Music while you wander. "I woke up in 1956 and fell in love with the past. Dust off a memory and take one home!"
"Antiques with attitude. Vintage with va-voom. Memories with mileage. A little museum where everything's for sale — a century of treasures, one cozy room and the door's wide open.
Welcome to the Joy Room."
Open By Appointment Monday through Thursday.
Open Friday and Saturday- 12pm-6pm
Open Sunday-1pm-5pm.
Call or text if you want to stop by through the week. We live on site and are flexible.
See something you've fallen in love with? Drop me a message and let's make a deal!!!
Mom's Joy Room
2964 Fairmont Road
Morgantown, WV 26501
304-282-3671
WVSANDY@YAHOO.COM
Welcome to Mom's Joy Room!
What is the Joy Room you ask?
It's a cabinet of curiosities with a heartbeat.
Not a thrift store — a little museum where everything's for sale."
The thrift stores can keep the toasters and the VHS tapes. Everything here has been chosen, researched, and loved. If it's here, it earned its place.
Some shops sell things. The Joy Room rehomes wonders.
Come on in and take your time looking around. My items aren't going anywhere until the right person walks through the door. Is that you?
Every treasure here has lived a long and interesting life: glassware, silver, charming clocks, whimsical curiosities, vintage children's ride-on rockers and toys, horses of every shape and size, music boxes, and a lovingly gathered assortment of antique and vintage dolls. Wax figures from across the pond (we have Pierotti!), sturdy composition charmers (we have Baby Shirley Temple!), hand-carved wooden darlings (we have Schoenhuts!), and cloth characters stitched by hands long gone and so much more!
Each piece was chosen, fairly paid for, and researched. Many come with certificates of history and value. Most were part of my own personal collection. Now each is offered with the hope that it becomes part of your story.
We're here for the collectors and the genuinely curious — the wide-eyed folks who see value in an era long gone, a famous maker, or something that's love at first sight. I see hundreds of years gone and moments in time that will never come again, and I want every one of them to have a soft landing in homes, hands, and hearts that will appreciate them.
So if you're looking for something unique, authentic, rare, something very special, Welcome to the Joy Room!
SANDY@MOMSJOYROOM.NET or WVSANDY@YAHOO.COM
2964 Fairmont Road
Morgantown, WVa 26501
304-282-3671
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Arriving Soon! Vintage Victorian-Style Wicker Doll Carriage with Porcelain Doll & Parasol
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Gumont Child's Donkey & Sulky Pedal Cart Bologna, Italy • Circa Late 1950s
"In Bologna, they made her strong. In Indiana, they kept her safe. In West Virginia, she finally gets to be somebody's sweetheart again."
"Say, kids... what time is it? It's Howdy Doody time!"
Mabel —20" Carved Wood- Straw Stuffed Shoulder Head Doll -American Folk Art. c.1920–1929
She bears no maker's mark of any kind, and that is precisely
the point: Mabel was never made in a factory, and her anonymous maker signed his work the only way folk
carvers ever truly did — with the evidence of his own hands. Every wave of her carved hair, every brushstroke of
her painted face, and every stitched seam of her straw-stuffed body is a signature in itself.
"Some dolls were born in factories. The special ones were born in someone's hands."
Bramble & Pip — Pair of Vintage Tinka-Bell Sheepskin Bears Plummer & Wandless, England | c.1965–1975 | 11" and 8"
"These bears waited over forty years in a quiet drawer — just to be young again in the right pair of hands."
Vintage 100% Sheepskin Mickey Mouse Rug Handmade, c.1960s–1980s | 40" × 58"
Uncle Wiggily Longears & Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Georgene Novelties (Georgene Averill), c.1934–1940s
A matched pair of vintage cloth character dolls from the beloved Uncle Wiggily Longears children's book series by Howard R. Garis, produced by Georgene Novelties (Georgene Averill) in the 1930s–1940s.
"He tipped his tall hat to Nurse Jane, and she smoothed her apron just so — because even in the animal world, there were manners worth keeping."
Genuine Seal Fur Artist Teddy Bear, 20"
"Some bears are born in a factory. This one was born again — from a fur coat that once kept someone warm, remade to be loved a second time."
Antique-Era Flexible Flyer Model 28 Convertible Sled & Stroller
"Some rides carried us through winter and summer alike — and the hands that pushed them loved us in every season."
This child's sled, with retractable wheels, is in super excellent condition!! What a find!! You won't see this sitting around every corner!
"The littlest wheels carry the biggest imaginations — and the sidecar always holds the treasure."
"Every doll deserves a carriage fit for a queen — and every little girl deserves to dream in lace and wicker."
Meet the FUR collection!! We've got Mink, Beaver, Rabbit, Alpaca, Seal and Sheep!!
Priced $99-$325!
"Poor Pitiful Pearl" Brookglad Corporation | Created by William Steig | 17" — Circa 1958 "She was never the prettiest doll on the shelf — and that was exactly the point. Pearl taught a whole generation of girls that compassion was worth more than curls."
1968 Ideal (REDRESSED) "Little Lost Baby"
Three-Face Doll "Marigold" Ideal Toy Corporation | Circa 1968 | Three-Face Rotating Mechanism "Turn her just so, and she tells you exactly how she feels — because even a doll deserves to have more than one face for the world."
"Rosalind" Keeneye (W-K-S Inc.) | Attributed to Doll Maker Victor Keney | Circa Late 1920s–1930s "She was never meant to be played with — only admired, draped across a chaise like a secret kept in silk and lace."
"Two horses forever racing across a Staffordshire mantel — caught in cream and light, keeping perfect time."
Beautiful, Unique 24" Mink fur teddy bear!
"Some bears are cuddled. Some are displayed. This one demands both — at 24 inches of mink, it earns its place in any room."
Gorgeous!! 1999 Limited Edition Mink Fur Artist Bear 25" tall — "Blissful Bear" Series — by Rachel Marie Rowse (RMR.arts)
Some bears are made to be held. This one was made to tell a story — and it still has more to say."
Vintage/Antique Handmade Patchwork Quilt — 86" x 96" — Floral Medallion Design!
Another Faith Wick Original!
"A little boy, his sled, and a hill that hasn't been built yet — Faith Wick left the snow to your imagination."
"Carved from nature, shaped by hand, capturing a wild spirit frozen in time."
Gorgeous, 12+ inch hand carved from water buffalo horn. Majestic Eagle with fish and Rearing Horse!
"Carved from the horn of one magnificent animal to honor another — a moment of pure wildness, frozen forever in a material older than art itself."
Vintage 17" Bahia Doll with quill fingers!
Fred Stone — Two gorgeous Limited Edition, numbered Horse Sculptures — Border Fine Arts, Scotland — © 1984
Vintage Silverplate Animal Banks.
Quality, Shanghai Export Wicker & Rattan Goose Container & Companion Vase — Mid-to-Late 20th Century.
"To weave a goose from rattan — to build feathers from fiber, a neck from nothing but tension and skill — is to make craft indistinguishable from art."
The extraordinary 27-inch antique wax doll pictured below, has been preserved with an unbroken, documented pedigree.
Gifted to Anna Helen Ely during her childhood (circa 1882–1885), the doll became her lifelong companion.
Anna Helen was the daughter of Eleazer Arelous Ely (1841–1929), a prominent 19th-century Fulton County
glove manufacturer, and Lydia Guest Edwards Ely (1843–1889). Following her mother's passing when Anna
Helen was fourteen, the doll remained a precious connection to her childhood home. She later married
William Bunn Huston, operator of the historic Leroy Huston & Son grist mill and store at Hector Station,
Schuyler County, New York, and relocated to Hector, NY, where she kept the doll for the rest of her long life
until her passing in 1961. The doll remained in her private family collection for over eighty years — a
remarkable, unbroken chain of documented ownership spanning the doll's entire existence.
"Across eighty-six years of life's changing tides, two Annas walked hand in hand — a little girl who grew into a woman, and the silent, beautiful keeper of her childhood dreams."
✦ "When the doors open and the angels appear, it is less a clock and more a small theater — and that is precisely what makes Mr. Christmas Gold Label pieces so endearingly beloved." ✦
VINTAGE BIKIN DISNEY "SNOW WHITE" COMPLETE DOLL SET Original 8-Figure Matching Collection • Never Removed From Box.
"Remember, you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine." — Walt Disney's Snow White, 1937
Clara Matilda 19" Antique Wax Doll — Kentucky Home, c.1870 — Written Provenance and her blue ribbon! —1955 UFDC first place Award Winner!
"She came from Kentucky and won a blue ribbon — and in between, she kept her composure beautifully for a hundred and fifty years."
Antique Hand-Carved Solid Wood Hobby Horse on Wheels, c.1900–1920..
"A hand-carved, glass-eyed wooden horse head of this weight and carving quality is not a factory toy — it is a craftsman's work, made to outlast the child who first rode it by a century or more."
Signed by Artist Renata D'Asti! Cloth Doll Pair — Boy & Girl in Matching Sailor Suits — c.1930s
Recently added to our Lewis Sorensen collection! Original Vintage Wax Doll hand made Kewpie Head With Label RARE!
"Poured in wax and dressed by hand — a little Kewpie face wearing a century of charm, and the name of a master still on its bonnet."
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"It sat in her bedroom for seventy years, holding her
childhood doll — one little chair, one little life, kept
safe the whole way through."
“Bimbah the Elephant” Trio — Mosser Art Glass for Robert Henry! Left to right: Cocoa (1982), Black Knight (1981), Pink Petunia (1980)
Antique Georgene Averill 20 inch Baby Doll. 1926 Bisque head "Bonnie Babe" with rare, premium, WORKING "CHIME CRIER" During the 1920s and 1930s, doll manufacturers occasionally offered deluxe variants on popular dolls. A chime box was a more expensive, premium alternative to the standard, often-unpleasant crying sound.
"More than just an antique, she is a masterpiece of early 20th-century character doll artistry. Through her bright blue eyes, she has watched a century go by, yet her joyful spirit remains completely untouched."
Some dolls pass through many hands. Eleanora only ever knew one pair — until they grew old together, and time asked her to move on.
Eleanora is a rare and very special doll. Read her story! She's 34" tall!!- Dates late 1800 to early 1900's. Armand Marseille- We believe she is mold #390
Rare Effanbee "Mary Jane" 16" Ball-Jointed Composition Doll, c.1917–1921
Effanbee Bubbles! 22" nice condition
"Effanbee's first great laughing baby — nearly a century old and still smiling, in the same christening gown she's worn for who knows how many years."
Heidi Ott- Vintage Swiss Artist Doll Set — Girl & Baby-Switzerland — 1982 — Original Hang Tag Intact.
Wilhelmina- Antique Wax over Papier-Mache-17" Beautiful!
House of Nisbet- Tucked away and nearly forgotten, Clementine is a 13" poured wax doll and one of only 3 of her kind ever made! A rare piece of wax doll history, complete with original box and all paperwork! Learn all about her!
Beautiful
US Army Officer's Model 1902 dress sword.
"A piece of continuous military tradition — the same dress sword pattern carried by American officers for over a century." Gorgeous etching design on both sides of blade.
Handmade folk-art Raggady Ann and Andy! 15" high.
"Every set of eyes tells a story — one closed in dreams, one wide awake to greet the day. Together, they've been keeping each other's secrets since before either of us can remember."
Lavinia — Antique Wax Shoulder Head Parlor Doll, Circa 1860s–1880s
22 inches | German or English Origin!
Lavinia is a rare and breathtaking example of Victorian parlor doll artistry. Her wax shoulder head is distinguished by brown glass eyes with delicately red-dotted inner corners — a premium detail seen only on the finest examples of the era. Her original blonde human hair wig remains secured by its original brass skull cap clips, an extraordinary survival after more than 150 years. She retains her complete original trousseau — a white lacework dress with blue satin ribbon woven through collar, sleeves and hemline; a matching pleated slip with heart-shaped lacework; crochet-hemmed pantaloons; white knee-high stockings; and original black double-strap snap shoes.
"A century and a half of being cherished shows — time forgot to touch her."
Rosie — 1967 Jesco Cameo Kewpie Doll
15 inches | Licensed Original | Los Angeles, California.
Rosie is the real thing — a fully licensed 1967 Kewpie doll produced by Jesco, Inc., the proud custodians of the original Cameo Doll Company molds. Born of the imagination of artist Rose O'Neill, whose whimsical Kewpie characters first captured the world's heart in 1909, Rosie carries that legacy beautifully into the modern era.
"Joy has a face. It looks a lot like Rosie's."
Orion- "Named for a hunter among the stars, but bred in spirit from the war horses of Tang Dynasty China — one hoof lifted, ready to move the instant he's called."
"Children who grow up around old things learn, without being told, that the world was here before them and will go on after and that this is not a sad thought but a comforting one."
Vintage 1940s Original Georgene Raggedy Ann & Andy Dolls- 15”- Johnny Gruelle tagged, heart and I love you on belly. These two examples are the real article-
15 inches tall, cloth-bodied, tin-button-eyed, with the printed 'I Love You' heart on the chest that is the hallmark of authentic Georgene production.
Both retain their original clothing — Ann in her sweet floral dress, Andy in his gingham with sailor cap — and their Johnny Gruelle tags remain
attached. A matched pair in original dress with tags intact is exactly what collectors seek. They have clearly been cherished, and they arrive at
Mom's Joy Room still together, just as they should be.
“A heart on the chest and a tag on the seam — everything a collector needs to know.”
"A quiet moment between mother and fawn, frozen in gold."
Vintage Carved Wooden Rockers!
Chinese Rosewood Carved White Jade and Brass Jewelry and Music Cabinet. Mid 20th Century. Nice Condition.
"Open the door- the music begins and the jade catches the light."
Beautiful Pair of Sarreid brass reindeer!
Learn more about this gorgeous pair by clicking on their certificate below!
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"Three-time Olympic gold, movie star sparkle — she skated straight into every little girl's heart."
Cranberry roses, gilded wheels, two horses straining toward something just beyond the mantel's edge — and every hour, the hands move, and the magic holds.
Vintage Mr Christmas Animated Symphonium! Excellent working and great cosmetic condition. Comes with 25-30 disks.
"The disc turns, the couples dance and for a moment, it's evening in the ballroom."
Antique Schoenhuts at their best!
"Schoenhut stands alone and poses great! ... [They] are the sort of dolls that bring a special kind of magic to both playrooms and collections!"
Vintage Native American. 24" Leather face, hands, trim.
Vintage Native American hand made, leather faces and trim.
22" Beautiful vintage/antique WAX Baby! Cloth body. Everything else is poured wax!! Weighs in like a real baby! One of a Kind!
"She lies in her basket like she's only just been set down, blue eyes open, waiting for whoever left to come finish the lullaby."
"Not a reproduction. Not a copy. Number seventeen of ninety, touched by the artist's own hand — Zobe is as original as the morning."
Faith Wick was a nationally known collectible doll artist whose limited-edition pieces retailed for $300–$1,500 each in the early 1980s. She had a particular love for the Geppetto/Pinocchio story.
"The old toy maker and his wooden boy, caught forever in the moment before the wish was granted — still believing, still holding on."
"Googly eyes and Depression-era charm — a little collection of characters that have been making people smile for over ninety years."
Arnett's Country Store Dolls!
"Arnett's Country Store dolls came from a simpler place and a quieter time — hand-numbered, unhurried, and made with the kind of care that assumes the person receiving them will understand exactly what they are holding."
Mack & Joby!
Daffodil! #79 out of 500!
Mary Margaret! #18 out of 100!
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Meet Cecilia! Antique 27" Gorgeous German Bisque Doll Wimpern Gesetzl. Geschützt Kid Leather Body c.1885-1915.
German bisque head doll with rare Wimpern (Gesetzlich Geschützt / Legally Protected) oval red ink stamp on back of head, certifying the doll was manufactured with real hair eyelashes. Full original kid leather body with button joints throughout. Bisque lower arms and hands. Period white cotton dress with lace trim included. Excellent bisque condition — no chips, cracks or repairs. Partial original lash line remnant visible confirming authenticity of Wimpern stamp.
"At twenty-seven inches she commands a room the way only a great lady can — quietly, completely, and without any apparent effort. Cecilia Wimpern arrived with her curls in order, her lace pristine, and a century-old stamp on the back of her head that says everything about who made her and how seriously they took the work."
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Meet Marta! 1910-1930- Charming, rare and rather unusual find! Antique 15½" doll with celluloid head, leather body, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, and braided brown mohair or human hair wig. She's a true Mixed-media construction doll that's typical of quality German export dolls of the era — leather torso with gusseted hips, wooden upper arms, composition hands, hinged knee joints, and shaped leather feet. Period floral cotton dress and original hand-knit socks included. Head unmarked; neck markings consistent with German sizing notation.
"There is something about Marta that makes you look twice — that celluloid face catching the light just so, those character features that refuse to be ordinary. She was never meant to be anyone's second choice, and she never has been."
“Every child who ever wound that little crank held their breath — and when Fido burst through the door, the whole world laughed with them.”
Two Baby Sandy dolls! 19" size!!! And 13" size!! Plus her book and bank with key!!
“Once adored as America’s Baby Sandy, she carries the glow of her 1930s movie‑star beginnings — a tender little treasure from the days when childhood dreams were lit by silver‑screen charm.”
“Her little face once brightened the silver screen, and now she brightens the shelves of collectors — a Baby Sandy bank with a story tucked into every embossed detail.”
. "Head down, tail up — he's been charging the same invisible target for years and hasn't budged an inch."
Large leather wrapped Brahma Bull!
. "Dark hide, glass eyes, lifted trunk, a stance built for trumpeting — someone gave a quiet shelf piece all the drama of a real charge."
Large leather wrapped elephant!
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"She holds a horseshoe and a wish — and in her shimmering depths, every color the light ever dreamed of comes true."
“From the pages of her own little life story, Baby Sandy shines with the wonder of early Hollywood — a tiny star whose charm was cherished then, and whose sweetness still warms every collector’s hands today.”
"No pasture, no wind, no reason to lift his head — just a quiet, golden moment someone decided to keep forever."
One and half pound solid brass. Beautiful!
"She's stood at the same careful tilt for decades, all legs and quiet height, a vintage stand-in for somewhere none of us have been."
24" tall, leather wrapped giraffe!
"She stands like she's mid-step on a savanna that's actually a sewing table, stripes sharp, glass eyes giving nothing away."
Large leather wrapped zebra!
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"They replicated his body in 2000,
but his spirit has been dancing since 1925. Red for passion, blue for loyalty, gold for the rarest of finds —
he was never just a bear."
"Jill came with wings already attached, gold and patient, like she always knew flight wasn't the point — staying was."
"A burgundy bow, a hidden music box, a name borrowed from the night sky — she was built to keep watch until morning." (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
"A storybook bear knows the ending before you turn the page: someone always comes looking, and someone always finds her."
"Hollywood Star didn't ask to be famous. She just showed up dressed for it, bow tied, certificate in hand, ready for her close-up."
"He's stood the same way for decades: hat tilted, expression unimpressed, ready for an audience that already left the room."
W.C. Fields! Chalkware, 17"
A wooden steed built to be ridden — Was freshly painted then fitted with a genuine English leather saddle and bridle from England.
Vintage Beautiful, Weighted 18" and 12" Artist Bears From Carolyn Lamothe Collection!
"Lace and linen, and the quiet company of bears —
this is what gentle looks like."
"They never needed a field to run free —
beauty like this has always known how to fill a room."
"Annette gave the world her smile on television and her name to a bear built for hope — every stitch of this Mouseketeer's uniform was sewn toward someone else's healing."
Annette Funicello Bears!
"Annette Funicello gave us her smile on the Mickey Mouse Club, her laughter on the summer beaches, and her grace through years of illness that would have silenced a lesser spirit. She never let it. When she turned her heart to bears in her final chapter, she poured into them the same warmth she had given to everything else — and the bears, like the rest of us, were better for having known her. To hold one is to hold a small piece of a very large and generous life."
"She wears her patchwork like a quilt of memories, and carries her love in a bag too small to hold it all."
"She never asked for wings — she was given them anyway, dusted in blue and stitched onto a heart that already knew how to love."
"A lace collar, a tilted halo, a hand reaching out — she was made to comfort, not to be admired from a shelf."
"Six different colors, six different bows, one shared crate — proof that family was never about matching, only about staying close together."
Beautiful vintage home scene cuck-coo clock! (Musical)
"Every hour, on the hour, a small door opens and the world is reminded that time was once kept by craftsmen who believed even the passing of minutes deserved to be celebrated with a little door, a little bird, and a little song."
"Proper ladies, hedgehog neighbors, and one very patient bear —this shelf has never once been boring."
"Pink dresses, lace bonnets, and eyes that never stopped watching —these three have seen more than they're telling."
Vintage SMURF cuck-coo clock!
"A cuckoo clock does not merely tell time — it announces it, with all the enthusiasm of someone who has been waiting behind that tiny door for exactly sixty minutes and can no longer contain themselves."
"Constance has worn her navy sailor suit for over a century without once breaking rank — those fixed brown eyes steady as a compass, her Kestner bearing impeccable, her posture the quiet authority of someone who has always known exactly who she is."
"Some dolls are kept. This one was judged, ribboned, and remembered by name ." (UFDC BLUE RIBBON WINNER 1955)
"She came from Kentucky and won a blue ribbon — and in between, she kept her composure beautifully for a hundred and fifty years."
19" Beautiful Antique poured wax doll- Clara Matilda. Comes with attached provenance!!
MOBO BRONCO!!! 1950's FUN!
"A galloping icon of post-war British childhood — pump the stirrups, and this little pressed-steel bronco still canters like it's 1955."
MAXINE! A 17" Naber Kids Wooden Original- 1987-1988
"Maxine arrived signed by the hand that made her — and H.P. Naber's signature is not just an autograph, it is a guarantee that somewhere between the clay and the kiln, someone cared enough to put their name on the result. She has worn that distinction with considerable charm ever since."
"The sculptor's hand is still there- in the tilt of the mane, the curve of the haunch, the split second before motion becomes stillness. Fired in, permanent, his." (Gunther Granget Design)
"In 1984 every child in America wanted one — but not like this. Jessica Louise came in porcelain and lace and a numbered certificate, for the collector who understood that some moments deserve to be kept exactly as they were."
"A century has passed and she still stands tall,dressed for a world that knew how to take its time. Blue calico, lace collar, and a hat tilted just so —
she was never a doll. She was a portrait."
"From hands that knew hardship came something exquisite —
that is the whole story of Bahia, stitched into one small figure."
Alexander 1939 Baby Mcguffey Ana 12" McGuffey Ana came into the world the same year the world was holding its breath — and she looked out at it with those steady blue eyes and her bonnet perfectly tied, entirely untroubled. Madame Alexander made her that way on purpose."
"A toy was carved long ago by someone who believed a child's joy deserved real
effort."
Liesel is an antique Porzellanfabrik Mengersgereuth , 17" fully bisque and fully jointed doll- circa. 1913-1925 from Thuringia, Germany! How she survived with no damage to her porcelain body for over a 100 years sure speaks volumes to the love and devoted care she received from her former families! Every now and then a doll will arrive and instantly hit a home run with your heart. Liesel is definitely one of those.
MEET LIESEL!
"Somewhere, a child's laughter is still folded into this dress."
Vivienne Rose- 1915-1922 She's 26" and adorable, in remarkable condition! She is composition with cloth torso/ Sleep eyes! Vivienne Rose comes with provenance that includes a 70's picture of Great Granddad getting a big kiss after giving the already antique doll to the granddaughter which was the mother of the seller of this doll to me.
"Where she's been is part of what she is. History does not diminish in any way, it only deepens the story as roots deepen a tree." We don't inherit objects. We inherit the hands that held them before ours.
"The wild kingdom, captured in porcelain —Lynn Chase made sure the safari never had to end."
Lynn Chase African Portraits plates and mugs 1995!
"He in his vest and she in her florals, side by side in their chairs by the window — as if they have always been there, and always will be. Wax caught them at the exact moment of a life well-settled, and held them there with great tenderness."
1924 "
An eternal candle meant never to be burned — a flame preserved instead in wax and paint, watching over a sleeping baby in a garden where the birds never leave and the flowers never fade. Someone in 1924 decided that some moments were too peaceful to consume."
The Dionne Quintuplets 1930's large and small versions! We also have their silver plated spoons and unopened soaps!!
"Five bonnets, five pairs of tiny shoes, five identical faces looking out at a world that could not get enough of them in 1934 — the Dionne quintuplets were the most watched children of their era, and Madame Alexander, from 1935 onward, made sure they would still be together long after the cameras went away.
My First Steiff Bear!
"My First Steiff — three words that mean a child came into the world and someone loved them enough to put the very best bear into their arms from the very first day. Pink for one, blue for the other, and that little gold button in the ear that has meant something real for over a century."
Antique Victorian Poured Wax Doll — 32" — c. 1860–1885
A breathtaking example of Victorian doll artistry, this magnificent 32" poured wax doll is a rare survivor from the golden age of English doll making. She commands attention with her luminous poured wax head and limbs, piercing blue glass eyes, and delicate blonde ringlet wig — all hallmarks of the finest Victorian dollmakers, including the celebrated Pierotti and Montanari families of London.
Her straw-stuffed cloth body, poured wax lower limbs, and original period clothing — white cotton dress with lace-trimmed pantaloons, bonnet, and pearl earrings — speak to her remarkable age and authenticity. At over 140 years old, she is in wonderful antique condition, retaining the quiet dignity and ethereal beauty that made these dolls the prized possessions of Victorian England's most privileged households. A serious collector's piece of this caliber rarely comes to market in original condition.
She would be a crown jewel in any Victorian doll collection.
"She was never just a plaything. She was a portrait of childhood as someone once wished it to be"
"Wind the key and the horses begin their endless gentle circuit, the music rises, and for exactly as long as the spring holds — time is a kinder thing."
"One plays the fairground, one plays the farm — and both have been playing beautifully for forty years."
"That cap sitting just so, those side glancing eyes, and the faintest suggestion of mischief at the corner of his mouth — Effanbee knew exactly what they were doing when they made this one. They were making a boy that every mother would recognize and every child would claim as a friend."
Assorted Folk Dolls Handmade Cloth Dolls — South American, European & Regional Origins — Medium Size
"A touch of English cottage charm, blooming in soft blush pink."
"He sits with his red bow and his sideways grin looking entirely pleased with himself — as well he should. He has been the happiest thing in every room he has ever occupied, and he has not once apologized for it."
"A cloth body Baby Shirley is not the common Shirley. She came early, before the molds were standardized and the production lines took over — when someone was still figuring out how to hold all that personality in a doll's face. They figured it out."
"They never needed a trail —
the imagination of a child was always road enough."
"The things we save are rarely about the thing at all. They are about who we were
when we first loved it."
"We do not inherit objects. We inherit the responsibility of remembering why they mattered."
"An heirloom is a hug that arrives after the person who gave it is gone."
"Some treasures are valuable because of what they're made of. Others are priceless because of who made them matter."
"A doll that has been loved looks different from a doll that has only been made. You can always tell."
"A handmade object carries fingerprints no factory will ever replicate."
A keepsake is proof that someone, somewhere, decided this was worth keeping.
A thorn becomes a cry baby event for one and an amusing comedy for another. Antique, Rare WAX diorama!
"We do not collect objects. We collect the moments that refuse to be forgotten."
"There is a quiet dignity in things that have outlasted trends."
"A well-made object does not need to announce its quality. It only needs to be picked up."
"Grand enough for a favorite feathered friend, or striking enough to stand on its own as a carved work of art."
"Real curls, real tears, real vintage charm — two little Tiny Tears ready to be loved all over again." “Old things carry quiet wisdom. Listen closely and they’ll tell you everything.”
"Time does not damage what was made with love. It only proves it."
West Virginia Attitude Adjuster!!
USED!
When speaking nicely doesn't work.
"Step into a room full of antiques, and you've stepped into a hundred unfinished stories at once."
Emma and Dorothy!
"Dorothy" 1880-1900 German doll- 17" Compo Head, Cloth body with Wooden arms and legs!
"To collect is to argue, quietly and with objects, that some things are worth keeping. The argument has never needed words to be convincing."
"Emma" 1893-1910 Theodor Recknagel- 14"Bisque doll with jointed wooden body!!
Magnificent 19th Century survivor! Seraphine is a 21" 'Pierotti' Poured Wax Shoulder-Head doll! Circa 1870.. Rooted blonde mohair, beautiful glass eyes.. She made her way here all the way from the UK!
“Age reveals character — in people, in objects, in everything worth keeping.”
Other materials fight time or surrender to it. Wax negotiates, softening here, deepening there, settling into itself until it becomes something richer than what it was when it left the mold."
"What our hands build today will one day be someone else's "old thing." Build it kindly."
Vintage Horse Trike about 24"
"Hooves clear of the ground, body arced like a question mark — this is the moment between earth and air, and it never has to land."
"Granget froze the clash mid-strike — not violence, but instinct, two wills refusing to yield, captured in the instant before either one wins."
"Up on its hind legs and daring gravity to try — porcelain holding a challenge that bronze itself would envy."
"No flapping, no effort — just the held breath of altitude, wings spread wide enough to carry the whole sky on their backs."
"Pegasus rears, wings flung wide — half the stance of a warhorse, half the promise of a sky it was never meant to touch. Granget gave the myth its moment of becoming."
"The object outlasts the memory of why it mattered, and somehow still manages to matter anyway."
1950's Roy Rogers and Trigger Ingrahan Wind up Clock. Works!
No shortage of available horses around this shop. If you close your eyes and listen carefully, you might even hear a soft welcome whinny.
"The horse gave us the world — every road, every battle, every harvest, every horizon that we were brave enough to ride toward. We have never fully repaid the debt, but we have never stopped trying."
"Every child who has ever pressed her face into a horse's neck and breathed in that particular warmth knows something that cannot be taught any other way."
"We built civilizations on their backs and they never asked for anything but grass, water and a little kindness. The kindness was the least we could do."
Rushton Star Collection Bear With Sleep Eyes!!?? YES INDEED! Almost impossible to find these days!
"Not the bear everyone knows — the bear almost no one finds. A Rushton with sleep eyes and a tag still on is the one collectors go looking for."
"Worn fur remembers every arm that ever held it close."
Looking for Furbys? We have them! Many Special Edition 80's Furbys Sealed in their Box!
"If the Pet Rock and Tickle Me Elmo had mated, in a union sealed with a Mood Ring, they would have given birth to a Furby."
"Their tools are long gone. Their standards are still sitting right here on this shelf."
"An heirloom is a hug that arrives after the person who gave it is gone."
D.R.G.M. ("German Reich Registered Design") wind up tin horse with key. Made in USA zone- Germany.
"The new sits on a shelf waiting to be noticed. The old sits on a shelf and notices you back."
Antique Spirit Rider! 17"x15" Weighs in at 8lbs! Chalkware Horse and Carved Wooden Native! 1930's
Antique High Chair/Stroller Combo- Works Great!! Very Nice!
'Trieste" Antique 3 face doll, 13" leather body, perfect porcelain face with porcelain raised tears. VERY RARE!
"The things we're often quickest to dismiss are sometimes the most valuable."
Hans Jensen Spoons!
We have several Special Edition 80's Furbys Sealed in Box!
"The things we save are rarely about the thing at all. They are about who we were when we first loved it."
"Honoring what came before us is not nostalgia. It is gratitude with good manners."
"Modern doesn't mean better. It only means newer, and newer fades fast."
"Two faces, one watching the hours and one baring its teeth at them — between them, time ticks on, entirely unbothered by either expression."
Beautiful vintage wind up wooden clocks converted to battery.
"All the Alpine charm, none of the winding — a little cuckoo cheer for the cozy corner."
Steiffs!
Fully operational blow mold Christmas wreath! Good luck finding one of these lying around today!
Antique Lewis Sorensen Wax Character Dolls!
Another Lewis Sorensen Masterpiece!
Antique Dutch Walking Dolls!
"The object that survives war, fire, and fashion has earned the right to be believed."
Ludwig Griener Doll-Papier-Mache- 1800's with original label still intact! Adelaide is 27" tall! What a gorgeous survivor! Very rare!
"1858 and still holding her head high — literally patented perfection."
Schoenau Hoffmeister Antique "Hanna" Doll. Pint size beauty!
"Time does not damage what was made with love. It only proves it."
Rushton Star Collection Grandma& Grandpa!
"A pair that's been growing old together, gracefully."
Trilby and Trudy, Smiles, Cries and Sleeps! 3 Faces in one doll!
"Turn the knob, and watch a whole childhood of feelings pass across one small, painted face."
Sweet Triple Expression Heda Get Bedda all original and in Her Original Box with her thermometer !!!
Antique horse collection!
Antique Hans Jensen Silver Plate Spoon set! (We have LOTS of antique Hans Jensen items!)
Beautiful Solid Brass Collection!
Antique poured wax character doll portraying Goya's "Boy in Red" painting! ONE OF A KIND!
"Velvet, lace, and a magpie's secret — this little gentleman has a story to tell."
This amazing antique WAX survivor is somewhat of a mystery. As near as we can tell from our research, he was created late 1800's-early 1900's as a wax tribute character doll representing the little boy in the famous Spanish painter, Francisco Goya of Goya's "Red Boy" painting.
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga is a large full-length portrait in oil painted in 1787–88. It depicts a boy three or four years of age, standing in fancy velvet red clothes, with birds and cats. This young child only lived to age 8. Cause of death has never been revealed.
Rushton Anyone?
"Bells and moos and a whole lot of charm."
Lee Middleton's Missy & Her Pony!
"Every little girl needs a pony of her own — even a doll."
Vintage Lenci Dolls!
"Lenci dolls were never mass produced in spirit, even when they were mass produced in number — each pressed felt face carried the particular attention of Italian hands that believed a doll's expression was worth getting exactly right. They got it exactly right."
! A RARE find in good condition! I have several other vintage Shirley Temples and Shirley Look a Likes for you to consider.
Vintage Leather Wrap Animals and Anglo Raja Hand Made Animals Made in India!
"Leather wrapped so tightly and so patiently that the animal beneath seems to breathe — these are not toys and not quite sculpture, but something in between that only a craftsman with complete confidence in his materials would attempt."
"Anglo Raja elephants and animals came from Indian workshops where the stuffing and the stitching and the embellishment were not three steps but one continuous act of devotion — each piece finished to a standard that had nothing to do with speed and everything to do with pride."
Antique Sho Fly Rocking Horse!
Honestly, finding a place like Moms Joy Room feels like uncovering a secret stash of childhood magic. As a collector, you’re always looking for that "soul" in a piece—something that doesn't just sit on a shelf but actually tells a story. Her collection hits that perfect sweet spot where craftsmanship meets pure nostalgia.I hope you too can find a piece that you cant live without. Amber ❤️
304-282-3671
2964 Fairmont Road
Morgantown, WVa 26501
We're only 4 and half miles south of the Westover overpass along Rt19. We sit along the road on left.