Identifying a doll is best done by identifying the doll makers mark, if one is present it's often found on the back of the dolls head, on the back, under arms, bottoms of the feet, check your doll carefully, as the mark could be placed anywhere and many dolls were unmarked but sold with a wrist tag, that may have long since disappeared.

Doll marks are also found by Country;  American, English, French, German; A-G,  H-K,  L-O, P-R,  S-T , U-Z, German marks unknown, by Material Celluloid, Composition, Hard Plastic / Vinyl.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M

S & H Novelty Company doll mark tag, USA Canadian Patents Pending Tee-Wee Hand Babe The Living Doll made by S & H Novelty Co Atlantic City, N.J.

Saalfield Publishing Company doll mark Made in U.S.A, SPTCO on a shield 167

Saarländische Puppenfabrik doll mark 1920 Made in Sarre SPS on a shield

Arthur Sadin doll mark Favori-Bébé

Thomas Charles Salisbury doll mark Leda

Samco doll mark, Italy unknown

Louis Sametz doll mark American Indian head symbol American

Samhammer & Lambert doll mark Unbreakable SL with anchor symbol

Philipp Samhammer doll mark S on anchor symbol with two arrows

Philipp Samhammer bisque head doll mark 7 or 3000

Samstag & Hilder Brothers doll mark Peter Pan Play

Priska Sander doll mark DRGM 945354

William Webb Sanders doll mark Ça Ne Fait Rien or San Fairy Ann

Santy Inventor wax doll mark 340 Long Room Soho Bazaar London

Sarold Manufacturing Company doll mark Made in England

Johannes Sauerteig doll mark Jose Germany 4

Andre Savary doll mark Pygmée

Sch 35 Foreign doll mark, unknown

Schäfer & Vater doll mark a crown star R

Otto Schamberger doll mark an eagle carring a flag, ADLON OS

Max Friedrich Schelhorn doll mark SS on a horn 370

August Schellhorn doll mark S with symbol

Peter Scherf doll mark P Sch. Germany, P. Sch., Germany A P. Sch / M, P. Sch Germany AM

Richard Scherzer & Fischer doll mark man carrying a sack

Scheyer & Company doll mark Floresta with tree inside a circle

Hermann Schiemer doll mark Mobi

C. G. Schierholz & Sohn hard paste porcelain, doll mark hashtag or two crossed lines

Schildkröt doll mark Juwel with a number

Societe Rene Schiller doll mark Yerri et Suzel

F. M. Schilling doll mark angel symbol, Fabrikmarke Deponirt

J. L. Schilling & Jesse J. Warner doll mark Pat. 1998149 other PATS. PEND.

Schlaggenwald china doll mark S + number, I S number

Mademoiselle Jeanne Schlisler doll mark Ti-Koun

Louis Schmetzer doll mark LS & C with a wheel symbol

Schmider doll mark tag Original Schmider Trachten

A. Schmidt doll mark AS intertwined

August Schmidt art doll mark Lona

Bruno Schmitt doll mark BSW inside a heart symbol 2094-6

Eduard Schmidt doll mark Sico, Sicora

Franz Schmitt doll mark six flames or flower petals with two crossed hammers in center

Paul Schmidt doll mark PSSH Trademark Made in Germany

Schmitt et Fils doll mark two crossed hammers SCH on shield

P. H. Schmitz doll mark Bébé Moderne i Franken Paris

Heinrick Schmuckler doll mark a rabbit symbol Helsi

Carl Schneider of Gräfenthal Porzellanfabrik doll mark G with two vertical arrows

Johannes Schneider doll mark JS 5

Karl Schneider doll mark Schneider"s Kunstpuppen-Atelier Karl Schneider

Louis Schneider et Fils doll mark S.L., doll label Paris S.F. Deposé

Robert Schneider doll mark Roscho inside circle

Serre Schneider doll mark S. Depose S.

Schoberl & Becker doll mark mermaid on shield

Arthur Schoenau doll marks M.B. Germany 500, DEP AS 1900-9, A inside a heart S1S

Gebrüder Schoenau Porzellanfabrik doll mark S inside shield, GHS

Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark SH star symbol PB 1906

Albert Schoenhut doll mark label Pat. Jan. 17th 1911 U.S.A.

Schoen & Yondorf Company doll mark S, SAYCO

Schoffl & Company art doll mark Hafraco-Puppen

Schranz and Bieber Company doll trade mark ESANBE

Schreyer & Company doll Marke Schuco Fabrikmarke on a rolly polly doll symbol

Schuetzmeister & Quendt doll mark Q & Sh intertwined Germany

Schwabische celluloid doll mark S with standing bird and child on back

G.A. Schwartz doll mark label Philadelphia

Emil Schwenk doll mark label Emil Schwenk with swan and child facing backwards on back Monchroden

S. Schwerin doll mark bird symbol SSN

Sears doll mark label Baby Sunshine

Eugène Sedard doll mark Paris-Jouets inside circle seven arrows, a ribbon, child, dog, R-S

Mildred & Vernon Seeley doll body mark © Vernon Seeley

Seigenberg & Sher doll mark label coffin symbol with Egyptian bust on cover Tut's Mummie

Selchow & Righter doll mark S & R

Seligmann & Mayer doll mark double star with circle Mi Encanto S & M made in Germany

Sèvres doll mark Madame Royal, Marquisette

Seyfarth & Reinhardt doll mark SuR inside double circle with a sunrise symbol 312 Germany

SFC porcelain doll mark inside a diamond, unknown

B. Shackman & Company doll mark label copyright Geo Mac Manus in oval

Elsie Shaver cloth doll mark label Little Shavers in circle

J.L. Shilling doll mark Pat. 1998149 other Pats. Pend.

Inga Shilling-Patterson doll mark Inga

M.S. Shillman doll mark M & S (mark has been found upside down W & S)

Lita & Bessie Shinn doll mark Patented Shinn Sisters (on bottom of foot)

Shulman doll mark S & S on shield NY 1906

Silk Novelty Corporation doll mark label Character doll on shield

M. Silverman & Company doll mark My Beauty SMS intertwined

Simba Toys doll mark SIMBA, Made in China

Simon & Halbig doll mark S8H

Wilhelm Simon & Company doll mark symbol

Gabrielle Simonet Au Bébé Bon Marché doll shoe mark 63 Rue De Sevres

Maison François Simonne doll mark label Ru Passage Delorme, Jouets Mon., Simonne, Redmond Suc., Rue de Rivoli 188

Kittie Sischo doll mark Tumblin' Tim

SMC doll mark inside a diamond Made in Hong Kong

Edward Smith doll mark label Edward Smith, The City Toy Shop, 8 Cheap Side London, E. C.

Ella Smith Doll Company doll mark label Pat. Nov. 9, 1912 No. 2

P. D. Smith doll mark signature Mrs. P. D. Smith

Samson Smith doll mark intertwined SS, after 1900s SS Ltd

Società Ceramica di Bollate doll mark SCB above a tower symbol

Société Anoyme de Comptoir General de la Bimbeloterie doll mark Bebe Parisiana, Poupée Parisianna, Poupon Parisiana, La Parisienne, Eureka

Société Chambre Ramel & Cie doll mark J'Habille Mes Poupees, J'Habille Mes Soldats

Société Française de Fabrication de Bébé & Jouets doll mark S.F.B.J. 60 Paris

Société Française des Bébés doll mark Marcoux on a banner, see Charles Marcoux

Société Industrielle de Celluloid doll mark France SIC in a diamond

Société Industrielle de Joets Française doll mark Tanagera Perle-Déposé (sucessor of Gesland)

Société la Parisienne doll marks Bébé Eureka, Bébé Français, Bébé Jumeau, Bébé Le Rêve, Bébé Prodige, Paradis Bébé, Bébé Lux, Bébé Stella, Magic Bébé

Societe Nobel Francaise doll mark SNF

Jacques Adolphe Sommer doll mark AS

E. L. Sommer & Company doll mark ESCO

Sonneberg Town of Toys city in Germany trade mark boy on toy horse symbol

Sonneberger Porzellanfabrik, Carl Muller doll mark SP inside a circle 2542 / 9 K

Yvonne Spaggiari doll mark Les Originaux, De Vovonne

Speights Doll Factory or Classic Works doll mark 6 Classic England, Classic Cecily, Kidette

Mylius Sperschneider doll mark Marionette with doll symbol MSS inside two five pointed stars Schutzmarke

Max Spindler & Company doll mark jester symbol S

E. C. Spurin Toy Warehouse doll mark label E.C. Spurin's Manufactory and Repository New Bond Street London

Karl Standfuss doll mark JUNO

Star Manufacturing Company doll mark six pointed star

Steha Dolls & Toys (Steiner & Hauser) doll mark Steha inside a diamond

Margarete Steiff doll mark animal face symbol Bouton dans l'oreille (Button in the Ear)

Steinbacher Porzellanfabric doll mark elephant symbol EStP

Albin Steiner doll mark AHS

August Steiner doll mark A.S Germany 261/0

Edmund Ulrich Steiner doll mark E.U.St. inside a diamond

Hermann Steiner doll mark HS

Jules Nicholas Steiner doll mark label Medaille D'Or Paris 1889 with doll holding red, white & blue flag

Willi Steiner doll mark Bussi inside a diamond

A. Steinhardt & Brothers doll mark label Marceline The Hippodrome Clown

A. Steinhauser & Company doll mark A. St. in a triangle

Mary M. Steuber doll mark Steuber's Patent June 25 78

Abbie B. Stevens doll mark Georgia Peaches

Stollwerch doll mark star above three crowns symbol

Pfeiffer Strasburger & Company doll mark label upside down triangle

Josef Strasser art doll mark man holding a diamond symbol with MKW inside

Lewis Straus & Sons doll mark L. S & S

Adolph Strauss doll mark ASCO, SECO

Fred J. Strauss & Company doll mark STRACO

Strawbridge & Clothier doll mark Baby Helen, The Princess Royal Doll, Princess Royal

Strobel & Wilkin Company doll mark SWC 257 19

Wilhelm Stunz cloth doll mark Schutz-Marke with a bear symbol and WST on shield

India King Stubbs doll mark Actoe

Sunny-Twin Dolly Company doll mark

Sun Rubber Company doll mark MF'D BY The Sun Rubber Co Barberton, O. U.S.A

Super Doll Corporation doll mark Made in Hong Kong

Gebrüder Süssenguth doll mark GS, GESUE, symbol of girl with dol lying on ground in front of her Puppe der Zukunft

Société Sussfeld & Cie doll mark Clio Babe or Thalie Bebe

Josef Süsskind doll mark S inside a six pointed star Best is Best, trade mark Thro the World

Fernand Sustrac jointed mignonette doll mark bte

Swaine & Company doll marks A Germany S & S, D.V. 1, D Lori 1, Geschutz S & Co Germany green stamp

Mrs. Marga Szerelemhegyi doll mark Marga inside heart symbol Made in Hungary

Szuké doll mark Pearl Buck