Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls
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 RARE Antique French Mechanical Toy Bisque Doll In Cart With Nodding Donkey  US $3,400.00
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 THE TOY COTTAGE MAGGIE MADE DOLLS ACTUAL PHOTOS 28 40 US $2,895.00
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 Fashion Royalty Toast of Paris Doll Limited to 100 NRFB US $1,800.00
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 ANTIQUE RUSSIAN Czar Period Wooden Dolls toy skittles matryoshka nesting wood US $1,300.00
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 Antique Shirley Temple Doll 1934 Ideal Toy Used US $1,200.00
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 Spice Girls Complete Set of 5 Dolls CDA AFA Graded Galoob Toys 1997 US $1,200.00
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 Authentic Blythe Doll Dottie Dot Signed by Gina Garan Japan Toys‘R Us 1St Ed US $1,100.00
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 Future Noir Luchia Jason Wu Toy Fair Centerpiece Redhair Fashion Doll NRFB 2009 US $999.99
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 Blythe Doll Dottie Dot 2002 Japan Toys ‘R Us Limited Ed US $899.00
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 Sonja Hartmann Porcelain Doll Kathy with 3 mohair toys stunning presentation US $1,180.00
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 DANBURY MINT PORCELAIN GIRL DRESS BABY CRIB DOLL TOY US $850.00
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 RARE 1993 Lenci Girl Doll Nurnberg Toy Fair MIB 19 US $765.00
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 VTG MARX TOYS MISS MARLENE TEENAGE FASHION MODEL DOLL US $695.00
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 LIL ABNER DAISY MAE HOL LE TOY CO NY 50s RAG DOLL US $690.00
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 Vintage 1955 1969 VOGUE Doll Ginnette Accessories Clothes VERY RARE Kids Toys US $600.00
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 Antique bisque head doll squeak toy Mariotte type US $525.00
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 1995 12 SAILOR MOON MARS VENUS MERCURY DOLLS DOLL MUSICAL LOCKET TOY LOT BANDAI US $498.98
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 Doll Toy Miniature French Brittany Step Back Cupboard US $485.00
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 antique German Bisque Doll 3 Wheel Carriage Joel Ellis Stroller primitive toy US $475.00
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 VINTAGE DOLL BARBIE NURSE 1963 BEN CASEY TV SHOW DR MAGGIE GRAHAM RARE HTF TOY US $450.00
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 Jiminey Cricket Stuff Doll Toy Late 1930s Early 1940s US $495.00
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 VINTAGE GENUINE 1930S SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL BOXED RELIABLE TOY CO CANADA IDEAL US $434.58
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 RARE NRFB Toys R Us Harley Davidson 1 Barbie Doll US $427.50
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 VINTAGE 1978 Mattel HUG N TALK NAPPER the dog 13 plush toy doll US $424.99
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 VINTAGE TROLL Chest DOLL BOX Figure Toy Storage Container Wood Plastic ART US $399.99
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 TAKARA Neo Blythe Doll ToysRUs Ltd Cherry Berry 2003 US $399.99
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The history of dolls houses
The fascinating hobby of recreating houses and their contents in detailed miniature is by no means a recent one. It has been in existence for centuries in one form or another. The earliest recorded replica of a fully furnished house was owned by Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, in the mid-sixteenth century. It was a copy of his own residence and became known as his 'baby house'. Following his example, many other wealthy people began to commission fine Miniature Pieces - both Doll Houses and their contents - to be made by expert craftsmen using all manner of different materials. These were not made for use as children's playthings but were solely a display of taste, wealth and social standing.
This continued throughout the seventeenth century and is slowly became more acceptable for children to play with these miniatures. At first they were made not as toys but as educationol aids in household management. Nevertheless by the mid nineteenth century the Doll House was at last a plaything, though only for the children of the wealthy, and no well-equipped nursery was complete without one.
The arrival of the Victorian age saw the beginning of mass production. From then on the doll house was truly a toy and it was for this market that the miniature pieces were produced in quantity. The major force of manufacture was Germany, from where doll house items were exported all over the world.
However there were two notable adult exceptions to this new trend. The first was Queen Mary, the wife of King George V of England, who had a strong interest in dolls houses. In the early 1920's one of the foremost architects of the day, Sir Edwin Lutyens was commissioned to build a doll house for the Queen's personal pleasure. A model house was designed in the precise scale of one inch to one foot and again, as in the preceding centuries, fine craftsmen of the day were involved in the production of All Different types of miniature items.
At about the same time in America, Mrs James W. Thorne, a socialite from Chicago, was collecting miniatures from all over the world. She cam up with the idea of displaying these items in sets of boxes which were furnished in a range of different styles and periods. By 1940 Mrs Thorne had put together over forty individual room settings showing both European and American interior designs and decoration. All of these rooms were completed in exact one inch to the foot scale.
Since then the manufacture of toy miniatures for children's dolls houses has continued and, although Antique Doll houses have long been collected by the enthusiasts it was not until the 1970's that adults again started to collect contemporary pieces and display them in houses or room boxes.
Today the hobby of miniature collecting is enjoying a huge growth in popularity and there are a growing number of smaller more specialized shops, fairs and dolls houses magazines to catar for the growing demand. Miniature enthusiasts like to recreate past eras or present events in either whole houses or specific scenes. Some enjoy making the models themselves, while others collect craftsman-made pieces or commission them to be made to their particular requirements. The aim in all this is to achieve accurate detail to capture the right mood, character and style and to add personal touches to the work, raising the hobby to an art form of creative expression.
Toy Dolls - We're Mad
