My Collection

I thought I'd start out my blog by sharing some of my miniature doll collection.

 

 

I bought this little fairy more than 20 years ago at a miniatures show in my area; I loved the sweet expression on her face. I believe she is made out of polymer clay. I don't know who made her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two vintage ladies were added to my collection a few months ago. I believed the doll on the right was made by an artist named Ann Rule. I found a photo of this doll in an old issue of Nutshell News from 1985, and it was credited to her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I liked the attention to detail on both the costumes.  The doll on the right carries a purse made of beads threaded on a wire. The other doll carries a pair of gloves in her hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This doll was purchased at a show a number of years ago from Michelle Mahler, I believe. It was a choice between this lovely doll and a set of mother and daughter dolls dressed in matching green plaid outfits. I finally decided on this doll because I loved her bonnet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closeup of the bonnet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joan Blackwood made this trio of dolls. 

This Regency lady was purchased at a show from the Washington Doll's House Museum probably more than twenty years ago. I believe she was made by Sunday Dolls of England. I loved her ruffled hem and that pink feather in her bonnet. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah Mitchell made this lovely doll. She's a wonderful example of attention to detail. She carries a wonderful parasol in a fabric that matches her skirt in her right hand and a little crocheted purse in her left.

 

I especially liked the use of the red hair with the purple ensemble. It makes her stand out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Another view.