The doll as theatre Volume Two

THE DOLL AS THEATRE The celebrated Hanne Buktas collection of rare 18th century) Neapolitan dolls features classic figures including an extraordinary trio of Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior in royal robes astride their decorated horses, as well as other royalty, aristocratic men and women from the fashionable salons of 1700s-era Naples, village people from the markets, shops and taverns including delightful children, and peasant peoples from the countryside Toe, the collection includes very sought-aher, rarely found, accessories such as horses, cows, lambs, and dogs, as well as furnishings, rare baskets of modeled food, embroideries and more As studies into this field continue, more and more documentation is being uncovered concerning the artists of the highly-characterized dolls. The collection includes a number of very rare examples attributed to celebrated sculptors of 18th century Naples including Giuseppe Sammartino, Francesco Celebrano and Lorenzo Mosca Cataloguer Florence Theriault of Theriault's notes. "Although the pieces were rarely signed, newly-uncovered documentation as well as style comparisons with those pieces which were signed allows us to attribute some of these works"