Name: Porcelain Pete
Made by and When: Lauretta, 1980
Material: Porcelain, paint, felt
Marks: (Head) MANDY (Back) Lauretta 1980
Height: 10 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Separate black porcelain curls, squinted black painted eyes; open smile with two upper teeth and a felt tongue
Clothes: Dressed in a handmade gray camouflage hoodie and shorts by Laylee M. Doll Clothes and gray felt slip-on shoes made by the curator
Other: Made in 1980, Pete is a smaller porcelain reproduction of Horsman’s 1957 12-1/2-inch Pete. (In the gallery below, see a comparison photo of the porcelain doll and the original vinyl doll.) Similar to the original doll, this porcelain version has ethnically correct facial features. It is presumed that a porcelain mold company made and sold reproduction Pete molds named “Mandy” for use by independent doll artists in dollmaking, or that an independent doll artist created a mold from the Horsman doll.
Gallery
In the above photo on the left, porcelain Pete is in a comparison photo with Horman’s 1957 vinyl Pete.
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