Beautiful 14″ Hedwig doll Lydia, wonderful Mary Hoyer style face. Composition, mohair wig, painted eyes, lovely coloring, original costume.
Lydia depicts a young Amish girl, a character from Marguerite de Angeli’s book “Henner’s Lydia”, 1936. The 7 different Hedwig dolls were created to depict the characters in the children’s books written by De Angeli, and taken by the traveling salesmen around the country as they sold the books. Costumes were copied from the book illustrations and designed by Hedwig Ryglewicz, Mrs. de Angeli’s friend. They were never offered for sale to the general public, only available through Marguerite’s publisher Doubleday.
Originally made by the Ideal Toy company, similar beautiful face used for Mary Hoyer. Unmarked, they are difficult to identify; ours has what I believe is the original wrist tag and completely original costume.
We are including an ex-library copy of the book as well for you to read AND display with this lovely doll.
Lydia is just lovely and quite scarce and difficult to find. This is our first Lydia to offer, and we are unlikely to find another! Please look at this doll and many others in our eBay Store Connectibles.