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Escher & Bierschenk Dolls 1906-1927

 

J.G. Escher of Sonneberg, Thüringia, Germany was established in 1790, there are no records of dolls being produced by them until after 1874.  They made dolls and doll heads, Escher displayed dolls in 1900 in Paris, France and in 1904 at St. Louis, Missouri. 

 

By 1906 the company name was listed as J.G. Escher & Son (sons; J.G. Escher Jr. & E. Escher).  Escher doll marks were a symbol of a locomotive train steam engine and a girl with a doll in a circle with initials of IGES (I and J being interchangeable in German).

 

Fritz Bierschenk doll mark, FB /0

Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB /0

 

In 1906 Fritz Bierschenk either joined or purchased the Escher factory, which then became known as Fritz Bierschenk.  Bierschenk is best

Fritz Bierschenk Kaiser Baby Doll, 11" tall

Fritz Bierschenk Kaiser Baby Doll, 11" tall

Solid dome bisque socket head, lightly painted hair, painted blue eyes, open mouth, composition jointed bent limb baby body. Doll mark FB /0 shown on left.

known for his antique bisque head Baby or Child dolls, Bierschenk also made cloth dolls with mask like faces.  The only known Bierschenk doll mold is 616.

 

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Escher & Bierschenk Dolls 1906-1927 German

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