Century Doll Company 1909-1928

Century Doll Company 1909-1928

The Century Doll Company of New York made bisque and composition dolls from 1909-1928. Max Scheuer the founder retired in 1926 and his sons continued the business until 1928 when they merged with the Domec Toy Company and were then known as the Doll Corporation of America, who continued to use domec as a trade name.

They are probably best known for their Bye-Lo Baby type bisque character Babies with Kestner made bisque heads. Some other doll names were: Babette, 1918 Baby Shirley, Barbara, Blue Eyes, Brown Skin Dolls, Darky Doll, Mastercraft Dolls, Sunshine doll line with Sears, Sweetums & The Century Doll.

Here are some Century dolls we have found:

ca. 1920's Mama Dolls, 10-30 " tall, all composition shoulder head & limbs, cloth body, painted molded hair, tin sleep eyes, open mouth. Usually marked: Century Doll Co NY.

Doll head shown is marked on the shoulder plate Chuckles Century Doll Co.

ca 1927 Chuckles, 19"

1925 Character Baby - Bye-Lo Baby type, 10- 22" tall, bisque head on cloth body with composition hands. sleep eyes, closed mouth, usually marked: Century Doll Co Kestner German. Some markings may have a K inside a diamond above the Century Doll Co.

Some may also use the mold mark of 277.

1925 Bye-Lo type, 12"

1925 Character Baby - Bye-Lo Baby type, 14 or 22" tall, bisque head on cloth body with composition limbs. sleep eyes, open mouth, usually marked: Century Doll Co Kestner German. Some markings may have a K inside a diamond above the Century Doll Co.

Some may also use the mold mark of 281.

1925 Bye-Lo type, 19"

1928 Pudgy Peggy, 14" tall, composition shoulder head & limbs, cloth body, molded painted hair with hair loop for a bow, sleep eyes, closed mouth, has a crier, marked: Pudgy Peggy Century Doll Co.

1928 Pudgie Peggy, 14"

Additional Century dolls not shown:

ca. 1914 + Sunshine Doll (name unknown), composition shoulder head with molded painted hair, painted eyes, closed mouth, kid pin jointed body with cloth lower legs, bisque lower arms. Doll marked on back of head Century Dolls. Paper label on dolls chest Sunshine Copyright 1910 by Sears Roebuck and Co. Germany.

ca. 1921 + Romper Boy, 13" tall, composition shoulder head & limbs, cloth body, molded & painted hair, painted eyes, closed mouth, marked: Century Doll Co 1021 Made by Grace Corey.

1928 Polly Prim, 12" tall, Patsy type, all composition jointed body, very lightly molded painted brown hair, brown painted eyes looking straight ahead, closed painted mouth. Polly Prim came in a trunk with a wardrobe. Doll is unmarked.

Century Doll Company 1909-1928

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