Rare Brown Eyes • 1938 Diary & Ephemera • Award-Winning Collector Set
Vintage 1938 Effanbee 15" Blonde Mold 1 Dy-Dee Baby in her early FAO Schwarz retail travel case with an extraordinary period layette and accessories.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER — UFDC Doll Show Competition, Denver, Colorado, 2010
Well... no wonder.
WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
Rare Blonde Mold 1 • Beautiful Brown Eyes • Early 1938 Issue • FAO Schwarz Set • Exceptional Original Condition
This beautiful early Dy-Dee Baby is one of those special dolls that seems to have had someone looking after her from the very beginning.
She is the hard-to-find 15" blonde Mold 1, with wonderful molded blonde curls and beautiful brown sleep eyes—an especially appealing combination. Her eyes retain full, even lashes and open and close perfectly.
Her glowing complexion is exceptional, with lovely cheek color and her painted features beautifully preserved. Her rubber body is equally lovely, with an even skin tone and no crazing. Baby is all original with no restoration.
And then there is everything that comes with her...
This is far more than a lovely Dy-Dee Baby. She comes in her wonderful early FAO Schwarz retail display/travel case, together with an extensive period layette, nursing accessories and original Dy-Dee ephemera.
Most charming of all is her Dy-Dee Diary, handwritten by her original Little Mommy and dated 1938. Also included is the Effanbee What Every Young Doll Mother Should Know booklet, also dated 1938.
Someone loved this baby a very long time ago.
HER LAYETTE & ACCESSORIES INCLUDE
- Early FAO Schwarz retail display/travel case with wonderful Dy-Dee graphics
- Original Dy-Dee Diary, handwritten inside and dated 1938
- What Every Young Doll Mother Should Know Effanbee booklet, dated 1938
- Dy-Dee Golden Heart paper hang tag
- Rayon undershirt
- Rare FAO Schwarz cotton diaper
- Dy-Dee white flannel drop-seat pajamas with shell buttons
- Esmond reversible eiderdown blanket in the little chicks pattern
- Pink organdy ruffled changing pad
- Long white Day Gown with matching rare pink silk slip and bonnet
- Yellow organdy floral-print dress with bonnet and slip
- Silk crochet-trim sweater with matching bonnet
- Cream eiderdown coat
- Pink silk shantung long coat — a beautifully made period addition
- DY-DEE glass nursing bottle with rubber nipple
- Package of original Dy-Dee layette gauze
- Faux-silver feeding spoon
- Early wooden bubble pipe with hardened tip
- Powder canister
- Blue bead “Baby” bracelet
- Little toy train set
Baby and her layette are clean and ready to love and display.
The early FAO Schwarz case remains sturdy and does latch, although the side panels are missing.
This wonderful Dy-Dee presentation earned SECOND PRIZE at the 2010 UFDC Doll Show Competition in Denver, Colorado—a lovely bit of history for a baby who was already more than 70 years old when she received her ribbon.
Today, nearly nine decades after her Little Mommy wrote in that 1938 diary, she remains remarkably beautiful.
So hard to find a blonde Mold 1 Dy-Dee Baby in this exceptional condition—and harder still to find one accompanied by such a wonderful early collection.
Ready for her next Little Mommy...
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