Composition Doll Menu

Composition dolls were made by American, English, French, German and Japan doll makers. Early composition dolls were made from glue, glycerin, zinc oxide and Japanese wax, it is a heavy and dense material, the coloring can be almost white, gray or brown. Each doll manufacturer kept their exact composition "recipe" a secret.

About 1916 doll makers began using ground-up sawdust, also called wood flour, which made a much lighter doll, then the doll was airbrushed with oil paint. Composition heads were also described by American doll makers, as "unbreakable" opposed to German bisque doll heads that dominated the doll market, prior to World War I 1914-1918.

Water is a composition dolls worst enemy, extremes of temperature in Heat, Humidity over time, affect the wood material which expands or contracts, the painted surface on top doesn't, instead fine lines appear in the paint called crazing and cracks that expose the material below. After World War II (1939-1945) plastic material was developed that was light and durable, by the end of the 1940s plastic replaced composition as a material used to make dolls by American doll makers. Here is a list of all pages on composition dolls.

Composition Dolls & Makers on this page - Abramson dolls, Acorn dolls, Alisto dolls, American Ocarina & Toy, American Produced Stuffed Toy, American Toy & Doll, American Toy & Novelty, Arcade Toy, Arcy Toy, Atlantic Playthings, Baby Phyllis dolls, Lilli & Roman Baitz, Baker & Bennett, Beck dolls, Bellas Hess dolls, Berry & Ross dolls, Berwick dolls, Best & Co, Bester Doll Co, Bijou Doll, Blechman dolls, Bleier dolls, Boulton dolls, Boulton Woolf dolls, Emma Bristol dolls, Capitol Toy dolls, Central dolls, Herman Cohen, L. Cohen dolls, Colonial Doll & Toys, Columbia Doll & Toy, Comic character dolls, Confetti dolls, Crown dolls, Crown Doll & Toys, Dollcraft Novelty, Dollparts & Supply, Eureka Doll Co, Elektra, Exposition dolls, Gem, Halco Dolls, Herby, Hoo Choy Chinese Goddess of Good Luck dolls, Joy Doll, L D dolls, M & S Shillman, Magic Light Products, Maxine dolls, Metropolitan dolls, Mitred dolls, Modern Doll & Toy Co, National Doll Co, Natural Doll Co. Nibur Doll Co, Perfect Toy dolls, Progressive dolls, Quaker dolls, Quan Quan dolls, Santa Claus doll, Superior dolls, Tajimi Trading dolls, Taiyo Trading dolls, 3 In 1 Dolls, Trion Toy.

ABC Doll Co 1930s-1950s

Acme Toy Co 1910-1930s

Advertising dolls 1893-1970s

Aetna Doll Co 1901-1925

Alexander Dolls 1923-1947

Alexander Doll Face Molds

Allied Grand Doll Co 1915-1980

Louis Amberg Doll Co 1878-1930

American Character Doll Co 1919-1968

American Doll Co 1912-1926

Art Craft Toy Products 1918-1920

Arranbee R & B 1922-1961