1930's Reliable ~Baby Joan~ Composition Baby Doll - Cute and Chubby

1930's Reliable ~Baby Joan~ Composition Baby Doll - Cute and Chubby

On offer is a cute 1930's, all composition Baby Joan doll, from the Canadian company, Reliable. This chubby cutie measures 17" long. Baby has blue sleep eyes that work well. She is missing lashes on her right eye. This doll has been restored with repainting. Her brown hair is missing some paint and she has a few spots of crazing. Baby has a sweet closed mouth and a closed mouth. She is wearing a crocheted bonnet and a simple cotton dress that she was wearing, when I purchased her. She would be a good doll to knit for. She displays well in a pram or high chair. Here is information about the Reliable Company. By the early thirties, the Reliable Toy Company had the largest doll-making factory in the British Empire and was supplying most of Canada's dolls. It displayed its products at toy fairs throughout the world, and was soon shipping thousands of dolls to countries such as Australia, South Africa and Scotland.

During the Second World War, Reliable made the Eaton's Beauty dolls as well as many army, navy, air force and nurse dolls. The Maggie Muggins doll was very popular after the war. In 1948 the company made the first Barbara Ann Scott doll, which sold well for five years, becoming Canada's most famous doll.

The Dee an Cee Company, established in 1938, made fine-quality composition dolls that soon gained a reputation for being beautifully dressed. Mattel Inc. bought Dee an Cee in 1962. Earle Pullan of Toronto started a company bearing his name in 1945 and began making composition dolls in 1947. York Toy Specialty Ltd. and the Freeman Toy Co. also made composition dolls in the forties.

Composition dolls were manufactured until 1955, but their popularity decreased as new plastics were introduced.

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Item ID: c-ReliableChubbyBaby

$24 USD

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