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Nelling, Inc.
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Door of
Hope Bride 11 1/4" |
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All Original
$2650.
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Wearing her Blue Ribbon from the 2000 UFDC
competition in the Door of Hope category, this "modern bride", circa 1920,
is all original and in excellent condition. Her red silk costume is
vibrant and clean and she retains her beaded head dress that does have some
fading and melting. Her carved wood head features a shy expression,
fitting for a young bride, and a carved bun with detailed ornamentation.
She has carved wood hands. A most desirable character in the Door of
Hope Mission family. |
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One
of the most sought after Raggedy Ann's is the early Volland (15 1/2"), especially when
she has the rare "single lash" or lone dots underneath her eyes.
Except for not having her original brown yarn hair (replaced hair not
permanently attached in order to preserve originality), this one is in superb
condition, with her black button eyes, simple and softly painted
features, pale and minimally discolored cloth body from head to toe, with
lower legs that simulate striped stockings and black boots. Her floral
cotton dress, white pinafore with matching bloomers are all hers from the
beginning, but alas, someone has removed her wooden heart from her chest!
She says she can still give and receive LOTS of love! |
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Door of
Hope Boy 8 1/2" |
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All Original
$1475.
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A young Door of Hope boy with western hairstyle
wears his original silk clothing that is so pristine, including his black
silk hat with red pom-pom. He has carved wood hands and a chiseled
face full of presence and character. He seems to have been given more
than his share of responsibilities and decision making for a young man such
as he. The local wood carvers for the Mission not only supplied the
young female occupants with dolls for artful dressing, but also captured the
spirit of the faces around them forever in wood. |
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Children
and animals never fail to steal our hearts, especially when situated
together in a sweet pastoral scene like this one. It is a German
mechanical toy that, when wound clockwise, combines the motion of four
grazing sheep whose heads and tails wag back and forth, and two curious
bisque head children whose heads turn from side to side. All the
while, a sweet tune plays, interrupted by an occasional "Bah-ah-ah, bah" of the
sheep. Condition is all original, with some wear to the sides of the
platform and normal soil from the ages. Approximately 12" tall
overall, 13" wide and 9" deep. |
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The
aristocracy of China would bind the feet of their privileged infants so
that, because of their incredibly small, deformed feet in the years to come, they would be
dismissed from a life of hard work. The Door of Hope Mission young
girls included this facet of their society in their repertoire of dolls that
they tediously dressed and decorated. This is the seldom seen Door of
Hope woman with tiny bound feet (10 1/2"), wearing a simple white cotton tunic and
pants, and colorful bound slippers of silk fabric and embroidery. She
has a carved bun with gold accents and she has the early style body with
cloth hands. There are a couple of dots of stray black paint on her
right cheek, but a face with an especially sweet expression. |
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Door of
Hope Woman |
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All Original
$795.
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An
adult woman (11") from the Door of Hope mission in Shanghai, China with early
Eastern hairdo and carved bun. She is wearing her original cotton
pants and tunic with frog closings, with some fading from exposure to light.
She has well carved ears, facial features and hands and black silk slippers.
There are some extra paint marks on her face, probably a slip of hand from
the mission's local artist who carved and painted her head. Her
forehead hairline has wonderful and realistic, fine hair-like strokes. |
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Lenci
miniature side-glancing character or "mascotte", 9" tall, and dressed in her
original Italian regional costume. She is very clean and the colors of
her felt costume nice and vibrant, however she does have several small moth
holes on the rear back of her head dress and a few on her skirt, as well.
Look at those big hoop earrings! $195. |
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nellingdolls@gmail.com
Post Office Box 893985 n
Temecula, CA 92589
Cell (503) 577-9815
n Home Phone (951)
308-1239 n
Fax (951) 308-1285
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