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Tommy Tucker celluloid doll 17", Rheinische Gummi turtle mark

Tommy Tucker doll, 17" tall, all celluloid, Rheinische Gummi turtle marking

Celluloid dolls are made from cellulose nitrate, alcohol, fillers and camphor pigments.  Celluloid dolls were made in: Bavaria, England, France, Japan, Germany, Italy (dolls from Germany were sent to Italy for the face to be painted), Poland, Spain and the USA.

 

Early dolls had a celluloid head and limbs or partial limbs with a cloth stuffed body, this celluloid material is rather fragile.  About 1908 the material improved and the dolls were then made entirely of celluloid and were now more durable.

 

In the 1940s the USA outlawed the use of celluloid for dolls, as the material can be flammable if exposed to high heat or open flame, however, other countries continued to use the material long after the 1940s.  Also, the celluloid material deteriorates when exposed to moisture.

 

Celluloid Doll Marks Identified

Anili doll mark hang tag

Anili Doll Company celluloid mask face doll mark a circular paper hang tag, on bottom of foot Anili

Schultzmarke, turtle mark on celluloid dolls

Averill  Sunny Girl doll and Sunny Boy celluloid doll mark the turtle symbol of Rheinische Gummi

Baby Outfitters dolls mark Bo-Peep American

Baby Outfitters dolls mark Bo-Peep American

Bähr & Pröschild celluloid doll mark Buporit, 1930s

Bayerische Celluloidwarenfabrik doll mark circle W

Bayerische Celluloidwarenfabrik doll mark W in a circle

Buschow & Beck doll mark Minerva

Buschow & Beck doll mark Minerva with a helmet symbol.

Wilhelm Buschow doll mark Mein Herzenskind (My Sweetheart)

Wilhelm Buschow doll mark Mein Herzenskind (My Sweetheart)

Canzler & Hoffman doll mark Caho C & H

1906-1951 Canzler & Hoffman doll mark Caho C & H,

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Canzler & Hoffman, Caco Company doll mark Caco

Canzler & Hoffman name change, 1952-1980s Caco Company doll mark Caco

Robert Carl doll mark Germany RC

Robert Carl doll mark Germany RC inside circle

Schoberl celluloid doll Cellba marking - mermaid inside a shield

Cellba Celluloid Warenfabrik or Schoberl & Becker doll mark winged mermaid symbol on a shield.

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Celluloid Doll Marks - Unidentified, Unknown doll makers

Celluloid doll mark AJ inside a triangle German

Celluloid doll mark AJ inside a triangle German

Celluloid doll mark ASADA with a circle symbol & line

Celluloid doll mark ASADA with a circle symbol & line

Celluloid doll mark two diamond symbols 328

Celluloid doll mark two diamond symbols 328

Celluloid doll mark E.S. Germany, small doll house sized dolls

Celluloid doll mark E.S. Germany, small doll house sized dolls

Celluloid doll mark IK inside triangle

Celluloid doll mark IK inside a triangle

Celluloid German doll mark 00.

Celluloid doll mark 00. German

Celluloid doll mark Penguin symbol

Celluloid doll mark Penguin symbol PATENT

Christian Hopf doll mark CH intertwined

Celluloid doll mark CH intertwined Christian Hopf

Celluloid doll mark diamond with a cross with double lines, possibly Japan

Celluloid doll mark diamond with a cross with double lines, possibly Japan

 

Celluloid Novelty Company 1874-1891 (USA) Newark, NJ celluloid jewelry and other fancy goods mark CNCo. intertwined.

Celluloid Novelty Company mark CNCo. intertwined

 

Celluloid Toy Factory 1884 - 1939 Kalisz (POL), Szrajer & Fingerhut or Shaer & Fingergut, founded by Adam Szrajer and father-in-law Jakub Fingerhut, made celluloid dolls and wooden toys, doll mark ASK inside a triangle Poland.

 

Celluloid Toy Factory (during WW II ca. 1939-1945) Kalisz (POL), successor German Theodor Reinke,  doll mark TR inside a triangle.  Sometime after world war II ended in 1945, the Celluloid Toy Factory of Kalisz was renamed Kaliskie Zaklady Przemyslu Terenowgo at Ul Przbrzezma and used the celluloid doll mark PPMK inside a triangle Poland, a four leaf clover symbol Poland.

 

Convert & Company 1911-1930+ (FRA), made celluloid dolls, 1930+ Nani & Nano baby dolls, doll mark a windmill symbol France.

Convert & Company celluloid doll mark windmill symbol France

 

Erich Dittmann 1945-1967 (GER), EDI dolls, made small celluloid and plastic dolls, babies, doll dolls house, ramp walker dolls, some dressed in Regional costumes, etc. doll mark Edi D.R.G.M, Edi Germany, EDI Puppen.

 Erich Dittmann celluloid doll mark Edi DRGM          Erich Dittmann dill mark Edi Germany Puppen           

 

Dovina Dolls 1960s-? Rotterdam, Holland (NETH), made 8-19" tall, regional dressed celluloid, probably made plastic dolls too, doll mark VH, doll label mark Dovina Rotterdam - Holland.

Dovina doll mark head Vh, label Dovina Rotterdam-Holland

 

Stephan Erhard, also S. Erhard & Son 1887-1930 (ENG), made celluloid dolls, doll mark SES, S E & S inside a diamond.

Stephan Erhard doll mark

 

Exeloid Company 1918-1920 (USA), made lightweight celluloid pyralin plastic like novelty dolls in blue, pink or white, doll mark XLCO Made in U.S.A. 

Exeloid Company celluloid doll & toys mark XLCO Made in USA

Foulds & Freure 1911-1930+ (USA), jobber, sold and imported German and Japan celluloid dolls, doll mark F & F NY INC.

Foulds & Freure doll mark F & F NY INC

 

Giocattoli Brevettati Galetti or Galletti 1950s-? (ITALY) - made small celluloid and probably plastic souvenir dolls, doll mark symbol of two standing roosters facing, Made in Italy.

Galletti celluloid doll mark two Roosters symbol Italy

 

Hamley Brothers 1760+ (ENG), import, exporter of celluloid and dolls of other materials, doll mark Buster Brown, Fums Up, Thumbs Up.

Hamley Brothers doll mark Fums Up, Thumbs Up

 

Paul Hausmeister & Company 1909+ (Göppingen, Germany) - is a little known doll maker, they participated in the Leipzig fair with doll heads made of gelatin, bone, composition and celluloid.  Paul Hausmeister registered his doll mark of a Stork bird standing on one foot in 1909.

Paul Hausmeister doll mark a stork bird standing on one foot symbol

 

 

Hermsdorfer Celluloid Warenfabrik 1925-1927 (GER), made celluloid baby and child dolls, doll mark Ladybug symbol, a Marienkäfer, DADA on the wings.

Hermsdorfer Celluloidwaren-fabrik celluloid doll mark DADA a ladybug (Mark Marienkafer)

 

Jouets de Strasbourg Joustra Toy Company 1932-1999 (FRA)- made small dressed celluloid dolls and probably of other materials, clothing has a cloth label sewn with the name Joustra.

 

Dr. Paul Hunaeus Celluloidwaren-Fabrik 1864-1930 (GER), made celluloid doll heads and dolls, doll mark PH intertwined, Igodi (by Johannes Gotthilf Dietrich), in 1930 merged with Rheinische Gummi (Schildkröt).

Paul Hunaeus doll mark PH intertwined  Johannes Dietrich doll mark Igodi

 

Japan celluloid dolls, doll makers and doll marks page

 

Jacob Jung 1912 (GER) made celluloid dolls, doll mark a standing stork carrying a baby.

Jacob Jung doll mark standing stork carrying a baby.
Irwin & Company 1926+ (USA), made cloth, composition, celluloid and hard plastic dolls, doll mark Non-Flam circle Irwin Made in USA.
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Irwin & Company 1926+ (USA), made cloth, composition, celluloid and hard plastic dolls, doll mark Non-Flam in a circle Irwin Made in USA.

Irwin & Company doll mark Non-Flam circle Irwin made in USA

 

Knickerbocker Doll & Toy Company 1925+ (USA), made some celluloid dolls, plus dolls of other materials.

 

J.K. Køge celluloid dolls (Køge, DEN) 1947-1950s,  doll mark J.K. Koge inside a triangle or a sea shell inside a circle.

 

Kohl & Wengenroth Celluloid & Rubber Doll Factory 1864-1926 (GER) Offenbach made small celluloid and rubber dolls, soldiers, clowns, bathing dolls, novelty items, doll mark KOW on top of arms extended of standing person.

Kohl & Wengenroth doll mark KOW person standing

 

Henri Orthon Kratz-Boussac 1892-1910 (FRA), made celluloid dolls, registered in 1906 doll mark L'Aiglon, an Eagle symbol.

 

Le Minor Dolls Petitcollin, doll mark eagle head with FRANCE

Le Minor doll mark eagle head France by Petitcollin,

 

Ernst Liebermann 1894-1938+ (GER), made bisque and celluloid head character dolls and babies on ball jointed bodies, doll mark EL, ELI, doll mold 60.

 Ernst Liebermann doll mark EL Ernst Liebermann doll mark ELI

 

Ernst EG.M. Luthardt 1868-1938 (GER), Lederpupenfabrik und Export dolls, made dolls made of bisque, China, celluloid, composition heads on leather, cloth or felt and composition bodies.  In 1929 began using the doll mark Luta Germany.

Ernest EG.M Luthardt doll mark Luta Germany

Aiba Kintoro Marugane dolls 1920s (Tokyo Japan), not much is known of this company, they made celluloid dolls, doll mark is a symbol of an umbrella (or an arrow pointing up) with the pole as the center in roman numeral III all inside a circle MADE IN NIPPON.

Aiba Kintoro Marugane celluloid doll mark symbol of an umbrella (or an arrow pointing up) with the pole as the center in roman numeral III all inside a circle MADE IN NIPPON

 

 August Möller & Sohn 1915-1928 (GER), advertised replacement bisque, celluloid and porcelain heads for child and baby dolls with human or mohair wigs, sometime later Möller made entire dolls with a bisque head dolly face or composition dolly face head, on a composition jointed body.  Möller also operated a doll hospital, doll mark AMUSO, doll molds 70, 100, 1006, 1920, doll name Jeannette.

August Moller doll mark AMUSO 100 Made in Germany

 

Moll's Doll Company 1950s-1960s (GER), made small Trachten-Puppen (costume dolls) in celluloid and probably in plastic, doll mark tag in red and white Moll's a symbol of a girls face Trachten-Puppen.

Moll's Doll Company mark doll marks a symbol of a girls face Trachten-Puppen tag  

Wilhelm G. Muller 1900-1930s (GER), exported celluloid heads made by Schildkröt, doll mark WEE GEM, WGM.   Also made and exported bisque head dolls, baby dolls shoulder head or socket head, molded painted hair or wigged.

Wilhelm G. Muller doll mark Wee Ge M label
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 P & N Doll Company, dates unknown (country unknown), made celluloid black baby dolls, some dolls wear ethnic or exotic jewelry; earrings and necklace, some dolls wear a grass skirt, doll mark P & N with a dragonfly symbol.

P & N doll shoes mark bug or dragonfly symbol inside a square border

 

Parsons-Jackson Company 1910-1919 (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) made dolls of biskoline a celluloid like material, modeled after real babies both white and black dolls, doll mark  KKK, Biskoline and a standing stork symbol.

Parsons-Jackson company doll mark standing Stork symbol

 

Petitcollin 1860-present (FRA), made celluloid doll heads, doll mark an eagle head symbol Téte d'Aigle with FRANCE beneath.

Petitcollin doll mark eagle head France tete d'aigle

 

Preh Werke GmbH 1919 to present (GER), 1949+ made celluloid and plastic dolls mark Plasticbaby inside symbol of an angel.

Preh Werke GmbH doll mark Plasticbaby Germany

 

 

Offenbacher Celluliod and hard Rubber Factory 1890-1926+ (GER) Offenbacher made cloth, rubber and celluloid dolls, celluloid doll mark flying bird symbol.

 

Les Poupées Raynal 1922-1963 (FRA) - made cloth or felt dolls, some with celluloid faces, that are Lenci look a like dolls, may have a marking on the bottom of the shoes Les Poupées Raynal or a cloth tag; Les Poupées Raynal Marque Depose Made in France.  From 1937 to 1963 used doll mark Raynal, rhodoid or both names, rhodoid is a type of celluloid

 

Schultzmarke, turtle mark on celluloid dolls

Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid-Fabrik doll mark turtle symbol inside a diamond

Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid-Fabrik (Rhenania Rubber and Celluloid Factory) 1873+ (GER)  Schildkrot (Schildkroet Puppen) - used the doll mark of a turtle symbol, a turtle inside a diamond, a turtle inside a diamond Schultzmarke, some doll names; 1926 Miblu 1931 Wumbi Mambi both black, lots of celluloid and rubber dolls and doll heads. 30, 50, 1928, plus many others.  They also made heads for other manufacturers; Averill, Kammer & Reinhardt, Kestner, Wortschutz plus others.  

Shown on Turtle mark, Tortulon and a number, Tortulon is a hard plastic type material used instead of celluloid by Rheinische Gummi in later years.

 

Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid-Fabrik body stamp 447828

Turtle, Tortulon plastic material doll marking

Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid-Fabrik doll mark turtle symbol inside a diamond Tortulon 50

 

Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid Fabrik Company;  Schildkröt Juwel celluloid doll, 12-25" tall, boy dolls or girl dolls have been found, both with deeply molded lightly painted brown hair, blue sleep eyes, real upper eyelashes, closed mouth, jointed body, the 25" size has a voice box, doll mark Juwel 34, Juwel 45, Juwel 64, plus other numbers.

Schildkrot celluloid doll mark Juwel 34 German       Schildkrot celluloid doll mark Juwel 64 German

 

Petrasch Rosenaur 1940s-1950s (Salzburg, Austria) made celluloid dolls and dolls of other materials, doll mark doll head on top of half world globe Gobaly.

Petrasch Rosenaur doll mark doll on top of half world globe Gobaly

 

Max Rudolph 1908-1930 (Waltershausen, GER), made doll heads of bisque with doll mold 98, 342, celluloid Miblu heads; doll mold 350 and porzellanit (composition) heads doll mold 399, doll mark MR inside a W 1908.

 

 

Louis Sametz 1918-1924 (USA), made celluloid child shoulder head dolls, Kewpies and Bye-Lo babies, doll mark a native American Indian head symbol.

Louis Sametz doll mark American Indian head symbol  

Schmider Doll Company 1950s-1960s (GER), made small celluloid Trachten-Puppen or dolls dressed in traditional costumes, probably made plastic dolls too, doll mark Schmider hang tag.

Schmider Doll Company doll mark tag

 

August Schmidt, Lona Art Dolls 1927+ (Lieben) made dolls with a celluloid head (Rheinische Gummi) with molded hair, cloth body, 14 nd 15 1/5" tall, came with a wrist tag Lona.

August Schmidt doll mark Lona label

Heinrich Schmuckler 1891-1928 (POL & CHEK), made wood, celluloid and cloth dolls, doll mark symbol of a rabbit with the word HeSli inside.

Heinrich Schmuckler doll mark rabbit symbol Hesli

 

Schoberl & Becker 1923-1960s  (GER), also known as Cellba Celluloid Warenfabrik  celluloid doll mark a winged mermaid inside a shield.

Schoberl celluloid doll Cellba marking - mermaid inside a shield

 

Schreyer & Company 1912-1950s (GER), made cloth character dolls, celluloid dolls, used the doll mark Schuco.

Schreyer doll mark Schuco

 

Schwäbische Celluloidwarenfabrik 1913+ (GER) made celluloid products with dolls being made between 1930-1967, doll mark S symbol of a stork with a child on it's back.

 Schwäbische Celluloidwarenfabrik doll mark S stork carrying a child on it's back

 

SIDC - Societe Industrielle de Celluloid 1900-1927 (FRA), made dolls of celluloid plus other materials, doll marks Sicoid, Sicoine, Siegfried, SIC, SIMP + a trademark of a winged dragon or wyvern with initials of N & M (Neumann & Marx their founders).

Societe Industrielle de Celluloid doll mark France SIC      Societe Industrielle de Celluloid doll mark Sicoine SieA France

 

SNF - Societe Nobel Française 1927-1939 (FRA) formerly called SIDC see above, made dolls of celluloid and probably other materials, doll mark France SNF inside a diamond.

Societe Nobel Française SNF doll mark

 

SONSCO 1950s-1960s? (Japan), is known to have made celluloid dolls, mechanical walkers, doll mark Made in Japan on bottom of foot.

 

Technoplast 1949-2002 (Czechoslovakia) - made celluloid dolls marked Made in Czechoslovakia, Technoplast logo inside a circle, celluloid Horlave or Vyrobeno Zcelluloid ?? Horlave.  They also made plastic and vinyl dolls.

 

 

Alfred Vischer 1894-1907 USA - partners with the German Buschow & Beck Co, made Minerva marked metal head dolls, so possibly the Minerva marked celluloid heads too, dolls were distributed by Borgfeldt, Louis Wolf & Co. and Sears.

 

Viscoloid Company 1901-1930s (Leominster, MA USA), in 1915 they were bought by DuPont, made celluloid dolls, doll mark USA VCO.

Viscoloid Company celluloid doll mark USA VCO

 

 Albert Wacker 1904-1930s (GER), made celluloid dolls and doll parts, doll mark W inside a circle.

Albert Wacker doll mark W inside a circle

 

Westo 1950s-1960s? (GER or SWT) made small celluloid and plastic tourist dolls, doll mark Westo.

Westo celluloid doll mark

 

P.R. Zast 1920s (Poland), made celluloid Mask Face dolls, cloth body, some with human hair wigs, glass eyes, doll mark on head ASK in a triangle (Adam Szrajer of Kalisz, Poland - owner of Celluloid Toy Factory in Poland), on shoulder P.R. Zast inside a triangle Poland. 

P.R. Zast doll mark ASK in a triangle, PR Zast in a triangle Poland

 

Zwilling-Fox Doll Company 1950s-1960s (GER), made small Trachten-Puppen (costume dolls) in celluloid and probably plastic dolls, doll mark two terrier dogs playing tug of war Qualitäis Trachten-Puppen hang tag.

Zwilling-Fox doll mark tag two terrier dogs playing tug of war Qualitäis Trachten-Puppen

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