Today's doll are a pair of Wee Patsy dolls.
These dolls are reproductions of the original Wee Patsy dolls, made decades before.
Five inches tall, and made of vinyl instead of composition, these dolls were made in the 1990's. They were collector dolls, and not meant for play.
They both have the typical 1920's Patsy bob hair style, but one appears to be dressed as a boy.
Under his/her coat is a tiny shirt. I think it just wasn't meant to be seen.
You can see the Effanbee tag in the coat seam.
Both dolls have the exact same mold, so they both have short socks and Mary Jane style shoes. The boy one has black shoes.
The girl has a checked dress with matching pantaloons.
These reproduction Wee Patsy dolls are notorious for losing their limbs. When I opened the coat on the 'boy', I found that the only reason his arms were still on was because they couldn't get out of the coat sleeves! (Not that "
they had been nailed there"!) They weren't attached at all any more.
Emma has the house case playset, which she bought when she was a kid. There was a girl Wee Patsy, and a 'boy', just like this set. They wore matching overalls, hers in red, and his in blue. Since there were two of them, they couldn't both be named 'Wee Patsy', so Emma named them 'Pee and Wee Patsy', as if 'Patsy' were there last name.
Those are today's dolls. See you tomorrow.
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I have heard of the Effanbee Patsy dolls but not these. They do resemble the original dolls. Are these playline dolls or collector dolls? Whichever they are, I think they are very sweet.
ReplyDeleteCollector's dolls. We knew that when Emma bought hers, but it was such a cute set she couldn't resist. She spent her own money on it.
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