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Founded in 1865 by Jean Roullet (who marked his doll & mechanical toys wind up
key JR), in 1879 Jean's
only daughter Henriette Roullet married Ernst Decamps, a worker in his company. In
1889 the partnership was formed between of Roullet et Decamps, by 1906 Ernst Decamps
became head of their firm. Jean Roullet passed away in 1907. After Ernst
also passed away, his widow Henriette Roullet
Decamps and son Gaston Decamps were the successors.
Roullet & Decamps
is best known for their
automata, mechanical walking and moving dolls and toys who are marked on the
wind up key RD. Roullet
et Decamps
won many bronze, silver and Grand awards between 1867 and 1910.
Roullet et Decamps used marked bisque heads made by
Jumeau,, Kestner and
Simon & Halbig and possibly by other porcelain doll makers French or
German.
Other Roullet et Decamps identifying doll marks:
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mechanical doll mark RD, often found on the items wind up key
Roullet et Decamps doll mold 134,
Roullet & Decamps doll names;
1893 Bébé Systême, L'Intrepide Bébé,
swimming dolls called Ondine |
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Roullet & De Camps doll trade mark RD symbol of a cart with a person
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1939 Roullet & Decamps
Toto doll and Tata doll
1939 Toto and Tata - right from the streets of Paris with a
saucy mechanical swagger. Either one originally $10. Above photo is a 1939 Christmas ad from Abercrombie & Fitch.
1914+ Toto doll
and
Tata dolls
14 1/2" tall,
composition heads, painted faces, closed mouth grinning faces, cardboard
spring wire body, composition or bisque hands, wooden legs and feet, mechanical
key wound walking dolls, key marked RD. Designed by Gaston Decamps,
Toto and Tata dolls were
sold in the USA by
Abercrombie & Fitch of New York. |
