Acme Doll
Q: I bought this baby doll at an antique shop in Maine last summer. It’s not in very good shape. The eyes work but the crier doesn’t. “Acme Toy Co.” is marked on the back of the doll’s neck. It has a cloth body, but I’m not sure of the material of the arms and legs. It’s about the size of a 1-year-old child. I have another doll just like this I have had since I was a child about 70 years ago, but its face isn’t in good shape. (I left mine in the rain, so I pretended it had the measles.) Can you tell me something about the maker?
A: The Acme Toy Co. was in business in New York City from 1908 until at least the 1930s. The company made composition doll heads, baby dolls, mama dolls, and doll parts for other manufacturers. The dolls have composition heads and limbs and stuffed cloth bodies. The doll, in excellent condition, would sell for about $100.
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hello all. i’m just wondering if this issue has been resolved already and that the doll has been repaired? if so, let us know then what is the updates. cheers.
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Acme Toy Mfg. Co. lasted until the late 1950’s not the 1930’s as stated here and elsewhere.
Saul Ricklin
Acme Toy Mfg. Co. was owned by my father Isaac Ricklin. He designed and made high quality character baby and mama dolls. He akso made the Kiddiejoy dolls for Jacobs & Kessler Hirtz and baby dolls for George Borgfeldt Co. His distributor was Kaufman,Levenson & Co. Some of his dolls were Honey Baby, Lady Doll, Patsy, and Tynie baby like.
Saul Ricklin
My father Isaac Ricklin was the designer and owner of Acme Toy Manufacturing Co. He made high quality character baby. and mama dolls. Acme also madet the Kiddiejoy dolls for Jacobs and Kessler Hirtz and baby dolls for George Borgfeldt Co. His distributor was KaufMAN , Levenson & Co.
Some of the doll names were Honey baby, Lady Doll, Patsy, and a Tynie Bab
I believe this is an Asian piece. would you be able to give me any information on it as to value it is red clay hand turned glazed with two dragons on it. thank you John.