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Bergmann's Eleonore doll is 25" tall,
has a bisque head on ball
jointed composition body, wigged, feathered brows, sleep eyes
with
painted upper and lower lashes, open mouth with teeth.
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Charles M. Bergmann operated a
doll company in Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany from 1888 till they went
bankrupt in 1931.
Bergmann dolls came in sizes from 10" to 42"
tall, they specialized in composition ball-jointed
bodies with a bisque head supplied from other manufacturers; Armand
Marseilles, Alt Beck & Gottschalck, Simon & Halbig and maybe
others. They also made kid bodied dolls and character babies.
Dolls were distributed in the
United States by the Louis Wolf Company, who also registered several
doll trademarks for Bergmann;
1913-1915 Baby Belle
1892-1917 Cinderella Baby
1904-1915 Columbia
Eleonore and Spezial.
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