Mint-in-Box Collection

Over the years collectors have often requested that the Lawton Doll Company issue some of their famous doll’s dolls as stand-alone editions. The wait is over. Mint-in-Box is a collection of these classic dolls dressed in exquisite costumes. Every detail of these miniature dolls is authentically recreated—whether it is kid bodies, tiny glass eyes, or an intricately crafted mohair wig. All the clothes are removable and all the details are accurate. Best of all, each doll is made by the finest porcelain doll makers in America and presented to you in beautifully designed boxes. These are treasures to keep forever or to give to your favorite doll.

Bye-Lo Baby - 2005

Doll: 4 and 1/2” porcelain and cloth

Edition limited to 250

Retail Price $250

Lawtons recreates the famous Bye-Lo Baby, circa1923, with its porcelain head and hands, tiny inset glass eyes, cloth body and a faithful copy of the original batiste dress. Bye-Lo Baby comes in a baby blue oval box.

Izannah Walker - 2005

Doll: 6” gesso/ oil painted cloth

Edition limited to 250

Retail Price $250

Izannah Walker patented her rag baby in 1873. Since that time, no cloth doll has been more prized by collectors. Lawtons painstakingly recreates this doll out of cloth. Then the artists gesso the face and paint an individual portrait on each doll. She’s dressed in delicate cotton print trimmed with antique lace and comes in a basketweave carton.

Turned Head Kestner - 2005

Doll: 6 and 1/2” porcelain and leather

Edition limited to 250

Retail Price $295

Perhaps the most prolific maker of what they termed bisque-headed dolls, Kestner made turned head dolls similar to ours in the 1870. This young girl is dressed in an intricate silk dress decorated with antique trim. She has a tiny mohair wig, inset glass eyes, and perfectly scaled leather shoes. She comes on a gusseted leather body and is tucked into a velvety pink box.

Milliner’s Model - 2005

Doll: 6” composition and cloth

Edition limited to 250

Retail Price $225

The papier m�ch� doll often called a Milliner’s Model came out around 1840. This miniature version is dressed in a crinkled silk organza dress and carefully laid in tissue and excelsior in a wooden packing crate — mint-in-box.

Greiner - 2005

Doll: 6” composition, leather and cloth

Edition limited to 250

Retail Price $250

Ludwig Greiner patented his papier m�ch� puppen in 1858. Lawtons recreates this doll in painted composition. The Greiner is dressed in a batiste blouse and red and yellow silk tartan frock trimmed with antique braid. She’s packed in tissue in a presentation box of marbled papers.

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