BUTTONS the Dan River Advertising doll

I was sent this little jewel to clean up and send home. She is ready to go back home now.  Very unique construction for cloth doll of the 40s.

 

this is an ad from then. The picture is not an actual doll but a rendition. The faces ARE molded but not to this extent.  

 

Who is She?

When you see this little girl next she will be all together and dressed. She is actually a pretty girl. I am just too lazy at the moment to photograph her progress

Well it took me long enough...she is done for now.  I think  I will have to go back later when I have time to spare and work on her arms and legs...the compo is not setting as it should and crazing again. So at least she is dressed for now...

Connie Face Doll

I call her that because her face reminds me of my sister Connie. She is a Patsy type. I have not heard of a Patsy doll being unmarked 

She needs her head reattached as it is not connected right now, the eyes are cattywampus so they need to be straightened. Her fingers are missing tips and she has a voice box in back that needs to be replaced then the cotton stuffing to be firmed up.  She has potential for sure.

Little Patsy wannabe

Small but cute.  

 

the arm is different from Patsy, she is not marked and all Patsy's are. Her hair is blonde not brown but she even has the molded in head band.   

She HAS been identified

BOBBY ANNE BY REGAL 1935

Unknown Arranbee Doll

Hopefully she will have a name before I am through with her.

 Too tall for a Mary Hoyer. Same type of body. Love those eyes. She will be beautiful.

Her elastic inside was shot. No stretch left.

Herman Steiner Doll made in Germany

I have already repaired one doll for the owner of this little girl.  My she is different. A bisque head on a paper Mache body. The arms and legs are rough and the body unfinished. Made very cheaply in her day. When new she might have sold for less then a dime.  But then my grand dad worked in a an orchard during the depression for 3 cents a day to feed his family. 

Needs cleaning, painting, repairing , wig and eyes and clothes. 

She measures about 12" or less

Viola!

Possible Madame Hendren Doll

Judging by her face and other factors, she appears to be a Madame Hendren Doll from the early 1930s. If there was a marking it would have been on the cloth body and has long since faded. I found this identical face and form on pictures of known MH. 

She is not in as bad a shape as some I have worked on. I like that she is proportioned well.

 Face cleaned, paint retouched and sealed. Wish i could get the yellow from the eyes. They might be tin eyes and someone suggested that they were baked on so they would not be as suseptible to cleaners as others I have encountered.

 Her clothes are all the same, just cleaned. What I thought was a mauve was dirt. It is a very pale lavender. the slip/onsie has restored elastic in the legs, I found old socks and some old hand made
shoes that were given to me.  Rather then spend hours I don't have on the old wig (will keep that for another time) I replaced it and styled the new one.  She is a adorable now.