Name: Baby Dimples
Made by and When: E. I. Horsman, 1927-1930
Material: Composition head, full composition arms, and bent composition baby legs from the thighs down; stuffed cloth body to the upper thighs; has a nonworking crier inside
Marks: (Head) © / E.I.H. CO. INC. (Stamped on the cloth portion of the upper right thigh) PATENT APPLIED
Height: 14 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black painted and sculpted hair, brown weighted tin eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes, no eyebrows; open mouth with two upper teeth, a red felt tongue, and painted-red lips
Clothes: Wears what appears to be an original or period-appropriate white cotton dress with attached panties, matching bonnet, white knit socks, and off-white canvas shoes with dome-button closure.
Other: Made to compete with Effanbee’s doll, Bubbles, Baby Dimples was sculpted by Bernard Lipfert, who is described by Don Jensen in Collector’s Guide to Horsman Dolls Identification and Values 1865-1950 (Collector Books, 2002) as “the most prolific sculptor in the history of American dolls.” Black versions of Baby Dimples are quite rare. Jensen describes a 13-1/2-inch-black version on page 123 of his Horsman dolls book.
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