CHOCOLATE DROP doll, Grace DRAYTON, DOLLY DINGLE by Georgene Averill Hendren

Description

Celebrating American made dolls ...
Wonderful original, early circa 1923,  soft-stuffed, dark brown cloth,
"Chocolate Drop", ("Dolly Dingle's"* friend)
doll designed by
Grace Drayton
exactly as she first appeared in,
"The Ladies Home Journal"
, for the
Dolly Dingle line of paperdoll cut-outs.
Between the years, 1912 and 1933, Grace drew over two hundred paperdoll pages for the
"
Pictorial Review"
alone. Many of these were the "Dollie Dingle" series of paperdoll cut-out pages.
"Dolly" was manufactured for the
Madame Hendren
line of dolls produced by the
Averill Mfg. Co.
and  is, 11" tall, and has large hand painted,
googly (side-glancing) eyes
, an impish smile, cute little nose and painted black hair in ringlets along with three little tuffs of black yearn hair. She has the original
WORKING
large round,
"voice" box
inside her torso, mitt-type hands with separate thumbs, well-shaped little feet and wears her adorable little cotton, baby dress with neckline and puff sleeve trim. See her on page 69, "Cloth Dolls"-Linda Edward. She is in good overall condition with no tears, splits or repairs, no odors from a smoke free home Her
"Dolly Dingle"
,
antique cloth
companion
dolls, kitty and Grace Drayton book are shown only for reference,
are
not included
and will be listed separately.
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