Alexander Dolls 1923+ USA
The Alexander Doll Company was founded in 1923 and is still in operation today in New York, NY USA. In 1928 a high quality line of dolls were produced and advertised as “Madame Alexander” and is the name now commonly associated with Alexander dolls.
Alexander dolls were produced with only a few different face molds. Each dolls originality lies in the v costume it wore. If your doll is not in the original outfit, has no wrist tag or box – it’s nearly impossible to know exactly, who the character doll originally was.
Early cloth, wood or composition dolls may be marked or unmarked and should have a clothing tag of the dolls character name, Madame Alexander, New York USA sewn into a seam.
Alexander Antique Dolls Identified
1923-1940 Alexander Cloth Dolls, 7-30″ tall, all cloth dolls with mask face, side glancing painted eyes, yarn hair. Dolls are unmarked but clothing usually had a Madame Alexander tag. Shown left: 1938 Alexander Bobby Q cloth doll 12″ tall, red curly short yarn hair, side glancing eyes, closed mouth.
1933-1939 Alexander Silly Symphony Three Little Pigs animal dolls, 11″ tall, all composition, jointed bodies, painted black eyes an brown lashes, open smiling mouth with red tongue, Pig doll marked Madame Alexander. Licensed by Walt Disney. Clothing will have a Madame Alexander tag. Wore suspender shorts or long pants, cotton shirt, felt stitched mittens, white sailor cap with grosgrain ribbon trim and leather two tone shoes shaped like hooves. In 1997 Alexander reproduced the Silly Symphony Three Little Pig dolls.
Other 1923+ Alexander cloth dolls are: Alice In Wonderland doll, Cherub Babies doll, Bell and Beau Brummell, Baby Genius, Dionne Quintuplets, Doris Keane, Grace Alice, Edith with Golden hair, Pitty Pat, Tippit Toe, Red Riding Hood, Laughing Allegra, Hiawatha, McGuffey Ana, Playmates, Little Shaver, Susie Q, Goldilocks, Alexander Rag Time, So-Lite, Country Cousins, Cuddly, Baby Blue Boy, Charles Dickens characters, Evangeline, Priscilla, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, Little Lord Fauntleroy and many others.
1935+ Alexander Dionne Quintuplets dolls, 7-24″ tall, five baby or toddler body type dolls, some are all composition or composition head, limbs with cloth body, molded painted hair, some with a wig, doll mark Dionne, Alex, Alexander, and/or the dolls name. Each Dionne doll had a clothing color associated with her as follows: Annette – yellow, Cecile – green, Emelie – lavender, Marie – blue, Yvonne – pink.
1935 Alexander Betty doll face, 13-22″ tall, Dr. DaFoe doll, 14″ tall and Nurse Yvonne Leroux doll 13″ tall, the Dionne Quint’s nurse, composition head and limbs, painted eyes, smiling mouth with a chin dimple, cloth body. The Alexander Dr. DaFoe doll has his own face mold, doll is unmarked and came as a priest or minister doll.
1935+ Alexander Betty face doll, 13-22″ tall, all composition, jointed body (neck, shoulders, hips), tin or sleep eyes, some have painted lower lashes, others have both upper and lower lashes painted, mohair wig, painted closed bow mouth with tiny dimples along side, dolls are unmarked, clothing will have the character name on tag. More than thirty different Betty face characters were created including: Doctor DaFoe, Nurse Yvonne Leroux, Little Betty doll, Little Colonel doll (Shirley Temple) and the Princess Elizabeth doll.
1935-1940s Alexander Tiny Betty face doll, 7-8″ tall, all composition, one piece body & head, side glancing painted eyes, mohair wig, painted closed red mouth, painted on shoes & socks. Usually marked: Mme. Alexander or Wendy Ann and clothing tag will have the character name on tag. More than eighty different Alexander Tiny Betty doll characters were created from this doll face mold; Alice, Ballerina, Belgium Bride, Bo Peep, Carmen, Cinderella, Dilly Dally Sally, Ding Dong Dell, Heidi, Little Women, McGuffy Ana, Pan American, Topsy-Turvey and more.
1935+ Alexander Little Betty face doll, 9-11″ tall, all composition, jointed body at neck, shoulders and hip, painted side glancing eyes, mohair wig, closed mouth. Usually marked: Mme. Alexander NEW YORK and clothing will have the character name on the tag. Some of the fifty Little Betty face character dolls are; Birthday dolls, Bride dolls, Bridesmaid dolls, Dill Dolly Sally doll, International costumes; Swiss doll, Little Colonel doll, McGuffy Ana doll, Princess Elizabeth doll, Red Cross Nurse doll, Storybook characters; Bo Peep doll, Hansel & Gretel dolls, Virginia Dare doll and specialty outfits.
1935 Alexander Marionette dolls by Tony Sarg or Walt Disney Characters, 8-12″ tall, composition heads, body and lower limbs. Usually marked: Tony Sarg Alexander.
More than forty different characters were created some are; Alice in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dee & Dum, Gretchen, Hansel & Gretel, Sambo, and Walt Disney; Snow White, a Witch, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto.
1936+ Alexander Character Babies; Baby Genius, Baby Kitty, Baby McGuffey, Butch or Bitsey, Cookie, Little Genius, Precious, Princess Alexandria, Slumbermate, 11-24″ tall, composition head, hands and legs, cloth stuffed body (some with criers) or composition jointed bent limb body, molded hair, wigged or both, painted or sleep eyes, open or closed mouth, doll marked on neck: ALEX or ALEXANDER.
1936+ Alexander Pinky doll, 16-23″ tall, composition head, hands and legs, stuffed cloth body, lightly molded painted hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll mark ALEX or ALEXANDER.
1936 Alexander Wendy Ann doll, 9, 11, 13″ tall, with molded hair and or twist, swivel waist, 14,18, & 21″ tall usually with a wig. All composition, fully jointed body, molded hair or wigged, some have the swivel waist, the 9″ tall size have painted eyes, other sizes have sleep eyes, all a closed mouth. Doll usually marked Wendy Ann or Wendy Ann Mme. Alexander New York. More than fifty-five different named dolls used the Wendy Ann face mold; Antoinette doll, Annie Laurie doll, Carmen doll, Fairy Queen doll, Little Lord Fauntleroy doll, Little Women dolls, Mary Louise doll, Mother and Me dolls, Princess doll, Queen Alexanderine doll, Rosetta doll, Scarlett O’Hara doll, Sonja Henie doll, Suellen dolls.
1937-1943 Alexander McGuffey Ana doll, 9-22″ tall, all composition, sleep eyes (9″ doll has painted eyes), open mouth (except for the 11″ which has a closed mouth), usually came with a braided wig, doll mark Princess Elizabeth, circle X with 13 on back or unmarked.
1937 Alexander Princess Alexandria doll, 24″ tall, cloth body with composition head & limbs, molded hair, blue sleep eyes, open mouth, she is wearing her original dress (under a replacement) and original bonnet, doll is unmarked. Photo courtesy of ronsfancy
1937 Alexander Princess Elizabeth doll, 13-27″ tall, all composition jointed body, tin or glassene sleep eyes real upper lashes, painted lower lashes, open smiling mouth with teeth and felt tongue or closed mouth with the Betty face mold (see doll shown below), mohair or human wig. Doll marked Princess Elizabeth Alexander Doll Co.
Other doll characters that used the Princess Elizabeth face mold are; Cinderella, Flora McFlimsey, Girl Scout, Kate Greenaway, Margaret Rose, McGuffy Ana, Miss Victoria, Snow White.
1937 Alexander Princess Elizabeth doll, 17″ tall, all composition jointed body, sleep eyes with upper real eyelashes & painted lower lashes, wigged either mohair or human hair (dolls shown has human hair), closed smiling mouth with the Betty head mold, wearing her original pink gown, purse and silver tiara, doll marked Princess Elizabeth Alexander Doll Co. Photo courtesy of Maureen
1937 Alexander Jane Withers doll, 13, 15, 17, 19-20″ tall, celebrity doll, all composition or cloth body with composition limbs, jointed, sleep eyes, brown mohair wig, open mouth with four upper teeth or closed mouth. Came in several cotton dresses or other clothing and usually had a Jane Withers pin and clothing will have the Jane name on the tag. Shown is a copy of the photo that appeared on the Jane Withers hangtag which stated on reverse “Authentic Jane Withers Doll All rights reserved Madame Alexander New York”.
Some dolls are unmarked, some have Jane Withers Alexander Doll on the neck rim, the 17″ size can be marked 17 on back.
1938 Alexander Flora McFlimsey doll, 13-27″ tall, all composition, strawberry blonde human or mohair wig with bangs and braid down back, jointed body, hazel tin or glassene sleep eyes, painted facial features including freckles sprinkled across the nose, open smiling mouth with six upper teeth & felt tongue (also possible they used the closed mouth Betty mold, for some dolls). Used the Princess Elizabeth head mold, thus they are marked the same, doll usually marked 13 on the 13″ tall doll or PRINCESS ELIZABETH ALEXANDER DOLL CO.
Flora McFlimsey is based on the character Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, from William Allen Butler’s famous satirical poem; Nothing to Wear published in 1857.
1938-1946 Alexander Portrait Dolls, 21″ tall, all composition, wigged, jointed at the neck, shoulder and hips. This set of thirteen portrait dolls were designed to be used as window displays, each doll originally sold for $75, dolls use the Wendy Ann face mold with modifications on the eyes and brows commissioned by an artist by Madame Alexander, specifically for these dolls.
Melanie is shown in all original clothing and picture hat!! Breathtaking! Other Alexander Portrait Series dolls are: Princess Flavia doll, Mary Louise doll, Carmen doll, Juliet doll, Orchard Princess doll, Judy Garland doll, Lady Windemere doll, Antoinette doll, Scarlett doll, Melanie doll, June bride doll, Godey doll and Degas doll. Dolls and clothing are unmarked. Photo courtesy of mike*jeff
1939 Alexander Sonja Henie doll, 14-15, 18, 21″ tall, celebrity doll, (Sonja Henie was an Olympic gold medalist ice skater and movie star), all composition, blonde curly wig, brown sleep eyes, open mouth showing four teeth, dimples, fully jointed, some have swivel or twist waist, usually dressed in a skating outfit but they used this head mold for some WWII military dolls and a Bride. Some of the small sized dolls used the Wendy Ann face, doll marked Sonja Henie Madame Alexander. Clothing will also have the Sonja Henie name included on the tag
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