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The Royal Toy Manufacturing Company was started
by Morris Bonet around 1914, the company was then bought by Henry and
Rose Frankel, Rose did the designing. Royal dolls in this era are
usually marked on their head: Royal Toy. In
1973
the company was merged with Jolly Toy Company, so some dolls from this
era may have the Jolly Toy mark as well. In 1977 Miss Elsa Raiji bought the company, she was a designer at the company
since 1951, excellent doll costumes are a hallmark of her talents.
Other Royal named dolls not shown are; Annabelle,
Prize Winner Baby, Royal Baby Bunting, Royal doll Line, Spirit of America.
Here are
some Royal Toy Manufacturing Company dolls we have found:
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ca. 1920s
Baby Joy, 18" tall, composition head, tin sleep eyes, open
smiling mouth, painted molded hair, cloth body, marked on
back shoulder plate: Baby Joy Royal.
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ca. 1920s
Baby Joy, 18" |
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1950's-1960's Lilo,
Fashion Doll, 19-20" tall, Miss Revlon like, vinyl
head, vinyl jointed body, sleep eyes,
rooted hair, pierced ears, high heel feet, shown in a beautiful black evening formal with tulle hat and black strap shoes,
other outfits were available, marked: 14R
Note: The 14R doll
marking can also be found on Belle Doll & Toy Corp., Deluxe Reading, Eegee,
Natural, Rite Lee and Sayco dolls. So unless the doll has a clothing
tag or is in it's box there may be no way to tell which doll
company originally made the particular doll. |
1950's-1960's
Lilo, 19" |
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1964 Lonesome Lisa
or Lonely Lisa, 16 & 20" tall,
long rooted hair, big brown painted eyes, wired cloth body that poses,
wears a red printed dress with white cuffs on sleeves
white collar, also had a white half apron that tied at the
waist and black slip on shoes.
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1964 Lonesome Lisa, 20" |
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1965 Robin,
20" tall, (Lonely Lisa's friend), cloth stuffed body, vinyl head & arms,
painted side glancing eyes, dressed in a yellow polka dot dress
and black shoes, unsure how she is marked.
Thank you Le for
sharing!!
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1965
Robin,
20"
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1965 Joy, 11" tall, vinyl head,
hard plastic jointed body, big painted eyes, closed mouth, rooted
hair, marked: A Royal Doll 1965.
Both Uneeda & Regal/Horsman made clone Joy look a like dolls. |
1965 Joy, 11" |
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