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A to B French Antique Doll Makers & Marks


Antique French doll makers – les fabricants de poupée antiques Françaises, with company or doll shops names that begin with the letter A to B, with dates of operation, address, owners when known, doll labels or doll marks with address’s, initials or symbols, doll trade names. 

< A-B > C-D | F-K  | L-M | N-P  | R-S |  T-W


A La Galerie Vivienne doll shop, owner Pierre F. Guillard 1830-1867
A La Poupée de Nuremberg doll shop label 1864-1885
– Madame Lavallee-Peronne, 21 Rue du Choiseul, Paris
A La Récompense Jouets dolls, toys store 1894-1920 Paris
 – doll mark label 34, Rue du 4 September
A La Tentation doll shop, owner Mon. Guyot 1879-1900+
 – doll mark label Guyot 5, Place de la République
Aladin-Lam boudoir art doll mark 1922-1930+ Paris

Ernst Alart doll shoe mark Modele shoe symbol

Ernst Alart doll shoes 1913-1930+, successor to Eugene
– doll shoe mark Modelé Deposeé boot symbol

Eugene Alart doll shoe mark standing person

Eugéne Alart doll shoes 1872-1929+, then Ernst
– doll shoe mark standing girl in chemise Deposé

Henri Alexandre doll mark star symbol H & A

Henri Alexandre doll mark H * A 1889-1895
Mme. Nina Alexandrowicz cloth or wood dolls 1916-1918
– doll mark Marque Déposée Nina Alexandrowicz N.A.
All Bisque Dolls 1890+
Anel & Fraisse et Fils celluloid dolls 1913-1929+
– doll mark Au Drapeau (France’s flag), 42 Rue Servan, Paris
Albert & Marie Anqueulle fashion Lady doll body 1865+

Felix Arena doll mark Germany Bi-plane box kite symbol Mignon

Félix Arena doll mark Germany bi-plane box kite symbol Mignon 1918-1920
Jean Louis Hubert Arnaud fashion Lady dolls 1852-1880
 – doll mark Brevet d’ Invention LA
Au Bébé Incassable doll shop 96 Rue du Bac, Paris 1881-1884
– see Joseph Joanny

Au Bebe Rose doll mark face symbol

Au Bébé Rose Societe doll mark Au BB Rose on face 1910+
Au Calife de Bagdad doll shop 1852-1866+
– Alexis Frédéric, Maire Anne & Mon. Herbillion
 – doll mark label 14 Rue de Choiseul
Au Nain Bleu (The Blue Dwarf) doll toy store 1836-1940s
  – before 1910 E. Chauvière Bould des Capucines
– after 1910+ 406, 408, 410 Rue du Faubourg
Au Nain Jaune (The Yellow Dwarf) doll & toy store 1900s+
 – doll mark Jouets & Jeux, 64 Avenue de Neuilly 64

Au Paradis des Enfants doll shoe mark CC

Au Paradis des Enfants department store China dolls 1864-1925
 – label Perreau Fils 156 Rué de Rivoli, Paris, Rue du Louvre
Automata, mechanical, self propelled dolls 1850+
Aux Enfants de France doll & toy store 1865+
– owner Alice Couterier, 8 Rue du Dauphine, Paris
Aux Enfants Sages doll and toy store 1850-1871
 – owners Jules Albert Monnier, Benon et Cie, Guiton,
– doll label Guiton Passage Jouffroy 13, 15 & 17 Paris

B

Baculard rubber dolls 1860-1876
– then Favier & Baculard 1876+
Maison Charles Bail doll & toy store 1881-1889
– 1889-1929 Société Veuve Bail et Fils
– doll label Aux Tuileries Jouets 210 Rue De Rivoli, 210
E. Balland & Fils doll mark EB 1882 Paris

Balleroy doll mark Limoges France JB

Jullien Balleroy & Cie doll mark Limoges France J◊B 1914+
Ernst Ballu doll mark Bébé Olga 1889-1911
– 76 Rue St. Dennis, Paris – see also Gerbaulet Frères

Barrois doll mark EB, E 3 B

Eugene Barrois doll mark EB 1842-1878+
– then Halopeau 1878+
Henri Baudouin doll shoe maker 1894-1896 1902

Beaudelot doll shoe mark Hot Air Balloon montgolfiere symbol

Louis Gustave Beaudelot doll shoes, boots 1876-1906
– doll shoe mark hot air balloon (montgolfiere) symbol Beaudelot
– 1876 at 18 Rue Montgolfier, successor of Eugene Alart in 1906
Bébé Breveté SGDG doll mark label 1870s+ Paris
Bebe Tout en Bois wood dolls 1901-1914
Bella Poupées of France doll mark Bella 1946-1983
Mon. Bellanger Grand Bazar doll store label 1890s+
Henri Bellet papier mache doll mark Poupard Art 1919-1920s
Belton Type dolls 1870s-1900s French or German
Benoît Fils et Romain 1901-1902, then Société Romain et Luc
– owner Fernand Lévy, doll mark 3 pointed star BR
Benon et Cie doll & toy store Aux Enfants Sages 1850-1871
F. Berchet SA superjouet dolls 1995+
Louise Bereux doll costumer, 21 Rue de Hanôvre 1855-1880

Jacques Berner doll mark JB

Jacques Berner Bébé Moujik doll mark JB 1888+
Georges Bezodis dolls, 16 Rue Michel le Comte doll mark MGB 1900s
Comptoir Générale de la Bimbeloterie doll mark CGB 1949-1950

Claude Blampoix doll mark BS

Claude Joseph Blampoix doll mark BS 1840+
Adolphe-Henri Bouchet doll mark AB, AD 1889-1899+ (SFBJ)
Boudoir dolls 1915-1930s
J. Bourgoin doll mark Steiner BSGDG Bourgoin 1880-1892
– successor of Jules N. Steiner

Brasseur & Videlier doll mark BV

Brasseur & Videlier doll shoe mark BV 1865-1882
Brevete Gege dolls France 1950s
Edouard Briens fashion lady dolls 1860-1862
Almigar Brogi cloth doll mark Clélia 1927-1929 Paris

Bru doll marks circle dot, E, Bru Jne

Bru Jne et Cie bébés 1866-1899+ (SFBJ)
Brunswick & Cie doll mark R.F. la Parisienne à la Mode 1912-1919


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