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porcelain doll pink dress πŸŽ€ Vintage Russ Berrie August Doll

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porcelain doll pink dress πŸŽ€ Vintage Russ Berrie August DollThe Doll That Knows What Month You Were Born There was a moment in the 1980s when the collectible doll became something more than a toy. It became a gesture. A way of saying: I know what month you came into the world, and I found the thing made specifically for that month, and I put it in your hands as proof that your birthday mattered. The Russ Berrie Months to Remember series was built entirely around that idea. Twelve dolls, twelve months, twelve

πŸŽ€ The Doll That Knows What Month You Were Born

There was a moment in the 1980s when the collectible doll became something more than a toy. It became a gesture. A way of saying: I know what month you came into the world, and I found the thing made specifically for that month, and I put it in your hands as proof that your birthday mattered. The Russ Berrie Months to Remember series was built entirely around that idea. Twelve dolls, twelve months, twelve ways to say: this one is yours. πŸŽ€

This is the August doll. She stands on her white display stand in the pink Victorian dress and lace apron she was made with. The hang tag β€” "Months to Remember | Porcelain Collectible Dolls | August" β€” is still pinned to her dress with the original safety pin. She has long golden hair in braids, a pink bonnet, brown boots, and the careful painted face that Russ Berrie put on every piece in this line. She is, forty-something years after she was made, exactly what she was designed to be: a keepsake.


🏭 Russ Berrie & Company β€” The Oakland, NJ Gift Empire

Russell Berrie started his company in 1963 out of his car. He was a salesman who believed that the right stuffed animal or the right small gift could communicate something that words sometimes couldn't, and he built a company around that conviction. By the time Russ Berrie and Company went public in 1984, it was one of the most recognizable names in the American gift trade. 🧸

The Months to Remember series was one of the company's signature collectible lines. Each doll in the series was made to represent one of the twelve months, dressed in the fashion of a different era, constructed with a porcelain face, hands, and feet on a soft fabric body. Style 1592 β€” the number on the box of this doll β€” is the earlier, more elaborate version of the August doll. The pink Victorian dress with its white lace apron overlay, the ruffled collar, the bonnet, the boots. The construction details are more intricate than the later simplified versions. πŸŽ€


🌸 August β€” The Birth Month

August is the month of peridot and gladiolus. The birthstone is a warm pale green β€” one of the few gemstones formed not in the earth's crust but in the mantle below, carried up by volcanic activity from miles beneath the surface. Ancient Egyptians called it the "gem of the sun." The birth flower is the gladiolus, named from the Latin for sword β€” gladius β€” meaning strength of character, faithfulness, integrity. August also contains both Leo and Virgo: the confidence of summer and the precision of early autumn in equal measure. 🌸


🏑 The 1980s Collectible Moment

The 1980s were the golden decade of the American collectible. The Bradford Exchange. The Franklin Mint. Norman Rockwell figurines. Russ Berrie's Months to Remember dolls were part of this broader cultural moment β€” sold in gift shops and department stores, displayed in glass-front cases and on piano tops beside family photographs. They became the kind of thing that moved from one generation to the next not because anyone planned it but because they were too particular to discard. This is the August one β€” someone's August, and August meant something specific to somebody. πŸŽ€


πŸ”Ž Condition & What's Included

πŸŽ€ Porcelain face, hands, and feet β€” very good vintage condition. No chips, cracks, or repairs.
πŸ‘— Pink Victorian dress with white lace apron overlay, ruffled collar, pink bonnet β€” fabric shows honest age, structure intact, lace trim complete.
🦱 Long golden blonde braided hair β€” present and intact.
πŸ‘’ Brown painted boots β€” present.
🏷️ Original "Months to Remember | Porcelain Collectible Dolls | August" hang tag with original safety pin β€” intact and fully legible.
πŸ”΅ White display stand β€” included.
πŸ“¦ No original box.


πŸ“‹ Item Specifics

πŸŽ€ Brand: Russ Berrie and Company, Inc., Oakland, NJ
πŸ—‚οΈ Series: Months to Remember β€” Porcelain Collectible Dolls
πŸ”’ Style No.: 1592
🌏 Made in: Taiwan, R.O.C.
πŸ“… Era: c.1980s
🧱 Materials: Porcelain face/hands/feet, fabric body, synthetic hair
πŸ‘— Outfit: Pink Victorian dress, white lace apron, pink bonnet, brown boots
🏷️ Tag: Original hang tag with safety pin, intact
πŸ“ Stand: White display stand included
πŸ“¦ Box: Not included
🌟 Condition: Very good vintage. Display-ready.

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