Averill Hendren 1925+ Dolls Identified USA
Averill Manufacturing Company of New York, a doll manufacturer has a long and somewhat confusing history, mostly due to the various names the company operated under such as: Averill Mfg. Corp., Paul Averill, Inc., Brophy Doll Company (in Canada) and Madame Hendren. It was begun by husband and wife team James “Paul” Averill and wife Georgene Hopf Averill, they also employed Georgene’s brother Rudolph A. Hopf and daughter Maxine Averill. Georgene the doll designer, sometimes used the trade name Madame Hendren which is also in some of the doll markings, also Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk and Wonder dolls. Averill collaborated with Borgfeldt, Horsman and several other doll artists.
Dolls < 1913+ > | < 1925+ > | 1930s+ | Georgene |
ca. 1925 Averill Allie Dog or Allie Kat dolls 15″ tall, bisque flange head with (the dog) floppy ears, big brown glass eyes, open smiling mouth with two upper and two lower teeth and red tongue, black nose, on cloth torso and upper legs with stitched hips, composition lower legs, doll marked Allie Dog (or Allie Kat), Copr by Georgene Averill, Germany, 1405 distributed by George Borgfeldt.
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.
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
1926-1946 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.
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.
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.
1926-1929 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 Rag a dog and Tag a 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 and patented by George Borgfeldt, Patent No. 252,144 on 16 Jul 1927.
1927 Averill Sunny Boy or Sunny Girl doll 14, 17, 19 or 22″ celluloid shoulder head, a slender cloth stuffed body, composition limbs, molded hair, glass eyes, doll mark turtle mark, a sunburst, + doll mold number, Made in USA Sunny Boy or Girl.
1928 Averill Baby Brite doll, 18 or 22″ tall, one of the Life-Like baby doll line, composition flange head and limbs, stuffed cloth body, molded painted blonde hair, gray celluloid sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth, slight dimples on each side of mouth, can put it’s right index finger in it’s mouth, Effanbee Bubbles look a like or competitor (Bubbles can put her left finger in mouth, too), doll mark Madame Hendren Doll.
ca. 1928 Averill Everybody Loves Them doll 19-20″ tall, Mama type without a crier, composition shoulder head with cloth body, composition limbs, molded hair, sleep eyes, open mouth.
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1928 Averill Snookums doll 14″ tall, all composition with jointed body, white doll or black doll, tin eyes, open smiling mouth with two upper teeth, the black Snookums does not have a hair tuff on the top of his head, doll mark Madame Hendren Doll.
1928 Hendren Val-Encia doll 14 or 20″ tall, part of the Life-Like baby doll line, composition shoulder head with a felt like finish, composition arms and lower legs, cloth body and upper legs, voice box in tummy, body jointed at shoulders, stitched hips, mohair wig over unpainted molded hair, painted blue eyes with heavy eye make up, open mouth with painted upper teeth, came in a sheer cotton dress with felt appliqué trim in various colors; blue, pink and orange have been found, matching bonnet, socks and oilcloth felt shoes with a felt flower accent. Lenci like competitor doll. Doll marked on body with an ink stamp Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 1714 Made in USA or Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 1720 Made in USA.
1929 Averill Aviator Amelia Earhart doll, 17″ tall, composition shoulder head with molded hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth stuffed cloth body and limbs, dressed as an Aviator; jacket, shirt, wool pants, under wear, leggings, shoes, hat and goggles, doll is unmarked. Head mold was used on other Hendren – Averill dolls.
1929 Averill Jimmie doll (boy) or his girl friend Dimmie doll, 14″ tall, Patsy type look a like, socket head with all composition jointed body with/or without body twist ball joint waist, molded painted hair styled like Patsy with straight across bangs, large painted pupils comic like eyes, dolls are unmarked but had a wrist tag, dolls with the body twist waist may have an ink stamp on body; Madame Hendren, Patent Pending. We think both dolls are identical, but that the clothing determined the dolls name ie. dressed as a boy then it’s Jimmie, dressed as girl then it’s Dimmie.
Note: The Averill Jimmie or Dimmie doll was also called Boots doll by Horsman, Tootsie doll by Sears, both dolls are unmarked and the Maxine Doll Company named their doll Mitzi and is marked with her name, to make a positive ID on the manufacturer, ink stamp on doll body, tagged clothing, original wrist tag, box or possibly some manufacturers may have had a marking on their doll.
Dolls < 1913+ > | < 1925+ > | 1930s+ | Georgene |
Additional Averill, Hendren dolls not shown