A Time For Gratitude an Auction Catalog Shirley Temple Memorabilia Trimmed with cream feather-stitch embroidery

Trimmed with cream feather-stitch embroidery and white cotton lace at bodice and sleeves

Roses seem to float across the pure cotton fabric of the high-waist dress whose unusual square-cut collar

but how often do you see a daughter

From famed Dutch doll sculptor Bets van Boxel

The easy fit dress features fabulous gathered lace at the neckline

A Time For Gratitude an Auction Catalog Shirley Temple Memorabilia Trimmed with cream feather-stitch embroideryThe end of each year seems a time of reflection, of gratitude for family and good friends and all that is fortunate in our lives. Beginning with the quintessential American holiday Thanksgiving a giving of thanks and continuing with days and weeks of community, sharing, and gratitude, it is, too, the time to rekindle our sense of history. How perfect, then, is an auction of antique dolls, those memorable links to childhood past. Theriault's merrily