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This mould was used for over thirty years. The dolls are stamped with a variety of marks that usually contain the initials A.M. [4] Armand Marseille made a large variety of baby dolls, dolly-faced child dolls and character dolls. Brand names include Floradora, Queen Louise, Darling Dolly, the Dream Baby and Just Me. [4]
Doll from the collection of the Guildhall Museum in Rochester, Kent A Kämmer & Reinhardt doll with a Simon & Halbig bisque head. Simon & Halbig was a doll manufacturer known for bisque doll heads with subtle colouring. They were based in Thuringia, the centre of the German doll industry. They supplied doll heads to many other well known doll ...
The dolls are stamped with a variety of marks that sometimes contain a horseshoe. [5] Most of their dolls had closed mouths; dolls tend to be smaller than the dolls of the other manufacturers- the vast majority are under 50 cm tall. [6] Erst Heubach made a large variety of baby and toddler dolls with mould numbers including, 300, 320, 342 and ...
Bathing Fun/Bathing Baby: A softer version of the regular My Little Baby Born doll made for bathing. Nappy Time: The doll can use the potty and kicks its legs when feeling upset or happy. Walks: A battery-operated doll that walks and makes a number of sounds in response to the sound of its rattle. This doll, unlike other Zapf products, is made ...
The earliest European porcelain dolls were china dolls, made predominantly in Germany between 1840 and 1880. [2] China dolls were made of white glazed porcelain, giving them a characteristic glossy appearance, and their hair was painted on. [2] [5] Parian dolls were made in Germany of white unglazed porcelain from the 1850s onwards. [2]
Käthe Kruse, born Katharina Simon (17 September 1883, in Dambrau – 19 July 1968, in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this day. [1] Her original dolls remain very collectible due to their realism and durability, and fetch high prices from ...
Figurine production continued in Germany under Hummel Manufaktur GmbH, with North American distribution handled by Newboden Brands. M.I. Hummel figurines continue to be produced in the original factory in Rödental, Germany, where they have been made since 1935. They are still created with the strict oversight of the Convent of Siessen, where M ...
The earliest made Gescha toys bear the words "Gescha Patent" written in English (for example, on the grille of a toy tractor) and on packaging labeled for foreign markets. The name confusion is then probably related to German toys sold in other than German language markets. Gescha has a long history of toy manufacturing similar to Schuco or ...