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Composition Doll Marks or Numbers 1899-1949

Here are some markings and numbers found on composition dolls made between 1899 - 1949.  The early composition doll's are made from glue, glycerin, zinc oxide & Japanese wax and are heavy and dense, the coloring can be almost white, gray or brown.  Each manufacturer kept their exact "recipe" a secret. When the doll dried, it often was dipped into a pink tinted glue composition which was a thin layer (but not all dolls have this).  Then the doll  was airbrushed with oil paint.  By 1916 or so the manufacturers began using ground-up sawdust, also called "wood flour", which made a much lighter doll.  Now a "hot press method" could be used, and the dolls dried even quicker, so production of the dolls was increased.  See also our Composition Doll page

 

Many dolls are unmarked, but luckily some have a marking to identify the manufacturer.

 

A - 

A - Averill, Ideal

ABC - A.B.C. Doll Shop by A.B. Cole, John & Lucinda McCourt

A.B.C. Toys - A.B.C. Toy Co.

ABD Co. - American Bisque Doll Co.

A.C. or A.D.C. - American Character Doll Co.

Acme Toy or Toyshop - Acme Toy Co.

ACO, Inc. - Averill

A.D.C. - American Doll Co.

A.D. Co. - American Doll and Toy Co., Aetna Doll Co.

A.D. CO - Madame Alexander Doll Co.

A.D.C. inside an acorn, American Made - Acorn Doll Co.

A.D.T. - Atlas Doll Co.

A.F. & C. Superior 2015 - A. Fleischmann & Cramer German

AGD - Allied Grand Doll Mfg. Co.

Alex or Alexander - Alexander Doll Co.

A.M. - Armand Marseille (German), American Character, American Doll Co., Averill Doll Mfg. Co.

A.M. © Co. or A.M. Co. - Averill Mfg - AM. copyright Co

AM Doll CO. - American Doll Co.

Amer. Char., Am. Char., America's Wonder Baby Dolls, America's Wonder Dolls - American Character Doll Co.

Amfelt - Louis Amberg, George Borgfeldt

An Angel picture - Schilling & Zitzmann

Anne Shirley - Effanbee

A. P. - Les Artas du Papier (France)

ARCY - Arcy Toy Manufacturing Co.

Art Craft USA in an oval - 1918-1920 ArtCraft Toy Products Co.,

in 1921 the name changed to ArtCraft Playthings Corp.

AX - Madame. Alexander Doll Co., Mollye

 

B - 

B & B - Baker & Bennett Co.

B.D.C. - Bester Doll Co

BKB - Beers, Keeler, Bowman Co.

Baby Blossom - Cameo

Baby Hendren - Averill Doll mfg. Co.

Baby Joy - by Royal Toy Mfging. Co.

Baby Petite - American Character Doll Co.

Baby Sandy - Ralph A. Freundlich Co.

Babyette - Effanbee Babyette doll

Bottletot - American Character Doll Co.

BRISTOL'S UNBREAKABLE DOLL/ 273 HIGH St. PROVIDENCE, RI. - Emma L. Bristol Doll Co.

 

C - 

C.D., C & D, C and D - Century Doll also called Doll Corp of America

C.P.M. - Charles Perls Mfg. Co. (British/UK)

Campbell Kids - American Character, Horsman

CAPO - Non-breakable Toy Co.

Charmo Toys Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. - Cameo, Streak puppy dog

Confetti Dolls - by Confetti Doll Co.

© 1924 M.N.S. - Horsman (Ella Cinders)

© By Grace Corry - Averill Doll Mfg. Co. (Little Brother & Sister)

   - copyright by Grace Corry

© L. - unknown American doll maker

 

D - 

D & C - Dee and Cee Co. (Canada)

D.T.C. or D.T.M.C. - Dominion Toy Mfg. (Canada)

D.V. or Dee Vee - Davis & Voetsch - The Dee Vee Doll Co.

Darling - Irwin Doll Co.

Dapper Dancing Dolls - S & H Novelty Doll Co.

DECO - Otto Denivelle, Averill, Effanbee Doll Co.

DEEandCee - Dee and Cee Toy Co. (Canada)

Des. Pat. 8-24-15 1914 Kate Silverman © - Maiden Toy co.

DIANA - metal head by Alfred Heller (German)

DOE - Ideal Doll & Toy Co.

DOLL CO. - Toodles by Vogue

Doll Corp. of America - also known as Century Doll Co.

Dolly Dimple Liverpool - Nunn & Sneed (British/UK)

Domec - DOMEC Toy Co., merged with Century Doll Co, & then became Doll Corp. of America

DP, D.P. - Dora Petzold (Germany)

Dream Baby - Arranbee Doll Co.

Dura - H. Joseph Levin (German)

 

E - 

Eagle Doll - Eagle Doll company

E.D.M.A. - European Doll Mfg. Co. Inc.

E. G. - Eugene Goldberger, Eegee

E. I. H. or  E. I. H.©1910 - Horsman (plus other year numbers)

E.I.H.© A.D.C.,  E.I.H copyright A.D.C. - Horsman, American

     Doll & Toy Co. or Aetna Doll Co.

E.I. © H.C. - Horsman (Baby Horsman)

E.I.H © Co. Inc. - Horsman - E.I.H. copyright Co. Inc.

EICO - Cohen & Sons (British/UK)

Elektra T. NC NY. - Elektra Toy & Novelty Co

Elektra T. N. C. NY. - Elektra Toy & Novelty Co

Ellar - Ellar Novelty Co.

EM & S - Gebruder Metzler & Orloff (German)

ESCO - Sommer & Company

ET & N Co. or E. T. & N Co - Elektra Toy & Novelty Co

ETAN Co. N.Y. - Elektra Toy & Novelty Co

 

F - 

F.A.D.F. - American Doll and Toy Co/Aetna Doll Co.

Fam Doll - Fam Doll Co.

Famlee - Berwick Doll Co, European Doll Mfg. Co.

FanB USA - Effanbee

FB or F & B, F & B U.S.A. - Effanbee Doll Co.

F. + B. - N.Y.  Dco - Effanbee Doll Co.

F.D.P. Co. - Federal Doll Mfg. Co.

FEMA - Beck & Company

Fiberoid - Fiberoid Doll Products, Alexander Doll Co, + others

Florentine Toronto - Florentine Statuary Co. (Canada)

Fly-Lo Copyright G. S. Putnam - dist. by George Borgfeldt

FP - Frank Popper (England)

Freeman Toy/Toronto - Freeman Toy Co. (Canada)

 

G - 

G. B. - George Borgfeldt

G.L. Superior 2015 - G. Lidel German

GEM 401 - Gem Toy Company

Genuine Madame Hendren Doll - (ink stamp on body) Averill

Genuine Twinkie Doll Copyr. 1916 Eye Pat. Twinkies Specialty - Ideal

Georgene Baby - Averill Mfg. Co.

G. G. Drayton © - Grace Gebbie Weiderseim Drayton

   - Dolly Dingle, Bobby & Sis dolls, distributed by Averill

© B. Lipfert - Ideal (Snoozie doll)

© Grace Storey Putnam - (Bye-Lo Baby) various distributors

   - copyright Grace Storey Putnam

GTC - Giltoy Co. (Canada)

Gisela - Personality Doll (Spain)

GOLD DOLL - Eegee also known as Eugene Goldberger Doll Co.

 

H - 

Harriet © Flanders - Averill Doll Mfg. Co.  (Little Cherub)

H.B. or H.B.C. - Hudson Bay Company (Canada)

H.B. Co. - Taiyo Trading Company, New York USA

H.B.P. - unknown American doll maker

H © C. - Horsman - H copyright C.

H © Co. - Horsman - H copyright Co.

H. C. Q. - Mfg. unknown, some dolls distributed by Averill

Hollywood Doll - Hollywood Doll Mfg. Co.

Honey Child - American Doll Co.

Hotsy Totsy - Gerling Toy Co.

Howdy Dowdy Bob Smith - Cameo

Hug Me or Hug-Me - Gem Toy Co., Regal Doll Mfg.

Hug Me Kiddie Pal Dolly - Regal Doll Mfg.

HW - Heinrich Handwerck (German)

 

I - 

ISCO - Indestructible Specialties Co.

IT - Louis Amberg & Son, Horsman

 

J - 

JK - Jacobs & Kassler Hitz (German)

Jedco - Jeanette Doll Co.

Jiminey Cricket W.D. PR KN.T. Co. USA © - Knickerbocker

Just-Lyke - Natural Doll co.

JUNO - metal head by Karl Standfuss (German)

K - 

K & K, K & KX - K and K Toy Co., dist. by George Borgfeldt

K.S. - unknown American doll maker

Kanko - Albert Kahn & Co.

Keeneye - Victor Keney

Kewpie - Cameo Doll Co., by artist Rosie O'Neill

Kewtie, Kewty - Arranbee

Kiddiejoy - Jacobs & Kassler Hitz (German)

Kiddie Pal, Kiddie Pal Dolly or Kinky - Regal Doll Mfg. Co.

Kiddykin - Charles Perls Mfg. Co.

Kurly Head - Arranbee Doll Co.

 

L - 

L. A. & S. - Louis Amberg & Son

L. A. S. - Louis Amberg & Son

L. C. - Laurie Cohen (Australia)

L. D. Co. - unknown American doll maker

LM & S - unknown American doll & tin toy maker

L. S. & S. - Louis Amberg & Son

L.Q.D. - L.Q.D. Company

LYF-LYK Doll - Averill Mfg. Co.

Lambkins, © Lambkins - Effanbee

Lifelike - Maxine Doll Co.

Lil Sis - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

 

M - 

M & S - M & S Shillman

M & S Superior 2015, 4515 - Muller & Strassburger German (composition heads on lady bodies, similar to a China head)

M 16 - Louis Amberg & Son, George Borgfeldt

Madame Alexander - Alexander Doll Co.

Madame Hendren - Averill Mfg. Co. trade name

Mae Starr Doll - Effanbee

M.A.T. - Maiden America Toy Mfg. Co.

M.B.C. - Beehler Arts Doll Co.

M.D.C., MD & T C NY - Modern Doll Co.

METRO CO., METRO DOLL - Metropolitan Toy & Doll Company

M.T.C. or M.T. Co. - Modern Toy Co.

M.V.D. - Moo-V-Doll Mfg. Co.

 

N - 

N - 4 - 4 is backward, unknown American doll maker

N.D. or N.D. c - Modern Doll Co.

N.D. or N.D. Co. © - Natural Doll Co or National Doll Co.

N.D. Co for JMR Co. - New Doll Co New York or Natural Doll Co.

N.T.I. - Nottingham Doll Mfg. Co. (British)

NAJO - National Joint Limb Doll Co.

Nancy - Arranbee Doll Co.

Nenco - New Era Novelty Co.

The Mary Hoyer Doll - Mary Hoyer Doll Co.

Nibur inside a diamond - Nibur Novelty Co.

Nunsuch - Numm & Smeed (British/UK)

Nutoi in a diamond, Made in U.S.A. Newbisc - New Toy Mfg.

 

O - 

Oteecee - Original Toy Co.

 

P - 

P.P. or P.P.N.Z. - Made in New Zealand

© P.P.P. - Peter Puppet Playthings Inc.

Pat. Appld. - Horsman, Lu Jon Colored Doll Co., (body twist doll)

Pat. Pending - Wondercraft Co. (Bobbi-Mae swing n' Sway doll)

Patent In The USA, Other Patents Pending, Patents Applied For In Other Countries - Coleman Walking Doll

Patent Pending - Effanbee

Perfect Made in Canada - Perfect Doll Co. (Canada)

Perfect - Perfect Toy Manufacturing Co. (USA)

Pete Des. & Copyright by J.L. Kallus - Cameo

Petite, A Petite Doll, Petite Sally - American Character

Petite America's Wonder Baby Dolls - American Character

Pinocchio Made in USA W.D. Prod. C.T. - Crown Toy

Phyllis - Bouton Woolf Co.

PL - Natural Doll Co.

Playmate - George Borgfeldt

Princess - Unbreakable Doll Co.

Princess Elizabeth - Alexander Doll Co.

Pullan - Earle Pullan Doll Co. (Canada)

Puzzy c H.O.F.P. USA - House of Puzzy

 

Q - (no markings known)

Quan Quan of California - Oriental dolls are usually unmarked.

 

R - 

R B Dolls - Barron Reisman

R & B - Arranbee

R.B.L. - Roth, Baitz & Lipsitz

RCA Radiotrons - Cameo

R F L (inside a 3 leaf clover) - on some dolls by Averill Co.

R. T. Mfg. Co. - distributed by Averill Mfg Co.

Regal - Regal Toy Mfg Co.

Reliable Canada, Reliable Made in Canada - Reliable Toy Co. (Canada)

Ritzy - Natural Doll Co. 

Rosebud - Horsman

 

S - 

SD - Standard Doll Company

S & Co. - David & Voetsch Co.

S.K. Novelty - S. Kirsch & Co.

S.T. - Shirley Temple made in Japan

Sally Petite - American Character

Sayco - Schoen & Yondorf Doll Co.

Seco - Strauss, Eckhardt & Co.

Shirley Temple + a number - Ideal

Sico, Sicora - Loffler & Dill Co. also called Eduard Schmidt

Sizzy c H.O.F.P. USA - House of Puzzy

Skippy © O. L. Crosby - Effanbee

Skookum Bully Good Indian - Arrow Novelty Co

Steha - Steha Dolls & Toys of West Germany

Streak Des & Copyr. Jos. L Kallus - Cameo, Streak puppy dog

Sugar Baby - Effanbee

Sunshine Line - Century, A. Marseille, Sears Roebuck & Co,  (paper label on kid body some with bisque heads too), Vogue

 

T - 

T & P Co. - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

T.S. - The Toy Shop

T-23 - Ideal

TS 131 - Louis Amberg & Son

T.T. Co. - Horsman (Uncle Sam's Kids dolls), Kanko dolls by Albert Kahn Co.

TTT - Tip Top Toy Co.

Tobie Copyright 1932 - unknown American doll maker

Toodles - Atlas Doll Co., Vogue Doll Co.

Tootse - dist. by Butler Brothers, Tootsie doll

Toy Company - Acme Toy Co.

Toy Products Mfg. Co. - Toy Shop

Trion - Trion Toy Co., some dolls were distributed by Averill

Trulie - Permolin Products

Tum Tum - Fleming Doll Co.

 

U - 

U © - Uneeda Doll Co. - U copyright

U.S.A. - Averill, Effanbee, Ideal

Uneeda - Uneeda Doll Co.

Unis - S.F.B.J. = Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés & Jouets (France)

 

V - 

V.K. - Vera Kent (Australia)

 

W - 

W.D. - Walt Disney

W.D. Co - unknown American doll maker

WK IN &  WKS - Victor Keney - boudoir dolls - Keeneye

W.M.D.C. - Well Made Doll Co.

W.O.L. , WOL-CAL - Minerva metal head dolls by A. Vischer & Co or Buschow & Beck (German), Giltoy Co (Canada)

"We" Dolls - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

 

X -  Y - Z

X in a circle - Arranbee, Alexander, Am. Character + others

Yankee Doll - Mitred Box Co.

Zaiden - Colonial Toy Mfg.

Composition Dolls marked with a Number

 usually found on the neck or back

3 OB - unknown American doll maker

7c - Effanbee

13 - Arranbee, Ideal Doll & Toys, Madame Alexander & Vogue

15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24 - Ideal Doll & Toys

- 18 Arranbee (Taffy), minus sign + 18

16 - George Borgfeldt

24 - Effanbee (Baby Huggins)

27c - thought to be Effanbee

34 - Averill/Madame Hendren, Effanbee (Grumpy)

50 - Armand Marseille (German)

52 - Effanbee

54 - Effanbee

56, 58 DECO - Effanbee

70 - Effanbee, (Betty Bounce & Tiny Tad)

72 - Averill/Madame Hendren

102 - probably Effanbee (Baby Grumpy look a like)

104 - Effanbee (Smiling Grumpy)

105 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy)

106 (backward) - Effanbee (Aunt Dinah)

108 - Effanbee, (Smiling Grumpy)

124N - Effanbee

131 - Alexander Doll Co.

144 - Effanbee (Baby Bright Eyes), Kämmer & Reinhardt (My Darling) German

152, 156, 158 - Effanbee, (Johnny Jones) 1915

162, 166 - Effanbee (Pouting Bess)

172 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy & Baby Snowball)

174 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy)

201 - Effanbee

240 - Baby Phyllis Doll Co.

277 - Century Doll Co.

281 - Century Doll Co.

301 - S.F.B.J. = Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés & Jouets (France) bisque head composition body doll

302 - unknown American doll maker

303 - Effanbee

334 - Effanbee, Käthe Kruse (German)

353 - Standard Specialty Company

364 - Effanbee (Billy Boy) 1915

400 - Armand Marseille (German)

401 - Gem Toy Co.

450 - Molly'es

455 - Effanbee

462 - Effanbee (Miss Coquette)

494 - Louis Amberg & son (Pouty Pets)

542 - Armand Marseille (German)

784 - Louis Amberg & Son (Boy Doll)

802 - thought to be Effanbee

803 - Kämmer & Reinhardt (German) composition doll

812 - Patsy type, German unknown maker

1124 - Bester Doll Co.

See also our Composition Doll page

Composition Doll Marks or Numbers 1899-1949

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