Freundlich Novelty Dolls 1929+ USA
Ralph A. Freundlich founded the Freundlich Novelty Corporation in 1929, located in New York City until 1934 and then moved his doll company to Clinton, Massachusetts. Freundlich operations ceased in 1945 when they filed for bankruptcy. Ralph Freundlich first worked for the Jeanette Doll Company from 1923 to1929, at the same time he also formed the Silver Doll & Toy Manufacturing Company in 1923 until 1924 which made unmarked composition head Mama dolls.
Freundlich is best known for novelty dolls such as nursery rhyme characters dolls; Goldilocks and the three Bears, Little Red Riding hood and the Big, Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs and the Wolf, Puss n’ Boots a cat, Rabbit animal dolls and possibly others, the famous Baby Sandy child character actor (the only marked doll) and Military portrait dolls. Freundlich dolls are all unmarked except as noted; dolls came with a paper hang tag that identified the dolls name and which are probably long gone, so dolls can be a challenge to identify today.
Freundlich Antique to Vintage Dolls Identified
1929+ Freundlich Santa Claus doll, 19-20″ tall, all composition, fully jointed at neck, shoulders and hips, molded red cap, molded white eyebrows, beard and mustache, painted blue eyes, rosy cheeks, closed mouth, wears a red flannel “Santa” suit trimmed with white plush faux fur, black oilcloth belt and boots, carries a red flannel sack; filled with who knows what kind of goodies. The Santa Claus doll is unmarked.
1932-1934 Freundlich Nursing Doll, 8″ tall, Drinks N Wets, Like Real Babies, all composition white or black doll with a one piece head and body jointed at the shoulders and hips with baby bent limbs, molded hair, painted blue eyes on white doll, painted brown eyes on the black doll, open hole for a mouth with a round red insert and another hole in dolls bottom with a rubber tube connecting them, doll came in a trunk with three white cotton diapers, tee shirt, a sponge and baby nursing bottle. The Freundlich Nursing doll is unmarked.
1932 Freundlich Trixbe doll or Trixie doll, 11″ or 14″ and Trixiette doll, 9 1/2″ tall, all Patsy type dolls with all composition five piece jointed bodies, straight ahead facing painted blue eyes, rosy cheeks, yellow or brown hair molded painted hair, some dolls have a pin hole for a hair ribbon, all doll sizes are unmarked. Trixbe the doll that does a Million Trix is stated on her box.
1934 Freundlich Puss ‘N Boots cat animal doll, 9 1/2″ tall, all composition, Patsy type jointed body, painted white cat head, painted eyes, red felt tunic costume, black boots, doll is unmarked and 1934 Freundlich Rabbit animal doll 12″ tall all composition painted pink head, Patsy type jointed white body, unmarked.
The 1934 Freundlich Little Red Riding Hood doll, 9 3/4″ all composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece bodies, molded painted hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm, wears a cotton print dress with panties, red hooded cape, (shown in photo, not original to the doll) white socks, black shoes and basket, 1934 Freundlich Grandma doll, 9 3/4″ has an interesting character face with sunken cheeks indicating that she has no teeth, wears a long cotton dress with matching cap and a tuff of white mohair attached with a white apron, 1934 Freundlich Big Bad Wolf doll animal doll, 9 3/4″, has painted brown fur with a slightly open red mouth, painted eyes, wears a cotton sleeveless jumpsuit, no shoes were included, all dolls unmarked. Dolls came in a lithographed red school house box.
Buy Freundlich dolls
Find Freundlich doll values
1934 Freundlich Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs animal dolls, 9 3/4″ tall, all composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece body, molded painted hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm and all are unmarked. Little Pig dolls came wearing a plaid day dress, plain cotton shift or suspender shorts, no shoes, the Wolf animal doll is about the same as Red Riding Hoods.
1934 Freundlich Goldilocks and the Three Bears set, bears have the same head mold as the big bad Wolf doll with a closed mouth and is smaller, all dolls are unmarked.
1935 Freundlich Dionne Baby quintuplets and Yvonne the nurse set dolls, 7″ and 10″ tall, all dressed in pink flannel sleep gown, extra pink sheer dress, Yvonne nurse is in a white uniform, all dolls are unmarked.
1936 Freundlich Little Orphan Annie doll, 11 1/4″ tall and her dog Sandy, 6 3/4″ tall, both are all composition, Annie has a jointed body, molded painted blond with brunette highlights wavy short hair, painted eyes, closed mouth. Sandy the dog is non-jointed & painted, both dolls are unmarked.
1937+ Freundlich Goo Goo Eva doll or Goo Goo Topsy black doll, 14″, 19-20 or 27″ tall, composition flange head, Eva has yellow painted hair, Topsy has black painted hair, big round googly eyes with floating moving disk pupil eyes, painted upper lashes, red rosebud closed mouth, cloth body, legs and arms with no hands, dressed in a cotton print with matching bonnet, doll is unmarked, a Sailor Boy 14″ doll same as Eva.
1937 Freundlich Princess doll, 22″ tall, all composition doll with a jointed body, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth and felt tongue, mohair wig, doll is unmarked.
1938+ Freundlich Dummy Dan doll, 20″ tall, ventriloquist doll, composition head and limbs, cloth body, painted facial features including eyes, molded painted black hair, vent doll is unmarked.
1939-1942 Freundlich Baby Sandy portrait doll, 8-20″ tall, Baby Sandy is a portrait doll of child actress Alexandra “Sandy” Lee Henville born in 1938, is all composition, jointed body, molded and painted hair, tin sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth, felt tongue, doll marked Baby Sandy.
The Freundlich Dummy Dan head mold also used on the Davy Crockett ventriloquist doll, made of hard plastic head and hands, cloth body and limbs, with painted brown hair, dressed in two piece fringed buckskin shirt and pants, black belt, brown shoes, pin with dolls name, by The Leda Company, doll is unmarked, Freundlich used the Dummy Dan head mold for a Cowboy and a Clown marionette puppet, both about 17″ tall, possibly other marionette puppets too, sold through the early 1950s, perhaps as old store stock, as the store ad is dated 1952 from Novelty Mart and Freundlich filed for bankruptcy in 1945.
1940 Freundlich Pinocchio doll, 16″ tall, composition head and jointed at neck, shoulders, hips and knees body, wooden limbs with stump hands and molded black painted wooden shoes, molded painted reddish orange hair, painted blue eyes, painted cheeks and end of his pointed nose, closed red painted smiling mouth, doll is unmarked, came with a paper hang tag; Original Pinocchio as portrayed by C. Collodi Manufactured by Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc. 200 Fifth Ave. New York City.
1942 Freundlich General Douglas Mac Arthur doll, 18″ tall, all composition, painted facial features, molded hat, dressed in detailed military uniform, doll is unmarked, had a hang tag. There are also: Freundlich WW II Soldier dolls (one has been found with his hang tag that reads: “PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION” a title of a song by Frank Loesser, a Sailor doll, female W.A.A.C. doll and W.A.V.E military dolls, 15-16″ tall, all dolls are unmarked.
Additional Freundlich Dolls not shown
Freundlich Feather Weight doll, 9 1/2″, a Baby doll with a weighing scale, Dolls in trousseau trunks, Mama dolls, and probably others.