S-Z British, English Doll Makers and Marks

Britain, British, England or English antique to vintage doll makers company brand name from S to Z, dates of operation, identifying doll marks, labels, symbols, letters or initials and trade marks when known.

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Saint Michael Satin Collection porcelain dolls ca. 1980s+
– porcelain collector dolls, Walda doll plus others
Thomas Charles Salisbury doll mark Leda 1917
Thomas Salter rubber dolls 1915-1930
Samsact LTD. 1963+, see Seltaeb NEMS Enterprises in USA
– Beatles rubber dolls, plus other memorabilia
Santy Inventor wax dolls 1850-1860
– doll mark 340 Long Room, Soho Bazaar, London
Sarold Manufacturing Company Ltd. dolls 1950+ London, Liverpool
– doll mark Sarold Made in England
Sasha dolls by Morgenthaler 1965-2001 Stockport
– also made by Gotz Puppenfabrik in Germany
Heinrich Schelhorn & Co. Ltd. doll & toys trademark Telitoy 1945-1985 –
– Leicester, England, Heinrich was born in Sonneberg, Germany
– Heinrich Schelhorn doll mark HS 220
Semco Dolls LTD. 1930s-1962
– in 1962 purchased by Airfix Industries
Shanklin Toy Industry cloth dolls 1915-1920
Silber and Fleming wooden doll houses 1856-1882 London
Singing Doll Company, sings, walks, talks doll 1960s+ Harrow, London
Edward Smith wax dolls 1880s
– doll mark The City Toy Shop 8 Cheap Side London, EC
Samson Smith China dolls 1846-1900s
– doll mark SS intertwined, after 1900s marked SS Ltd
Speights Doll Factory or Classic Works 1900-1924
– doll mark 6 Classic England, Classic Cecily, Kidette
E. C. Spurin Toy Warehouse dolls 1851-1867
– New Bond Street, London
Stallard & Company doll mark Kismi 1905
Star Manufacturing Company doll mark six pointed star 1887-1929
Steevan’s Manufacturing Company 1917
– made spring activated walking dolls
Harry H.G. Stone & Company doll tag Chiltern Toys 1920-1967
– subsidiary L. Rees & Company, sold to Chad Valley.

Tah Toys Ltd. doll mark Kiddlums 1917-1918 London
Jessie Toler Kingsley Tarpey doll mark Sea Baby 1915
J. Tattersall Ltd. mechanical dolls 1919-1925+ Lancashire
Thomas Industries LTD. trade name Adora Toys Ltd. 1945+
John Tinkler wax doll mark E. Tinkler 1880s
Edith & Rebecca Todhunter dolls 1926+
Rayburn Townsend & Co. cloth doll mark Rompa 1924-1925
Toy Importers Co Ltd. doll mark TIMPO TOYS 1938-1979
Tri-ang, Line Brothers LTD doll mark L Bros London label 1876+
– also known as Pedigree Company 1942-1971
Raphael Tuck & Sons paper doll mark RTS 1866 +
Tudor Rose Doll Company, early 1950s
– then became Rosedale Rose Doll Company
Charles Edward Turnbull Dolls & Toys mark CETANDCO 1872-1963
– also known as C.E. Turnbull, Turnbull’s, The Toy People

U-V

ʊ symbol 40 England HP 10′ doll mark, unknown
Vale of Clwyd Toymakers dolls 1917 Wales, England
Victoria Toy Works, Norah Wellings cloth dolls 1926-1960
Vulcanite Company rubber dolls 1870s

Wax dolls
Florence Webb doll mark Patent No 104075 in 1916
William Webbers Dolls composition doll mark 1944-1951
Norah Wellings Victoria Toy Works cloth dolls 1926-1960
Welsh Toy Makers dolls 1919 Wales, England
John Wheeler doll mark crown symbol 1864-1879
Whyte, Ridsdale & Co doll mark C & H 1867-1927
– White, Wilton, Portsmouth
William & Mary wooden dolls 1680-1720
Williams & Steer Mfg Company 1940s-1950s
– doll mark W & St., Made In England
Winfield Little Beauty dressed doll 1960s+
Wood dolls, Wooden dolls 1300+

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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.