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Pam's
22"
Saucy Walker Doll With Rod Connections From Head To
Torso
This
Doll Is a Rare Saucy From Ideal. One of the
first issue dolls made in 1951.
DESCRIPTION:
This type doll has only surfaced with us
once so far...We have had her from a long time now and are
preparing her surgery. We have never seen before a
22" Ideal Toy Corp. Doll like this one. She
has a rod, factory installed from the top of her head to
the inside of her Torso. The connection of the 2
rods will meet together at the arm level.
How we can tell that this very old and
more than likely one of IDEAL'S first Saucy Walkers is
factory done is this: Inside the head, there is no
rod going from one side to the other like so many of the
Saucy heads have.. At the very top of the inside
of her head there is one large molded area for the rod
to fit into. The factory also put a piece of gauze and
glue to reinforce it. See all photos below.
You will also see another Saucy head below that does not
include the molded area for the rod. The Rod Doll
above also has no molded area on the sides of her head
for a metal rod to hold an elastic band either but the
other Saucy Head does.
Her hair is Saran and uncut by a
child. This rod 22" Saucy Walker doll was
one of the first before the band connection from torso
to head so they more than likely did not think of
braids for her at that time. The hair has been
on curlers for months so it is pretty tightly
curled. When wet it is about another 1/2"
longer. Ideal wigs were not the best so even
though the hair looks very thick it has sections from
the factory that has no hair covering the scalp
because the hair above was purposed to cover that area
as well. Hard to explain but she is not missing
any hair. Larger ringlets might have done better
instead of our curling the hair in smaller ones.
Her torso is a replacement but she has
her original legs and Mama crier that does work loudly
and all of her rod and walking mechanism on the inside
except a couple of new screws are all original. Since
her head is connected to her torso with a metal rod,
her head is ridged and will turn with every step she
takes but ht cannot be pulled down at the chin
not turned left or right without the leg being moved
to turn her head right or left. I can readily
see why they did not continue with this design.
Her little replica styled dress with
Pinafore is made by our seamstress, Lois at toniwear@aol.com.
Please see her doll clothing here.
Thank you for your interest.
This doll is SALE
PENDING...Not for sale at this time.
Our Florida collector wants us to give her first chance
at the purchase. We will be adding another 22"
Saucy Walker Doll dressed in similar Disney type
clothing soon. We are posting this doll now as an
interest page for the Saucy Walker Doll History
information for Ideal Saucy Walkers of the 1950's.
This doll is amazingly more beautiful
in the real. These photos do her no justice.
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