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Bahr & Proschild,
Dolly face, doll mold 394, 21"
tall, feathered eyebrows, brown glass eyes, open
mouth with teeth, dimple on chin, pierced ears, bisque shoulder
head on composition jointed body. |
George Bahr and August
Proschild founded the Bähr & Pröschild doll company
(also spelled Baehr Proeschild) which began
as a porcelain and doll factory in 1871 in Ohrdruf, Germany.
They registered their
first doll mold in 1888 and merged around 1919 with the Bruno Schmidt doll
company. They made china,
bisque and celluloid dolls (the 1911 trademark of Buporit was used on celluloid
dolls) and supplied doll heads and parts to other companies
Bruno Schmidt,
Kley & Hahn,
Heinrich Stier and probably
others. Dolls are sized from 7" to about 24" tall and all are considered
well made and of high quality.
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Dating
a Bahr &
Proschild doll is generally as follows:
ca. 1871 - first
dolls were marked with only a mold number
ca. 1888 - DEP was
added to the mold number
ca. 1895 - the initials B & P
were added to the doll mark
ca. 1900 - crossed swords were added
to doll mark
ca. 1911 - registered
trademark
Buporit
ca. 1919
- B & P was purchased by Bruno Schmidt,
who then
used a heart
with BP as part
of the marking |
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