Jules Nicholas Steiner Dolls 1855-1908 French

J Steiner Figure A beb doll, 23"

Jules Nicholas Steiner Dolls 1855-1908 French

Jules Nicholas Steiner born Mar 1832 and died Feb 1902, was also known as Société Steiner in 1882, began his early career as a horloger mechanicale - a clock maker in Paris, France. Steiner was issued his first patent of many in 1855 for a mechanical doll and in 1858 for a mechanical toy. By 1864 Steiner was advertising himself as a fabrique spéciale de poupées et bébés parlants, mécaniques et articules - a specialized Doll maker and Toy maker.

Early Jules Steiner dolls are (also called Antique Mechanical doll, Automata doll; 1863-1890s Bébé Parlant Automatique - automatic talking baby doll - wax over papier mâché heads with fabric and bisque bodies, later dolls have bisque heads with fabric and composition bodies. 1863 Waltzing Poupée lady dolls with a bisque shoulder head on a cardboard base body. 1880-1890s dolls; Bébé Incassables (unbreakable doll), Bébé Premier Pas, walking and talking dolls, Series dolls and Figure dolls, La Patricienne, plus many innovations and improvements over the years were made to the dolls of Steiner and his successors.

Jules Steiner History of Dates, Lessees or Successors

1880-1890 J. Bourgoin
   - 1889 Le Petit Parisien Bébé J. Steiner
      Medaille D' Or Paris
1891-1893 Amédée Onésime La Fosse
   - 1892 + La Parisien Bébé dolls
1893-1899 Marie La Fosse, widow of Amédée
   - 1895 acquired H. Alexandre / Tourell Co- Bébé Phenix

1899-1903 Jules Mettais
     - 1899 acquired May Frères Bébé Mascotte dolls
   - 1899 Baby, Phenix-Baby, Bébé-Liege
     - 1900 Bébé Merveilleuse
     - 1901 Bébé Modéle
     - 1904-1908 Edmond Daspres
     - 1905 La Patricienne Déposé

Jules Nicholas Steiner Dolls Identified

1870s Bébé Parlant Automatique face, 18"

Bisque solid dome unmarked shoulder head with a round face, fixed glass eyes, painted feathered brows, delicate painted upper and lower eye lashes, closed outlined mouth.

Bébé Parlant Automatique bisque hip body, 18"

Body has bisque upper arms, lower arms, hips and lower legs, fabric mid arms, abdomen and knees.

Also called a Motschmann or Täuflinge body type.

ca. 1882 Bébé Parlant Automatique doll face,

(automatic talking baby doll) 23" tall, Bébé Gigoteur a kicking and crying mechanical doll. Solid dome bisque unmarked socket head, feathered eyebrows, painted upper and lower eyelashes, fixed glass eyes, open outlined mouth with an upper and lower row of teeth.

J Steiner Bebe Gigoteur mechanical doll body, 23" Steiner ink stamp; Maison Bail store, Rue de Rivoli, Paris

Bébé Parlant Automatique, 23" tall, doll body, doll stamp

Tauflinge body type made of composition upper arms, lower legs, composition covered with fabric torso and fabric upper legs.

Body blue ink stamp in a square box, reads;

Aux` Tuleries, Maison Bail, Jouets, 210 Rue de Rivoli

1890s J Steiner Figure A doll, 14" tall, open mouth, teeth

1890s Jules N. Steiner, Figure A Bébé Le Parisien, doll face, open mouth with teeth, 14" tall

Jules Steiner Figure A doll, Paris A78 mark

Jules N. Steiner Figure A Bébé doll

Bisque doll head mark

PARIS

A 7 _ 8

Ink body mark:

LE PARISIEN

1890s Jules Steiner, Figure A doll face, Le Parisien 17 1/2"

Jules Steiner, Figure A doll, 17 1/2"

Bisque doll head mark

PARIS

Le Parisien

1889 + J Steiner Figure A doll face, 21"

1889 + J Steiner Figure A Bébé doll face, about 21",

53 centimeters, bisque swivel socket head, feathered eye brows, painted upper and lower eye lashes, fixed blue paperweight eyes, closed mouth with outlined lips, composition body jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees with straight wrists and banana fingers.

Jules Steiner Figure A Bébé doll doll head mark

J STEINER

Bte S G D G

PARIS

FIre A 13

Jules Steiner Figure A Bébé body label with a flag:

Le Petit Parisien Médaille D' or Paris 1889

J Steiner Figure C doll series, 15"

1890s Jules N. Steiner Figure C doll face, 15"

Jules N. Steiner Figure C doll 15"

composition jointed body

J Steiner Figure C series face, 33"

1890s J Steiner Figure C doll face, 33"

J Steiner Figure C

Doll head mark

FIGURE C 7

STEINER

J Steiner Phenix bebe face #83

1895 Jules Steiner Phenix Bébé doll face, 11" tall, star 83

J Steiner Phenix bebe, star # 83 doll mark

Jules Steiner Phenix Bébé,

doll mark

star 83

Items pictured are for reference

Steiner Abbreviations

B BTE - registered

FE FIRE FRE FIGURE = face

SIE = series

STE = Steiner

SUCCr = successor

S.G.D.G. = registered without government guarantee

Steiner Series incised Bisque Head Doll Marks

(Series Letter · various doll size numbers)

SIE A · #

SIE B · #

SIE C · #

SIE E · #

SIE F · #

SIE G · #

Steiner FIGURE A Incised Bisque Head Doll Marks

A 3/0

J STEINER B. S.G.D.G.

J BOURGOIN SUCCr

FIGURE A No 5

J STEINER BTE S.G.D.G.

PARIS

J STEINER

BTE S.G.D.G.

PARIS

FRE A 9

STEINER

PARIS

F A - 11

A 2.3

PARIS

A 7

LE PARISIEN

BTE SGDG

A 7

A. 9. 10

LE PARISIEN

A . 15

NAIN BLEU

Steiner FIGURE B Incised Bisque Head Doll Marks

B I

J STEINER B. S.G.D.G.

J BOURGOIN SUCCr

FIGURE B No 1

J STEINER BTE SGDG

PARIS

J STEINER

BTE SGDG

PARIS

FIRE B 20

Steiner FIGURE C - D - E Incised Bisque Head Doll Marks

FIGURE C No 3/0

STEINER BTE SGDG

PARIS

STEINER

PARIS
FRE C 4/0

STEINER

PARIS

FRE C 15

STEINER

PARIS

FRE D · 15

J. STEINER

BTE. S.G.D.G

PARIS

FRE E 3

J Steiner / J Bourgoin Early Doll Body Ink Stamp Marks

J STEINER B S.G.D.G.

J BOURGOIN SUCCr

STEINER B S.G.D.G.

BOURGOIN SUCCr

PARIS

J Steiner Bte S.g.d.g. J. Bourgoin

J Steiner Label or Ink Body Stamp

J Caduceus ST - ink body stamp, winged staff w/2 snakes

J Caduceus symbol ST

Caduceus = a symbol of a winged staff with two intertwined snakes ink body stamp

Also supplied bisque heads to Maison Francois Simonne; fashion lady dolls and bébés.

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Jules Nicholas Steiner Dolls 1855-1908

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