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CHILDHOOD CLASSICS� II
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Peter and the Wolf 1992
Childhood Classics II� Collection 1st Edition
Edition of 750
Retail Price $495
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The
classic orchestral tale, Peter and the Wolf, by Sergei Prokofiev was
the inspiration for the First Edition in the Childhood Classics II
collection. The story has delighted each generation since it was first
performed in the early years of this century. For it not only tells
the tantalizing tale of Peter's brave capture of the fearsome wolf;
but it also introduces us, through its profoundly simple musical
score, to each of the major instruments of the orchestra.
Our version of this
timeless tale includes both Peter and the wolf. The sturdy little
Peter is dressed in a navy linen Russian suit, with a matching cap.
His breeches are tucked into knee-high red leather riding boots. He
wears a matching red belt. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and
carries the rope with which he will capture the wolf and lead him to
the zoo. The wolf, made entirely in the Lawtons workshops, is built on
an armature and covered with three different densities of grey tipped
plush. Peter is 14" tall; the wolf's seated height is 7,"
from toe to shoulder.
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Marigold Garden 1992
Childhood Classics II� Collection
Edition
Edition of 750
Retail Price $450
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A
favorite of Wendy's since childhood, Marigold Garden is the charming
collection of rhymes and illustrations by Kate Greenaway, Marigold
Garden has been prized from generation to generation as a classic
children's book. It is loved for both the simple verse, which seems to
show us the world through the eyes of a child, and for the beautifully
colored illustrations and balanced page designs. Kate Greenaway was more
than just an illustrator of children's books, she became an arbiter of a
classic style, now known by her name. Our Marigold Garden reflects the
epitome of that style with a delicate watercolor-like image. She wears
the quintessential Kate Greenaway, empire-waist dress of ecru cotton,
with matching pantalets. Both are detailed with row after row of tiny
tucks and edged with cotton embroidery. Her pale peach satin hairbows
and sash match her dainty leather slippers. She has soft brown eyes and
a wispy blonde mohair wig. She carries a nosegay of summer flowers.
Marigold Garden is 14" tall.
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Oliver Twist
1992
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 750
Retail Price $450
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Charles
Dickens had the gift of being able to endow his characters with so
much life that we have a hard time remembering that they are part of
the world of literature and not part of the world of history. Oliver
Twist was one such character. Born in a poorhouse and reared in a
workhouse, Oliver retained his goodness and sense of fair play. One of
the most memorable lines of literature is Oliver's brave petition for
a second bowl of gruel, "Please, sir, I want some more". It
was this scene that inspired our version of Oliver Twist. Oliver,
holding his Rowe Pottery bowl, has a look of entreaty on his face. His
tattered suit is made of beige Belgian linen and his shirt of cotton
gauze. He wears hobnail shoes. He has a tousled mop of mohair curls
and delicate blue eyes. Oliver Twist is 14" tall.
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Tom
Sawyer 1993
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 500
Retail Price $395
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"Well, I don't see why I oughtn't like it. Does a boy get a
chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
-Mark Twain as Tom Sawyer 1876
Tom Sawyer. Just the name
calls to mind the refreshing coolness of the old swimming hole, the fragrance
of strawberries melting on the vine and the delicious anticipation of rafting
down the old Mississippi. Perhaps no other book characterizes childhood's
ebullience better than Mark Twain's classic, Tom Sawyer. Tom's famous
whitewash caper proved to be the inspiration for this 14", all-porcelain
doll. Whistling while he manages to persuade his friends to do his work, Tom
is the picture of studied innocence. Dressed in denim overalls, a faded
chambray shirt and a tattered straw hat, Tom holds the bucket of whitewash and
brush. A red kerchief is tucked in his pocket and his toe is still bandaged.
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The
Velveteen Rabbit
1993
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 750
Retail Price $395
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"Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful and only those
playthings that are old and wise...understand."
-The Velveteen Rabbit
The magic of the nursery is
rekindled in Wendy Lawton's version of The Velveteen Rabbit and the boy who
loved him. The Velveteen Rabbit, already showing his age, has bright shoe
button eyes and a gentle soul. The boy is all-porcelain and stands 14"
tall. He is endearing with his mop of tousled red curls, freckles and green
eyes. The romper he is wearing is hand-smocked and made of hunter green cotton
sateen. Hand-cobbled black leather shoes complete his outfit.
**Nominated for a DOTY
***Nominated for a Dolls Award of Excellence |
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Girl
of the Limberlost
1994
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 500
Retail Price $425
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Gene Stratton Porter's book,
Girl of the Limberlost, is a classic in every sense of the word, and it served
as the perfect inspiration for this doll. Gene Stratton Porter was a highly
respected naturalist. She wrote both non-fiction nature books and wonderful
novels in which she skillfully wove memorable characters and situations with
rich natural detail. Her books are highly collectible and avidly sought. Some
of Wendy Lawton's favorites are Keeper of the Bees, Swamp Angel, Daughter of
the Land, Michael O'Halloran, Freckles, and of course, Girl of the Limberlost.
The Limberlost wilderness, of which she wrote, was a vast natural swampland in
Indiana. Until it was drained in the early years of our century, it was one of
the richest preserves of native plant and insect life in our country. Many of
Ms. Porter's books have an underlying theme of Limberlost conservation. She
fought a long, futile battle for its preservation. Now, many years later,
efforts have begun to restore part of the Limberlost.
The story of Elnora, the Girl
of the Limberlost, is the story of a bright, principled young girl. She dearly
wanted to attend High School, which at that time was a costly endeavor. Her
taciturn mother did not value the importance of education and put many
roadblocks in her way, but the resourceful Elnora manages to use her vast
knowledge of natural science to pay her way through school. By collecting the
delicate lichens and the rare moths and butterflies of the Limberlost, and
supplying these specimens to naturalists the world over, Elnora earns her
tuition and shares her love of the Limberlost. The story takes her into young
adulthood, in the process allowing her to find the key to her mother's heart
and to her own. Girl of the Limberlost is an all-porcelain doll, 14"
tall.
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Little
Lord Fauntleroy 1995
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 350
Retail Price $450
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| Cedric Errol was born in New
York amid modest surroundings. It came as quite a surprise to find himself
named heir to an earldom, the Little Lord Fauntleroy. |
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Phoebe
Preble and Hitty
1996
Childhood
Childhood
Classics II� Collection
Edition of 500
Retail Price
$595
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Straight out of the pages of
the childhood classic, Hitty: Her First Hundred Years, written by Rachel Field
and illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop, comes Phoebe Preble and Hitty. The story
of the small wooden doll covers the span of a century in her life, but we
visit the very beginnings of Hitty and her first owner, Phoebe Preble in about
1829. Faithfully rendered, Hitty is scaled to just three inches on a jointed,
hand-carved wooden body. Phoeble Preble, a young girl of seven, with fair hair
and bright blue eyes, wears a frock of striped cotton over lace trimmed
bloomers. Phoebe is 14" tall.
**Nominated for a DOTY
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Little
Orphant Annie
1997
Childhood Classics II� Collection
Edition of 500
Retail Price $450
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The James Whitcomb Riley
poem, Little Orphant Annie, has been a favorite of children for more than a
century. It never fails to leave imaginative little ones wide-eyed and trembly.
Annie is all-porcelain, 14" tall.
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Marcella
and her Raggedy� Family
Childhood Classics II� Collection
Porcelain and Wood 16"
Raggedy Ann� and Raggedy Andy�
Cloth 6"
Edition of 1,000
Retail Price $795
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To celebrate Raggedy Ann's 80th
Anniversary, The Lawton Doll Company issued a new edition, Marcella and her
Raggedy Family, featuring the Marcella of the Volland books along with her
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy are
registered trademarks of Simon and Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Anne of
Green Gables�
(at the Station)
Childhood Classics II �
Collection
Porcelain and Wood 14"
Edition of 350
Retail Price $795
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seated on a wooden bench, clutching her well-worn carpetbag. Anne is wearing a
soft brown print dress and extending down her back are two braids of very
thick decidedly red hair, as described by the author L.M. Montgomery. She is
14" tall on a fully jointed, handcarved wooden body.
"Anne of Green Gables" is a
trademark and a Canadian official mark of the Anne of Green Gables Licensing
Authority Inc.
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