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M.
Kohnstam Tessie doll face, 14" tall, bisque head with sleep eyes,
cloth stuffed body with disk jointed limbs.
Doll marked Tessie Germany 4/0
All doll photos courtesy of skb3240. |
 The
M. Kohnstam & Company, MOKO, a toy and doll distributor, importer and exporter was founded by
Moses
Kohnstam in 1867 in Fuerth or Fürth, Bavaria near
Nuremberg, Germany and connected at a later date in London, England by
Moses' son, Julius Kohnstam who founded the Keen
Company (1913-1925 +).
The Kohnstam company is
primarily known for distribution of toy products, they also distributed
dolls, a marked doll has been found with both
Hermann Steiner
of Sonneberg and Neustadt, Germany,
HS mark plus the MOKO Bavaria mark - so H. Steiner supplied
some of the Kohnstam bisque head dolls and was likely the supplier of the
Tessie doll Germany, shown here too. Other Kohnstam doll
marks Cupid, DDD, MOKO. More Kohnstam doll names; Sam Boy. |