Armand Marseille Dolls 1885-1950s German

Armand Marseille Dolls 1885-1950s German

Marseille 370 bisque shoulder head, 20"

Armand Marseille antique bisque shoulder head doll 20" tall, doll mold 370, on kid riveted jointed body, sleep eyes, painted brows and painted upper and lower eye lashes, open mouth with upper teeth.

Armand Marseille of Sonneberg and Koppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany was one of the worlds largest and best known bisque doll head manufacturers. The founder was born in 1856 in St. Petersburg, Russia the son of an architect and immigrated to Germany with his family after 1860. In 1884 he bought the toy factory of Mathias Lambert in Sonneberg and in 1885 acquired the porcelain factory of Liebermann and Wegescher in Koppelsdorf . . . and his empire in the doll world began.

From 1900-1930 it's reported Marseille produced 1,000 bisque doll heads a day, they made bisque head baby, children, lady and character dolls, on cloth, kid or composition bodies, most with glass eyes, some with painted eyes, with the most commonly found doll molds of 370 (shoulder head on a cloth or kid body) and 390 (socket head on a composition body). Marseille interestingly did not produce the body of their dolls, but purchased those from other doll manufactures.

In 1919 Ernst Heubach and Marseilles merged and formed the United Porcelain Factory of Koppelsdorf (Vereinigte Koppelsdorf Porzellanfabrik vorm Armand Marseille and Ernst Heubach). By 1932 the two companies went their separate ways.

Marseille used many different doll markings; an anchor, upside down horseshoe, Made in Germany, + AM, + the many other manufactures initials for whom they made bisque doll heads which are listed at the bottom of this page.

Below are Armand Marseille Dolls we have found:

ca. 1894 + Doll, 10-42" tall, bisque shoulder head on a kid leather rivet jointed or cloth body, partial composition or bisque lower arms, some with composition or bisque lower legs too, wigged, glass eyes, some have fur eyebrows, open slight smiling mouth, dimple on chin. Usually has Made in Germany AM, Armand Marseille in the marking with the mold number.

Doll names were: Alma, Bessie, Columbia (made for CM Bergmann, Darling, Duchess, Florodora, Lilly, Lissy, Mabel, Miss Millionaire, My Dearie, My Lovely Doll, My Playmate, Our Anne (label with P.D.G. Co), Rosebud and Ruth (is possibly by Marseille, the Ruth doll was distributed by W.A. Cissna & Co.), Daisy Dimple or Sunshine Doll (distributed by Sears, Roebuck & Co - has a paper label on chest with name). The red fluted labeled dolls; American Beauty, Real Kid, 1/2 Cork Stuffed, Cork Stuffed, Kid Body + doll molds 246, 275, may also be by Marseille or Kestner. However, other doll makers used these two mold numbers also.

Other similar doll molds are: 270, 309, 370, 376, 920, 2015, 3200. Florodora, A 2/0 X M, Made in Germany, DRP.

AM Alma doll, 11" tall

Marseille Alma doll 11" tall,

bisque shoulder head on a kid body.

AM Alma doll name in marking with long underscore at end

ca. 1894 + Doll, 10-42" tall, bisque shoulder head on a kid or composition body, wigged, glass eyes, open slight smiling mouth, dimple on chin. Usually has the AM DEP Made in Germany in the marking with the mold number.

Some of the dolls names are: Baby Betty, Baby Florence, Beauty, Jubilee, Majestic, Princess, Queen Louise.

Doll shown on right is a Queen Louise shoulder head doll, 23" tall.

Other similar doll molds are:

95-5, 1374, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902,

1903, 1905, 1909, 3091, 3093, 3095, 3200, 3300, 3500, 3700, 4008

AM Queen Louise doll, 24" tall

Marseille Queen Louise doll face, 24"

Armand Marseille Princess doll, 20", mold 29 Marseille bisque socket head doll, various sizes from 10 - 42" tall, composition jointed body, wigged, glass eyes, open slight smiling mouth. Usually has Made in Germany Armand Marseille in the marking with mold number.

Doll shown on left; ca. 1900 Princess doll, mold 29 with jointed composition body.

Other similar dolls were named: Baby Betty, Florodora, Queen Louise, Rosebud.

Other similar doll molds are:

29, 384, 390, 390n, 391, 395, 1894, 1897, 2010, 3600

Armand Marseille 390 doll, stick legs, 14"

Doll shown is mold 390 with a bisque socket head,

with stick like legs on a jointed composition body.

Character Baby doll, usually has Germany A.M. DRGM or DRMR in the marking with the mold number.

Bisque head, glass eyes, painted upper and lower eyelashes, feathered eyebrows, open or closed mouth, wigged, composition jointed body or kid. A named doll is Fany mold 231 wigged, shown at right, or Fany doll mold 230 who has molded, lightly painted hair no wig.

Other similar doll molds are:

230, 231, 256, 259, 326, 327, 328, 329, 347, 352, 360a, 750, 760, 790,

900, 927, 971, 980, 984, 985, 990, 991, 992, 996, 1330, 1333,

and Baby Betty, Fany.

+ DRGM in marking.

DRGM = Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster

DRMR = Deutsches Reich Muster Rolle

Marseille Fany #231, doll, 23"

Marseille Fany doll mold 231,

23" tall, shown without her wig.

Infant Baby dolls, bisque head with a composition bent limb body or flange neck with cloth body, usually marked with AM Germany + a mold number, the composition body has a K at the end of the marking.

Mold numbers and names: My Dream Baby doll molds 341, 342, 351, and Our Pet, Kiddiejoy, Kiddie Joy dolls.

Armand Marseille, Our Pet doll, 8 1/2"

Marseille Our Pet doll, 8 1/2"

My Dream Baby doll, 15" tall, bisque head, lightly painted hair, painted or sleep eyes, mold 341 has a closed mouth and mold 351 has an open mouth with two upper teeth, cloth body with bisque or composition hands, came in both white or black versions.

AM, My Dream Baby, doll mold # 341, 10" tall

Marseille My Dream Baby doll, mold 341, 15"

Named Character Baby dolls, bisque head flange neck or socket head, cloth body with composition or bisque hands or all composition jointed body, most with bent baby type legs.

Other named dolls are: Melitta for Edmund Edelmann, Ellar an oriental baby doll, Baby Phyllis, Baby Gloria and Kiddiejoy, Kiddie Joy dolls for Hitz, Jacobs & Kassler.

Marseille Ellar marking, Oriental Baby doll, 11"

Marseille Ellar marking, Oriental Baby doll, 11"

Named Character Baby doll, Baby Gloria doll, 16" tall, bisque flange head, cloth body, bisque or composition hands, clothing shown may not be original, Baby Gloria's name is part of the marking.

Marseille Baby Gloria doll, 16"

Marseille named Baby Phyllis doll, bisque shoulder head, cloth body, partial bisque or composition hands, bent baby or straight legs.

Baby Phyllis doll shown is 11" tall and has her name in the doll marking. Bye Lo type.

Armand Marseille, Baby Phyllis doll, 11"

Baby Phyllis doll, 11"

ca. 1920 Googly eye doll, 12" tall, bisque head with glass side glancing "googly" eyes, closed smiling mouth, jointed composition or papier mache toddler body, some with painted socks an shoes.

Doll shown on right is a googly eye mold 253 Nobbi Kid doll, blue side glancing googly eyes with painted upper and lower lashes, single stroke eyebrows, closed smiling mouth, jointed composition toddler body.

Other Armand Marseille Googly eye doll molds are: 200, 210, 240, 241, 252, 253, 254, 257, 310, 323, 324, 325.

Note: these Googly doll mold numbers are not exclusive to Marseille, other doll manufacturers may have also used them as well.

AM Nobbi Kid, googly eye doll, mold 253

Marseille Nobbi Kid doll, googly eye,

10" tall, mold 253

ca. 1925 Just Me doll, Character doll, sized 7 1/2" - 13" tall, bisque socket head, sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, closed bow mouth, jointed composition body. Mold number 310 or 318.

The Just Me dolls were also sold by the Vogue Doll company

Armand Marseille, Just Me doll, mold 310, 12"

Marseille Just Me Doll, # 310, 12" tall

More Armand Marseille doll mold numbers:

205, 223, 225, 232, 233, 234, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 251, 255, 260, 266, 270, 273, 275, 276, 300, 309, 314, 322, 333, 340, 345, 350, 352, 353, 356, 362, 363, 369, 371, 372, 375, 376, 377, 378, 382, 384, 391, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 401, 406, 410, 411, 414, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 458, 500, 510, 513, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520, 540, 541, 542, 550, 550a, 551, 560, 560a, 580, 570, 580, 590, 599, 600, 620, 621, 640a, 670, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 820, 920, 950, 951, 966, 970, 971, 971a, 972, 973, 975, 982, 984, 985, 993, 995, 997, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1904, 2542, 2966, 3066, 3091, 3600, 5990, 201013, CAMA.

Note: doll mold 800 is for a doll with a talking device activated by a lever in the doll head.

Armand Marseille supplied bisque doll heads to other doll makers German and USA:

Louis Amberg dolls	Arranbee dolls	C. M. Bergmann
George Borgfeldt G B	J. Bouton & Co.	Butler Brothers
Robert Carl Dolls	W. A. Cissna & Co.	Cohen & Sons
Cuno & Otto Dressel	Eaton Beauty Dolls (Canada)	Eckardt or Eckhardt & Co.
Edmund Edelmann	Foulds & Freure	Otto Gans dolls
Eugene Goldberger - Eegee	Max Handwerck	Hitz, Jacobs & Kassler
B. Illfelder & Co.	Ferdinand Imhof	Koenig & Wernicke
-	Liebermann, Georg Nicole & Louis mold 201013, talking doll	-
Ernst Maar & Sohn	Montgomery Ward	W. G. Muller dolls
Emil Pfeiffer dolls	Quaker Dolls	Joseph Roth Mfg. Co.
Phillip Samhammer dolls	Peter Scherf	F.A.O. Schwartz
Sears, Roebuck & Co.	Seyfarth & Reinhardt	Siegel Cooper dolls
Edmund Ulrich Steiner	Strobel & Wilken	Wagner & Zetsche
John Wanamaker dolls	Wiefel & Company, W & Co.	Wiegand, Hugo dolls
Wislizenus, Adolf dolls	Wolf, Louis & Co., LWC, LW. & C.	probably other doll makers as well.

Armand Marseille Dolls 1885-1950s German

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