shoes.
Wonderful German Fleecy-Wool over Paper Mache Lamb with Baa-a Bellows 800/1000
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 378)
20" (51 cm.) Paper mache lamb with wool face, green glass eyes, painted mouth details, fleecy brows, is covered over rest of body with very thick fleecy wool, has flannel-covered lower legs and painted hooves. The lamb has internal bellows and when the head is nodded forward, the lamb bleats in a vigorous manner. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1890.
German All-Bisque Miniature Doll by Kestner Known as "French Wrestler" 1200/1600
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 378)
8" (20 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso, blue glass eyes with spiral threading, painted lashes, feathered brows, rose blushed eye-shadow, accented nostrils, slightly-parted accented lips, two square-cut upper teeth, one square-cut lower tooth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig with long braid over plaster pate, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, cupped hands, painted white stockings, black heeled ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 102 12. Comments: Kestner, circa 1885, known as "French Wrestler" in reference to muscular body. Value Points: very beautiful sculpting and bisque, superb painting of blushed details, on the rare model.
Beautiful German All-Bisque Doll by Kestner with Unusual High Stockings 1200/1600
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 378)
8" (20 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso, blue glass eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, slightly-parted lips, two square-cut upper teeth, one square-cut lower tooth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, slightly-cupped hands, painted white stockings to mid-thigh, painted black heeled ankle boots with 11 straps, frail antique dress and beautiful bonnet included. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 102 12. Comments: Kestner, circa 1890. Value Points: very beautiful face and bisque, extremely rare style of stockings and shoes, on the large all-bisque.
8" German All-Bisque Miniature by Kestner with Yellow Boots 1100/1600
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 378)
8" (20 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque torso, brown glass inset eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, rose blushed eye-shadow, accented nostrils, slightly-parted lips, two square-cut upper teeth, one square-cut lower tooth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted white stockings and yellow ankle boots with defined laces and gussets. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 102 12. Comments: Kestner, circa 1885, known as "French Wrestler". Value Points: superb detail of blushed accents, very expressive features.
French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau with Original Couturier Dress 4000/6000
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 378)
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, lushly painted lashes and eyeliner, brush-stroked brows, rose blushed eye shadow, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 8 (and artist checkmarks on head) Jumeau Medaille d"or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: beautiful doll with rich decoration, original body and body finish, is wearing a stunning bronze-green silk satin dress from the atelier of Ernestine Jumeau, over original Jumeau undergarments, with antique velvet bonnet, cream kidskin shoes and Jumeau socks.
rench Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau with very Rare Incised Signature and Original Dress 4000/6000
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 378)
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head, amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded lips, separately applied and pierced ears, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Brevete SGDG Jumeau (incised) 10 (and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d"Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885, a very rare transition model with unusual incised signature. Value Points: very beautiful bebe with gorgeous eyes, creamy bisque, original straight-wrist body, original frail silk satin and lace costume, undergarments, with one gold-lettered Bebe Jumeau shoe and wearing black leather Jumeau shoes.
Pair of Italian Felt Dolls in Original Vivid Costumes with Original Labels 600/900
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 10 of 378)
10" (25 cm.) Each has felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, wide-open "O" shaded side-glancing eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth with "O" shaped lips, muslin torso and legs, jointed felt arms. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: each has original paper and/or cloth Lenci labels, the boy identified as model 310/124, the girl as 200/4. Comments: Lenci, circa 1935. Value Points: wonderful facial expressions enhanced by vivid fresh colors of folklore costumes, girl with blonde mohair wig under embroidered cap and carrying bouquet of felt tulips.
Rare Italian Felt Character "Pan", by Lenci 900/1200
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 378)
9" (23 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, squinting side-glancing brown eyes with dark outlined, high arched brows, beaming smile with upturned corners, large pointy ears, goat horns, blonde fleecy hair, felt jointed arms and legs, the legs with additional jointing at knees that is covered by fleecy goat-wool leggings, wooden hooves, and wearing elaborately constructed felt costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (cloth and paper tags). Comments: Lenci, circa 1935. Value Points: rare model with wonderfully imaginative details, fine state of preservation. $900/1200
Italian Cloth Character Doll in Original Tagged Costume by Lenci 600/900
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 12 of 378)
13" (33 cm.) All felt doll with swivel head, pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, dark eye shadow, painted curly lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, rosy cheeks, blonde mohair wig, jointed shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (original cloth and paper label with inscribed notation "Lucie 40"). Comments: Lenci, circa 1935.
Italian Cloth Character Girl in Original Red Dress by Lenci 600/900
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 13 of 378)
17" (43 cm.) All felt doll with swivel head, painted features, brown side-glancing eyes, dark eye-shadow, painted curly lashes, accented nostrils, closed lips, blushed cheeks, brunette mohair wig with long braids, jointed shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (original cloth tag and original paper tag with penciled name "Manniccio 38"). Comments: Lenci, circa 1935. Value Points: beautiful painting of rosy cheeks and eye shadow, original wig, crisp colors or original red corduroy dress, original labels.
Outstanding Italian Cloth Lady Doll by Lenci in Original Tagged Costume 1200/1700
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 14 of 378)
25" (64 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, pale blue side-glancing eyes, painted upper lashes, closed mouth with coral-shaded lower lips, blonde mohair wig in elaborate arrangement of ringlet curls, elongated slender lady body and limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (cloth and paper labels, the paper label is pencilled "Princess {?} 12"). Comments: Lenci, circa 1930. Value Points: very rare model with gorgeous face and hair, superb preservation of original taffeta costume, undergarments, bonnet, holding riding crop.
German Bisque Character Boy "Hans" by K*R with Superb Modelling 3500/4500
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 15 of 378)
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, painted facial features, blue shaded eyes, black upper eyeliner, one-stroke tapered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, very fully pouting lips with shaded detail, brunette mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body, wearing antique school boy costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R 114 46. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1910, the model "Hans" from their art character reform series. Value Points: exceptional quality of bisque and sculpting, fine luminous touches to softly blushed matte complexion, original body and body finish, wonderful costume.
An All-Original German Bisque Character "Gretchen" by K*R 2800/3500
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 16 of 378)
16" (39 cm.) Bisque socket head, painted facial features, blue eyes, thick upper eyeliner, tapered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded lips, brunette mohair wig, composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: K*R 114 39. Comments: Kammer and Reinhardt, circa 1910, their model marketed as "Gretchen". Value Points: pristine condition of the wistful-faced character with original body, body finish, wig, and elaborate folklore costume including textured velvet dress, silk apron, and beaded velvet coiffe.
Three Kewpie Hankies in Original Boxes 300/500
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 17 of 378)
10" (25 cm.) x 10" hankies. 6" x 6" boxes. Four linen hankies with printed illustrations of Kewpies at play (each with different scenes) are presented in three original cardboard presentation boxes with colorful illustrations on the cover depicting Kewpie and friends. All hankies and one box excellent, two boxes worn. Circa 1915. A very rare group of Kewpie memorabilia.
Two Swiss Wooden Character Dolls with Carved Hair 500/800
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 18 of 378)
8" (20 cm.) Each is all wooden with jointed shoulders and hips, painted blue eyes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with hint of smile. One has swivel head, sculpted hair arranged in carved braid coiled around the head; and the other has one-piece head and torso, carved bobbed hair with bangs, Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Swiss, circa 1920. Value Points: rare child models, with fine definition of hair style, original costumes.
Superb Character Doll of Aged Man with Elaborate Original Folklore Costume 1200/1600
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 378)
21" (53 cm.) Solid-domed shoulder head, presumably of earthenware, has sculpted white hair, sideburns, moustache, beard and brows, and depicts an aged man with well-defined age lines and furrows, prominent nose, closed mouth with downcast lips, painted downcast eyes, on original muslin body with earthenware hands and feet. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: early 20th century, maker unknown. Value Points: superb characterization and artistic painting of features, wearing his original folklore costume of embroidered silk, fringed linen, with silver belt, spurs, and accessories
Set of Ten American Cloth Lithographed Brownies Designed by Palmer Cox 700/1000
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 20 of 378)
7" (18 cm.) Each is cut-out lithographed muslin figure depicting a googly-eyed character based on the illustration of Palmer Cox in his Brownies books, each wth printed facial features and costumes depicting an occupational caricature, including Uncle Sam, Sailor, Policeman, Chinaman and more. Condition: very good, some fading of fabric. Marks: Copyrighted 1892 by Palmer Cox (feet). Comments: Arnold Print Works, 1892, based on the illustrations in the books by Palmer Cox. Value Points: rare to find such an extensive set of characters.
Wonderful Early Cloth and Beaded Doll in Early Trunk with Provenance Notes 800/1000
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 21 of 378)
4" (10 cm.) A homespun cloth doll with finely stitched facial features and carved wooden hands is entirely costumed in attached costume made of tightly-woven tiny beads in a design to simulate fabric pattern, with beaded "stockings" and little beaded heeled shoes. The doll is preserved in an early wooden truck with paper cover in a floral design. Condition: good, face darkened, some general age wear. Comments: an attached old ink script note reads "Charles II doll of beads and wood...Miss De Witt C. (indecipherable), Nov 27,"45", presumably the date that the doll was donated to the Museum; a similar note is attached to the doll trunk suggesting that the trunk has been the constant home of the doll for several centuries. Note: Charles II ruled England from 1630-1685. Value Points: a wonderful early mystery doll with intriguing historical clues.
Rare American Cloth Doll with Ringlet Curls by Izannah Walker 11,000/15,000
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 378)
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted complexion, hair and facial features, brown center-parted hair with two ringlet curls in front of each sculpted ear, ringlet curls around the back nape with shading coloring, brown downcast eyes, eyeliner, painted brows, closed mouth with center accent line, blushed cheeks, stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, stitched-on black shoes, antique cotton transfer-print cotton dress, undergarments. Condition: good with original finish, typical craquelure, nose rub. Comments: Izannah Walker, circa 1875. Value Points: a classic and pivotal American doll whose poignant expression is evocative of folk art paintings of the era, the ringlet-curled model is especially rare.
American Cloth Doll by Izannah Walker with Scalloped Curls 8000/12,000
Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 23 of 378)
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features, complexion and hair, having scalloped curls around the forehead with delicate tendrils of curls at the nape, downward-cast brown eyes, painted eyeliner and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, blushed cheeks, stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, black stitched-on shoes, wearing white dimity gown, cotton print pinafore, knit bonnet, undergarments. Condition: very good, original finish with typical craquelure. Comments: Izannah Walker, circa 1875. Value Points: rare American doll with compelling presence, along with early wooden stenciled chair.
Outstanding French Bisque Bebe Jumeau in Original Couturier Costume with Gold Letter Shoes 6000/9000
Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 24 of 378)
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass deep paperweight glass eyes, lushly painted lashes, dark eyeliner, brush-stroked brows with glazed highlights, accented nostrils, closed mouth with richly shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 8 (and artist marks on head) Jumeau Medaille d"Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: gorgeous bebe with richly painted features, original body, body finish, lush original wig, and wearing original Jumeau couturier costume comprising elaborate dress (some fraility of silk), undergarments, maroon socks, maroon silk shoes with gold lettering "Bebe Jumeau Med d"or Paris" and superb original matching bonnet, Jumeau earrings.
Petite French Bisque Bebe Jumeau in Original Couturier Costume and Jumeau Shoes 5000/7500
Lot # 25 (Sale Order: 25 of 378)
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, lushly painted lashes, dark eyeliner, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 5 (and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d"Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: beautiful bisque and painting, brilliant eyes, original body, body finish and wig, and wearing original Jumeau couturiere costume comprising magenta silk dress, undergarments, burgundy knit socks, Jumeau leather shoes signed E.J. Depose 5, and silk bonnet.
