Rare and Beautiful vintage antique composition 21" Madame Hendren BABY HENDREN doll from 1930, and manufactured by the Georgene Averill doll company (see third photo for advertisement describing this 'new' doll). Completely restored by the finest, wearing original dress and bib, with added same period coat and bonnet, extra bonnet, slip and bloomers.
Includes a photocopy of a 1930 salesman's ad featuring this lovely doll.
Happy and sweet describe this darling baby's countenance with her big open smile and sparkling blue eyes.
Rare to find this issue doll and now in restored condition. There are indeed, a fair number of Baby Hendren dolls that come up for sale across the web, but this is truly among the best.
This big baby is a beautiful, gorgeous doll. The baby has a composition head, with partial composition limbs and a clean cloth body. She has a non-working crier box, blue tin litho sleepy eyes with real upper lashes, painted upper & lower ones. They open and close easily. Her smiling mouth reveals two upper & two lower teeth and a felt tongue. She has all fingers and toes.
This adorable Baby Hendren comes dressed in her original pink cotton lawn dress and embroidered bib . There is an added slip and pantaloons, newly made pink silk booties, and a gorgeous ruched pink silk bonnet with silky ribbons and little embroidered flowers. Her clothing is lightly played with condition. The silk taffeta coat has some wear but displays beautifully.
Her facial character and the quality of her composition mirror the Effanbee Bubbles dolls that were so popular in the 1920s through the 1930s -- big smile, dark blond molded curls, molded tongue, white shiny 'baby' teeth, and gorgeous BLUE tin litho sleep eyes with natural hair brush lashes.
She is 21" tall and is marked "Baby Hendren" on the back of her head. She is in remarkable condition.
Baby Hendren has a softly stuffed body, reminding us that little girls back then loved to hug and kiss their babies, as well as care for them lovingly. She is absolutely SQUEEZABLY soft... you just can't help but smile and pick her up for a hug~
Her high quality compositon has beautiful and vibrant coloring... a very special baby doll to cuddle and call your own.
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