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Ethnic doll, Folk doll, International doll, Display doll,
National Costume
doll, Souvenir doll, Tourist dolls
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1950s to 1960s+ Almost every country on this planet
has made or sells tourist
type dolls. The exact manufacturers names are usually unknown, obscure or too numerous to list; they could be made by local artists, individuals, small importers who then dress the
dolls in the regions costumes and attire etc. but do not sign or label the
dolls they have made.
Generally tourist dolls are small sized, low quality
or inexpensive, although from the quantity found today, clearly folks did enjoy
and purchase them to commemorate their holiday.
During the 1950s to 1960s+ small, inexpensive hard or soft plastic
Dress-Me type dolls, with a glued on mohair
wig, sleep eyes. The doll is usually only jointed at the neck and shoulders with
stationary legs, often with molded and painted on shoes and is usually unmarked.
This
type of doll was produced by the thousands and shipped around the world to
almost every country, the doll was then dressed (by local artists, individuals, small
importers) in the regional attire of that country and purchased as a tourist souvenir. |
Argentina - Doll Makers - Dolls made in Argentina
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Artycal Industria Argentina dolls ca. 1935+
Marilu Dolls 1932+, doll mark Marilu Marca Registrada in blue or red ink stamp
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Brazil, Brazilian Bonecas Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Brazil
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Estrela Company 1937 to present, maker of dolls and toys, doll mark
ESTRELA
- licensed by Ideal & Mattel to reproduce their products in
Brazil
some Estrela bonecas names; Bebe, 1963 Miss Universe Leda Vargas,
Linda, Patti Playpal, Susi and many others
Holzer & Cie
dolls 1920s-1940s
Joao Perotti Mfg Obis
dolls 1920s-1930s
Viuva Torres dolls 1898+ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Denmark, Danish Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Denmark
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Bing & Grondahl porcelain makers 1853+,
- made some China head dolls marked B & G
in blue
Dandol APS doll company 1980s+,
made vinyl, Asian and animal Hedgies hedgehog characters plus other dolls.
Dandol doll mark DVP APS Made in Denmark
Jeris Kofoed, J.K. Køge Doll Factory made celluloid dolls 1947-1950s? in Køge
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J.K. Køge doll mark J.K. Køge inside a triangle |
J.K. Køge doll mark sea
shell symbol |
J.K. Køge
doll mark sea shell symbol inside a circle |
Kai Reisler Aps Company 1949-2008, Copenhagen, made toy model figures;
animals, cowboys, firemen, guards, Indians, sailors, soldiers & trolls in
hard plastic or vinyl, doll mark Made in
Denmark inside a circle J.N. for designer John Nissen.
A link with more company history, product photos,
Reisler Model Figures
Royal Copenhagen Manufactory
China head doll mark three wavy lines, three vertical lines 1772-1925+ |
Finland, Finnish Nukke Doll Makers - Dolls made in Finland
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Amanda Hertman cloth dolls 1876+
Dollitex plastic dolls 1952-1975 - then became Polarnukke plastic
dolls 1975-1990s
Suomi dolls and toys 1888+
Turku Martha Doll Company or Turun Martta-Nukketeollisuus
& Nukkela 1908-1974
- early dolls have German heads
and hands probably made of bisque |
Ireland, Irish Doll Makers - Dolls made in Ireland
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Isobel
Dodd dolls 1919+
Emily Florence Eaton dolls 1895-1925
Hibernian Novelty Co
dolls 1916-1917
Irish Toy Company, Itco dolls by J. Peskin 1918 Dublin
Orwell Art Industries unbreakable composition head dolls,
before
1908 Dublin |
Israel, Israeli Doll Makers - Dolls made in Israel
Mayer Rubber Company 1921+ dolls & toys made of rubber
doll mark Mayer Pat. Pend. in the 1950s
to1960s
Greece, Greek, κούκλ Doll Makers - Dolls made in Greece
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Bella doll hard plastic and vinyl, rooted hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth,
doll
is unmarked, unknown Greek doll maker
Evelt Themis dolls 1980s? hand made porcelain dolls dressed in traditional
Greek costumes
Evelt Themis doll mark tag Evelt Themis, top of Iconic column symbol,
Dolls in Greek traditional costumes,
Hand made in Greece
John
Kehagias dolls 1960s-1970s, dolls also made and marked Regal of Canada
John Kehagias doll mark Ty.I 40/14 J.K.
Lea
Dolls 1960s Greek, Maid of Athens doll with leather, cloth body, blue velvet short jacket,
blue full skirt 1960s tourist, souvenir doll
Near East Industries
cloth dolls in regional clothes 1920-1930s |
Hungary, Hungarian Doll Makers - Dolls made in Hungary
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Magyar Asszonyok Nemzeti Szovetseg -
(National League of Hungarian Women)
dolls 1909-1926
Zsigmond Liebner dolls, toys 1920s+, Uncle Liebner famous
toy dealer in Budapest
Magyar Babavilag -
(Hungarian Dolldom)
dolls 1920s
Magyar
Mϋvészeti Mϋhely (Hungarian Art Workshop) dolls 1920s
Pápa Pottery doll mark
PAPA 1811+
Magyar Ruggyantaàrugyàr Rt. (Hungarian Rubber Articles Factory),
celluloid & rubber dolls 1922-1926
doll mark
Made in Hungary
Orszagos Magyar Haziipari Szovetseg -
(National Hungarian House Industry)
dolls 1926
Mrs.
Marga Szerelemhegyi
doll mark Marga in heart symbol 1920s-1930s
Ungarische Gummiwaren-fabrik
dolls 1894-1930 |
India, Indian Doll Makers - Dolls made in India
Plywin Industries, Ltd. featherlite unbreakable dolls 1946-1970
Mexico, Mexican Muñeca Doll Makers - Dolls made in Mexico
Religious dolls or figures in wax or carved wooden Santos
figures 1700s+
Isabel Belaunsaran dolls 1913 - 1" or less silk thread wound around a wireframe dolls with
hair, - features & clothes
Cornhusk dolls, Folk Art dolls, Traditional dressed dolls
Munecos Carselle 6-12"
souvenir dolls
in traditional dress made in Mexico 1940s-1960s
Muñequitas
Illusion - Mexican tourist dolls, composition or plastic
Plastimarx Company - a division of Louis Marx, made Schaper Li'l Me dolls (also
a USA co.),
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now called Schaper Chi Kiss dolls 4" tall 1970s-1980s
Proveda
Made in Mexico 6-12" souvenir dolls in traditional dress 1940s-1960s
Tipica Muneca Mexicana -
irrompible (unbreakable) composition Mexican boy dolls, Mexican girl - dolls,
NASB Nancy Ann Storybook like dolls
Toluca dolls made from gourds
Netherlands, Holland, Dutch, Pop Doll Makers
- Dolls
made in The Netherlands
18th to 20th century - Grödner Tal
wood dolls, Nürnberg Fille, Peg
Wooden, Penny Wooden dolls
Gebrüder Douwes bisque doll heads by
Simon & Halbig, cloth body doll
- doll mark
Gebr. Douwes
Nationale Costuums
Damrak 69 Amsterdam
R. Eekhoff bisque shoulder head Simon &
Halbig doll mark 1894 Groningen
Dovina Dolls of Rotterdam-Holland doll mark VH intertwined, Dovina 1960s-1970s?
- 8-19" tall, regional dressed celluloid
dolls marked
VH with label "Dovina" Rotterdam - Holland
Tonny Fortuin 1960s plastic Dutch souvenir dressed dolls
Nieweweg, Netherlands
Gerzon dolls 1925-1930 importer and distributor, advertised composition head,
cloth body dolls similar to
Käthe
Kruse, celluloid dolls,
Kämmer & Reinhardt
Liebling baby doll, mignonnettes, celluloid Kewpie like dolls,
Boudoir dolls,
black
dolls, Chinese dolls, Oriental dolls.
Het Poppen Rijk (The Doll Palace) doll mark girl standing with arms stretched above head Wildebras
1946-1973 Steenwijk, Netherlands
A. Többen (Tobben) dolls, 1939 worlds fair, hangtag made in
Holland, wearing a Dutch costume
Harry VanTussenbroek 1929 art dolls
Norway, Norwegian, Dukke Doll Makers
- Dolls made
in Norway
Mimi Berg, norgesdukker hand carved artist wood dolls 1940s Norway
Husflidsforening Norsk, Christiana, Oslo, exhibited dolls in 1893 at the Chicago
Exposition
Kristian Olson, in 1893 exhibited dolls at the Chicago
Exposition,
Telemarken, Oslo
Ronnaug Petterssen
cloth
dolls 1930s-1970s
Peru, Peruvian Doll Makers - Dolls made in Peru
Corporation de Industry Plastics SA - CIPSA 1959+ Lima, Peru
Poland, Silesia Lalka Doll Makers - Dolls made in
Poland
Celluloid Toy Factory 1884 - ca. 1939
Kalisz (POL), founded by Adam Szrajer
and father-in-law Jakub Fingerhut, made wooden toys and celluloid dolls marked
ASK inside a triangle Poland.
Celluloid Toy Factory
(during WW II ca. 1939-1945) Kalisz (POL), successor was German
Theodor Reinke, doll mark TR inside a triangle.
Celluloid Toy Factory,
sometime after world war II ended in 1945, was renamed Kaliskie Zaklady
Przemyslu Terenowgo at Ul Przbrzezma and used the celluloid doll mark PPMK
inside a triangle Poland or a four leaf clover symbol Poland.
Thabee Lazarski
dolls 1913+ - also located in France 1914-1930s
Mask Face Dolls
1920s+ dolls
made in Poland
Hogo Roithner & Company wood dolls 1871-1925+
Schlesische Spielwaren Fabrik
dolls 1926-1930
Heinrich Schmuckler
doll mark Hesli rabbit symbol 1891-1928
H. Weignerova
dolls 1929-1930
Friederike Welsch
dolls 1925 Breslau, Silesia
P. R. Zast celluloid mask face
doll mark ASK inside a triangle (Adam Szrajer of Kaliz, Poland), P.R. Zast
inside a triangle Poland
Romania, Romanian, Papusi Doll
Makers
- Dolls Made in Romania
Aradenca Factory 1948-2013 rubber squeak dolls & toys
Russia, Russian, Soviet union,
куклы Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Russia, CCCP
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1960s Russian dolls & doll
makers identified by Nastasya80
Antoshka doll mark V symbol, dates
unknown possibly 1950s?
Doll mold 455 46,
ceramic head, unknown maker, ca. 1916-1920s
Doll Planet Russian Dolls Forum Board (in
Russian)
A.S. Dunayev doll maker in Khotkovo, Russia ca. 1900+
- doll mark Dymasb A.L., Komeko Go, a six pointed star symbol, ceramic
or terracotta heads from Simon & Halbig molds
Lenigrushka
Factory dolls 1928+ of Leningrad
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Lenigrushka doll mark Teddy bear symbol |
Lenigrushka doll mark couple embracing symbol |
Matryoshka Dolls - wooden
Russian nesting
dolls 1890+
New Year's Tree decoration miniature
Russian nationality
dressed dolls 1950s
- miniature one piece head & body doll dressed in
non
removable Russian provincial costumes, dolls are jointed only at the shoulders
Okhtinsky Chemical Plant celluloid & plastic doll mark OHK, OXK, OKX (the K is
backward) 1907+ St. Petersburg
Okhtinsky Chemical Plant doll mark oval shape with OXK inside CAENAHO B CCP
E. F. Safonoff
hand made papier mache dolls ca. 1840s
Swiecka
cloth or leather
dolls 1915-1918
Remeco Collection porcelain dolls 2001-? Russia & London, UK
Rosglavia Grushka Toy Factory, plastic souvenir dolls ? 1960s+
Moscow
Russian Trihedral
dolls, three sided wood dolls 1940-1991
Marie Vassilief or Vasilyeff
dolls 1910-1926
Vesna Toy Factory, small & large plastic dolls, talkers, doll mark BECHA
1960s-present
Vierecke & Leutke dolls 1902 Riga
Zhuravlev & Kockeshkov terracotta or pottery unmarked
doll heads on composition bodies 1900s-1918 |
Scotland, Scottish Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Scotland
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John Henry Johnson India rubber, gutta percha dolls 1855
W. Tapp wooden dolls ca. 1860, a Scottish cabinet maker,
Montrose, Scotland
Tomac of Scotland cloth doll house
dolls 1950s |
Sweden,
Swedish Docka Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Sweden
Lilly Jacobssen Dockatelje dolls 1960s+ - small plastic regional dressed
souvenir tourist dolls
Alan Flink dolls, dates unknown - made wooden regional painted
dressed souvenir tourist dolls,
doll mark
Alan Flink Sweden Souvenir
Rörstrand China Head doll mark red
R
1726-1925+ |
Switzerland, Swiss - Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Switzerland
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Anderegg
dolls early 1900s, doll mark Th. Anderegg, wood carved dolls, Montreux,
Switzerland
S.G.F.
Bern doll mark red shield with white cross, Servante Bernoise 17 Siécle
Bucherer & Cie
doll mark Made in Switzerland
1921-1935
Mme. Louise Bureau dolls Geneva, Switzerland
- doll mark
Au Chaperon
Rouge, Madame Louise Bureau, Gene-VA, Rue du Rhone 58, Fabrique de Poupees
Cunique Des Poupees ca. 1910 doll mark
Lausanne, Place Palud No. 1, K star R
101x 39
Glorex of Switzerland cloth stockinette dolls 1974- present
Henkel & Co 1950s soap advertising doll
Henri Maillardet automata doll 1805
Heidi Ott
dolls 1970s+
Swiss Linden
wood dolls 1900s+ Brienz area, various craftsman
Thorens 1883+ doll mechanical music boxes, Edison phonographs
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Franz Carl Webber dressed dolls including Jumeau's in the 40s to1950s &
accessories1897-1950s
Westo marked small celluloid tourist dolls
Wood dolls, Wooden dolls 1900s+ |
Syria, Syrian Doll Makers - Dolls Made in Syria
Barronne Sandra Belling small Syrian dressed cloth dolls 1930s-1950s
- dolls are marked with a label stamped on clothing Made in Lebanon &
Baronne Belling
Taiwan Doll Makers - Dolls made in Taiwan
Victoria Impex Corporation Venetian porcelain doll mark lotus flower symbol 1976+ & in Concord, CA
ATU Taiwan doll mark atu intertwined inside a circle, unknown
UAE Dubai Doll Makers
- Dolls made in The United Arab Emirates
New Boy FZOC, Dubai 1999+ made Fulla
dolls
Playwell International LLC Dubai 1991-present
- 1992 Stephanie doll plus others
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