Lee Middleton Dolls 00258 Very Good Baby Riva Schick

Signature Baby's Bibles included with Lee Middleton Original Dolls

Reva Schick is the first artist to have dolls produced under the Lee Middleton Original Dolls brand after Lee Middleton's death on January 30, 1997. On May 27, 2021, the doll community lost the sculpting and artistic talents of Reva Schick.

British Columbia-born Reva Schick is well known for her lifelike baby doll sculpts. She later branched out and began creating doll kits for reborning. Some of the dolls Schick sculpted for Lee Middleton Original Dolls between the years 2001 and 2006 that are or were part of my personal collection are shown below. In keeping with the Lee Middleton Original Dolls tradition, all dolls came with a Baby's Bible and a certificate of authenticity.

2001

Pamper's Kid is a 22-inch vinyl baby with a brown cloth body. A bottle attached to spilled milk was included with the doll.

2003

Created at the inception of the "reborn" doll craze, Baby Ellie has several "reborn" doll characteristics. Made of a silicone/vinyl mixture to give a more lifelike perception, at 18 inches, she is the size of a premature baby. Her rooted hair appears to have grown from her scalp — a first for a mass-produced doll. She has a weighted head and a pellet-filled cloth body.

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Treasured Child Darling Angel "Pink Bear" wears her original pink and white bear-print top and bottom and pink hat. She is a thumbsucker. Her construct is more armatured cloth than vinyl. So she requires long-sleeve tops, long dresses, or pants.

Treasured Child has been redressed in this photo. That thumb still "tastes" good to her.

2004

For Love of Country is from a combined collection of 150 dolls that included three boys — a blonde, a brunette, and the African American doll shown here. A doll-size American flag was included with each. For Love of Country is 22 inches tall and, like the others, has a stuffed brown cloth body and vinyl head, arms, and legs. (I always appreciate it when the cloth body matches the vinyl.) ***

Waiting for Santa is from a numbered limited edition of 300. She is 24 inches tall.

2005

Playing Mommy and Little Baby, a two-doll set, are 21 inches and 13 inches, respectively. They wear their original clothes in this 2005 photo. Shortly after arrival, Playing Mommy was redressed in pink overalls and a white blouse as illustrated below. Little Baby continues to wear her pink flannel romper and matching hat.

Close-up of Little Baby and Playing Mommy

Playing Mommy's redressed clothing

Little Baby in her original clothes

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The dark background of my 2005 photo of Summer Sweetheart obscures her hairstyle, which can be better seen in the stock photo below.

A stock photo of Summer Sweetheart illustrates her full-vinyl arms. The legs are also full vinyl. The body is brown cloth.

2006

Blessings of Hope by Reva Schick for Lee Middleton Original Dolls is the last Lee Middleton doll I purchased. This one has now been re-homed. A portion of the proceeds from the original sales of Blessings of Hope was donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Blessings of Hope is 25 inches tall, made of vinyl with a cloth body.

In a close-up of Blessings of Hope's face, the doll's curly rooted hair and faux diamond earrings are illustrated.

Reva added special touches to Blessings of Hope that included a manicure and pedicure.

Blessing of Hope's pedicure

Blessing of Hope's Baby's Bible and information card

Read Reva's biography here. Her online obituary can be read here.

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Lee Middleton Dolls 00258 Very Good Baby Riva Schick

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