Simon & Halbig Dolls 1869-1920 German

Simon & Halbig Dolls 1869-1920 German

Simon & Halbig (S & H) was founded in 1839, they began making dolls from 1869 to 1920 in their (2) porcelain factories in Frafenhain and Hidburghausen, near Thuringia, Germany, in 1920 they were bought by Kammer & Reinhardt, who continued to produce dolls until 1932.

Simon & Halbig (S & H) were known for there fine bisque doll heads and innovation in the doll industry, thus, they also supplied doll heads to many other well known doll manufacturers, that then attached to their own made body.

The American firm that used an S & H head are: Arranbee, the German firms that used a S & H head are: C.M. Bergman, Carl Berger, Cuno & Otto Dressel, Hamburger & Co., Heinrich Handwerck, Adolf Hülss (also spelled: Adolf HülB), Dr. Paul Hunaeus, Kammer & Reinhardt (did not have a porcelain factory, so all their heads were purchased from S & H), Louis Linder & Sohne, Franz Schmidt, Schoenau & Hoffmeister, Carl Trautmann, Welsch & Co., Schindel & Kallenberg Wiesenthal, Adolf Wislizenus and the French firms of: Fleischmann & Bloedel, Jumeau, Roullet & DeCamp and S.F.B.J.

Here's some of the dolls by Simon & Halbig (S & H) that we have found:

Mold 151 - Character Child doll, 14 or 23" tall, bisque head with intaglio eyes, open smiling mouth with teeth, cheek dimples, wigged, jointed composition body. Photo courtesy of Themommalyn, is an artist reproduction of the S & H mold # 151.	Mold 152 - Character Lady Doll, 14 or 23" tall, slender oval face with painted eyes set under molded eyelids, long slender nose, closed mouth, wigged, composition jointed lady body. Very pensive looking face. Photo courtesy of Themommalyn
Mold 939 - Character Child doll, 18 or 27" tall Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Mold 949 - Character Child Doll, 16, 20 & 24" tall Photo courtesy of Themommalyn
ca. 1889-1920's, Child Doll, 16-29" tall, bisque shoulder head, wigged, sleep glass eyes, feathered eyebrows, open mouth, pierced ears, composition ball jointed body, S & H mold # 1009, doll shown is 29" tall.	Mold 1009 Child Doll, black
Mold 1039 - Character Child doll, 16, 20 or 24" tall Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Dolly face child doll, 7-42" tall, bisque socket head, wigged, sleep glass eyes, feathered eyebrows, pierced ears, open mouth, jointed composition body. S & H mold # 1078.
Mold 1079 - Dolly face child doll, 7-42" tall, bisque socket head on composition jointed body	Mold 1080 - Dolly face Child doll, 14-30" tall, bisque shoulder head, on a kid body
Mold 1109 Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Mold 1129 Child Doll, oriental Photo courtesy of Themommalyn
Mold 1159 HH Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Mold 1159, 21"
Mold 1249, Child Doll, Santa, 28" tall	Mold 1279 Photo courtesy of Themommalyn
Mold 1279, Photo courtesy of Purplepeeps	Mold 1310, 24"
Mold 1339 Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Mold 1349 Jutta, 31"
Mold 1358 Child Doll, black Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Mold 1498 Baby Doll, Dome head Photo courtesy of Themommalyn
S & H - Flapper Photo courtesy of Themommalyn	Teen Doll, Flapper, 13" tall

Simon & Halbig Doll - Mold Numbers

120	150	151	152	153	156	157	159	160	164	170	171
172	173	174	175	176	202	335	336	337	338	353	356
358	359	360	361	362	363	364	365	366	367	368	369
370	403	411	450	500	540	550	570	600	607	610	611
612	616	693	709	719	720	728	738	739	740	748	749
750	758	759	760	768	769	770	778	/	837	845	846
847	848	852	878	880	881	886	887	890	896	898	899
901	905	908	909	918	919	920	921	927	929	939	940
941	949	950	959	969	970	979	988	989	990	1009	1010
1018	1019	1020	129	1038	1039	1040	1041	1049	1058	1059	1060
1061	1068	1069	1070	1078	1079	1080	1098	1099	1100	1108	1109
1110	1129	1149	1150	1158	1159	1160	1170	1180	1199	1246	1248
1249	1250	1260	1269	1278	1279	1280	1289	1293	1294	1295	1296
1297	1298	1299	1300	1301	1302	1303	1304	1305	1307	1308	1310
1329	1339	1340	1348	1349	1351	1358	1368	1370	1388	1397	1398
1426	1428	1448	1465	1468	1469	1478	1485	1488	1489	1496	1498
	1527	1616	1748	1848	1849	1912	1914	1916	1920

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Thanks to Themommalyn and Purplepeeps for the use of your beautiful doll photos.

Simon & Halbig Dolls 1869-1920 German

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