8” Madame Alexander #451 Mary Mary ; Alexander Mark; Wendy Face; Mint, Box, Tag

Description: A lovely 8” Madame Alexander #451 Mary Mary from the Storyland Doll Series, ca. 1982, from Snowdrift Antiques.The Alexander Doll Company was founded in 1923 by Beatrice Alexander, aka Madame Alexander, and is still in operation today in New York, NY USA. The Alexander-Kins, Wendy, Wendy-Kins dolls, which are 7 1/2 - 8" tall, used the Wendy face mold from 1954-1994. Many of these dolls are either unmarked or marked ALEXANDER or ALEX.This is a very pretty 8” Madame Alexander doll dressed as Mary Mary Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow, #541. She has blue grey sleep eyes that open and shut with ease. Her light blond hair is in its original set with tight curls at her neck and a curly front to back ponytail with no fly-aways. Her face has lovely painted features, I do not see any marks or rubs and her cheek blush is bright after all these years. She has that sweet Madame Alexander Wendy face lip pucker.She is a strung plastic doll with a socket head, and jointed arms and straight legs. The mark on her back reads: ALEXANDER. The rubber bands used to string her were stretched out so she was restrung with elastic which should last longer.Her dress consists of a teal pink flower calico print cotton with lace trim at her neck and sleeve hems. She has a pink cotton apron with three pockets and green ric-a-rac trim. The pockets each hold a bouquet of pink and blue flowers. The dress is tagged in back with a label that reads: “Mary Mary” / by MADAME ALEXANDER / New York, USA. The dress closes with two snaps in back. The outfit is clean and crisp, looks like she was never played with and spent most of her days protected in her box.On her head she has a pink ribbon holding her pony tail in place. She has a blue plastic watering can tied to her right wrist.Her under garments consist of white cotton pantaloons with 2 rows of lace trim at the hem and a white cotton gathered slip with lace trim at the hem and gathered netting to help hold her skirt out. She wears white nylon socks and black faux suede shoes.She also retains her original wrist tag tied to her left wrist; it has a copyright date of 1982.Her Madame Alexander blue box is labeled MARY MARY 451. It is in very good condition with minor wear and retains the inner neck brace to hold her in place when boxed.This precious little Madame Alexander Mary Mary doll is looking for her new home, will it be yours?

Price: 25 USD

Location: Denver, Colorado

End Time: 2024-12-07T15:27:22.000Z

Shipping Cost: 2 USD