Question

I have just acquired eight old dolls and I know nothing about them.  Please
can you help me?

If you would like to see a photo of them please email me with the heading ‘
dolls photo’ and I would be very happy to send it to you.

Here goes;

The first one is a 12″ Eskimo doll. On it’s back it says Regal Made in
Canada.  It seems to be completely made of vinyl and its eyes are painted
white with a black ‘ball’ type item in the corners making it look to one
side.  It is fully clothed and  has black short hair and it seems to be
undamaged.  I don’t know how old this doll is or how much it is worth

The second one is a 12″ barbie-type doll.  On it’s back it says Tina Cassini
Made in British Hong Kong.  It seems to have a hard plastic body and legs
and a soft vinyl face and rubber arms.  It has a red satin ‘Chinese’ type
dress, short white hair, and painted eyes which are also looking to one
side.  It is wearing white pants and has no shoes and it seems to be
undamaged.  I don’t know anything about this doll.  Is it something to do
with the designer Olag Cassini?  How old is it and is this doll worth
anything?

The third doll is a 11″ Indian doll.  It has a brown hard plastic baby on
its back wrapped in what I think is white rabbit fur.  It has a label tag
saying Hand Made Fait a la Main Canada BLM.  It is all brown hard plastic
with working brown sleep eyes with plastic eyelashes and black plaited hair.
It is dressed in blue suede with brown leather with beads sewn on and it
also has an embroidered shawl over one arm.  It has a beaded necklace and a
blue feather in its headdress.  It has blue suede beaded moccasins and seems
to be complete and undamaged.  I do not know how old this doll is or the
value.

The fourth one is a 12″ hard plastic doll in National costume.  Its apron is
hand painted with flowers and has NICE on it.  On the back it has the
letters MS in a Triangle and under that it says DEPOSEE.  The doll is
wearing a straw hat and has black hair.  It has working blue sleep eyes with
plastic eyelashes and has an oriental type black eyeliner line coming from
the outside edges.  It has a bust which is covered with a scarf and it is
also wearing a red striped full skirt with a pair of white plastic shoes
underneath (no underwear).  The apron is edged with lace and its straw hat
has flower-type pom-pom’s on it.  It has a small bit of water damage on the
bottom of it’s skirt but I suppose this could be washed away with a damp
cloth or something.  I know nothing about this one!  How old, value,
anything!

The fifth one (The Pirate) is the one I need the MOST help with!  I have
Never seen anything like this one!  There are no markings and I do not know
what it is made from.  It seems a lightweight material and looks like it has
been hand painted and varnished (I think).  Is it Long John Silver without
the parrot?  There seems no sign of anything ever being on his shoulder.  He
is 8 and a half inches high with a red pirates hat with gold tassel detail,
a red and white striped jumper and navy cord trousers.  It has a black scarf
and a black vinyl-type belt with a buckle.  It has one black boot and one
black stump. It is beautifully hand painted with excellent detail on its
face with a beard and gold ear-rings and it has also has a black painted eye
patch.  Its arms and legs seem to be wire which has been covered and covered
with cotton and his body is ?  ……It’s body seems to be a similar type of
thing as the limbs, What is it? It’s hands feet and face are all the same
and are painted.  Are they composition?  How do you tell the difference
between composition, celluloid or could it be something else?  Any idea on
age, value etc?  I’d LOVE to hear your views on this one!  This is a really
difficult one!

The sixth one is a 8″ hard plastic doll.  It has working blue sleep eyes
with plastic eyelashes and wavy brown hair.  It is dressed in a dusky pink
cord dress and bonnet tied with a blue ribbon under her neck.  She is
wearing white ankle socks, white shoes, white knickers and a net petticoat.
Her dress is edged with a blue stitching detail across the bottom and around
her sweetheart neckline.  On her back is ‘Made in Hong Kong’ in a circle
with the word ‘in’ in the middle.  This doll seems undamaged and complete.
How old is she and what is her value?

The seventh one looks really old.  It is a 8″ Welsh National Costume hard
plastic doll.  Its head, arms and legs seem to be joined together by screws
into some sort of mechanism inside.  It seems undamaged and complete except
one of the elastic bands which holds one of her plaits together has
perished, but her hair could easily be replaited and re-tied.  She has
working blue sleep eyes and it looks like she never had any eyelashes.  On
her back it says SAROLD.  Her clothes are made from wool and she is wearing
the traditional black Welsh hat and shawl etc.  She has painted black shoes
and has beautiful red painted lips.  Her red wool skirt has a black and
white check pinny-type front and she looks complete and undamaged.  How old
is she and her value?

The last one (eighth) is a tiny hard plastic doll which is in a type of
Matchbox.  She is complete and her box says TINY TOTS from PEDIGREE.  She
has such a cute face with blush cheeks and big blue eyes and brown curled
hair.  She is sitting in her box with a pink dress on which has been tied
across the middle with the same fabric. The box is 8cm x 5cm x 3cm.  Her
standing height is just under 3 and a half inches.  The box has a slight
sticker damage to the front but other than that seems fine for its age.  I
think I remember these dolls from the 70’s…am I right? Or is it later?
Anyway, I have no idea of its value.  I have never seen these dolls in
matchboxes for years! Any information?

Thankyou for reading this LONG letter, like I said before I would be happy
to send you a copy of the dolls photo on request.  ANY information at all
will be very gratefully received as I would love to know anything about
these dolls…especially the ages, value and other information if possible.
Thanks and Take Care!

Answer

Here is some information on the Tina cassini doll..

http://www.brtb.com/board/dolls/messages/280.html

The second one is a 12″ barbie-type doll.  On it’s back it says Tina Cassini
Made in British Hong Kong.  It seems to have a hard plastic body and legs
and a soft vinyl face and rubber arms.  It has a red satin ‘Chinese’ type
dress, short white hair, and painted eyes which are also looking to one
side.  It is wearing white pants and has no shoes and it seems to be
undamaged.  I don’t know anything about this doll.  Is it something to do
with the designer Olag Cassini?  How old is it and is this doll worth
anything?

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