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Antique Doll Journey
German Doll Marks
Alt, Beck, & GottSchalk
Index
Buschow & Beck
Cuno & Otto Dressel
Simon & Halbig
Heinrich Handwerck
hertwig
Ernst Heubach
Gebruder Heubach
Kammer & Reinhardt
kestner
Kister
Gebruder Kuhnlenz
Armand Marseille
Schoenau & Hoffmeister
Bruno Schmidt
Edmund Ulrich Steiner
OHLHAVER (RevaLO)
Rose O'neill
Louis Amberg
Hermann Steiner
Kathe Kruse
Carl Hartmann
Mystery Doll Heads
BÄHR & PROESCHILD
Conta & Boehme
Müller & Strasburger
Incised German doll mark on bisque shoulderhead plate. At the bottom of the back of the shoulder plate by the left hole is the number 639. In the middle are the incised words "Made in Germany" written in script. On the right is the capital script letter N and the number 10.
Fixed eyes, closed mouth. turned head, full domed head, found on kid leather stuffed early ABG doll body.
639 Made in Germany N10
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque turned head shoulder plate. On the left is the number 1123 1/2.
Fixed eyes, smiling slightly open mouth, and a dimple in her chin. Found on kid leather body.
ABG 1123 1/2
ALT, BECK, & GOTTSCHALK
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head with the ABG at the top and 1362 below it. Then two holes and "Made in Germany" and 3 underneath. Size 11 is at the bottom of the neck.
This doll had a sleep eye mechanism, open smiling mouth, teeth, but no dimple.
ABG 1362
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
Made in Germany 3 size 11
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head with the number 83 over 150 incised on the back of an all bisque doll. The 83/150 also appears on the underside of the upper arm
This doll had a sleep eye mechanism and open mouth, joints only at shoulders and hips.
83/150 18
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
all bisque doll
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Parian or non-glazed white porcelain shoulder head with painted eyes, molded unusual hair style, molded necklace, and scalloped undergarment top. Head has pierced ears.
Blue irises have no highlights nor outlines. Lips have a painted darker line between them.
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
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Glazed china doll head with middle part named after the famous opera singer, Adelina Patti.
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
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Parian or non-glazed white porcelain shoulder head with painted eyes, molded hair and crown, with molded earrings. Her lower arms and legs are also white non-glazed porcelain (Parian).
Hairstyle dates the doll to the 1870s, Crown and facial feature may be recognized as representing the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon. Lydia Richter's book says she is called "Miss Liberty" by American collectors.
Identifiable ABG features are the vivid blue outlined eyes, multi-stroke painted eyebrows, painted upper and lower lashes, and the long slender nose. Her mouth has a darker accent line.
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
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Miss Liberty
or Empress Eugenie
Bisque head Kewpie doll marked "Made in Germany 1377" on the back of her neck. She has a cloth body and lower bisque arms and hands.
Believed to be made by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck because ABG had a series of head molds in the 4 digit 1300s.
Her side glancing eyes are painted black and her original dress tag reads
Alt, Beck, & Gottschalk
1377
Kewpie - Rose ONeill
KEWPIE
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
1913 R. O. Neill
Des. Pat. Mar. 4 1913"
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Incised size mark of only the size number 7 on the back of a bisque head with a closed mouth and fixed eyes. The doll head has pierced ears and two holes at the top of the front forehead. She has an unpainted space between her lips.
Doll head was possibly manufactured for the French market. The manufacturer is believed to be BÄHR & PROESCHILD on a wooden peg jointed fashion doll type body made in Sonneberg.
BÄHR & PROESCHILD
no mold Number
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Incised size mark with B&P incised within two crossed swords with the number 0 below the swords. Mold number 585 incised under the swords with size number 2 below that. Then at the bottom is the word "Germany."
Doll head is a baby face with eyes that open and close. The mouth is open and shows two top teeth.
BÄHR & PROESCHILD
BP 0 585 2 Germany
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Raised German doll mark on metal doll head with the arched name MINERVA over the trademark of a helmet. The mark is on the bottom center of the front shoulder plate. On the back bottom center of the shoulder plate is the word GERMANY over the size number 8.
The doll head has brown glass eyes, blonde molded hair and open mouth.
MiNERVA
Buschow & Beck
GERMANY 8
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Bisque head with incised mark reads "© L. Amberg & Son Germany 5/0 K" with un upside down U shape before the K that is cut out of the bisque.
The doll head resembles the oriental doll heads made by Armand Marseille.
The doll head was found on a composition jointed nature baby body stamped "Germany" on the back, and wearing a dress with the tag for Amberg Dolls reading "The Original Newborn Babe" registered in 1914.
©L. Amberg & SoN
Germany
5/0 K
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Glazed china head doll with unusual hairstyle molded by Conta & Boehme - 1870s.
Curls of the hair wrap like a crown with a knot in the back at the bottom with three lumped curls.
Blue irises that have no outline or highlights.
Conta & Boehme
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Papier mache shoulderhead with the Holze Masse sticker label on the back for Cuno & Otto Dressel. The ED with the backward E on the bottom
Cuno & Otto Dressel
Holz masse. ED
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Red Stamp found on the back of a Cuno & Otto Dressel doll body with a Gebruder Heubach bisque head. The red stamp reads "HOLZ-MASSE" with the ED with a backward E. (See the sticker printed label on the papier mache doll head above)
Red STamp
Cuno & Otto Dressel
Holz masse
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads at the top CMB then underneath "Simon & Halbig" and then Eleonore.
CMB stands for Carl M. Bergmann.
She has molded eyebrows, eyes that open and close, and an open mouth with 4 teeth.
Eleonore
Carl M. Bergmann
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Simon halbig
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads S9H 1010 DEP on the back of the bottom of the shoulder plate. No marks appear on the head.
This was a shoulder turned head with a dimple in her chin and pierced ears.
(It is not known where the eyes were fixed or not as the head was found without the eyes.)
S9H 1010 DEp
Simon & halbig
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads S12H 939.
Fixed eyes and open mouth on sonneberg body with fixed wrists and attached ball joints.
This face mold 939 has two different bisque head rims, a thin rim for the French market and a wider rim for the German market. The one pictured is the wide German market bisque head.
S12H 939
Simon & halbig
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads S15H 949.
Fixed eyes, closed mouth, and pierced ears on sonneberg body with fixed wrists and attached ball joints. This head also has two holes under the 949 and two holes at the top of the head on the sides.
This face mold is said to come in two versions - with closed or open mouth.
S15H 949
Simon & halbig
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads S&H 1160.
Fixed eyes and closed mouth shoulder head on cloth body.
S&H 1160
Simon & halbig
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads "1079" at the top of the head, "Germany" underneath, the "HALBIG" in all capitals underneath, the "S&H" underneath and last the number 11 at the bottom.
This doll face has molded eyebrows, eyelashes, an open mouth and four teeth. Eyes open and close.
This doll has rolling ball joints at shoulders, elbows and knees.
1079 Germany Halbig
Simon & halbig
S&H 11
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads "1079" at the top of the head, "Germany" underneath, the "HALBIG" in all capitals underneath, the "S&H" underneath and last the number 11 at the bottom.
This doll face has molded eyebrows, eyelashes, an open mouth and four teeth. Eyes open and close.
This doll has rolling ball joints at shoulders, elbows and knees.
1079 Germany Halbig
Simon & halbig
S&H
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads "Simon & Halbig" and underneath "Heinrich Handwerck" then "Germany" underneath with the size 0½ at the bottom of the neck.
This doll face has eyes that open and close and an open mouth. The body had jointed wrists and attached ball joints. The doll head had no mold number. She was 17 inches tall.
Heinrich Handwerck
Simon & halbig
0½
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Germany
Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "Germany" at the top, then the name Heinrich Handwerck, and last the name Halbig. A number 1 sits at the bottom of the neck. This head also had a red painted W on the rim of the bisque.
This doll head had a sleep eye mechanism, open smiling face, and pierced ears.
Halbig
Heinrich Handwerck
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1
Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "109 13 3/4 H 5". The mold number is 109. Head is more oval shaped and has a circumference of about 13 inches.
This doll head found on a 26 inch doll has a sleep eye mechanism, open smiling face, and pierced ears. This doll had individual ball joints at shoulders, elbows, and knees.
109 13 3/4 H 5
Heinrich Handwerck
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "109 15 1/2 X". The mold number is 109. Lower down it reads "H 6 1/2."
This doll head found on a 30 inch doll has eyes that open and close, an open mouth with teeth, pierced ears and separate ball joints at the shoulders, elbows, and knees.
109 15 1/2 X H 6 1/2
Heinrich Handwerck
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Red stamp on the back of the doll torso usually on lower side reads "HEINRICH HANDWERCK" with "Germany " underneath.
red or BLack stamp
Heinrich Handwerck
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Incised mark on a doll head by Carl Hartmann. Reads "Globe Baby" at the top, then HARTMANN, and the word Germany inside an oval. DEP is at the bottom. She had fixed eyes, an open mouth, and a small composition body.
Globe Baby
Hartmann
Germany
DEP
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Incised mark on a doll head by Carl Hartmann. Reads "Globe Baby" at the top, then DEP, the word Germany, and C3H at the bottom. She had sleep eyes, an open mouth, and a sonneberg jointed body.
Globe Baby
DEP
Germany
C3H
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Tiny all bisque dolls with jointed arms, one right bent arm and a tie know on the head resemble dolls on a sample advertising card by Hertwig & Co. (Page 118 of the German Doll Encyclopedia by Cieslik).
Made in Germany
Hertwig
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque shoulderplate that reads "Germany 275 12/0 Heubach-Koppelsdorf.
This doll body had a paper label that read "Washable Doll."
Germany 275 12/0
Ernst Heubach
heubach-Koppelsdorf
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque shoulderplate that reads "Heubach 250 1 Koppelsdorf Thuringia
This doll had a jointed composition body, sleep eyes, painted lashes and multi stroke eyebrows, open mouth with teeth, and a dimple in her chin. She did not have pierced ears.
Heubach 250-1
Ernst Heubach
Koppelsdorf Thuringia
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Incised German doll mark on the back of tiny bisque head with 7246 at the top, then 7/0 lower down and the rectangular Heubach trademark at the bottom of the neck.
Closed mouth doll head with eyes that open and close.
7246. 7/0
Gebruder Heubach
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Incised German doll mark on the back bisque head has the circular trademark with the sunrise for Gebruder Heubach, 02 to the right of the mark, a 3 underneath and the word Germany.
Doll has painted molded intaglio eyes, closed mouth, and a full dome head. The body was on a baby composition body marked DRGM.
02 Germany 3
Gebruder Heubach
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Incised German doll mark on the back bisque head reads 6969 at the top Germany in the middle and the number 3 lower down.
Inside of bisque was the pinkish tone found in some Heubach porcelain doll heads. Closed mouth, sleep eyes, painted lashes with pouty expression.
6969 Germany 3
Gebruder Heubach
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that simply reads "192" in the middle of the back of the head. Then a size number of 15 at the bottom of the neck.
192. 15
Kammer and Reinhardt
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head of a full domed character baby doll with intaglio painted eyes.
Sometimes called a Kaiser Baby.
36 K R 100
Kammer & Reinhardt
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "made in Germany", then the alphabet letter L 1⁄2 on the left and 15 1⁄2 on the right. The mold number 146 is in the middle under the word Germany.
This doll head has sleep eyes, two holes at the back of the bisque head under the number 146, slightly open smiling mouth, teeth, and NO pierced ears.
L 1⁄2 146 15 1⁄2
J. D. Kestner
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "made in Germany", with the mold number 14e is in the middle under the word Germany. This is of the alphabet series but letter on the left is not readable but she stands almost 10 inches.
This socket doll head had a plater pate, wide sleep eyes, and an open mouth with two front top teeth and no pierced ears.
143
J. D. Kestner
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head that reads 179. This face is considered a "Character Doll." This particular doll head had a circumference of 8.5 inches and she stood about 15 inches high.
This doll has no other markings except "GERMANY 0½" stamped in red on the back of the jointed composition body, a Kestner mark.
The doll head has painted eyes with brown irises with highlights in each one. The mouth appears to be open but does not open through the bisque.
Doll head 179 was registered by Kestner around 1908 and can be found with painted or glass eyes, as well as a closed or open mouth.
179
J. D. Kestner
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Incised German doll mark on the back of a small all bisque jointed doll reads simply "100."
Doll has strung joints at shoulders and hips, painted upper and lower lashes, painted socks and shoes, an open mouth with teeth, and eyes that open and close.
Socks have molded ridges. The head is fixed and the bisque head and torso are hollow.
100
J. D. Kestner
Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head with the incised marking that reads "made in Germany", then the alphabet letter E on the left of Germany, the mold number 129 underneath, and the number 9 on the right side of Germany.
This doll head has sleep eyes, two holes at the back of the bisque head, slightly open smiling mouth, teeth, a dimple in her chin, thick Kestner eyebrows, and NO pierced ears. Found on a Waltershausen flapper doll body.
E. 129 9.
J. D. Kestner
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head of a Rose O'Neill Kewpie bisque head doll with a jointed composition body.
The O'Neill stands for Rose O'Neill.
J.D.K. stands for J. D. Kestner
Then below that the doll head would have a size number.
On one foot would be a stamp with the name o'neil in lowercase letters and very long double l's.
KESTNER
Ges.Gesch
o'neill J.D.K.
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Incised German doll mark on the back of the bisque head of a CENTURY DOLL CO. doll head that reads CENTURY DOLL Co Kestner Germany 280/4
The doll has cloth stuffed body, a full domed head with molded hair, eyes that open and close, and an open mouth with teeth. The arms and legs were composition.
Century Doll Co
Kestner Germany
280/4
Incised number 7 found inside the shoulder plate along with a painted number 27 of this porcelain head.
The hairstyle of this doll is known as the "Covered Wagon" doll head and dates to the 1850s.
The painted facial features helps identify the doll head as made by Kister. She has 10 vertical curls, nearly straight single-stroke eyebrows, blue painted irises with no outline and no highlights. She has a long narrow upper lip with slightly rounded peaks on the end. Red painted nostrils, a red stroke over the eye, and red dots in the corner of her eyes.
7. 27
A. W. Fr. Kister
Covered Wagon - 1850's
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Porcelain doll head with hairstyle with molded snood and molded shirt collar. This doll mold can be found with blonde or black hair and different painting styles of the shirt collar.
C. F. Kling & Co.
1870s
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head with the lowercase letter t at the top, then in the middle are the G.K. initials with the numbers 34.28 underneath.
Fixed eyes and closed mouth on early sonneberg body with fixed wrists. This particular face mold was a Kuhnlenz effort to replicate the famous French Bru Jne doll face. Sometimes called the "Kuhnlenz Bru."
t
G.K. 34.28
Gebruder kuhnlenz
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head with the numbers 41.24.
Fixed eyes and open mouth with teeth. This doll head has no initials, does not say DEP, nor does it say Germany, so this would be an early Kuhnlenz not recorded in Cieslik's encyclopedia.
The doll head was found with an 8 ball early Sonneberg doll body from the 1880s.
41.24
Gebruder kuhnlenz
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head with "Made in Germany" first, then under that is "Armand Marseille." Then under that is the name "Floradora."
At the bottom of the neck are the A M initials with a zero 0 between the initials.
Doll was found with sleep eyes, open mouth, dimple in her chin, and composition body with very long thighs of a typical later Sonneberg doll body.
A 0 M
Floradora
Armand Marseille
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads "Germany A. M. 8/0" found on an Asian face mold.
Doll had sleep eyes, open mouth, 4 teeth, and a solid composition body with arms only jointed at the shoulders and legs only jointed at the feet. She stood 8 inches high and had painted feet.
Germany AM 8/0
Armand Marseille
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Papier Mache shoulderhead doll that originally had a sticker label on the back with the M & S Superior 2015 mark for Müller & Strasburger.
Also spelled Strassburger
Current example only shoes the rectangle area that has no finish where the label was.
Müller & Strasburger
M.& S. Superior
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads "A.M. Germany 353 / 2 / 0K" found on a socket Asian baby face doll head with nature baby jointed body.
Doll had sleep eyes, closed mouth, a full dome head, with painted black hair.
A.M. Germany
353 / 2 / 0K
Armand Marseille
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads Revalo 7 Germany.
Doll had sleep eyes, open mouth, 4 teeth, and jointed composition body.
Revalo is backwards for the maker: Ohlhaver
Revalo 7 Germany
OHLHAVER
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads S J Germany with the symbol of the triangle and the eye in the center.
Doll had sleep eyes, open mouth, 4 teeth, and jointed composition body.
S J Germany
OhlHaVER
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head SH with the 5 pointed star between the S & H. The capital letters PB inside the star. The mold number 1909 under the star. At the top of the head is the number 10/10 and at the bottom of the neck is the number 6/0
Doll head had moving sleep eyes on a Sonneberg body of about 12 inches with painted eyelashes, dimple in the chin, open mouth and 4 teeth. The back of the torso had an incised 2 over the left shoulder blade.
PB 1909
Schoenau & Hoffmeister
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads BSW 7 1/2.
**To notice is that this BSW mark does not have the usual BSW heart around it.
This doll head had sleep eyes and open mouth.
BSW 7 1/2
Bruno Schmidt
of Waltershausen
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads 5 above BSW inside a heart and mold number 2042
This is a full dome bisque head with brown painted eyes. The irises are outlined.
5 BSW 2042
Bruno Schmidt
of Waltershausen
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Incised German doll mark on bisque head that reads 692 at the top, then a 6 underneath, then below that is the heart with the letters BSW and then below that are the words "Made in Germany."
This is a doll head with eyes that open and close. It has an open mouth doll showing two top teeth.
(Head is found on a baby and toddler body.
692 6 BSW
Bruno Schmidt
of Waltershausen
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Photo Credit: João Correo
Incised German doll mark of the initials E.U.St. inside a diamond shape on the back of a bisque head shoulder plate doll with a kid leather body.
Doll face had an open mouth, teeth, a dimple in her chin, and no pierced ears.
Edmund Ulrich Steiner
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Incised German doll mark of H with the letter S over it. Marked with the number 15 HS Germany and the mold number of 240 at the bottom.
Doll face had a closed mouth, eyes that open and closed and a full domed bisque head on a cloth stuffed body with a cryer inside. Hands were made of composition.
