Doll-A-Day 2019 #242: Horsman Girl: Baby Precious?

   **UPDATE** I think this girl may be Baby Precious. If anybody knows for sure, let me know. Also, what year is she? All I can find is 1939, but that dolls seems to have composition arms and legs.
  I am posting this early today,as Ken and I are having lunch with an old friend, after which Emma is picking me up. We're going to a concert all the way in Pittsburgh. Emma chose to do the trip. It's Squeeze and KT Tunstall,both of which Emma has seen before,but I guess she thought it was worth the drive. I've seen Squeeze,one of my favourite bands, a couple of times:once in the 80's,and once with Emma and Ivy. I haven't seen KT Tunstall, but I do like her music.
  Today we're looking at a doll that is in such bad shape that I wouldn't normally feature her. But there is a reason.

She's an 18 inch Horsman doll, and it says so on the back of her neck. She's probably from no earlier than the 50's because of her vinyl arms. If anybody knows her name,please let me know.

Don't mind my nails. I was painting that secret Ivy furniture.

She has a composition head. What shows under her scuffs looks like she's compo,but when I tap her head with my fingernail, she sounds like plastic. Also, she isn't flaking like compo does,as much as scuffing. After being confused by this, I was researching to see if I could find out who she is. In following pictures, I found a post by Raging Moon at Confessions of a Doll Lover, and learned that compo sounds like plastic when you tap it with a fingernail too. I hadn't really thought it did,but it makes this girl make much more sense. So I'm going with compo. Thanks Raging Moon.
 

Her sleep eyes work well.

She has molded hair under her wig. That seems to have been a pretty common thing with old dolls. I'm not sure why they molded hair and then stuck a wig on the doll anyway. I suppose the molded hair came in handy if they produced different versions of the doll,or if the used the same mold for different dolls. It gave them options I guess.

This is almost certainly her original wig,because it's in such bad condition.

Her wig has very prominent stitching.

Her head appears to be attached to her body with wire.

Her body is stuffed,with a 'mama' box that still works.

I am showing her though,because she's in such bad shape. Because she's sort of falling apart we're able to see something I have never seen before.

She has a wooden arm joint connecting her vinyl lower arm to her cloth upper arm. I am a little surprised. For one thing, it seems strange to see a wooden joint like that in a doll with vinyl arms. I would have thought that by the time they got to vinyl they would have been using plastic joints. Also,she has arms like dolls such as Thumbelina. That type of doll usually didn't have joints. The vinyl arm was just stitched to the fabric upper arm. This wooden joint would probably have allowed this dolls arms to be posed, and they would have held the pose.
  Ok. Question here. Is she worth saving? Her mama box still works,her body is in good shape. Her limbs are very discoloured,but then, I haven't tried cleaning them. They might come up nicely,but I'm inclined to think they'll at least be yellowed a bit. Her wig is shot. She will definitely need another wig. Honestly, if anybody wants to make a project of her, you're welcome to her if you want to pay the  shipping. It would be nice to see her saved. If any of you do take her, I'd love to see her when you get her restored.
  That's the doll for today. See you again tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #241: Timeless Creations Corolle Girl

    I had a busy day today. I worked on a secret furniture project for Ivy,so I can't talk about that. Not that Ivy ever reads this blog,but just in case. I also mowed the yard and filled the yard waste cans with tree branches. That shouldn't have made me as tired and achy as it did, but here you go.
  Today's doll is this girl.

 She was made by Corolle for Mattel's Timeless Creations line.

I don't know anything else about her,so if anybody knows who she is,please let me know.

 

She's about 17 inches tall.

Of course, she can't actually stand up,because she has a soft,stuffed cloth body and vinyl arms,legs,and head.
 

Yes,she has some water marking.

She is wearing a Corolle dress,which I assume is her original.

She has a beautiful,lifelike skin tone.

She has very tiny eyes,which is a Corolle thing.
 

They're sleep eyes.

Her hair is quite long.

That's the doll for today.

See you tomorrow for another one.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #240: Baby Teeter Time

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  Today's doll is a very tiny one.

She's a Liddle Kiddle.

To be specific, she's a Liddle Baby Kiddle. Her name is Baby Teeter Time. She was made in 1969.

This is her original outfit and bonnet/

She's much smaller than the regular Liddle Kiddles,which were between 2 and a half, and 3 and a half inches tall. Baby Teeter Time is only about 2 inches tall. 

Her bonnet seems to be glued to her head,and it looks like there's no hair underneath it. The only hair she has is what sticks out from under the bonnet in the front.

She has nothing on under her nightgown or dress. Whatever it is.

Her name is derived from the accessory that came with her, a yellow duck teeter ride on.

I would have called it a rocker,but apparently somebody at Mattel said it was a teeter totter.
  That's the tiny doll for today. See you again tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #239: Cookin' Goodies Tutti

  Today's doll is a little girl you may know.

She's Tutti.

This particular Tutti is Cookin Goodies Tutti.

Tutti was introduced as Barbie's youngest sister in 1966. (Her dress tag says 1965 though.) The back of her head is just marked with numbers.

Cookin' Goodies Tutti came out in 1967,and was produced for two years.

She's wearing her original dress...
 

...socks, and orange shoes.

 

She should also have a pair of orange undies/shorts.
 

Her dress closes in the back with hook and eye closures.

The Tutti tag is inside the dress.
 

She was missing her apron,so I have substituted this one, which is pretty close.

I tried to redo her original hairstyle, but I'm bad with hair.

This is as close to her updo as I could get.

It looks better in the back.

Of course, as her photo shoot went along, her hair only got worse.

She also originally came with this stove,and a pink pan with a black handle.

The stove is hollow plastic.

  

The burners on top are separate pieces of plastic,with a silver sticker in the middle. 

Under the name 'Tutti' the stove says,'Barbie and Skipper's Tiny Sister'.

If you find a loose Cookin' Goodies Tutti,how do you identify her?

Cookin' Goodies is the only Tutti with this upswept hair style.

Yes,she is missing a few fingers.

She came as a brunette only.

Cookin's Goodies and the other larger box Tutti dolls,(Tutti dolls that come with a larger accessory.like this stove, Swing-A-Ling Tutti's swingset, or Night Night Sleep Tight's bed.), are harder to find than the standard Tutti dolls in the narrow boxes.

You can see my other Tutti posts HERE, HERE,HERE,and HERE.
  That's today's doll. Come back to see what doll we'll have tomorrow.