1950s Ideal Baby Mine doll 11" mint condition w hand-made outfit from the period
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Gorgeous vintage Ideal "Baby Mine" doll, a model made between 1951 and 1954.
11" tall, mint condition, all hard plastic fully jointed body, blue side-glancing sleep eyes, a sweet smiling expression, painted eyebrows, molded painted hair, marked on back "Ideal Doll".
The "Baby Mine" model was originally sold wearing a white cloth diaper held on with a safety pin.
It became known as the "Bucilla Thrift Kit" doll, because at that time you could purchase a "Bucilla Thrift Kit" to sew outfits for it.
That particular one I found wearing this super elegant rose crochet outfit. It is so professionally made (especially compared to the home-made crochet dresses you so often see on vintage dolls...) that I was ready to believe the doll was sold with it back then!
Hand-crafted with fine rose silky cotton thread and rose ribbons, it comprises a dress with a sash, shoes (unfortunately one is missing) an undergarment just like the dress, and a hat.
The main skirt is ruffled, the underskirt is ruffled, the short sleeves are ruffled, the hat is ruffled, YET the result is totally tasteful.
The outfit has some slight discoloration going on, I don't know if it's ingrained dust or sun exposure. I carefully washed the hat, ribbons and shoe with Woolite, which improved the situation but hasn't yielded a perfect result yet.
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