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The Kämmer & Reinhardt doll company was
formed ca. 1886-1932 in Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany by Ernst
Kämmer & Franz Reinhardt. Kämmer & Reinhardt designed their dolls
body and bisque heads, but most of the heads were manufactured by Simon
& Halbig (which is why many dolls bare both companies mark on the dolls
neck) as they did not have their own porcelain factory. They also
purchased bisque heads from the porcelain factories of Kling, Quendt &
Scheutzmeister. In 1902 they purchased the Heinrich Handwerck doll
company, when it's founder passed away. By 1920 they acquired the Simon
& Halbig company as well.
From 1886
to 1909 they made only dolly faced dolls with a bisque head on a
composition ball body or kid, many with an open mouth with teeth.
After 1909 they made many types of dolls, both bisque or composition
heads and even cloth costume dolls with wired bodies dressed in various
professions. However they are probably best known for their
character baby & child dolls.
Here's some Kämmer & Reinhardt K & R dolls we have found:
| Child Doll, 5-28" tall, bisque socket
head on a composition & wood jointed body, feathered painted
brows, glass sleep eyes with painted lashes, closed mouth,
wigged, some may have pierced ears.
Marked: K & R: 191, 192, 191G, 192G |
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 Character
Doll, 12-25" tall, bisque socket or shoulder head,
composition jointed body or kid, or bent limb baby body, molded
& or painted hair or wigged, painted or sleep eyes, open, closed
or open/closed mouth.Doll shown is a
Baby Boy, 12" tall, bisque socket head, composition jointed
bent limb baby body, painted molded hair, glass sleep eyes,
feathered painted eyebrows, painted lashes, open mouth, mold
number 127. |
ca. 1909 + Character Doll:
Baby Boy, 12" |
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