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The Old Pretenders
theoldpretenders.blogspot.com
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The finest museum quality reproductions and restorations of 17th and 18th century English wooden dolls
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Elenas Twins

This is why I make dolls I wanted to share this story which really touched my heart, from a very kind Lady from Russia who ordered a special doll from us.She had seen photos of a doll that&...

23 may 12 2 people like this

Hello everyone....I though I would share our French Court Doll on the blog.I have always wanted a antique French court doll for many years but since it has not happened, I decided to finall...

19 may 12 2 people like this

A new and huge Old Pretender

Hello everyone.......We wanted to show off our latest and was she ever labour intensive! She is huge, at 22 inches (24 with hair and bonnet) which made her quite a handful to handle and dress, plus s...

12 mar 12

A very special new Old Pretender named Eve

We have a very special and exceptional new Old Pretender up for sale and she is one of our finest for sure. She looks so much like a early antique in every way including her amazing finish and p...

19 jan 12

A Lovely Old Pretender

Here is your chance to own this lovely Old Pretender from our personal collection, dressed in a wonderful ivory gown with ultra rare 18th century fly braid trim.e-mail us for details at sec...

18 dec 11

A wonderful early Lady

Dressed in an amazing rare piece of early linen with hand done wool work.Sold

18 dec 11

New, Old Pretender

Sold

18 dec 11

A new Old Pretender to make you smile

This little lady is guaranteed to make you smile.Full of personality and just wonderful in her dress made from a very early apron from our dear friend Lois.The fabric is in perfect scale for her and ...

25 nov 11

HAPPY HALLOWEEN From the Old Pretenders

I decided to let myself have artistic license this one time for a Halloween doll this year. I never do that because to make ours dolls exact to the antiques, artistic license is just not possible.Pau...

30 oct 11

Daisy

What can I say about this adorable little lady? That face makes me SO happy! The moment I completed her, I was smiling the entire day at that little face! I just love everything a...

19 sep 11

Prunella, another new Old Pretender

Well, the name says it all.......but this stern lady really does have all the attributes of a antique English wooden of her era......and there is something very endearing about her in person.Blogger ...

19 sep 11

One of my newest Old Pretenders

When I got out of the hospital and got feeling better, I just had to set down and make a doll that I wanted to make......just loose myself in making it and forget about everything but creating a doll...

19 sep 11

Hi everyone....Im back!

Hi everyone.I got to finish a doll I was working on for a special client in the UK, before my unexpected hospital stay. She had sent me a very small sleeve and a few scraps of Spitalfields silk from ...

26 jul 11

Saving Elswyth

This sweet little English wooden named Elswyth that recently came into our lives, was made in the very late 18th century / early 19th century. We were approached by a dealer who ask to completely res...

24 jul 11

News from The Old Pretenders

Hi everyone....David here.....I just wanted to let everyone know that we have not stopped making dolls or posting new dolls to our blog.I have been in the hospital since last Monday and got home last...

11 jul 11

Late 17th Century Lady

We love the very rare late 17th century English wooden dolls and there are only two extremely rare antique examples of this doll from the 1690s known to exist. We based ...

29 may 11

A few photos of our new young lady in the garden

I just took a few photos of our newest young lady who look right at home in the country garden.....what do you think?She will be off very soon on her journey to her new home!Thank you ...

07 may 11

Our newest young Lady

We are so pleased with our most recent doll we just finished and she is for now still available. She is quite a special and lovely young girl we think and she has the sweetest almost shy expressing w...

04 may 11

A Lovely New Old Pretender for Spring

Hello everyone.....We have a new Old Pretender complete and she is available.Here are the photos of her. She is around 13 inches tall, quite a lovely sweet face and dressed in a really amazing and ra...

19 apr 11

Golden Elegance

I have been working on a new larger doll and her dress now for a while which has been very difficult and labour intensive. I wanted her to be the most historically correct and authentic early English...

09 mar 11

Hello everyone: I have been working on new larger doll for quite a while and her dress for weeks thats just about drove me crazy but sometimes those are the best in the end. It has been quite a diffi...

23 feb 11

Our newest William and Mary period doll

Presenting our newest William and Mary period English wooden, based on very rare antique example, especially the face type and painting style.She is about 13 inches tall.Hope everyone enjoys the...

12 feb 11

DOLLS BY CANDLELIGHT

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONEPEACE

26 dec 10

Our most recient Lady

Hi everyone......Here is our most recent lady standing 17 inches tall and in her deceptively simple and elegant dress. I am so pleased with the perfect fit of this dress, the tight as a glove bodice ...

23 dec 10

Our newest early 18th century beauty

I am so pleased with every aspect of this doll. As my own worst critic and being a stickler for no artistic license aloud on our dolls and 100% authenticity to the antiques always, I rarely complete ...

06 dec 10

My Favorite doll / answering a question I hear from time to time.

I have had followers ask, out of all the dolls we have made, which is my favourite or do I have a favourite.Its funny, one might think this would be a very hard question to answer but its not for me....

04 nov 10

Oh so rare

I love this doll for many obvious reasons like her face and patina, but one reason for sure would be her fabric. This is one of the rarest of the rare mid 18th century fabrics that one can find today...

04 nov 10

Early 18th century elegance

I think this doll has a wonderful patina and wonderfully expressive eyes. Makes you wonder what she is thinking?

04 nov 10

Another lovely little late 17th century English wooden

04 nov 10

A very unusual and rare doll

We based this very unique doll on a antique example of a very rare 18th century wooden.

04 nov 10

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