Name: Amanda Jane and Amanda Jane Baby
Made by and When: Amanda Jane Ltd, 1977 and ca. 1975
Material: Vinyl
Height: 7 and 6 inches
Marks: Amanda Jane: Hong Kong on the head; Amanda Jane/ REGISTERED / 4085 / Made in / Hong Kong (on the back); Amanda Jane Baby: 12 75 Hong Kong on the head; Amanda Jane (on the back)
Hair, Eyes, and Mouths: Amanda Jane: Two black rooted side pigtails with a navy-blue ribbon around each and bangs, brown side-glancing painted eyes, open-closed mouth; Amanda Jane Baby: Black short rooted pageboy, brown side-glancing eyes, closed mouth
Clothing: Amanda Jane: Yellow and white Amanda Jane print dress and white panties. Amanda Jane Baby: Light and dark pink Amanda Jane print dress and white terry cloth panties. An Amanda Jane Silver Jubilee 1977 pinback button accompanied Amanda Jane.
Other: Founded in 1952 in London, England by Conrad and Elsin Rawnsley, the Amanda Jane doll company began making doll clothes for upscale British department stores for different-sized dolls. Their first dolls were made later in the 1950s; however, it is unknown if black dolls were included in their first productions. Their first Amanda Jane 7-inch dolls were made in 1974 and became the company’s leading product. The back of the dolls’ boxes indicates they were “Dressed and packed in England by Amanda Jane Ltd… made in Hong Kong.” No longer in business, Amanda Jane dolls remain highly sought after among doll enthusiasts.
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