R. JOHN WRIGHT DOLLS has been granted the license to produce
Mary Cicely Barker's enchanting
Flower Fairies™! Measuring 9 to 12 inches tall and fully jointed, each delightful
Flower Fairy™ in the collection will be made entirely of the finest all wool felt with a molded face, body, and limbs, realistic coloring, hand painted features, and mohair wigs. The delicate fairy wings will be made of molded and hand painted organdy. Each
Flower Fairy™ will be costumed according to the original
Mary Cicely Barker illustrations and will include realistic flowers, berries, and leaves hand made entirely out of fabric with exquisite coloration and detail. Each fairy in the collection will come enclosed in a deluxe RJW presentation box. Included will be the signed and numbered certificate.
Cicely Mary Barker was born in Croydon, South London in 1895. She led a quiet life, and was always happiest with a sketchbook in hand. Owing to ill health she was educated at home and largely taught herself to draw and paint. Despite her lack of formal artistic training her natural talent was commercially recognised when she was only 15 years old with the publication of a set of postcards. But it was her
Flower Fairy books, the first of which was published in 1923, which brought her international acclaim as an artist. The delicate charm of her illustrations, coupled with her meticulous botanical accuracy, has captivated both children and adults alike for over 85 years, and the books have become classics of children's literature.
