Googly Eye Antique Dolls Identified 1892+
Goo goo eye, Googlie Eye, Googly Eye, Googly Eyed, Googly Eyes or Ogling eyes are all terms used to describe the side glancing and sometimes side rolling eyes of these charming dolls. Googly eye dolls have been made from antique to modern times, always with eyes slyly glancing to the side. The Googly term is thought to have originated from the German words “Guck Augen” which translates to “ogling eyes that move to one side”.
The German word Schieler probably describes dolls with googly eyes and is found in German catalog descriptions and incised on some Googly dolls. Googly dolls can be a few inches tall to to a whopping 22″ but most googlies are under 12″ tall. Googly dolls are very desirable, highly valued by doll collectors and are reproduced by doll hobbyists and artists.
Googlies Featured in the “Cotillion” Auction, video courtesy of by Theriault’s Dolls on YouTube 10-15 January 2015.
Antique Googly Eye Doll Makers Identified
A two faced 14″ composition German googly doll unknown maker, Bahr & Pröschild, Jolly Kids, Little Bright Eyes and Tiny Tot googlies sold by George Borgfeldt, Emil Bauersachs Caprice googly eye doll, Butler Brothers, Calvaire cloth googly eye dolls, Cameo, Austin Frederick Carl, Palmer Cox Brownies dolls 1893 (Arnold Print Works), Dennis, Malley & Company Demalcol googly dolls, Grace Drayton googly dolls for Borgfeldt, Eisenmann Einco googlies, Freundlich Novelty, William Goebel, Max Handwerck (Elite), Hansi, Hertel & Schwab, Ernst Heubach, Gebrüder Heubach, Oscar Hitt (see Borgfeldt dolls), Horsman, Ideal Twinkie doll, Japan also made Betty Boop type dolls, Jeanette doll mold 500 googly eye doll, Gebruder Junghans Zwickau Puppenfabrik.
Kammer & Reinhardt (K & R), Kestner (JDK), some Rosie O’Neill Kewpie dolls, Franz Kiesewetter, Kley and Hahn, Kling, Gebrüder Koch, La Prialytine, Martha Lehmann cloth mask face Muschi dolls, Lenci, Limbach, Armand Marseille, Morimura Brothers, Mengersgereuth Porzellanfabrik, New Toy Manufacturing Company Wall Eye dolls; Jack and Jill (like Hug Me Kiddie big eye dolls), Nockler & Tittel Dickerle (My Little Darling googly doll), Chloë Preston Peek-A-Boo dolls made by Schafer & Vater, Theodor Recknagel, Samstag & Hilder (distributor of Hug Me Kiddies dolls), SFBJ, Schieler googly as shown above, 1981 Shackman Little Miss Googley Eyes all bisque 6″ doll a museum reproduction, Simon & Halbig, PD Smith, Hermann Steiner, Strobel & Wilken (SWC), Swaine & Company, Tip Top Toy Company Ever Lovin’ Kids googlies, Walther & Sohn, Adolf Wislizenus, Louis Wolf and probably others.
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Googly Eyed Doll Mold Numbers Identified
5, 9, 21, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 62, 86, 87, (2) 88, 106, 111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 133, 162, 163, 165, 172, 173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 189, 200, 208, 210, 213, 217, 218 14, 219, 221, 222, 223, 228, 240, 241, 242, 243, 246, 245, 247, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 271, 273, 274, 289, 291, 292, 292, 310, 318, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 329, 330, 393, 401, 403, 405, 417, 419, 424, 439, 455, 500, 505, 510, 511, 686, 711, 900, 950, 1403, 1500, 4264, 4740, 5503, 6427, 7587, 7589, 8141, 8202, 8555, 8589, 8590, 8606, 8678, 8723, 8724, 8729, 8764, 8995, 9056, 9081, 9085, 9087, 9141, 9513, 9520, 9572, 9573, 9578, 9589, 9594, 10342, 10383, 10542, 10642, 10698, 10790, 954647, AW, HS, crown symbol N 4/0 or 11/0, R 43 A, R 44 A, R 45 A, R 46 A, R 47 A, R 50 A, SK (Limbach).
Googly Eye Doll Name Marks
Caprice or Elizabeth Demalcol EINCO ELITE Jeanette Jolly Kids & September Morning Nobbikid Schieler