This is a fine example of a Julia Beecher black doll, circa 1893-1910. #antiqueblackdoll #clothdoll #antiqueclothdoll #Juliabeecherdoll #missionarydoll
Category Archives: antique black dolls
Composition Girl in Flour Sack Dress
A black composition doll wears a dress made from a flour sack.
Bubbles
Bubbles is a 20-inch composition and cloth baby doll by Effanbee from 1924. #antiqueblackdoll #compositiondoll #babydoll #compositionbabydoll
China Shoulder Head Doll with Doll
A 13-inch black china shoulder head doll circa 1880s-1890s is featured. #blackshoulderheaddoll #chinadoll #blackchinadoll #blackbiquedoll
Babyland Topsy-Turvy
Name: Babyland Topsy-Turvy Doll Made by and When: Horsman, circa 1910 Material: Cloth Marks: Unknown Height: 12-1/2 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Realistic, lithographed faces and hair Clothes: The Black doll wears a dark red blouse with white and red-trimmed sleeves, a matching headwrap, a red checkered skirt, a white apron, and a white scarf aroundContinue reading “Babyland Topsy-Turvy”
Bruckner Topsy-Turvy
A nice example of a Bruckner Topsy-Turvy or double-sided doll, circa 1901. #blackdoll #topsyturvydoll #antiqueclothdoll
Topsy Turvy Dolls (Various)
Topsy Turvy dolls date back to the 1800s created first by enslaved Black women. #topsyturvy #doublesideddoll #twosideddoll
Jolly Joan Lookalike or Patsy-type Girl
11-1/2-inch 1920s-1930s composition Patsy-type and Jolly-Joan-lookalike. #blackdoll #compositionblackdoll #Patsytypedoll #JollyJoantypedoll
Snow White
Name: Snow White Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corporation, 1938 Material: Composition with jointed neck, upper arms at shoulder socket, and upper legs at the hip socket; the legs are straight. Marks: Unmarked Height: 16-1/2 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Ear-length sculpted black hair with front center part and a sculpted red bow in theContinue reading “Snow White”
Debutante Walker
Debutante Walker by American Character, 1939, is a full-body composition doll. #americancharacterdoll #compositiondoll #blackdoll #antiqueblackdoll