Topsy Turvy dolls date back to the 1800s created first by enslaved Black women. #topsyturvy #doublesideddoll #twosideddoll #reversibledoll #Antiguadoll
Category Archives: antique black dolls
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
Announcement – Dolls on Exhibit
This is the announcement for the doll exhibition at the Museum of Cornish Life Helston in Britain. #dollexhibition #Museumofcornishlife
My Dream Baby
19-inch My Dream Baby made in German circa 1920 by Armand Marseille; #Armandmarseilledoll #Mydreambabydoll
My Dream Baby
19-inch composition and bisque, circa 1920s Armand Marseille My Dream baby. #Armandmarseilledoll
1940s-1950s Hard Plastic Boy
1940s-1950s hard plastic ebony-complexioned black doll. #blackdoll #1940s-1950sblackdoll #souvenirdoll
Island Girl
Circa 1940s-1950s ebony-complexioned hardplastic #blackdoll #souvenirdoll
Papier-Mâché Elderly Woman
Name: Circa 1940s Papier-Mâché Elderly Woman Made by and When: Unknown artist, 1940s Material: Papier-mâché head, lower arms, and legs; mature brown cloth body, upper arms, and upper legs Marks: Unmarked Height: 13 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black mohair wig underneath a red and white headscarf, painted black eyes, closed mouth with painted red lipsContinue reading “Papier-Mâché Elderly Woman”