Adolf Wislizenus Dolls 1851-1931 German

A.W. Special, 24"

Adolf Wislizenus Dolls 1851-1931

Gottlob Schafft founded this doll factory in Waltershausen, Germany in 1851 to make papier-mâché dolls that were also exported, by 1870 Adolf Wislizenus joined the firm as a partner, around 1878 Mr. Wislizenus became the sole owner. Over the years this company changed ownership several more times, until 1931 when they went into bankruptcy, at which time Konig & Wernicke acquired the estate.

The bisque doll heads were supplied by Bahr & Proschild, Simon & Halbig and after 1910 by Ernest Heubach and Armand Marseille. Wislizenus dolls are of very good quality, some doll bodies have unique ball jointed construction, they made Dolly face, Unique Body Child, Character Baby dolls, mechanical walking dolls, painted eye dolls, a doll named Gretchen and Mein Glückskind (My Lucky Child). Wislizenus dolls may have been distributed in the USA by Hamburger & Company.

The antique bisque Dolly face doll shown above right is 24" tall, composition jointed body, sleep eyes, open mouth, marked: A.W. Special Germany.

**Adolf Wislizenus antique doll mold numbers & identifying doll markings**
115	1105.4	252 DEP	B.P. 289	290 AW Spe¢ial Germany	S.H.A.W.
A.W. Germany	A.W. Cº. Germany A M	A.W. s. Germany II	A.W. Heubach Köppelsdorf Germany	AWW DRGM 421481	Old Glory A.W. Registered Trademark

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Adolf Wislizenus Dolls 1851-1931

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