Country Sampler 1982-1983

Left to Right: Sunday Best, School Days, Quilting Bee, County Fair

Made of stoneware, "primitive style". Edition Size and Price not available

The Cottage Collection

Amanda, Emma, Esther, Hilda, Jenny, Katherine, Rebecca Shirley William

For the very first collection ever issued by The Lawton Doll Company, Wendy Lawton featured a group of antique reproduction dolls. Since Wendy knew she couldn't interest retailers in a single product, this 1983 group was intended to augment Alice in Wonderland - the first original edition.

Shirleys and Aimee 1980-1986

These reproduction Shirley Temple dolls, made in composition, were among the most popular Lawton dolls in those early days (1980-1986). In the pink-background image above, the Shirley on the left is the Standard Shirley. The Shirley on the right is Baby Take a Bow. Also offered was an 11" Petite Shirley dressed in green organdy, a 36" Little Colonel, a 16" Little Colonel and a 16" Stand Up and Cheer.

Aimee, the little French reproduction in the foreground of the photo, came in an exquisitely detailed perambulator.

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