Flora McFlimsey
1993 Special Edition

Edition of 250

Retail Price $895

"Miss Flora McFlimsey, of Madison Square,
Has made three separate journeys to Paris;
And her father assures me, each time she was there,
That she and her friend Mrs. Harris,
Spent six consecutive weeks without stopping,
In one continuous round of shopping;

-- William Allen Butler from the opening lines of Nothing to Wear

     The poem "Nothing To Wear" is still as delightful today as it was when it first appeared in Harpers Weekly in 1857. Flora McFlimsey is dressed only in her underclothes despite the fact that she comes complete with a canvas and leather steamer trunk containing an exquisite trosseau. Flora is all-porcelain and is 11" tall.

Mary Chilton
1994

Edition of 350

Retail Price $395

     While she may look familiar to many of you, the story of Mary Chilton is a wonderful piece of history, and I can't imagine a better characterization for our Little Pilgrim. I have to give special thanks to Guild member, Lois Coffey for providing me with so much background information on Mary Chilton, both from her own library and from the Mayflower Society. Lois is a Mayflower Society member, and a direct descendant of Mary Chilton.

Through the Looking Glass
Second Lawton Collectors Guild Convention - 1995

Edition of 180 

Retail Price n/a

     Through the Looking Glass is dressed straight out of the Tenniel illustration. Wendy chose the Disney coloration for Alice; deep blue and bright white touched with pink to set off her blonde delicacy. Alice is 16" tall with porcelain head and hands on a thirteen-joint wooden body. The following souvenirs accompanied Alice at the 1995 Lawton Collectors Guild Convention:

·A porcelain-faced silk flower pin (attached to the name badge)
·A wooden hand mirror, engraved with the convention logo and date
·A bone china tea set, hand-painted with forget-me-nots by The Lawton Doll Company. The convention logo and date is fired onto the base of the teapot, creamer, sugar bowl w/lid, two cups and saucers.
·Alice's Pig Baby. Remember the Duchess' screaming baby in Alice in Wonderland? Alice took the baby to save it from the Duchess and to quiet its screams. As the screams turned to snorts and the snorts to grunts, Alice looked down to see that the baby had turned into a pig. "If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear," said Alice seriously, "I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind, now!"

Josephine
1995 UFDC Regional 2N Conference

Edition of 360 

Retail Price n/a 

     Josephine wears a dainty white dress with blue hand-embroidery at the neck and tucking at the hemline, with a lace-edged chemise underneath. She wears slouch socks and brown leather shoes. Her sash is blue and white striped silk from France. The additional clothing available to those who purchased the Companion Piece are a hand-knit white 'popcorn' stitch coat, matching white felt cloche hat, and underdress with a white bodice and tightly pleated red plaid skirt. A matching hanky is tucked in the coat pocket and the hat is trimmed with the plaid. 

     Also included is Josephine's light blue party dress, complete with a hand-embroidered scalloped hemline and faggoting at the waist to hold the blue silk ties. Her special shoes are made of black leather and tucked perfectly in the gathered pocket in the trunk's lid. Quacky Jack is appropriately dressed in his best powder blue sailor suit with a white sailor's cap. Josephine stands at approximately 12" tall and is all-porcelain.

Tangerine Velveteen
(Special Redux Editions)
1996 Doll and Teddy Bear Expo East

Tangerine Kwanzaa
(Special Redux Editions)
1996 Doll and Teddy Bear Expo East

     Tangerine Kwanzaa is a "redux" of the last remaining Kwanzaa dolls from 1994, and Tangerine Velveteen is a "redux" of the last remaining Velveteen Rabbit dolls from 1993. Both are dressed in Mary Engelbriet's playful "Tea Garden" fabric with a white cotton pique blouse, handmade black leather sandals and matching green straw hat.

The Glove Marriage of Anneke van de Lijn
1996 Special Edition

Edition of 150  

Retail Price $1,895 

Ship's Manifest
Anneke van de Lijn
Dutch East Indies Company
Holland to Batavia

     Contents of Hand-Painted Wooden Dower Chest (8¼" H x 6¾" D x 6¾" W)
1. Mahogany casket containing the hand-sewn, jeweled kidskin glove
2. Three hand-carved mahogany dress forms
3. Gray silk gown
4. Separate organdy and lace collar
5. Vermillion linen skirt with batiste attached chemise
6. Deep green basqued bodice
7. Batiste night chemise
8. Cotton sateen embroidered night basque
9. Matching smocked robe de chambre

     Anneke is porcelain and wood, and stands 18" tall.

Summer Days
1997 First Lawton Collectors Guild Open Day

Edition of 100  

Retail Price $395

     A fitting tribute to The Lawton Doll Company's 1997 Open Day, Summer Days is dressed in a flowery chintz print of yellow over a ruffled underskirt. Her wide-brimmed bonnet and rose-red shoes complete the ensemble. Summer Days is all-porcelain and stands 14" tall. Only 100 were made.

The Merry Widow in Three Acts
1997 Special Edition

Edition of 150  

Retail Price $1,995

     While casting about for the perfect subject for our second connoisseur offering, my friend, Mark Purcell, suggested The Merry Widow. For those of you who were at the summer Lawtons Open House, Mark was the tenor who entertained at the banquet. He also played the romantic lead, Danilo, in The San Jose Lyric Opera's Merry Widow last year.

     I knew it would be the perfect doll - The Merry Widow in Three Acts. I wanted her to have the mobility of spring articulated wooden joints, so she could dance the Can-Can with ease. And her feet would have to be carved so that she could wear a heel on her shoe. I also wanted a bare porcelain neck, shoulders and arms to show off stunning gowns and jewelry. It required a whole new sculpt of upper torso and arms. The head is jointed under the chin, another first for us. Each gown had to be worthy of this Merry Widow. We decided not to count the cost. We think the result is nothing short of stunning. Here's a list of what is included with this set:

·The Merry Widow doll - porcelain and wood, 18" tall
·Three hand-carved wooden dress forms
·Batiste tucked slip
·Batiste tucked pantalets
·Padded bustle

Act I:

·Black Organza Ballgown embroidered with silk ribbons, seeded with jet beads
·Underdress of mauve bastiste
·Black feather fan
·Black leather strap heels
·Faux diamond earrings
·Faux diamond necklace
·Faux diamond tiara

Act II:

·Lavender Batiste Garden Frock trimmed in lace and ecru ribbon
·Garden hat trimmed in silk flowers and tulle
·Ecru slippers with bow trim and wooden heels
·Amethyst brooch

Act III:

·Grisette lacy underwear
·Merry Widow laced, boned corset
·Can-Can skirt trimmed with years of taffeta ruffling
·Black Can-Can stockings
·Leather lace-up high heeled Can-Can boots
·Ribbon tied enamelled rose pendant necklace
·Merry Widow Waltz gown of ivory dupion silk trimmed in ecru silk, embellished with pearl and silk embroidery.

***Nominated for a Dolls Award of Excellence

Beatrice Louise
The Adventure on the Orient Express Luncheon, August 11, 1998
UFDC National Convention, New Orleans, LA

Edition of 310 

Retail Price $ N/A 

     Beatrice Louise is a petite 9" tall on a hand-carved, spring-jointed wooden body. With coppery red hair and freckles sprinkled across her nose, she wears a hunter green linen coat and hat over a pleated dress. Exquisitely cobbled black leather ankle boots complete her ensemble.

     A luggage set consisting of a leather train case and a round leather hat box, both adorned with stickers from Beatrice Louise's journey on the Orient Express, was also made available. Inside the luggage is a navy linen suit jacket to complete the pleated dress Beatrice wears, a velvet-covered scrapbook, a hand-embroidered sea foam green batiste nightgown, a one piece teddy, ecru stockings and a pair of burgundy leather shoes.