RARE 22" SNOOKS & 2 SWEETS cloth dolls by Maud Tousey Fangel, Georgene Averill

Description

Gorgeous Baby doll family
"Soft & Cuddly"
Like a real Baby!
♥ ♥ ♥
Very seldom found
, irresistible, large 22" long, antique printed cloth,
circa 1936-38
,
"Snooks",
baby doll, designed by celebrated illustrator,
M
aud
T
ousey
F
angel
,* ("America's Foremost Baby Painter", July, 1937, "
Toys and Novelties
" advertisement) see examples of her drawings ~
not included
in this listing) and produced by
Georgene Averill Mfg. Co
. This
rare
and beautiful baby doll has a lovable, printed cloth face with life-like detail with sweet features including
wispy brown, printed hair,
large brown eyes, eyelashes and smiling mouth. Included with her are her
two,
12" long,
antique printed cloth,
circa 1938
,
"SWEETS",
baby dolls also designed by celebrated illustrator,
M
aud
T
ousey
F
angel.
* with lovable, printed cloth faces with life-like detail with sweet features including curly blonde printed hair, ("curl in the middle of her forehead") large
blue
eyes, eyelashes and smiling mouths.
Signed: M.T.F. cprt
., inside the side seams. One wears a darling antique cotton baby petticoat or slip, embroidered flannel diaper and knit booties (all need bonnets). They have
soft-stuffed, cloth bodies with shaped feet and mitt-type hands as described on pages 27-28,
"Cloth Dolls"-Judd as well as on pages 71,
"Doll Values", 8th edition-DeFoe & Stover and page 41, described on page 39, 16th edition Blue Book-Foulke and
featured on page 4, (introduction) 15th Blue Book of Doll Values-Foulke. "Peggy Ann'".
other sister dolls, large cloth "face" sheet and framed pictures are NOT included.
T
hey are in generally fair to good overall condition with clear features, no odors, and from a smoke free home although the largest doll has old taped repairs to age related tears in the body covering as shown and overall wear to the washable covering (oilcloth covering was used on some dolls and others were left with only the cloth finish) on her chubby body which does not distract.  One of the smaller, "Sweets", dolls also needs seam stitching along the edge of her face mask as shown.
Other MTF cloth baby dolls and original lithographed doll faces shown in group photos are
not included
and will each is separately.
Please note:
nearly all of our items are
antique or vintage
(usually with some signs of wear due to usage and previous storage). We do our very best to describe and photograph them for you (photos shown condition) and do not repair, restring,  repaint or enhance them in any way as most collectors prefer to find them in their original state.
Often these dolls were given to newborn babies and discarded when they became tattered. They were advertised in the May,
1936 issue
, of "
Toys and Novelties
" as ►"
washable and waterproof
". Her big cloth sisters & brothers, "
SNOOKS
", also pictured, and the MTF framed illustrations shown are
not
included
and will be
listed separately
. *Many of MTF drawings were
cover designs for magazines such as "
Harper's Bazaar
". She also made the first set of
Dionne Quintuplet
paper dolls.
< Doll with bonnet in this photo is NOT included.
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