Mary Lincoln Dolls

[Donna McCreary]

(06-01-2013 07:01 AM)BettyO Wrote:  I know years ago the US Historical Society made a BEAUTIFUL Mary Lincoln Doll - complete with Jewelry. She was porcelain. I wanted one badly and never got it....

Here's a link to the Madam Alexander Doll -

http://www.dollcloset.com/Madame_Alexand...Dolls.html




This Mary Lincoln Doll is also beautiful - and surprisingly, not TOO expensive!

http://antiquechild.com/mary-lincoln-doll-dress/





The BEST dolls were from the US Historical Society - their dolls were lovely - don't even know if they are still in business (they were based out of Richmond, VA.) The Abe doll is for sale on eBay - and VERY Expensive!!

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/lincoln-doll

Here is the booklet for the US Historical Society Abe and Mary Doll - written by Harold Holzer -




Here's Abe. You can see the quality. If I remember correctly, Mary was lovely!

Betty, thanks for the wonderful photos! If you go to the website for the doll dressed in black, you can do a search for Mary Lincoln and read about the project. I was very surprised to read this page since my name and book are mentioned. I had correspondend with the owner of this business several years ago. My goal was to have several dolls made in the same style as Mary's dresses. I provided the doll kits, most of the fabric, and several pieces of trim for this project. These were suppose to be 'one of a kind' dolls created just for my collection. She charged me over $200 per doll. I am shocked to see a doll just like my "one of a kind" selling for $89.00.
Amazing what one can find on the internet -- and what a lesson I have learned.

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I should point out that the question about dolls is from my current writing project. I have a list of Mary Lincoln dolls, but I know there is at least one missing from my list. Several years ago a doll was listed on ebay. Since I do not really collect dolls, I did not purchase it, and now I can not remember the name of the designer. The doll was very well made and wore a purple dress.

Betty, the doll from the U.S. Historical Society is very beautiful. I saw one several years ago and remember the jewelry was well done.