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Zuri an OOAK Cloth Doll

Name: Zuri (named by the owner) Made by and when: Anny Doll Art, circa 2021 Material: Cloth Marks: None Height: 12 inches Hair/ Eyes/Mouth: Natural goat hair accented with light pink silk hair ribbons, beautifully painted facial features with acrylic-painted blue eyes, and acrylic-painted red lips Clothes/Accessories: Handmade cotton dress in burgundy and brown trimmingContinue reading “Zuri an OOAK Cloth Doll”

Delia

Name: Delia Made by and When: Helen Kish Designs, 1988 Material: All-porcelain (the palms of the hands are painted a lighter color and the knees are blushed and dimpled). Marks: (Incised in the head) Delia / #1/25 / 1988 Helen Kish (incised signature) Height: 11 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black yarn cornrowed wig with multicoloredContinue reading “Delia”

Tuesday Taylor Super Model

Name: Tuesday Taylor Super Model Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corp., 1978 Material: Posable vinyl with articulated wrists Marks: 1977 / IDEAL / H-293 / HONG KONG (on the head) 1978 IDEAL / HOLLIS N.Y. 11423 / HONG KONG P (on the lower back) Height: 11-1/2 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Curly shoulder-length black rootedContinue reading “Tuesday Taylor Super Model”

Taylor Jones

Name: Taylor Jones Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corp., 1976 Material: Posable vinyl with articulated wrists Height: 11-1/2-inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Straight black rooted hair with middle part styled in a low ponytail that changes to auburn with bangs when the skull cap is rotated; brown painted eyes, closed mouth Clothes/Accessory: Tennis fashion hasContinue reading “Taylor Jones”

Tiffany Taylor

Name: Tiffany Taylor Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corporation, 1975 Material: Vinyl Marks: ©1973 (Ideal logo) / CG-19-H-230 / HONG KONG (on the head); 6 /©1974/(Ideal logo) / HOLLIS, N.Y. 11432 / 214-5854-01 (on buttocks) Height: 18 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Swivel skull cap is rooted with black hair with bangs in the frontContinue reading “Tiffany Taylor”

Saucy Makes Faces

Name: Saucy Makes Faces Made by and When: Mattel, 1972 Material: Soft vinyl face; rigid vinyl body, arms, and legs Marks: (Head) ©1972 MATTEL INC MEXICO / 2; (Lower Back) ©1972 MATTEL, INC. / MEXICO / U.S. PATENT PENDING Height: 15-1/2 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Rooted short black hair in a bubble cut style, brownContinue reading “Saucy Makes Faces”

Cricket and Corky

Name: Cricket and Corky Made by and When: Playmates, ©1985 (Cricket) and ©1986 (Corky) Material: Vinyl heads, lower arms, and lower legs; cloth upper arms and legs and body that surrounds the tape recorder in their backs Marks: (Cricket’s head) 9250 / PLAYMATES / ©1985; (cloth body tag) Cricket / ©1986 / 1600 South TrojanContinue reading “Cricket and Corky”

Susie Scribbles

Name: Susie Scribbles Made by and When: Wonderama Toys, Inc., 1987 Material: Vinyl head, hands, lower arms and legs; brown cloth body, upper arms and legs Marks: H. GARFINKEL (on the head); a paper body tag reads Susie Scribbles® / All rights reserved / Mfg. for WONDERAMA TOYS INC. / Edison, NJ 08818 / MadeContinue reading “Susie Scribbles”

Kestner #245 Hilda

Name: Kestner #245 Hilda Made by and When: J. D. Kestner, 1914 Material: Brown bisque socket head on brown fully-jointed composition slant hip toddler body Marks: G Made in / 11.Germany / 245 / JDK JR 1914 / CM circle / Hilda Height: 17 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Original plaster pate black wig, brown glassContinue reading “Kestner #245 Hilda”

Bye-Lo Baby

Name: Antique German Bisque Head Bye-Lo Baby Made by and When: Grace S. Putnam, ca. 1922 Material: Bisque head, brown cloth “frog” body, composition hands Marks: The head is marked COPR. BY GRACE S. PUTNAM GERMANY Height: 11 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Painted black hair, brown glass stationary eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes,Continue reading “Bye-Lo Baby”