Examine the Doll Note the size of the doll, the material the doll is made of, the type of eyes, hair and clothing details. Next, check the doll for markings. Most doll marks are found on the back of the head, on the torso, and sometimes the feet. All letters, numbers, and symbols may be important.

How can you tell how old a porcelain doll is?

Look for craze lines on the porcelain or bisque surface of the doll. These antique dolls develop fine lines as they age, which look like cracks scattering across the porcelain or bisque. These will often be across the face of the doll. For example, a doll with very heavy cracks across the face is very old.

What kind of dolls did ideal make in the 1930s?

B y the 1930s Ideal had created some of their best known dolls; Shirley Temple, Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin. Ideal also supplied dolls to other doll manufacturers; American Character, Arranbee, Eugenia, Mary Hoyer. Ideal dolls are made of wood, cloth, composition, hard plastic, vinyl and magic skin and are of very good quality.

What does a doll look like in the year 1915?

1915 Ideal Girl with wavy hair doll, 12 1/2″ tall, composition flange head with deep molded short blonde hair, with wavy bangs swept to each side of forehead, blue tin sleep eyes, closed smiling mouth, cloth upper arms and legs, lower limbs are composition with brown molded boots, cloth body jointed at shoulders and hips with outside disks.

When did the ideal Lolly doll come out?

1951-1955 Ideal Lolly doll or Ideal Tiny Girl doll , 9″ tall, head turning walker, sleep eyes, molded, rooted or wig hair, marked Ideal Doll 9, little sister to the Saucy Walker doll. Reliable also made a similar Lolly doll sold in Canada. See the Reliable page for photo.

What is the patent number for ideal Snoozie dolls?

Ideal’s hard plastic patent number is 2252077, various dolls have this number in the marking. 1951 Ideal Snoozie doll, 17″ tall, vinyl head and partial latex rubber limbs, molded hair, painted blue eyes, open yawning mouth, cloth body, doll mark B. Lipfert.