Posted 8 years ago
Beatriz
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This is an 18-in. vintage doll from the late 1940s or early 1950s. The body is hard plastic and the head vinyl. She has sleep eyes and joints articulated at the shoulders and hips. She originally wore high-heel shoes. She reminds me of a Madame Alexander doll, but there are no markings anywhere, and the clothing appears to be homemade (no labels), although she is wearing commercially-produced thigh-high stockings with seams. I think she's the sweetest thing. I'd like to know more about her if anyone can provide any information.
She's wonderful. :)
Looks like Valentine Co doll and was probably originally wearing a wedding gown . Some of these were Grocery Store dolls also and often not marked. She is a Miss Revlon look a like a copy cat type doll from the late 1950's to start of 60's . Did you look close under hairline on back of head maybe see a number and a R ? Many of these dolls were produced during the era by several companies and may have only had a hang tag to ID . Deluxe Reading is another company that did not always mark dolls . She is not a Madame Alexander doll. Fairly common style to find today as many were sold which were much cheaper than Ideal's Miss Revlon .
I can not see sewing on dress as photo will not enlarge I see buttons which would not have been on these dolls but dress's were often just pined in back so it is possible some Mother added buttons to a factory dress .
I did look under the hairline and couldn't find anything. As to the clothes, the seams aren't finished like on a factory-made dress. Also, the corsage and bow are pinned with tiny safety pins.
Thank you for the comments, everyone!
She is a 1958 Nanette Fashion Doll from Arranbee (R & B). She was only produced in that model for one year and she came in both 15" and 18" sizes. The outfit your doll is wearing is not original--you might be correct that it's handmade. The button closure does not look familiar to me and if it were original to Nanette it would close with square snaps. Nanette doesn't have many outfits, but her little sister, the 10 1/2 inch Coty Girl doll has a larger collection of 1950s fashions. Nanette and the Coty Girl doll were made to compete with Ideal's the co-branded Revlon dolls of that era which were the most widely popular and now most recognizable fashion doll of that time. Nanette's most famous outfit is the Coty Girl Deluxe black cocktail dress and oversize hat--finding that outfit triples her value. But Nanette had some spectacular dresses! She is really beautiful and if you can locate one of her original dresses she would be a great example of a highly collectible 1950s high heel fashion doll. I recently sold one of my Nanettes in an original outfit for $325-- she was not mint but she was in exceptional condition.
I am not seeing Nanette and her hair did not have bangs . Please can you add a link that I could see MollyDolly Thanks.
This is the one you described and does not look exactly like one posted to me ?
http://dollreference.com/images/ar_nanette18fashion.jpg
Hi, this doll looks remarkably like Bell Toy Margie. No one mentions if she has a twist waist. If so, then she is. The positions of her arms and legs on her body make it so. The difference between the Revlons and Margie is that Margie's arms were close to her side and her legs joints were close to her hips unlike the Revlons and others from that time. She is always unmarked. She is lovely as is. They came in different sizes. Yours is the most common. They often came as a pony tail version as I suspect yours was. And yes she looks like Cissy but I find her prettier. Enjoy her. Look on the internet for other examples of Margie. She is worth collecting for sure. A very well made doll. Have fun with her.
Here are a few websites you may consider to visit. This may help you in the near future: http://margarethottensen.tripod.com/id8.html, http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/3777421 and the E-Bay Community has lots of pictures of Margies as well. Please look them up. All the best in your future collecting.
Margie by Bell had jointed knee's this doll does not :-(
http://dollprice.com/dolls/1965_belle_margie_the_teenage_doll.html
http://dollreference.com/belle_doll_toy_corp.html
1956-1957 Belle Marjorie doll, 19" tall or Belle Margie doll, 17 or 20" tall, both dolls have hard plastic bodies & arms with vinyl head, Cissy type face mold, sleep eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, rooted hair in various colors, high heel fashion dolls with jointed knees, some dolls are marked on neck; GV and on bottom V205-E, others are unmarked. Dolls came in several different outfits from casual dresses to formals.