Butler Brothers Antique Dolls 1877-1935 USA
Butler Brothers was originally a general merchandise mail order, importer and jobber, founded in Boston in 1877 by two brothers; Edward Burgess Butler and Charles Henry Butler and brother George Hamblet Butler joined them a year later.
Butler Brothers did not manufacturer dolls, instead like Sears and other distributors, they purchased dolls from others to sell throughout their many stores, starting with German imports and then dolls made in the USA.
Shown is a 1918 Uncle Sam doll, 32″ tall, with a composition flange head, molded painted light brown hair, blue painted eyes, closed mouth, excelsior stuffed body, upper arms and legs, jointed with outside disks, composition lower arms. Dressed in a red and white striped jumper with a blue and white star print jacket, black bowtie, light tan shoes, doll is unmarked.
Butler Brothers Antique Dolls Identified
Butler Brothers advertised (1918+) a line of large sized character dolls that are referred to as carnival dolls, because they were available through carnivals and fairs, most of these dolls are unmarked, some of the dolls have been attributed to Elektra Doll & Toy Company or New Era Novelty Company. Louis Amberg dolls, Averill dolls, Effanbee dolls, Gem Toy Co. Mama dolls, 1907-1914 Gebrüder Heubach Dolly Dimple doll, Ideal Flossie Flirt doll. Butler used the trade name of Marvel found under the Kestner crown and ribbon streamers on kid bodied dolls. Butler was at sometime an exclusive agent for Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh dolls,
1896-1899 Favorite bisque doll heads, jointed bodies, soft limbs
1905-1907+ China Rattle head dolls, Hertwig Pet Name China head dolls.
1907-1912 Matlock Patent Washable dolls, Pauline doll, Ruth doll.
1909 Kämpfe & Heubach Alice doll.
1910 North Pole Eskimo dolls, 9 1/2″ tall, with celluloid faces, brown plush fur bodies, voice box, white felt mitt hands and boots.
1912 Baby Betty doll by Armand Marseille
1913 Miss Millionaire kid body doll by Ernst Heubach
1914 The Wide Awake doll all bisque smiling Kewpie.
1915 Baby Bud doll, Baby Catherine doll by Effanbee.
1916 American Character Baby Petite doll
1916 All Bisque Cupid Boy or Cupid’s Sister dolls (she has a blue upside down bow in hair) mold 10383, 10414, 10949, 10950, 10954, doll mark Germany P
1917-1918 Bathing Girl, Rose Mary doll.
1918 Sweetie doll a Peterkin or Kewpie look a like
1919 Tiss-Me all bisque doll by Henry Mayer
1927 Dutch Girl or Boy dolls dressed in cloth and crepe
1926 Mammy black doll
1927 Yama Yama doll a boudoir Peggy doll in a black & white stripe clown suit
1928 Dainty Miss a Mama doll, Sissie doll by Cameo.
1928+ Regal Kiddie Pal dolls.
1929 Tootse doll, also sold at Sears.
All Rubber dolls, Aunt Sally doll, an Aviator doll, Babbit Boy advertising doll, Baby Bunting doll, Baby Buttercup doll, Banker’s Daughter doll, Banner Kid dolls, Beatrice doll, Boudoir dolls, Buster Brown doll 11 1/2″, Dorothy doll, Esther doll, Special Doll with a composition head, ABC Toy Co Mama dolls.
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Butler Brothers Doll Mold Numbers
10383, 10414, 10704, 10883, 10949, 10950, 10954
(mold numbers attributed to and sold by Butler, made in Germany)