Dollhouse Doll 1950s Grecon England Grandma Little People 3.5in Orig Label Vtg

Description: Wonderful vintage flexible Dollhouse Doll Grandma by Grecon EnglandMid to late 1950s3 1/2 inches or 9 cm tallOriginal label Grecon Little-People Made in England Great detailPainted facial features, no fading, no wearWire eye glasses Apricot rayon fabric dress and under skirt, minimal fadingBlack and white lace trim, pink seed bead jewel at her neck Grey wool yarn hair showing loss on the back of her head, half is gone Molded black lead shoes/feetStands well1:18 to 1:24 scaleLast photo show other Grecon Dollhouse Dolls available, each listed separately. Grecon trademark name comes from using letters within the creator's name Margarete Cohn. Originally registered in Germany in 1920, she made her first dollhouse dolls in 1927. Margarete fled to England in 1936 and resumed production of her little dolls. Grecon name was registered in England in 1940. She sold through large and small stores including Hamleys, A Barton & Co up to 1986. She died in 1991. Early dolls were entirely hand made by Margarete. Later she employed cottage workers to outsource some of the finishing/clothing. Dolls have a wire frame, padded out with cotton waste, torsos wrapped with fabric, and then wrapped/bound with thread or wool yarn for their limbs. Early heads were wrapped wooden buttons, covered with fabric with handpainted features and wool yarn hair, later just fabric circles padded out. Feet are molded lead, various sizes over the years. Early feet were wide wedges. Oxford feet / small oxford feet, molded with heel and laces detail, date the doll to the mid 1940s to early 1950s. Early dolls had no labels. The style of label dates to the same time line as the oxford feet. Later labels, starting late 1950s, included the term Little-People with a hypen. Even later, 1960s into the 80s the term did not have a hyphen on the labels, and feet were even smaller and the later dolls have trouble standing.

Price: 50 USD

Location: OAKVILLE

End Time: 2025-01-21T16:26:27.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7 USD