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Franz Schmidt mold 1295 doll face

 Franz Schmidt - Dolly Face doll, is 17" tall, bisque socket head, feathered eyebrows, brown flirty glass sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, composition jointed body.  Doll mold 1272.

Franz Schmidt Dolls 1890-1937

 

Franz Schmidt founded his doll company in Georgenthal, Thuringia, Germany in 1890, was also known as Puppenfabrik Georgenthal. The Simon & Halbig Company supplied the bisque heads, designed specifically for Franz Schmidt's dolls.  Schmidt was very innovative in the doll industry providing many improvements such as; improved wood joints, pierced nostrils (called breathers), movable tongue, eye bar and doll voice boxes.

 

Franz Schmidt made dolls sized 6 to 42" tall, Dolly face, Character Baby and Character Dolls with bisque heads, glass or painted eyes, kid or composition body, all of whom are very high quality.  Sometimes a z is found in Schmidt's doll marking, this is believed to stand for zentimeter, German for centimeter.

 

Franz Schmidt registered doll trade names are:  1909 Cellulobrin, 1910 Tausendschöchen = Daisy and 1913 Little Boy Blue a baby doll.

Franz Schmidt doll mold mark F. S. & Co. 1272

The Franz Schmidt Dolly Face doll mark:

F. S. &. Co 1272 / G5 Deponiert

Franz Schmidt Doll Marks:

Early Franz Schmidt doll mark: S & C, S & Co., Simon & Halbig, Made in Germany.

Later Franz Schmidt doll mark: FS, F. S. & C, F. S. & Co, Simon & Halbig, plus a mold number on back of head, body may also have ink stamp: F. S. & C.

 

Franz Schmidt Doll Mold Numbers Identified

269 293 1180 1250 1252 1253 1255
1262 1263 1266 1267 1271 1272 1286
1294 1295 1296 1297 1310 1340 1370

 

Note: Doll mold 1255 has been found as a black bent limb Character Baby doll.

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Franz Schmidt Dolls 1890-1937 German

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