E-L – British, England, English Doll Makers and Marks

British, England English antique to vintage doll makers company brand name beginning with E to L, dates of operation, identifying doll marks, labels, symbols, letters or initials and trade marks when known.

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East London Federation Suffragettes Factory doll mark ELSF
Georg P. Eckardt (Eckart) doll mark GEO 1820-1930+ & GER
Hans E. Eckardt (Eckart) doll mark horse drawn cart 1895+
Walter & Ronald Eckardt (Eckart) 1920-1925
John Edwards wax dolls 1868+
Edwards & Pamflett doll mark The Cecily Doll tag 1918-1923
Eisenmann doll mark Einco 1881-1940 London, Furth, Bavaria
– known as King of the Toy Trade
Elite Doll Company 1915-1918 Staffordshire
– British ceramic head doll mark Dep. Elite U.S.1
Ellison, Rees & Co. doll mark Ellarco 1915-1920
– then (Leon) L. Rees & Company 1920-1963
Empire Porcelain Company 1896-1967
– doll mark 70. Empire Stoke-on-Trent 1916+
Empress Pottery – see Dura Porcelain Co.
English cloth rag dolls 1892+
Stephen Erhard celluloid doll mark SES, S E & S 1887-1930
Joseph H. Evans & Sons wax dolls 1868-1881
– doll mark Mfgs & Importers 114 – 115 – 116 Newgate St. London E-C

Fairways House Products Ltd., mail order house dolls 1950s
– 325, Hillside, Stonebridge, London NW10
Fairylite Reg. or Fairymark, see Graham Brothers
Falcon Pottery Works – see William Henry Goss
J. K. Farnell & Company cloth dolls 1871-1968
– renamed Twyford Works 1968-1970
– Farnell’s Alpha Toys label Made in England
Samuel Finburgh cloth WW 1 soldier doll 5th June 1915

No 1. G & S British, G & S ENGLAND doll mark,
– pot or earthenware head, unknown doll maker
GB Made in England doll mark, unknown
Gamages Department Store dolls, toys 1878-1972 Holborn, London
Georgian wood dolls 1750-1800
Godfrey Sisters doll mark sheaf of wheat SG initials 1880
C. Gooch wax dolls made by Charles Marsh 1865+
– doll mark C. Gooch Soho Bazaar Chas. Marsh
Googly Eye Dolls 1892+
William Henry Goss & Co. doll mark bisque dolls 1858-1934
Gourdel, Vales & Company doll mark Thumbs Up 1921
Graham Brothers dolls, toys, games 1887+ London
– doll mark Baby Blue Eyes Junior Made in England or Japan
– Graham registered doll trade mark Fairylite 1935-1970s
– name change in 1957 Fairylite Moulded Plastics LTD.

HDH, HEH doll mark English bisque baby doll, unknown
Fr. Haas & Company doll mark Fr. H & Co Patent
Hamley Brothers 1760+, Doll Repaired, 64 Regent St. W
– all ceramic FumsUp, Thumbs Up, doll mark 359090
– distributed Admiral John Jellicoe dolls
Sampson Hancock & Sons, Gordon Works, Corona Pottery 1891-1937
– doll mark S H & S English Make, doll mark NTI BOY English Make,
– doll mark NTI GIRL English Make
– S. Hancock made the FumsUp doll for Hamley Brothers
Hancock’s Hilda Cowham a doll designer doll mark
Laurie Hansen & Company doll mark tag 1915-1921
– The Laurie Toys & Dolls, 9-15 Whitecross Street, London EC
Harwin & Company doll mark The Educational Doll 1911-1921
Hestair Kiddicraft Toys Ltd. dolls & toys 1977-1989 England
– in 1989 the company was sold to Fisher-Price NY, USA
Hewitt & Leadbeater 1907-1920 Longton, Staffordshire, England
1919 called Hewitt Brothers, 1926+ Willow Pottery, Cauldon Potteries
– doll mark H & L Willow England
(John Lord) Hinde Brothers doll mark Dollie Dimple 1888+
Elizabeth Horne dolls 1890 South Hampstead, Middlesex
– doll mark The Real Dolls House Female Toy Making Depot
British Hong Kong, China
R. Hovenden & Sons doll mark Lon RH don & Sons 1820-1929
HTI Halsall Toys International Company dolls, toys 1952+ UK

I, J, K

IDL Made in England doll mark on composition dolls, unknown
Ideal Toy Company Eskimo cloth dolls 1915 Hackney, London
Abraham & Henry Isaacs doll makers 1881-1884, succeeded by
– A. & J. Isaacs 1884-1887 doll mark The Cherub Doll 1886,
– then became Isaacs & Henry in 1891
Anne Alice Ivimey doll mark Dollit 1906 East Surrey
Izzard Importer doll mark label 136 Regent Street 1860-1878+
Arthur William James doll mark AABA 1907+ Hyde Park
Keen & Company 1913-1933 by Julius Kohnstam
Kleeware Plastics Co. doll mark Kleeware England 1938-1959
– acquired by Rosedale Plastics in 1959

L 5 C inside diamond RD (or BD) England doll mark, unknown
Lesmah 1920s bisque doll mark Lesmah England, unknown
Liberty & Company of London 1906+
– distributed Mdvanii dolls by Billy Boy 1989+
Linda Dolls, souvenir, costume dressed small dolls 1950s
– hang tag; A Linda durable plastic doll, Made in Hong Kong
Line Brothers LTD, doll mark Tri-ang Bros. 1876-1942+ London
– also known as Pedigree Company 1942-1971
London Rag Dolls 1865-1905
Auguste Loriot, toy maker wax dolls, toy soldiers, 1784-1807
– A. Loriot, New Bond Street, London label

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Pollock’s Dictionary of English Dolls book in 1982 by Mary Hillier, The Collectors Guide to British Dolls since 1920 book in 1983 by Colette Mansell, British Dolls of the 1950s, British Dolls of the 1960s book in 2009 by Susan Brewer, British Hard Plastic Dolls of the 1940s and 1950s book in 1996, British Teenage Dolls 1956-1984 book in 2006 both by Frances Baird and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.