The dolls in the collection are all made from a material called Silkstone, a durable material that simulates the weight and feel of porcelain dolls.
Saint-Florent-des-Bois is twinned with the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England
He was chairman of Mitchelson Partners Ltd, as well as D. Davis & Sons Ltd, the shipbuilders J. Samuel White & Co Ltd, Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd, Admiralty Collieries Ltd, North's Navigation Collieries Ltd, Wharncliffe Collieries Ltd, Yorkshire Collieries Ltd, Great Universal Stores Ltd, Anglo-Continental Guano Works Ltd, Pangnga River Tin Concessions Ltd, Genatosan Ltd, and Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd.
It is near the villages of Dodworth and Silkstone and is within the Barnsley West and Penistone parliamentary constituency.