Composition Dolls 1907-1950s
Composition dolls were made by American, English, French, German and Japan doll makers from about 1907 to the 1950s. 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, the doll was then airbrushed with oil paint. Composition doll 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 which began in 1914 to 1918.
Composition Doll Makers Identified
ABC Doll Co
Acme Toy Co
Advertising dolls
Aetna Doll, see Horsman
Alexander Dolls
– doll face molds, names
Allied Grand dolls
Louis Amberg dolls
American Character
American Doll Company
Art Craft Toy dolls
Arranbee R & B dolls
Arrow Skookum dolls
Atlas Doll & Toy dolls
Averill Hendren
Babs walking dolls
Beehler Arts
Black dolls
George Borgfeldt
Boudoir dolls
Bucherer & Cie
Buddy Lee dolls
Butler Brothers
Cameo Doll Co
Carnival dolls
Century Doll Co
Dewees Cochran
Dream World dolls
Dress Me dolls
Eegee dolls
Effanbee, F & B dolls
1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s
Eugenia Doll Co
Ralph A. Freundlich
Googly eye dolls
Hamburger & Co dolls
Hedwig de Angeli dolls (Hoyer)
Hollywood Doll Co dolls
Horsman dolls 1904 | 1930
Mary Hoyer dolls
Ideal dolls 1906-1939 | 1940s
Sybil Jason dolls
Junel Novelty dolls
K & K Toy Co dolls
Kewpie
Kiesewetter dolls
Knickerbocker dolls
Mama dolls
Marks
Armand Marseille GER
Mollyes Doll Co dolls
Monica Doll Studio
Morimura Nippon dolls
Nancy Ann Storybook dolls
New Era Novelty dolls
Oriental, Asian dolls
Paris Doll Corp dolls
Patsy types dolls
Earle Pullan dolls CAN
Quaddy Peter rabbit dolls
Jessie M. Raleigh dolls
Regal Doll Co USA
Reliable Dolls CAN
Roberta Doll Co
Royal Doll Co dolls USA
Schoen & Yondorf sayco dolls
Schoenhut dolls
Schoenau & Hoffmeister
Sears dolls
Sewing Mannequin dolls
PD Smith dolls
Strobel & Wilken dolls
Terri Lee dolls
Tip Top Toy dolls
Trego dolls
Uneeda Doll Company
Vogue Doll Company
Western Doll & Toy
Composition dolls on this page – 3 In 1 Trudie doll, Abrahams & Straus, Acorn dolls, American Ocarina & Toy, American Toy & Doll, Arcy Toy, Baby Phyllis Doll Co, Lilli & Roman Baitz, Baker & Bennett Co, Best & Co, Bester Doll Co, Baltimore Bargain House, Berwick The Fam Dolls, Jack Bouton dolls, Bouton-Woolf dolls, Emma Bristol dolls, Herman Cohen, L. Cohen dolls, Colonial Toy Manufacturing Company, Columbia Doll & Toy, Comic character dolls, Confetti dolls, Crown Toy Co, Dollcraft Novelty, Dollparts & Supply, Eureka Doll Co, Elektra, Exposition dolls, Famous Doll Studio, Inc., Gem Toy Co, Halpern Halco Dolls, Herby, Hoo Choy Chinese Goddess of Good Luck dolls, Joy Doll Products, L D dolls, M & S Shillman, E. Maar & Sohn, Magic Light Products, Maxine dolls, Metropolitan dolls, Mitred dolls, Modern Doll Co, National Doll Co, Natural Doll Co, New Era Novelty, Nibur Doll Co, Penn Stuffed Toy Co, Perfect Toy dolls, Quaker Quality dolls, Quan Quan dolls, Santa Claus doll, Superior dolls, Tajimi Trading dolls, Taiyo Trading dolls, Trion Toy.