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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.  

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

A - 

A - Ideal, Averill

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

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

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

A. D. CO - Madame Alexander Doll Co.

A .D. C. inside an acorn - Acorn Doll Co.

A. D. T. - Atlas Doll Co.

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

A - continued

A.M. © Co. or A.M. Co. - Averill Manufacturing

AM. Doll CO. - American Doll Co.

Alex or Alexander - Alexander Doll Co.

Amer. Char. or Am. Char. - American Character Doll Co.

Amfelt - Louis Amberg, George Borgfeldt

Amuso - August Moller & Son

An Angel picture - F. M. Schilling

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

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.

Baby Sandy - Ralph A. Freundlich Co.

 

C - 

C.D. - Century Doll Co. also called Doll Corp of America

C.P.M. - Peris Charles Mfg. Co. (British)

Campbell Kids - American Character, Horsman

CAPO - Nonbreakable Toy Co.

D - 

D.P. - Dora Petzold

D & C - DeeanCee Co. (Canada)

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

D.V. or Dee Vee - David & Voesch Doll Co.

Darling - Irwin Doll Co.

Dapper Dancing Dolls - S & H Novelty Doll Co.

DECO - Effanbee Doll Co.

DEEanCee - DeeanCee Toy Co. (Canada)

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

Dolly Dimple/Liverpool - Nunn & Sneed (British)

Domec - Century Doll Co, also called Doll Corp. of America

Dura - H. Joseph Levin (German)

E - 

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

E.G. - Eugene Goldberger, Eegee

E.I.H. - Horsman

E.I.H.© A.D.C°. - Horsman + American Doll and Toy Co./Aetna Doll Co.

EICO - Coheb & Sons

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

Ellar - Ellar Novelty Co.

E M & S - Gebruder Metzler & Orloff (German)

F - 

F B or F & B - Effanbee Doll Co.

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

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

Fam - Fam Doll Co.

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

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

Florentine/Toronto - Florentine Statuary Co. (Canada)

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

G - 

G.B. - George Borgfelt

GTC - Giltoy Co. (Canada)

Gisela - Personality Doll (Spain)

H - 

H © C. - Horsman

H © Co. - Horsman

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

Hotsy Totsy - Gerling Toy Co.

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

H W - Heinrich Handwerck (German)

 

I - 

ISCO - Indestructible Specialties Co.

IT - Louis Amberg & Son, Horsman

J - 

J K - Jacobs & Kassler Hitz (German)

Jedco - Jeanette Doll Co.

Just-Lyke - Natural Doll co.

K - 

K. & K. - K & K Toy Co.

Kanko - Albert Kahn & Co.

Keeneye - Victor Keney

Kewty - Arranbee

Kiddiejoy - Jacobs & Kassler Hitz (German)

Kiddie Pal or Kinky - Regal Doll Mfg. Co.

Kiddykin - Charles Perls Mfg. Co.

L - 

L.C. - Laurie Cohen (Australia)

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

Lifelike - Maxine Doll Co.

Lil Sis - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

 

 

 

M - 

M/16 - Louis Amberg & Son, George Borgfelt

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

M.D.C. - Modern Doll Co.

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

M & S Superior - Cuno & Otto Dressel (German)

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

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

N - 

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

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

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

NAJO - National Joint Limb Doll Co.

Nenco - New Era Novelty Co.

Nibur inside a diamond - Nibur Novelty Co.

Nunsuch - Numm & Smeed (British)

Nutoi in a diamond & Made/in U.S.A./Newbisc - New Toy Mfg. Co.

O - 

Oteecee - Original Toy Co.

P - 

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

Pat. Appld. - Horsman (Twist Body Doll)

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

Petite - American Character

Phyllis - Bouton Wolf Co.

Playmate - George Borgfelt

Princess - Unbreakable Doll Co.

Pullan - Earle Pullan Doll Co. (Canada)

Q - (no markings known)

 

R - 

R-B Dolls - Barron Reisman

R & B - Arranbee

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

Regal - Regal Toy of Canada

Reliable/Canada or Reliable Made in Canada - Reliable Toy Co. (Canada)

Ritze - Natural Doll Co. 

S - 

S & Co. - David & Voetsch

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.

Sico & Sicora - Loffler & Dill

Steha - Hermann Steiner

Sunshine Line - Vogue, Sears Roebuck

T - 

T.S. - The Toy Shop

T-23 - Ideal

TS 131 - Louis Amberg & Son

T T T - Tip Top Toy Co.

Toodles - Atlas Doll Co., Vogue Doll Co.

Toy Company - Acme Toy Co.

Toy Products/Mfdg. Co. - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

Trion - Trion Toy Co.

Trulie - Permolin Products

Tum Tum - Fleming Doll Co.

U - 

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 K/ I N &  W K S - Victor Keney - boudoir dolls - Keeneye

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

W.O.L. - Minerva, Giltoy (Canada)

"We" Dolls - Toy Products Mfg. Co.

X -  

 

X in a circle - Arranbee, Alexander, American Character + others

 

Y - 

 

Yankee Doll - Mitred Box Co.

 

Z -

 

Zaiden - Colonial Toy Mfg.

Composition Dolls marked with a Number

 usually found on the neck or back

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

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

16 - George Borgfeldt

24 - Effanbee (Baby Huggins)

50 - Armand Marseille (German)

105 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy)

106 reversed - Effanbee (Aunt Dinah)

131 - Alexander Doll Co.

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

162 - Effanbee

166 - Effanbee (Pouting Bess)

172 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy & Baby Snowball)

174 - Effanbee (Baby Grumpy)

201 - Effanbee

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

334 - Effanbee, Käthe Kruse (German)

400 - Armand Marseille (German)

462 - Effanbee (Miss Coquette)

542 - Armand Marseille (German)

803 - Kammer & Reinhardt (German)

1124 - Bester Doll Co.

Composition Doll Marks or Numbers - 1899-1949

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