Averill Hendren 1913+ Antique Dolls Identified USA
Averill Manufacturing Company a New York, USA a doll manufacturer was begun in 1913 by husband and wife team James Paul Averill and wife Georgene Hopf Averill, they also employed Georgene’s brother Rudolph A. Hopf and their daughter Maxine Averill. Georgene the doll designer, used the trade name Madame Hendren which is found in some of the doll markings. Averill also operated Paul Averill, Inc., Brophy Doll Company of Canada and Georgene Novelties (1923+) that made cloth dolls. Early dolls sold by Averill were purchased from other doll makers and dressed by Averill.
Dolls < 1913+ > | 1925+ | Georgene |
ca. 1916+ Averill Dutch Boy or Dutch Girl doll 11-20″ tall, composition flared or shoulder head with a cloth body, partial or full composition limbs, usually with painted, closed mouth, molded painted hair for boys, black mohair wig in braids over molded hair for girls, dressed in felt clothing. Purchased and dressed by Averill. Doll mold 72 is the Effanbee Betty Bounce doll.
ca. 1916+ Averill Dutch dolls, Black dolls, Cowboy dolls 13-20″ tall, composition flared or shoulder head and cloth body doll, partial or full composition limbs, usually with painted brown yes, closed mouth, black molded painted hair for boys, black mohair wig in braids some over molded hair for girls, dressed in felt American costume; tunic with fringe trimmed with beads, simple felt ribbon looped thru punched holes and tied for closure, pants or skirt with fringed, moccasin shoes, and headbands or feathered head dress as appropriate to the character or a felt fringed cowboy outfit with tunic and felt chaps.
Averill dressed and sold other doll makers dolls at this time, doll marks or mold numbers unmarked, 34, 72, Trion Toy Co 1915, three leaf clover initials R F L,, A.M. © Co.
ca.1916+ Averill American Indian Papoose Baby dolls 4-12″ tall in their felt fringed carriers; German bisque, celluloid, all composition or composition and cloth dolls, painted eyes, closed mouth, painted molded black hair. Most of these dolls are unmarked, or it’s unknown how marked due to the clothing and felt carrier that encloses them, dolls have a cloth tag Madame Hendren, Character Doll, Costume Pat. May 9th, 1916.
1916 Averill Hendren Preparedness Kid doll 12″ tall, WW 1 soldier, composition flange head and short arms, cloth body with outside disk joints and cloth legs, dressed in a khaki two piece uniform, belt, and hat with black cloth sewn on shoes, doll mark H.C.Q., fabric tag on sleeve Madame Hendren.
1916 Averill Hendren Black Boy in Blue Velvet doll 12″ same face mold and mark as Preparedness Kid with a black human hair mustache and goatee, dressed in a blue velvet tunic with open sleeves, white long sleeve shirt, blue pants, black oilcloth boots, chain belt.
1918 Averill Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk doll, 1st Mama doll 17, 20, 24-25″ tall, bisque or composition heads, hands and forearms, cloth stuffed body with a tailored heel, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open or closed mouth, doll heads are unmarked, doll body ink stamp; Madame Hendren Life-Like Doll, Patented June 11th, 1918. This is the first Baby doll created by Georgene and known to us today, as a Mama doll.
1922 Averill Dolly Reckord doll 26″ tall, composition shoulder head with a cloth body and a recorder, speaker mechanism in it’s back, sleep eyes, wigged, open mouth, doll mark in ink on body Genuine Madame Hendren Doll.
1923 Averill Black Rufus doll 12 1/2-13″ tall, dressed as an American Indian doll, same face mold as Dolly Dingle or Bobby Dingle 12 1/2-13″ tall, brown composition shoulder head and limbs, jointed at the shoulders and hips, black or brown cloth body, painted side glancing eyes, pug nose, closed smiling watermelon mouth with indented cheeks, face is similar to the Campbell Kid dolls made by American Character and Horsman. Doll mark G. G. Drayton ©, designed by Grace G. Drayton Weidersum.
1923 Averill U-Shab-Ti , Ushabti doll 18″ tall, Averill’s Tutankhaman Toys & Tut’s Pup, brown composition shoulder head and hands, brown cloth arms, body and legs, molded and pained black hair, painted brown eyes, slightly open smiling mouth, doll is unmarked, (head mold also found on white Mama dolls). Wore an Egyptian headdress, matching skirt a belt and sandals.
ca. 1924 Averill Chocolate Drop doll 13-14″ tall, same head mold as the Sis Hopkins doll with a black or brown composition head with five black yarn pigtails, brown cloth body, rest of doll is same as the Sis Hopkins doll, doll mark G. G. Drayton ©. Georgene made a cloth Chocolate Drop doll.
ca. 1924 Averill Sis Hopkins doll 13-14″ tall, composition shoulder head and lower arms, cloth stuffed body upper arms and legs, stitched hips, molded hair with five rust colored yarn pigtails and tied with a green ribbon, black side glancing painted eyes, watermelon painted slight smiling mouth, doll mark G. G. Drayton ©. The Sis Hopkins doll is designed by Grace G. Drayton Wiederseim and was a character played by comedian Rose Melville (1873-1946). Amberg also made a Sis Hopkins doll marked Sis Hopkins.
1924 Averill Madame Hendren Baby doll 22, 24″ tall, possibly other sizes, Baby Horsman look alike or competitor, composition flange head and lower arm and leg limbs or cloth arms with just composition hands with splayed fingers, cloth stuffed body and upper limbs, molded painted blond hair with curl on forehead, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll mark © A.M. Co. and body Ink stamp doll mark Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 424 Made in USA. Doll shown has been restored.
1924 Averill Pinky Winky doll 18″ tall, flat narrow head of cloth with a celluloid mask face and molded painted hair on front of face, large googly like celluloid disk eyes, closed mouth with dimples in each cheek and chin, cloth body and limbs, mitt hands, dolls are unmarked or marked M1S.
Designed by Averill for the Pinky Winky Products Company.
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1925 Averill Lullaby Baby doll,14, 16, 18″ tall, possibly other sizes, Bye-Lo doll type, composition doll mold 314, 316, 318 or bisque flange head doll mold 341 AM by Marseille, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, lightly molded painted hair, cloth body and limbs with straight cloth legs, composition or celluloid hands, on head doll mark AM © Co. or AM Germany 341 (bisque head by Marseille), on body ink stamp Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 314 Made in USA or Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 316 Made in USA or Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 318 Made in USA
1926 Averill Betty Bronson Cinderella doll 13″ tall, a topsy-turvy two headed doll, both are composition shoulder heads and arms, gray tin sleep eyes, brown mohair wig with a shared body, no legs, doll is unmarked. Betty Bronson (1906-1971) was an actress, played Peter Pan and was in A Kiss For Cinderella both JM Barrie silent films.
1926-1946 Averill Bonnie Babe doll, 12-24″ tall, bisque or celluloid head with molded painted hair, cloth body, composition limbs – some have a composition body with bent limb arms, sleep eyes, open smiling mouth with two lower teeth, doll mark Copr. By Georgene Averill Germany 1005-3653 1386 or 1602 on head. The larger bisque heads were made by ABG – Alt, Beck & Gottschalck and imported from Germany, distributed through George Borgfeldt.
There is also a Bonnie Babe doll mold 1393 probably made by the merged successors of ABG now named Carl Beck & Alfred Schultz 7″ tall, bisque head, sleep eyes, open mouth (no teeth), wigged with a jointed composition body, painted socks and shoes. Other small Bonnie Babe doll mold 12386 were made by Gebrüder Heubach.
1926 Averill Bonnie Babe doll 5-7″ tall, all bisque doll, jointed bisque body, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open mouth, molded painted shoes and socks.
1926-1929 Averill Whistling Dan doll 14″ tall, white or black doll, two different head molds one with side glancing eyes the other looking straight forward, composition head and lower arms, cloth body, upper arms and legs, painted side glancing eyes, puckered open mouth with a hole for whistling, doll heads are unmarked, an ink stamp mark on the cloth body of Genuine, Madame Hendren, Doll, Patented Feb. 2, 1926, Made in USA. Dan came dressed in a long sleeve shirt with bib front pants, also came dressed as a Dutch boy, Police man, Sailor or Cowboy.
Other Averill whistling dolls are; Whistling Nell a white girl doll and Whistling Rufus used the same head mold as Dan with molded hair and a Black Girl doll with three tuffs of hair.
1927 Averill Little Brother, Little Sister dolls or Kiddie Karakter doll 14″ tall, (all the same doll mold, dressed differently), composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed body, lightly molded painted hair, painted eyes and eye lashes, painted closed watermelon mouth, wearing clothes appropriate to the dolls name; a girl is Sister, boy is Brother and a nursery character is Kiddie Karakter. Designed by artist and doll maker Grace Corry Rockwell, doll mark
© By Grace Corry.
1927 Averill Sunny Boy doll, Sunny Girl doll, 14, 17, 19, or 22″ celluloid shoulder head with a slender cloth stuffed body, composition limbs, molded hair, glass eyes, doll mark turtle symbol, a sunburst, a doll mold number, Made in USA and the dolls name.
Additional Averill 1920s Dolls not shown:
ca. 1914 Averill September Morn doll 5″ tall, all bisque.
ca. 1920+ Averill Rag (dog) and Tag (cat) dolls 5-5 1/2″ tall, all bisque with a swivel head, loop jointed arms and legs, glass sleep eyes, open closed mouth, painted whiskers, painted textured like fur, painted shoes, doll mark label (Rag dog) Trademark Copr. by Georgene Averill 890 Germany, (Tag cat) Trademark Copr. by Georgene Averill 891 Germany distributed by George Borgfeldt.
1921 Averill Buddy Boy doll 19″ tall, composition flange head and lower arms, cloth upper arms, body and legs with stitched hips, molded painted blonde hair, painted eyes, closed mouth, Mama crier in tummy. Doll mark unmarked. Ink stamp on body; Madame Hendren Life Like Doll, Patented June 11th, 1918.
1921-1924 Averill Rock a Bye Baby doll 14, 16, 18″ tall, composition shoulder head and lower arms, cloth upper arms, body and straight legs, mohair wig, tin sleep eyes that close when doll is rocked, three criers; in doll body and both hips, open mouth, shipping box is the dolls cradle, doll is unmarked. The Rock a Bye Baby doll was sold through Sears.
1923-1924 Averill Wonder Dolls; Billie Boy or Billy Boy dolls 20-28″ tall, composition and cloth, they walk, talk, dance have painted hair, companion to the Betty doll, also a Mistress Bubbles or Master Bubbles doll. In 1922 Wonder Dancing dolls were featured in the musical act Tangerine, in the hit show song (You and I) Atta Baby song, by composer Carlo-Sanders.
ca. 1925 Averill Allie Dog doll or Allie Kat doll 15″ tall, bisque flange head with (Allie dog) floppy ears, big brown glass eyes, open smiling mouth with two upper and two lower teeth & red tongue, black nose, on cloth torso & upper legs with stitched hips, composition lower legs, doll marked Allie Dog (or Allie Kat), Allie Dog Copr by Georgene Averill, Germany 1405 distributed by George Borgfeldt.
1924-1925 Averill Baby Dingle doll part of the Dolly Dingle group of dolls, composition head with molded hair, painted eyes or sleep eyes.