Dancing Girls
Both were made by the same foundry and both have similar numbers on the back, "122" and "120".
Height (yellow) = 9 and 6/16 inches.
Height (green) = 9 and 4/16 inches.
Hollow back with number "1252". There is a small blunt wedge in the back, with a wooden peg extending from a round hole in the casting.
Height = 7 and 6/16 inches.
Flat back, no markings.
Height = 7 and 12/16 inches.
Pot metal, full figure but flattened on the back of her skirt, where there is a bell logo with the word "Supex" on the bell, and tiny lettering under the bell that says "Supex DATED 1914" It is very difficult to read, and I may be wrong by a few letters.
Height = 7 and 13/16 inches.
Full figure, solid. Very heavy. She has a hat made of leaves.
Height = 9 and 2/16 inches.
Full figure with oval hole in the bottom, and the number "76" on back, at the bottom of her dress.
Height = 7 and 11/16 inches.
Back is hollowed out inside her skirt only, rest is full figure.
Height = 6 and 4/16 inches.
Has a large "2" indented in the back, and the words "Made in France".
Height = 9 and 10/16 inches.
Shown is the cover of French movie review Cine-Miroir, July 1, 1922.
Full figure solid newspaper boy, with incised lettering on the front of the base: "SpEshuL" and a diamond shape on the back of the base with raised lettering: "XEPTON" (possibly "REPTON"?)
Height = exactly 7 inches.
Full figure, solid, no markings. Base is thicker at the back..
Height = 7 and 9/16 inches.
Solid base but hollowed out back. Number "1283" on the back, and raised letters "THE WEST WIND" on the front of the base.
Height = exactly 18 inches.
Solid base but hollowed out back. No markings. This is an early reproduction of the Littco original.
Height = 13 and 10/16 inches.
Full figure, two-part casting, with the child in pot metal held to the cast iron base by 2 screws. The base is marked with the B&H logo in a circle, and the number "217" in raised numerals. There are two rubber bumpers on the back of the base.
Height = 9 and 14/16 inches.
Taken from the Gainsborough painting, pictured at the right. Doorstop has a flat back with no markings.
Height = 10 and 9/16 inches.
Taken from the Gainsborough painting, pictured above. Doorstop has a flat back with cobblestone texture, and has the B&H mark in a circle, which is the mark of Bradley and Hubbard.
Height = 8 and 8/16 inches.
Heavy cast iron base has number "429B" in the hollowed out part. Rubber knobs on back. The boy is full figure in pot metal, and held on to base by bolts under his feet.
Height = 9 and 13/16 inches.
Sailor Boy
Full figure in pot metal on cast iron base. Raised number "7903" and the B&H logo in a circle are found under the base.
Height = 8 and 4/16 inches.
Large letters on the back read: "20th CEN 1934" Perhaps produced by her boss, 20th Century-Fox.
Height = 9 12/16 inches.
Flat back, and back of base is wedged.
Height = 6 and 1/16 inches.
On Back: "Bronze Product Co. Inc" but this piece is actually made of cast iron.
Height = exactly 7 inches.
Hollowed out but very heavy.
Height = 9 and 2/16 inches.
Girl with Flower Basket
Hollowed out, heavy, no markings.
Height = 8 and 12/16 inches.
These are flat iron plates with the design engraved into the front surface. Wedge type doorstops.
Boy's height = 7 and 14/16 inches.
Girl's height = 7 and 12/16 inches.
Hollowed out behind her head, trunk and the two pails, otherwise flat on back. No markings.
Height = 6 and 3/16 inches.
Very detailed casting which depicts the exact image of a girl scratched by a cat in a popular trade card of the 1890's (shown at the right). Doorstop has the number "1271" on the back.
Height = 8 and 12/16 inches.
Hollowed out back, with "B&H" and the number "7798". She is held to the base with two large screws, and there are two rubber bumpers on the back of the base.
Height = 12 and 15/16 inches.
Hollow back, no markings.
Height = 9 and 11/16 inches.
Hollow back, no markings. Solid Base.
Height = 9 and 9/16 inches.
Designed for Hubley by Grace Gebbie Drayton (1877-1936), who also designed the Campbell Kids for the Campbell Soup Company. Her previous name (by first marriage) was Grace Gebbie (GG) Wiederseim, the signature she signed on all the Cupie Doll postcards she invented around 1910. These doorstops are signed, in the casting, with her distinctive signature (large script G's with long tails) on the back of each base.
Bobby = 9 and 13/16 inches.
Dolly = 9 and 9/16 inches.
Very heavy piece with flat back. Usually with leopard skin, this one is painted with a tiger skin. No markings on the back.
Height = 12 and 11/16 inches.
Lots of writing on the back: "COPYRIGHTED (backwards D) 1930 CREATION CO. PAT. NO. 160"
Height = 8 and 14/16 inches.
Child-sized doorstops, full figure and solid.
Height = 5 and 7/16 inches (him) and 5 and 10/16 inches (her).
Full figure solid, but the backs of the flower baskets and the base are flat to catch the door. Number "1275" on back of the base.
Height = 7 and 6/16 inches.
Full figure solid, no markings.
Height = 7 and 1/16 inches.
Full figure solid, no markings.
Height = 5 and 15/16 inches.
Full figure but flattened. Has a number "1245" at the top of the back of the base.
Height = 8 and 13/16 inches.
Has "PAT APPD FOR" behind her dress and legs. On the back of the base: "TRADE \WS/ MARK".
Height = 8 and 1/16 inches.
Numbers "120" and "121" on the backs.
Heights = 7 and 4/16 inches (him)
and 7 and 12/16 (her).
Solid base but back is slightly hollowed out and has "PRODUCTION PATTERN AND FOUNDRY CO." "CHICOPEE MASS." and "COPYRIGHT 1960" This is a skillful re-make of an earlier version. A small house-shaped logo appears on the front just under the golf bag. This piece also has engraving on the front of the base, indicating it was used as a golf trophy in 1965.
Height = 8 and 5/16 inches.
Full figure, hollow. Marked with a Japanese symbol on the back of his robe. It's a square around a symbol that looks like a "g" with a roof over it.
Height = 10 and 4/16 inches.
Looks like a tarantula on the right side of her dress! Very heavy piece despite its small size. Hollowed out in back with the number "664" in the hollowed out part.
Height = 4 and 14/16 inches.
Hollowed out back, with number "663". Same series as Miss Muffet above.
Height = 8 and 12/16 inches.
Back is very similar to Peasant Woman, with superb casting, holes for rubber knobs on the back of the base, and the number "1278" on the back of the base.
Height = 8 and 12/16 inches.
Flat back, no markings, wedge in the back.
Height = 8 and 7/16 inches.
Flat back, no markings, held to base by one screw.
Height = 8 and 13/16 inches.
Flat back, no markings on the back, but has incised lettering on the front of the base: "The Little Camper".
Height = Exactly 9 inches.
Full figure and solid. No markings.
Height = 7 and 12/16 inches.
Full figure, iron base and pot metal figure, no markings.
Height = 9 and 10/16 inches.
Full figure solid, and has a flat back on the base, with the number "1276".
Height = 10 and 9/16 inches.
Full figure, hollow, with octagonal base, and round hole in the bottom. No markings.
Height = 6 and 15/16 inches.
Flat back except for slot between his legs. No markings.
Height = 10 and 10/16 inches.
Flat back except for slot between his legs. No markings.
Height = 7 and 9/16 inches.
Full figure, hollow. Back of the base says: "©1931 M-L Co. NYC."
Height = 8 and 10/16 inches.
This one is lead, but also found in cast iron. Incised lettering on the front of the base: "Little Black Sambo".
Height = 8 and 6/16 inches.
Flat and very smooth on the back, and has large number "72".
Height = 6 and 3/16 inches.
Full figure, hollow, two-piece casting held with a screw on his rear end. No markings.
Height = 10 and 14/16 inches.
Hollowed out back, no markings.
Pictured with the ubiquitous reproduction on the right.
Height = 12 and 3/16 inches.
Reproduction height = 11 and 5/16 inches.
Quite an impressive back! Large raised letters across the base: "LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD" On wolf: "PAT. PENDING" On her: "NUYDEA" Behind her skirt: "860"
Height = 7 and 6/16 inches.
Smooth flat back, no markings.
Height = 9 and 4/16 inches.
Casting and paint styles resemble the bottle openers of the 1950's, putting it in that era. Well cast and heavy, partly hollowed out in the back, but the base is not hollowed out. No markings.
Height = 5 and 10/16 inches.
Hollowed out back, no markings.
Height = 16 and 15/16 inches.
Full figure solid, no markings.
Height = 6 and 4/16 inches.
Hollowed out base, but heavy casting for its size. No markings.
Height = 2 and 6/16 inches.
