Norah Wellings Vintage Doll from circa 1930

Here I have a very rare
Norah Wellings
Vintage Early Islander 300 Doll
23 cms
Collectors Item
With beaded legs
Hardest one to find
By Norah Wellings

Dating from 1930
Woven label appended at back
Amazing detail
Norah Wellings, who is considered by many experts to be the finest ever English designer of soft toys, began her career with the Chad Valley Company in 1919, aged 26. She rose through the ranks at the Chad Valley Wrekin Toy Works to become a chief designer of the company’s cloth doll range by the time of her departure in 1926.

In partnership with her brother Leonard, Norah founded the Victoria Toy Works in 1926. She initially rented an office at the family plastering business in Victoria Avenue, where she began to manufacture dolls with just six members of staff. The company eventually employing around 250 staff and establishing an enviable reputation based on Norah’s motto of ‘quality before quantity’.

Collection Dublin City Centre
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