Happy Birthday Janice
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Our latest French Court Doll, created for a special friend. Although our field of expertise are English dolls, every so often it’s interesting to colour outside the lines and this Lovely Lad...
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One of my all time favourite 17th century silk court dress textiles and the doll I made for it.
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David & Paul: My wonderful little William and Mary doll just arrived. This little one has my heart! I am sitting here crying holding her and checking out every little detail. I now I know EXACTL...
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This little one REALLY needed our help big time as you can see. She is the latest period and most simply and crudely made of English woodens, dating from the early 19th century. Having said ...
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"Dear David and Paul: Guess what!?!? The little doll just arrived and I am IN COMPLETE LOVE WITH HER!! David her face painting and patina is EXTRAORDINARY!!!! I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER! Keeping...
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This sweet little late 18th century English wooden came to us missing her legs and her owner said she deserves her dignity back and we agreed. We were pleased to hear that the owner did not want...
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There are only two antique examples of this ultra rare William and Mary Period English wooden dating from 1680 know to exist world wide. Compared to this, there are around 40 antique examples o...
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A very special doll for our friend Janice.
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I rarely ever allow myself to have any artistic license with the dolls we make as that would not make the dolls we create exact to the 17th and 18th century English woodens we love so much. After...
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A very important, extremely rare and remarkable early English wooden Lady (Circa 1735) now owned and cherished by a dear and very deserving friend of ours. ...
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Introducing our latest and most elegant William and Mary period English wooden gentleman. Standing 16 inches tall, he is a portrait of, and the most historically correct representation of...
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Esthetically, the 18th century English wooden doll is many things. They can be quite naïve or charming in their simplicity, haughty, sophisticated, sometimes even graceful or even soulful in th...
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Hi Everyone: We wanted to share the photos of our latest William and Mary period English wooden which is one of our finest and most exceptional in every way. She was made especially for a specia...
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Hello everyone: Several followers recently written to say this doll is one of their all time favourites. She is one of my favourties as well so I though I would re-post some photos of her aga...
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Hello everyone: We received a lovely e-mail today from a nice lady in Russia who is a big fan of our work. She finally got her doll today she has been waiting for and we just had to share her ex...
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