Barbara Ann Scott doll
Catalog #
2008.001.001
Accession #
Barbara Ann Scott doll by Reliable. Blue Velvet costume with white fur trim. Blond curly hair. Blue and fur head band. Blue sleep eyes. White skating boots. Doll is made of composition. Should have a matching hat, but this is missing.
The Reliable Toy Company Limited of Toronto, Canada was founded in 1920 by Solomon Frank Samuels, later joined by his brothers Alex Samuels and Ben Samuels, had a long history of making quality doll products. In the beginning Reliable imported bisque doll heads from Germany, put it on a body made from a USA company and assembled these into their own dolls. From 1922 until 1955 they began producing their own dolls, first made of composition, later of hard plastic and vinyl.