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1900-1913 Dolly Face
Doll, 12-36" tall, bisque socket or shoulder head doll with kid,
cloth or composition body. Bisque doll face shown is on
a 24" tall composition jointed body, open mouth with teeth, sleep
eyes, beautiful braided coiled wig.
Some of dolls have
their name in the marking: Alma, Florodora, G. B., My Dearie, My
Girlie, My Playmate and Pansy. Some of these names are known
dolls by Marseille. |
George Borgfeldt & Company was located in New York,
founded by George Borgfeldt (b.1833-d.1903),
Marcell and Joseph L. Kahle, as
a doll importer, doll assembler for American and Canadian
markets and distributor. They held the distributing rights to many dolls from
European manufacturers such as: Bähr & Pröschild, Buschow & Beck, Heinrick Handwerck, Käthe
Kruse, Kammer & Reinhardt, Kestner, Armand Marseille and Steiff
plus others. They also distributed American dolls for;
Aetna, Averill, Bergfeld & Son, Dreamland
Doll, Cameo and K and K Toy Company, also owned by Borgfeldt.
In
1914-1923 the Japan Import
and Export Commission Company shared the same New York city
address as Borgfeldt.
Some dolls distributed by
Borgfeldt may have a G. B. or GB & Co in their marking,
others will not and have only the marking from the
manufacturer.
Borgfeldt is best known for commissioning
and distributing the very successful Rosie O'Neill, Kewpie
Dolls and Grace Storey Putnam, Bye Lo Baby dolls. |
Here are
dolls distributed by George Borgfeldt we have found;
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Character Baby Doll,
12-24" tall, bisque socket head composition bent limb body, glass
sleep or painted eyes, open or closed mouth, wigged. Some mold
numbers and markings are:
251, 326, 327, 329, G. B. |
Character Baby Doll, 10" bisque head,
251 mold |
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1922 + Bye Lo Baby,
9-20" tall, all bisque doll, bisque and composition, celluloid
or wooden head with cloth body, sleep eyes or painted eyes.
Designed by Grace Storey Putnam, based on a three day old
newborn child. Several different markings depending on
manufacturer; © 1923 by Grace S. Putnam Made in Germany or
20-10 Copr. by Grace S. Putnam Germany or BYE-LO BABY Reg. US
Pat. Off. K and K Copyright 1922 by Grace Storey Putnam (all
inside a circle).
Bye-Lo Baby
bisque doll heads were made by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck (doll molds
1369, 1373), JD Kestner,
Kling & Co., Hertel, Schwab & Co, composition heads by
Cameo, celluloid heads by Karl Standfuss, wood heads
by Schoenhut, all bisque dolls made by Kestner, cloth
body dolls made by K and K Toy Co., composition body dolls made
by
König & Wernicke. |
1922 Bye Lo Baby bisque doll head
by Grace Putnam |
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1925 Baby Bo Kaye,
16-20" tall, designed by Joseph L. Kallus of Cameo for
George Borgfeldt, bisque head by Alt, Beck & Gottschalk, or
celluloid head, lightly molded painted hair, sleep eyes, open
mouth with two lower teeth, cloth body with composition limbs. The
ABG bisque head mold is number 1407. Markings:
Copr. by J.L. Kallus Germany 1394. There were also small
all bisque Baby Bo Kaye dolls , 5-8 1/2" tall, with 1407 ABG
mold number.
The theory of the
Baby Bo-Kaye doll name is that when the President of Borgfeldt
and designer Kallus were trying to arrive at a name, a
secretary came in carrying a "bouquet" of flowers, cute. |
1925 Baby Bo Kaye 18" bisque doll head by ABG |
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 1926
Bonnie Babe, 8-23" tall, bisque or celluloid head, open smiling
mouth with two lower teeth, cloth or composition body, mold numbers
ABG 1386 or ABG 1402. Bisque heads were made by
ABG; Alt, Beck & Gottschalk. Doll
Marking: Copr. by Georgene Averill Germany 1005 3652 1386.
(Borgfeldt was the distributor for Averill). There were also
tiny 5-7" all bisque Bonnie Babe figurine dolls. |
1926 Bonnie Babe bisque doll head 18" by ABG |
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 1929
Gladdie, 18-24" tall, designed by
Helen W. Jensen, doll shown is 22" tall, biscaloid
(composition that looks like bisque) head with molded painted hair, blue
glassene set eyes, open smiling mouth with upper teeth, cloth body
with composition limbs. Some doll markings are:
Gladdie Copyriht By Helen W. Jensen Germany
or
1410 Germany. |
1929 Gladdie, 22" composition head
by Jensen |
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1929
Gladdie designed by
Helen W. Jensen, 18-24" tall, this is the head of the bisque
version of Gladdie, bisque flange head with molded painted hair,
glassene set eyes, open smiling mouth with upper teeth, cloth body
with composition limbs. ABG supplied bisque head, doll mold 1410.
Doll mark Gladdie. |
1929 Gladdie, 18" bisque doll head
by Jensen |
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Additional Borgfeldt dolls not shown with known dating; |
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1894 Minerva Doll
1895 Celebrate Doll
1898 The International Doll
1899 Uwanta
1900 Alma 25 1/2" by Marseille
1901 Floradora by Marseille
1903 All Steel Doll, Fairyland Rag Dolls, My Playmate.
1904 Juno doll
1905 Dreamland Rag Dolls, Tootsie
1906 Kidlyne
1907 Baby Belle, My Dearie
1908 Irvington Doll
1909 Aetna's Can't Break-Em Dolls
Alida (Dutch cloth doll), Baby by K & R, Baby
Belle, Irvington. |
1911 Little Bright Eyes
1912 My Girlie (ABG mold 1362)
1913 Dotty, Happifat, Mildred the Prize Baby, Cubist, Peero, Butterfly,
Kewpies by Tip Top Toy.
1914 Blue Bird doll clothes, Nobbikid,
Oh You Kid, September Morn doll (Drayton),
Mamma's Angel Child, Bettijak.
1915 Rastus, Skating Charlotte
1916 Bundie by Rex Doll, K & K dolls
1917 Preshus, Em-Boss-O, Hollikid
1918 Snow White by American Toy.
1919 Winkie
1921 Jackie Coogan, Teenie Weenie,
Vanitie by Metro Doll. |
1920 Bo Fair and Bundie by Mutual Doll, Flossie Fisher's Own
Doll,
Com-A-Long.
1922 Betsy, Mimi, Reg'lar Fellers,
The Skipper doll.
1923 Happy Hooligan, Daisy doll,
Rosemarie, Bedtime, Nifty, Averill dolls, Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes
1924 Felix, Bringing Up Father
1925 Babes in the Woods, Ko-Ko
1925 Ko-Ko, Little Annie Rooney, Jack and Jill Story Book
Dolls
by S. Bergfeld.
1925 Jackie Coogan as the Ragman,
Just Me by Marseille, Whatsamatter.
1926 Lillie, Snookum
1928 Fly Lo Baby or Aero Baby |
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Additional Borgfeldt dolls not shown, dates unknown;
Buttercup, Featherweight, Jackie Coogan, (Lotta Sun, Winkie and Poutie
figurines designed
by doll artist
and sculptor
Jeno Juszko), Rolly-I-Tot, Bonton, Jolly Jester, Rag
and Tag (dog and cat all
bisque figurines Averill),
Lassie,
Mignonne, Rosy Posy, Sugar Plum, Babykins, Mary Ann and Mary
Jane. |
