Bridget, Emma, and Eliza celebrate Independence Day out on the lawn at Corgyncombe!
Emma is a Cousin of Bridget and Eliza. Emma is holding, as the girls call her, the "Little Dear One".
The old fashioned likeness of the girls is surrounded by a fancy tintype frame.
The chosen music to accompany this post is Yankee Doodle:
Click Here for Specially Chosen Musical Entertainments.
Return Here to Read the Corgyncombe Courant.
The music is so festive whilst reading!
They have their own small size vasculum and have collected a rose and some lavender that always bloom at Corgyncombe about the time of the 4th of July!
Bridget reads from their book "Child's Life of Washington".
Bridget, Emma, and Eliza are Izannah Walker inspired dolls made by talented dollmaker Margaret Flavin.
Margaret made delightful shoes for each of the girls, as well as their superb clothing!
Margaret Flavin named Bridget and Eliza after Izannah Walker's real sisters and she chose the name Emma because it suited her.
Izannah Walker (1817-1888) made dolls using a special technique.
Izannah Walker lived in New England and her Walker ancestors lived very near where Diane and Sarah's Walkers came from.
You can find more information about Izannah Walker dolls and the technique used in making them in the Christmas 2011 issue of "Early American Life" magazine and in the August 2011 issue of "Antique Doll Collector" magazine.
Eliza holds a small bouquet of lavender and roses.
What a lovely fragrance!
You can see how small their vasculum is!
Moss is placed inside and the flowers can stay fresh for several days within the vasculum.
A special treat for Independence Tea, Carmella Lucille's Vanilla Ice Cream, made using the receipt for "Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream" in "The Tasha Tudor Cookbook". It was made in Diane's old White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer. The receipt for "Washington Pie" is also in "The Tasha Tudor Cookbook". The design on the "Washington Pie", made by dusting confectioner's sugar over a doily and then taking the doily off, reminds one of spectacular fireworks! The "Washington Pie", made at the Corgyncombe Bakery, has raspberry jam filling and is delicious with Carmella Lucille's Vanilla Ice Cream! The old fashioned roses on the table are from Diane's garden. A scene showing George Washington gathered with his family is on the teapot.
Bridget shows Emma and the "Dear Little One" the picture of George Washington in the book.
Diane told the girls how her 4th great grandfather Elias Taylor served under Gen'l George Washington and how her 6th great grandfather Nehemiah Lyon represented the Woodstock, Connecticut area in the protest of the Stamp Act.
William Scott (Diane's 4th great grandfather) was born during the Revolutionary War at Fort Ticonderoga as it says in his obituary: "in Ticonderoga Fort, in the dark days of the revolutionary struggle. The men were called into the army and the women and children had to flee to the Fort for safety. They remained there till the surrender of Burgoyne, when they returned to Bennington, Vermont." William Scott's father William Scott was a Revolutionary War soldier.
Diane's 6th great grandfather, Revolutionary War soldier John Hale was 2nd Cousin to the great American patriot Nathan Hale.
The girls are sitting on a lovely old quilt of red, white, and blue!
The white areas of the quilt are made of different fabrics with small festive prints predominantly of blue and red against the white. The quilt has been tied off with blue and white threads. The small prints and the ties give a splendid fireworks appearance! We thought of Independence Day the moment we saw it!
We at the Corgyncombe Courant love how Tasha Tudor illustrates Independence Day in "Around The Year" and "A Time to Keep". Tasha shows picnics, flying and displaying the American flag, firecrackers, and fireworks. In "Around the Year" the page with the eagle, stars, and flags catches the eye of the Corgyncombe Courant.
Some of the Corgyncombe Courant reporters' Revolutionary War soldier direct ancestors were:
Levi Adams Sr.
Serg. Levi Adams Jr.
Benjamite Greene
John Hale
Stephen Harrington
Henry Head
Cyprian Keyes
Nehemiah Lyon
Eliakim May
Joseph Peters
Jared Robinson
Ziba Robinson
William Scott
Stephen Smith
Nathaniel Swift
Elias Taylor
Thomas Weaver
There are several other Revolutionary War soldiers that The Corgyncombe Courant Genealogy Department is researching, also.
We at the Corgyncombe Courant hope that our Dear Readers had a wonderful Independence Day!
http://corgyncombecourant.blogspot.com/2012/07/izannah-walker-dolls-celebrate.html
copyright © 2012 Diane Shepard Johnson and Sarah E. Johnson
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Emma is a Cousin of Bridget and Eliza. Emma is holding, as the girls call her, the "Little Dear One".
The old fashioned likeness of the girls is surrounded by a fancy tintype frame.
The chosen music to accompany this post is Yankee Doodle:
Click Here for Specially Chosen Musical Entertainments.
Return Here to Read the Corgyncombe Courant.
The music is so festive whilst reading!
They have their own small size vasculum and have collected a rose and some lavender that always bloom at Corgyncombe about the time of the 4th of July!
Bridget reads from their book "Child's Life of Washington".
Bridget, Emma, and Eliza are Izannah Walker inspired dolls made by talented dollmaker Margaret Flavin.Margaret made delightful shoes for each of the girls, as well as their superb clothing!
Margaret Flavin named Bridget and Eliza after Izannah Walker's real sisters and she chose the name Emma because it suited her.
Izannah Walker (1817-1888) made dolls using a special technique.
Izannah Walker lived in New England and her Walker ancestors lived very near where Diane and Sarah's Walkers came from.
You can find more information about Izannah Walker dolls and the technique used in making them in the Christmas 2011 issue of "Early American Life" magazine and in the August 2011 issue of "Antique Doll Collector" magazine.
Eliza holds a small bouquet of lavender and roses.What a lovely fragrance!
You can see how small their vasculum is!Moss is placed inside and the flowers can stay fresh for several days within the vasculum.
A special treat for Independence Tea, Carmella Lucille's Vanilla Ice Cream, made using the receipt for "Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream" in "The Tasha Tudor Cookbook". It was made in Diane's old White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer. The receipt for "Washington Pie" is also in "The Tasha Tudor Cookbook". The design on the "Washington Pie", made by dusting confectioner's sugar over a doily and then taking the doily off, reminds one of spectacular fireworks! The "Washington Pie", made at the Corgyncombe Bakery, has raspberry jam filling and is delicious with Carmella Lucille's Vanilla Ice Cream! The old fashioned roses on the table are from Diane's garden. A scene showing George Washington gathered with his family is on the teapot.
Bridget shows Emma and the "Dear Little One" the picture of George Washington in the book.Diane told the girls how her 4th great grandfather Elias Taylor served under Gen'l George Washington and how her 6th great grandfather Nehemiah Lyon represented the Woodstock, Connecticut area in the protest of the Stamp Act.
William Scott (Diane's 4th great grandfather) was born during the Revolutionary War at Fort Ticonderoga as it says in his obituary: "in Ticonderoga Fort, in the dark days of the revolutionary struggle. The men were called into the army and the women and children had to flee to the Fort for safety. They remained there till the surrender of Burgoyne, when they returned to Bennington, Vermont." William Scott's father William Scott was a Revolutionary War soldier.
Diane's 6th great grandfather, Revolutionary War soldier John Hale was 2nd Cousin to the great American patriot Nathan Hale.
The girls are sitting on a lovely old quilt of red, white, and blue!
The white areas of the quilt are made of different fabrics with small festive prints predominantly of blue and red against the white. The quilt has been tied off with blue and white threads. The small prints and the ties give a splendid fireworks appearance! We thought of Independence Day the moment we saw it!
We at the Corgyncombe Courant love how Tasha Tudor illustrates Independence Day in "Around The Year" and "A Time to Keep". Tasha shows picnics, flying and displaying the American flag, firecrackers, and fireworks. In "Around the Year" the page with the eagle, stars, and flags catches the eye of the Corgyncombe Courant.Some of the Corgyncombe Courant reporters' Revolutionary War soldier direct ancestors were:
Levi Adams Sr.
Serg. Levi Adams Jr.
Benjamite Greene
John Hale
Stephen Harrington
Henry Head
Cyprian Keyes
Nehemiah Lyon
Eliakim May
Joseph Peters
Jared Robinson
Ziba Robinson
William Scott
Stephen Smith
Nathaniel Swift
Elias Taylor
Thomas Weaver
There are several other Revolutionary War soldiers that The Corgyncombe Courant Genealogy Department is researching, also.
We at the Corgyncombe Courant hope that our Dear Readers had a wonderful Independence Day!
http://corgyncombecourant.blogspot.com/2012/07/izannah-walker-dolls-celebrate.html
copyright © 2012 Diane Shepard Johnson and Sarah E. Johnson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3 comments:
Corgyncombe Courant is such a special place - so enjoy my visits here!
Diane, You may have another name to add to the Revolutionary War ancestry, I believe on the Starr side. I will let you know after I look through my papers. Cousin Jeri
PS I forgot to mention in my previous comment that I love Corgyncombe Castle!
A lovely web site, thanks for sharing. The dolls are just my favorite things! Edyth
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