Vintage 1930s Flexy Sunny Sam sailor doll has a wooden body and feet with composition head and hands with flexible tubular wire mesh arms and legs which can be positioned in many life-like positions.

He measures approximately 13 inches and is marked Ideal on the back of his head.

Beautifully done hand painted face with blue eyes and coral lips.

Original blue cotton boiler suit with sailor collar (with white trim) and red ribbon tie at the front of the collar. One button closure. There is no belt.

Original white sailor hat is attached to the head with two silver metal pins.

This Flexy doll was designed by Joseph Kallus and is rare.

White metal stand for display only and is not included.

CONDITION:

His hand painted face is in wonderful condition with no issues. There is some crazing, cracks, paint loss (to the hair) and a few tiny chips to the top and back of his head, most of which are underneath his hat.

His wood body is in excellent condition with no paint loss or other issues.

His wood feet have some paint loss on the inside of the right foot which someone long ago touched up with black paint.

The wire mesh arms and legs are in excellent condition with no corrosion, breaks, rust or other issues.

His cotton suit and hat shows some light soiling and/or fading, but there are no tears, stains, rips, stains, holes, odors or other issues.

I have not cleaned the doll or his clothing and hat, and will leave that to his new owner.

This will be mailed in a box.

Flexy Dolls, designed by Joseph Kallus, are unique in the doll world. they are 13" tall, with compo heads and hands, wooden bodies and feet, and posable tubular wire mesh arms and legs. Characters included Baby Snooks, Mortimer Snerd, Sunny Sue and Sunny Sam. A Soldier doll and a black doll were also made with the Sunny Sam head mold, and a Clown was made with the Mortimer Snerd head mold. The Soldier head was later used for all-compo military dolls during WWII.

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