Betje - 2005

Doll: 9” porcelain and wood, Edition limited to 175

Betje hails from Volendam in the Netherlands. She knows the voyage on the steamship from Holland will take a long time, but she’s excited to be coming to America. Just before she left, Opa and Oma came to bid farewell and brought her the chest that had been in the family since before Opa was born. She would carry a part of the family to her new home in America. Inside the chest they’d packed her warm wool cape, her wooden skates, her Delft Tea set, her little wooden windmill and a basket of sugar hearts to eat on her journey. She’s dressed in the traditional Dutch dress and cap of Volendam and wooden klompen. Betje has blonde mohair braids and light gray eyes.

Lila Brita - 2004

Doll: 9” porcelain and wood, Edition limited to 175

Lilla Brita is overjoyed to be coming to America from Sweden. Her hand-painted rosemaled chest is packed with her warm quilt, her Santa Lucia costume, Lucia crown of candles and her Swedish dala horse. She wears a red cotton dress, a red flannel pinafore and a warm stocking cap. She has a human hair, hand-tied wig and blue eyes.