Plastic doll
Trendon Limited
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Vinyl doll
Measurements
Doll - 295 mm (height), Moses basket - 335 mm (length); 123 mm (width); 85 mm (depth), Box - 373 mm (length); 152 mm (width); 98 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Stockport SK5 6DU
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660994
Summary
A vinyl black 'Sashababy' doll, model number 518, 'Black Baby, Baby Cara, Little Flower' with the original packaging box (circa 1982). The doll was made by the company 'Trendon Limited', Stockport, UK. The doll was in production from 1980 to 1983. This doll was donated as new by Trendon Limited in in 1982 and has therefore been dated between 1982. Sasha dolls were created by a Swiss artist called Sasha Morgenthaler. From 1965 Sasha dolls were produced by various different companies and then in 1970 'Trendon Limited', Stockport, UK began production. Trendon Limited produced these dolls until 1984 when 'Sasha Dolls Limited' became the selling company until 1986 when the factory closed. The doll is made of hard vinyl. The face has moulded and painted facial features with brown eyes. It's rooted nylon hair is black. The socket head turns. The body is made in two parts joined together with a distinct ridge. The arms and legs move from joints at the shoulders and hips. The doll is wearing a pink, blue, and purple sprig, cotton dress with matching knickers and brown leatherette shoes with ankle straps. The doll is lying inside a woven straw 'Moses' basket without handles. The box is made of white cardboard with a clear plastic top. The sides and one end are printed with faces of different dolls in the series. The interior of the box is lined with white removable cardboard. There is a self-adhesive label with a colour photograph of the doll and details of the manufacturer on one end of the box. Also on the label are printed the Sasha symbol and the words 'Sashababy'. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
Self-adhesive label on one end of box: '518/ Black Baby/ Little Flower/ Made in England/ Trendon Limited/ Stockport England/ SK5 6DU/ Printed in England/ 433-798' Underside of box: 'GBpatent no.1104369, USA patent no.3537209, other foreign patents applied for'
Makers and roles
Trendon Limited, manufacturer