Metal Doll Information from doll reference site

Metal Head Dolls | Metal Doll Makers 1861-1930s Doll Makers by Country: | American USA | Doll Makers World | English UK | French FR | German DE | France has the first patent recorded by René Poulin in 1861 for making dolls heads and limbs of metal. In 1876 Lucien Vervelle, also of France, secured a patent for dolls heads made of metal, too. Beginning in 1886 the majority of metal head dolls were made in Germany. The German metal heads were made from stamped sheet metal, that were welded together and then painted. They seem to be made primarily as a replacement head for bisque or china doll heads that were easily broken, so the heads were sold separately from the body, which is why today the body material varies. The trade name Minerva, over a helmet symbol, was used by the German doll maker Buschow & Beck from 1888-1930s, their USA partner was Alfred Vischer with George Borgfeldt and Louis Wolf as distributors and Minerva heads are also found in old Sears catalogs. Karl Standfuss 1898-1930s used the trade name JUNO. Alfred Heller 1901-1910 used trade name DIANA, both German doll makers, for their doll metal heads. Aluminum Doll Head Works 1919-1920 USA, made aluminum doll heads and hands on composition ball jointed or cloth stuffed bodies. Atlas Doll & Toy Company 1917-1930 USA, made all metal dolls, also dolls with metal heads, sleep eyes, wigged and metal arms on cork stuffed bodies, Atlas doll mark or trade name are A.D.T. Co and 1919 Hug Me Kid with sleep or stationary eyes, molded hair or wigged. Giebeler Falk Doll Corporation 1918-1921 of the USA, used the trade name Gie-Fa, they made an aluminum head with a wooden body phonograph doll named Primadonna, who has a clockwork mechanical mechanism in the dolls torso, a crank handle in the neck works the turntable located in the top of the head, dolls with a metal head, hands and feet with wooden or composition bodies and entire dolls made of all aluminum. Doll marks Gie Fa Trademark New York, NY., Aluminum Heads ~ Hands Guaranteed Unbreakable or the initial G inside a six pointed star symbol U.S. Pat. Armor Metal Toy Stamping Company, 1922 of Bayonne, NJ USA, made metal Armor heads on composition jointed or cloth stuffed jointed sanitary bodies and walking dolls, doll sizes 14-22" tall, doll marking unknown. Horsman made a metal head marked Horsman doll on a composition jointed body, but we have been unable to find any reference documentation, other than the boy doll shown at the top of this page and below. Metal Doll Company 1902-1903 USA, made entire dolls of thin steel sheet metal with a fully jointed steel body, some of the dolls have jointed wrists and ankles too, strung with steel springs in 12 and 18" tall. Ebay, Antique Metal Head Dolls For Sale, use the search box to type (or swipe and paste text from this page) for a specific doll, this is a category site wide ebay search, so be sure to include your search term + doll. Note; this is a free To Go Ebay Widget, not an affiliate paid program, we do not receive any remuneration for purchases thru this Ebay widget, it is solely for the enhancement of this page and convenience to you, hopefully. Metal Dolls. http://dollreference.com/metal_head_dolls.html