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ca. 1921 Atlas Doll & Toy Metal Head doll, |
Atlas Doll & Toy Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois with a
factory in Baltimore, Maryland.
They
made
lots
of all metal dolls, also dolls with metal shoulder heads
with stationary glass eyes, sleep eyes
or painted eyes, molded painted or molded unpainted hair, some dolls
were wigged, with metal jointed arms on cork stuffed
cloth bodies.
PS:
If asked to identify an unmarked metal head
doll, we'd
start with Atlas Doll & Toy Company dolls.
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ca. 1921 Atlas Doll & Toy Metal head doll, 12" tall, metal shoulder head, the head is unpainted
or "raw" except for
the painted eyes, lightly molded unpainted hair, cloth stuffed body, stitched hips, cloth legs,
movable metal arms, doll is unmarked.
Photos courtesy of Brenda M.
It appears most of Atlas Doll & Toy metal head dolls are unmarked or
marked on the body as shown below.
Atlas Doll & Toy doll mark DEC 25 - 1920
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ca. 1921
Atlas Metal
head doll body |
Atlas Doll & Toy Company
some composition dolls marked ADTCo
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1921-1922 Atlas Doll & Toy Company Toddles doll, 11" |
1921-1922 Atlas Doll & Toy Toddles doll is 11" tall,
all composition head with lightly painted molded hair, tin blue sleep
eyes, painted upper and lower eyelashes, a closed painted mouth,
slightly rosy cheeks on a composition five piece bent limb baby
body, doll mark shown below, Toddles.
Atlas Doll
& Toy doll mark Toddles
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1928 Atlas Doll & Toy Dolly Jump Rope doll, 13" tall,
composition shoulder head with molded painted blonde hair, blue
painted eyes, open/closed mouth with four white painted teeth, metal
arms attached to the jump metal rope, cloth body and legs, jointed
at the shoulders and hips, came in her own
wheeled metal cart with attached push handle, when arms are turned appears as though the doll is jumping the
rope, doll marked
Century Doll Co on shoulder plate.
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