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Ethnic doll, Folk doll, International doll, Display doll,
National Costume
doll, Souvenir doll, Tourist dolls
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1950s to 1960s+ Almost every country on this planet
has made or sells tourist
type dolls. The exact manufacturers names are usually unknown, obscure or too numerous to list; they could be made by local artists, individuals, small importers who then dress the
dolls in the regions costumes and attire etc. but do not sign or label the
dolls they have made.
Generally tourist dolls are small sized, low quality
or inexpensive, although from the quantity found today, clearly folks did enjoy
and purchase them to commemorate their holiday.
During the 1950s to 1960s+ small, inexpensive hard or soft plastic
Dress-Me type dolls, with a glued on mohair
wig, sleep eyes. The doll is usually only jointed at the neck and shoulders with
stationary legs, often with molded and painted on shoes and is usually unmarked.
This
type of doll was produced by the thousands and shipped around the world to
almost every country, the doll was then dressed (by local artists, individuals, small
importers) in the regional attire of that country and purchased as a tourist souvenir. |
Argentina - Doll Makers - Dolls made in Argentina
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Artycal Industria Argentina dolls ca. 1935+
Marilu Dolls 1932+, doll mark Marilu Marca Registrada in blue or red ink stamp
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Brazil, Brazilian Bonecas Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Brazil
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Estrela Company 1937 to present, maker of dolls and toys, doll mark
ESTRELA
- licensed by Ideal & Mattel to reproduce their products in
Brazil
some Estrela bonecas names; Bebe, 1963 Miss Universe Leda Vargas,
Linda, Patti Playpal, Susi and many others
Holzer & Cie
dolls 1920s-1940s
Joao Perotti Orbis
cloth fely dolls 1920s-1930s |
Denmark, Danish Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Denmark
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Bing & Grondahl made some China head dolls marked B & G
in blue 1853+
Dandol APS doll company 1980s+,
made vinyl, Asian and animal Hedgies hedgehog characters plus other dolls.
Dandol doll mark DVP APS Made in Denmark
Jeris Kofoed, J.K. Køge Doll Factory made celluloid dolls 1947-1950s? in Køge
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J.K. Køge doll mark J.K. Køge inside a triangle |
J.K. Køge doll mark sea
shell symbol |
J.K. Køge
doll mark sea shell symbol inside a circle |
Kai Reisler Aps Company 1949-2008, Copenhagen, made toy model figures;
animals, cowboys, firemen, guards, Indians, sailors, soldiers & trolls in
hard plastic or vinyl, doll mark Made in
Denmark inside a circle J.N. for designer John Nissen.
A link with more company history, product photos,
Reisler Model Figures
Royal Copenhagen Manufactory
China head doll mark three wavy lines, three vertical lines 1772-1925+ |
Finland, Finnish Nukke Doll Makers - Dolls made in Finland
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Dollitex plastic dolls 1952-1975 - then became Polarnukke plastic
dolls 1975-1990s
Turku Martha Doll Company or Turun Martta-Nukketeollisuus
& Nukkela 1908-1974
- early dolls have German heads
and hands probably made of bisque |
Greece, Greek, κούκλ Doll Makers - Dolls made in Greece
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John
Kehagias dolls 1960s-1970s, dolls also made and marked Regal of Canada
John Kehagias doll mark Ty.I 40/14 J.K.
Lea
Dolls, Maid of Athens doll, leather, cloth body, blue velvet short jacket,
full skirt souvenir doll 1960s Greece
Evelt Themis hand made porcelain dolls dressed in traditional
Greek costumes 1980s
doll mark tag Evelt Themis, top of Iconic column symbol,
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Hungary, Hungarian Doll Makers - Dolls made in Hungary
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Magyar Asszonyok Nemzeti Szovetsege -
(National League of Hungarian Women)
dolls 1909-1926
Zsigmond Liebner dolls, toys 1920s+, Uncle Liebner famous
toy dealer in Budapest
Magyar Baba vilag -
Hungarian Dolldom
dolls 1920s
Pápa Pottery doll mark
PAPA 1811+
Magyar Ruggyantaàrugyàr Rt. - Hungarian Rubber Articles Factory,
celluloid & rubber dolls 1922-1926
- doll mark
Made in Hungary
Mrs.
Marga Szerelemhegyi
doll mark Marga in heart symbol 1920s-1930s
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Mexico, Mexican Muñeca Doll Makers - Dolls made in Mexico
Isabel Belaunsaran dolls 1913+
- doll 1" or less, made of silk thread wound around a wireframe
hair, features, dressed
Cornhusk dolls, Folk Art dolls, Traditional dressed dolls
Munecos Carselle 6-12"
souvenir dolls
in traditional dress made in Mexico 1940s-1960s
Muñequitas
Illusion - Mexican tourist dolls, composition or plastic
Plastimarx Company made Schaper Li'l Me dolls,
division of Louis Marx USA
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now called Schaper Chi Kiss dolls 4" tall 1970s-1980s
Proveda
Made in Mexico souvenir dolls in traditional dress 6-12" tall 1940s-1960s
Santos figures dolls, religious dolls or figures in wax or carved wooden 1700s+
Tipica Muneca Mexicana
irrompible (unbreakable), composition Mexican boy dolls, Mexican girl dolls,
like Nancy Ann dolls
Toluca dolls made from gourds
Netherlands, Holland, Dutch, Pop Doll Makers
- Dolls
made in The Netherlands
18th to 20th century - Grödner Tal
wood dolls, Nürnberg Fille, Peg
Wooden, Penny Wooden dolls
Gebrüder Douwes bisque doll heads by
Simon & Halbig, cloth body doll
- doll mark
Gebr. Douwes
Nationale Costuums
Damrak 69 Amsterdam
R. Eekhoff bisque shoulder Simon &
Halbig head doll mark R. Eekhoff 1894 Groningen
Dovina Dolls of Rotterdam-Holland doll mark VH intertwined, Dovina 1960s-1970s?
- doll mark
VH, label "Dovina" Rotterdam, Holland
Tonny Fortuin
plastic Dutch souvenir dressed dolls 1960s Nieweweg, Netherlands
Gerzon dolls 1925-1930 importer, distributor, composition head,
cloth body dolls similar to
Käthe
Kruse, celluloid dolls,
Kämmer & Reinhardt
Liebling baby doll, mignonnettes, celluloid Kewpie like dolls,
Boudoir dolls,
black
dolls, Chinese dolls, Oriental dolls.
Het Poppen Rijk (The Doll Palace) doll mark girl standing with arms stretched above head Wildebras
1946-1973 Steenwijk, Netherlands
Harry Van Tussenbroek puppet art dolls 1929+
Norway, Norwegian, Dukke Doll Makers
- Dolls made
in Norway
Mimi Berg, norgesdukker hand carved artist wood dolls 1940s Norway
Tomte Laerder,
Tomte Lærdal Anne dukke dolls, books, toys 1943-1978 Stavanger,
Norway
Ronnaug Petterssen
cloth
dolls 1930s-1970s
Peru, Peruvian Doll Makers - Dolls made in Peru
CIPSA -
Corporation de Industry Plastics SA dolls 1959+ Lima, Peru
Poland, Silesia Lalka Doll Makers - Dolls made in
Poland
Celluloid Toy Factory 1884-1939
Kalisz (POL), founded by Adam Szrajer
and father-in-law Jakub Fingerhut, made wooden toys and celluloid dolls marked
ASK inside a triangle Poland. also in Russia
Celluloid Toy Factory
(during WW II ca. 1939-1945) Kalisz (POL), successor was German
Theodor Reinke, doll mark TR inside a triangle.
Celluloid Toy Factory,
sometime after world war II ended in 1945, was renamed Kaliskie Zaklady
Przemyslu Terenowgo at Ul Przbrzezma and used the celluloid doll mark PPMK
inside a triangle Poland or a four leaf clover symbol Poland.
Mask Face dolls
with cloth bodies made in Poland 1920s+
Heinrich Schmuckler
doll mark Hesli rabbit symbol 1891-1928
P. R. Zast celluloid mask face
doll mark ASK inside a triangle (Adam Szrajer of Kaliz, Poland), P.R. Zast
inside a triangle Poland
Romania, Romanian, Papusi Doll
Makers
- Dolls Made in Romania
Aradenca Toy Factory rubber squeak dolls & toys
1948-2013
Russia, Russian, Soviet union,
куклы Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Russia, CCCP
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Antoshka doll mark V symbol, dates
unknown possibly 1950s?
Doll Planet Russian Dolls
forum board (in
Russian)
A.S. Dunayev doll maker in Khotkovo, Russia ca. 1900+
- doll mark Dymasb A.L., Komeko Go, a six pointed star symbol, ceramic
or terracotta heads from Simon & Halbig molds
Lenigrushka
Factory dolls 1928+ of Leningrad
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Lenigrushka doll mark Teddy bear symbol |
Lenigrushka doll mark couple embracing symbol |
Matryoshka wooden
nesting Russian
dolls 1890+
New Year's Tree decoration miniature
Russian nationality
dressed dolls 1950s
- miniature doll jointed at neck, one piece head & body, dressed in
Russian provincial costumes
Okhtinsky Chemical Plant celluloid, plastic doll mark OHK, OXK, OKX (K is
backward) 1907+ St. Petersburg
Okhtinsky Chemical Plant doll mark oval shape with OXK inside CAENAHO B CCP
Szrajer & Fingerhut / Shraer &
Fingergut bisque doll mark 449 in 1884-1939 & Poland
Remeco Collection porcelain dolls 2001-? Russia, London
Rosglavia Grushka Toy Factory, plastic souvenir dolls 1960s+
Moscow
Russian Trihedral
dolls, three sided wood dolls 1940-1991
Marie Vassilief portrait
dolls 1910-1926
Vesna Toy Factory, small & large plastic dolls, talkers, doll mark BECHA
1960s-present
Zhuravlev & Kockeshkov terracotta, pottery
dolls with composition bodies 1900s-1918 |
Sweden,
Swedish Docka Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Sweden
Lilly Jacobssen Dockatelje dolls 1960s+ - small plastic regional dressed
souvenir tourist dolls
Alan Flink
doll mark
Alan Flink Sweden Souvenir
tag - made painted wood
dressed souvenir dolls
Rörstrand China Head doll mark red
R
1726-1925+ |
Switzerland, Swiss - Doll Makers
- Dolls made in Switzerland
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Anderegg
dolls early 1900s, doll mark Th. Anderegg, wood carved dolls, Montreux,
Switzerland
S.G.F.
Bern doll mark red shield with white cross, Servante Bernoise 17 Siécle
Bucherer & Cie
doll mark Made in Switzerland
1921-1935
Mme. Louise Bureau dolls Geneva, Switzerland
- doll mark
Au Chaperon
Rouge, Madame Louise Bureau, Gene-VA, Rue du Rhone 58, Fabrique de Poupees
Cunique Des Poupees ca. 1910 doll mark
Lausanne, Place Palud No. 1, K star R
101x 39
Glorex of Switzerland cloth stockinette dolls 1974- present
Henkel & Company 1950s soap advertising doll
Heidi Ott
dolls 1970s+
Swiss Linden
wood dolls 1900s+ Brienz area, various craftsman
Thorens 1883+ doll mechanical music boxes, Edison phonographs
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Jouets Weber,
Franz Carl Weber dressed dolls, doll accesssories 1897-1950s
Westo marked small celluloid tourist dolls
Wood dolls, Wooden dolls 1900s+ |
Syria, Syrian Doll Makers - Dolls Made in Syria
Barronne Sandra Belling made small Syrian dressed cloth dolls 1930s-1950s
- dolls are marked Made in Lebanon
Baronne Belling
label
Taiwan Doll Makers - Dolls made in Taiwan
Victoria Impex Corporation Venetian porcelain doll mark lotus flower symbol 1976+ & in Concord, CA
ATU Taiwan doll mark atu intertwined inside a circle, unknown
UAE Dubai Doll Makers
- Dolls made in The United Arab Emirates
New Boy FZOC made Fulla
dolls 1999+ Dubai
Playwell International LLC dolls 1991-present Dubai
- 1992 Stephanie doll plus others
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