Here is a gallery of Michael Langton Hitty dolls which includes photos of the Stockbridge Library Collector’s Set Hitty, Perfume Hitty, the rare Secret Keeper Hitty and more! Click on any photo to enlarge and view captions. Thank you to everyone who sent photos of their dolls for this gallery. For more about Michael Langton’s life as an award-winning doll artisan, see “Michael Langton Interview.” If you are curious about the measurements for Perfume Hitty, see “Hitty Dimensions.” If you would like me to add photos of your Michael Langton doll to the gallery, please Contact Me.
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Michael Langton Interview
MEET THE MAN WHO “CLONED” HITTY Only one real Hitty exists (see “Who is Hitty”), and she resides in the Stockbridge Library in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. But what if there was a way to make “clones” of Hitty for multiple collectors to own? I am referring to the resin Hitty dolls made by artist Michael Langton. My post called “Hitty Dimensions” featured some of his Hitty dolls, such as the Stockbridge Hitty, part of the Stockbridge Library Heirloom Collector’s Set. Stockbridge Hitty was created using a 3D laser scan of the original doll. Michael made molds from the digital data and filled those molds with “porcelite,” a wood and resin mix.…
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Isabella Van Rensselaer
Sometimes I find an antique doll which I can’t resist. When I saw this wax over paper mache antique doll with big, bright blue glass eyes, I knew she had to be mine. She was missing an arm, but she had wooden legs, turned on a lathe. Her wooden body seemed unusual. All the other wax-over paper mache dolls that I had seen had cloth bodies. Plus, the shape of her body reminded me a lot of Hitty’s. Lucky for me, I won the ebay auction and put her aside until I had time to restore her. Her big, blue eyes and curly brown hair reminded me of eight-year-old Isabella…
