Byers Choice Victorian Shopper LIMITED EDITION | Male Shopper with Wood Rocking Horse outlet and Basket | Byers Choice Art Doll | Festive Decor

This is a precious collectible Byers' Choice®Ltd. "Victorian Shopper" doll dated 2000. He has a hand-shaped and hand-painted face which is very well done. He is carrying a wooden rocking horse with a green bow in one arm and has a wicker shopping basket filled with a bottle of champagne, a wreath, and a newspaper on his left arm. He is wearing a black flannel holly trimmed hat, a outlet brown felt jacket over a red vest with a lace ascot and black pants with strips and black shoes. The green base is signed Byers 00 edition 36/100.

I have additional Byers' dolls, please check out my listings in the "Holiday Items" section.

This Byers' Caroler is in excellent condition. The clothes are like new, there is no dust or dirt, tears or repairs. Please view all photos as they are part of my description.

Overall Dimensions: 12 3/4" H x 5 1/2" W 5" D

Byers' Choice Carolers: Beginning in the 1960s, Joyce Byers spent the lead-up to every Christmas handcrafting Carolers as decorations and Christmas presents. What started as a few small gifts for the family made out of some clay, paint, scraps of old clothes, and her sons' hair quickly grew into a project that took over the Byers' house every December as more and more people learned about the Carolers and wanted their own. From there, the company has grown to a team of over 80 artisans working to handcraft the Carolers
How They're Made:
Every Caroler is created in the Pennsylvania workshop by the loving hands of a team of skilled artisans. Although Joyce still designs each Caroler, it is the following steps that bring to life the figures that have found their way into people's hearts.
Plaster: Each Caroler begins with a coat hanger. This is cut and bent to form a wireframe. Plaster is hand-poured on a table, with the coat hanger placed in the plaster before it dries.
Heading: Joyce sculpts every original head, from which plaster molds are poured. Clay is then pressed into the plaster molds. As the clay is removed from the mold, it gets slightly distorted. The artisan "cleans up" the head ensuring that each one is unique.
Feature Painting: After the clay dries, the head receives a coat of flesh-colored paint, and then the features are added. Each artisan uses an impressionistic technique to bring life to each face. No two are exactly alike!
Wrapping: After the plaster hardens, it is painted with a specific color of green. The body is then sculpted with tissue paper.
Cutting: Joyce designs every outfit worn by the Carolers. She has hundreds of different fabrics, ribbons, and laces available to be mixed in various combinations to create the Holiday Carolers. There will only be 100 sets of any design cut to send to our dressing department.
Dressing: Dressers will take the body, head, and clothes to combine the parts into a unique handcrafted Caroler. By changing the pose, or adjusting the draping of the clothes, a dresser adds life and personality to each Caroler.
Finishing: Through the combination of loving care from each artisan, we now have over a hundred unique, handcrafted Carolers that capture the warmth and spirit of Christmas.

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