Lot Essay
All seven dolls were displayed in the cabinet in this lot since the 1920s.
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Oldric de Portal
a Rohmer type pressed bisque fashionable doll, with deep blue fixed eyes, closed mouth, ears pierced into the head, swivel neck, skin wig and jointed kid over wood body with large bisque arms and hands and carved lower wooden legs and feet, the finger and toe nails painted pink with extensive wardrobe including a midnight blue velvet three- piece suit with white glass buttons and black braid edgings, a turquoise blue velvet jacket and knickerbockers with blue and white striped shocks, matching boater, and knitted cream silk waistcoat with three pockets, an electric blue silk velvet three-piece suit, a pair of maroon socks and matching boater, a tweed coat, a black and white wool walking jacket, a linen dressing gown, a nightshirt edged with broderie Anglaise, a linen towel, a pair of kid gloves in a named and dated bag, jacket and knickerbockers with white glass buttons --14½in. (37cm.) high (small chip to lower rim of head, hidden under neck socket, missing right index finger and toes of right foot); a cross stitched wool rug inscribed 'This carpet is ye work of Henry Raymon de Portal 1874 Burghcler'; a Japanese composition boy doll with inset glass eyes wearing original kimono --16in. (40cm.) high (some wear and dusty); and a wooden display cabinet --36¾in. (93½cm.) long x 17½in. (44.5cm.) high x 11½in. (29cm.) deep (3)
a Rohmer type pressed bisque fashionable doll, with deep blue fixed eyes, closed mouth, ears pierced into the head, swivel neck, skin wig and jointed kid over wood body with large bisque arms and hands and carved lower wooden legs and feet, the finger and toe nails painted pink with extensive wardrobe including a midnight blue velvet three- piece suit with white glass buttons and black braid edgings, a turquoise blue velvet jacket and knickerbockers with blue and white striped shocks, matching boater, and knitted cream silk waistcoat with three pockets, an electric blue silk velvet three-piece suit, a pair of maroon socks and matching boater, a tweed coat, a black and white wool walking jacket, a linen dressing gown, a nightshirt edged with broderie Anglaise, a linen towel, a pair of kid gloves in a named and dated bag, jacket and knickerbockers with white glass buttons --14½in. (37cm.) high (small chip to lower rim of head, hidden under neck socket, missing right index finger and toes of right foot); a cross stitched wool rug inscribed 'This carpet is ye work of Henry Raymon de Portal 1874 Burghcler'; a Japanese composition boy doll with inset glass eyes wearing original kimono --16in. (40cm.) high (some wear and dusty); and a wooden display cabinet --36¾in. (93½cm.) long x 17½in. (44.5cm.) high x 11½in. (29cm.) deep (3)
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Please note that Cannon should read Canon.