Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG Dolls 1854-1941 German
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, ABG is also known as Porzellanfabrik von Alt, it was founded by Gottlieb Beck and Theodor Gottschalck and joined by Friedrich Alt and Christian Ernst Reinhold in 1881, they were located in Nauendorf near Ohrdruf, Stutzhaus, Germany.
ABG produced antique bisque, China head or Parian Lady dolls with kid, cloth or composition bodies, beautifully detailed child bisque socket head dolls and character baby dolls, all bisque dolls, as well as they decorated pottery from 1854 to around 1941. In 1920 the firms of Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, Alt & Koch, Carl Beck & Alfred Schulze merged.
George Borgfeldt distributed ABG dolls, some of the named dolls are My Girlie doll mold 1362, Bye-Lo Baby doll molds 1369 or 1373, Bonnie Babe doll mold 1386 or 1393, Pretty Peggy (Grace Corry Rockwell design) 1391, doll mold 1402 (an Averill design), doll mold 1403 is a googly eye doll, Baby Bo Kaye doll mold 1407, Gladdie doll mold 1410, Aero Baby or Fly Lo Baby doll mold 1418, Babykins dolls mold 1435.
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG Dolls Identified
1870 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck Empress Eugenie Parian doll face, molded blonde hair, snood, painted eyes, closed mouth, unmarked
ca. 1912 Alt, Beck, Gottschalck ABG doll mold 83 all bisque jointed Our Darling doll 8″ white painted ribbed socks, black Mary Jane one strap shoes
ca. 1880 Alt, Beck, Gottschalck ABG doll mold 639 turned head solid dome, glass eyes, closed mouth, Lady doll
ca. 1880 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG doll mold 784 china shoulder head, molded painted black hair, painted eyes, closed mouth
1895 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG doll mold 870 turned shoulder bisque head, glass eyes, closed mouth
ca. 1880 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck doll mold 894 Queen Louise with blue molded scarf Parian
ca. 1890 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck doll mold 978 blonde China shoulder head, painted eyes, closed mouth, chubby cheeks
ca. 1890 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck doll mold 1210 blonde china head school boy, painted eyes, closed mouth, 19 1/2″
ca. 1892 Alt, Beck & Gottschalck doll mold 1262 blonde molded hair, painted eyes, closed mouth, china head 25″
ca. 1912 Alt,Beck & Gottschalck doll mold 1362 My Girlie bisque head, composition jointed body, sleep eyes, open mouth 24″
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG Doll Marks Identified
AB, ABG, A.B.G., A.B. & G., Abt, ALBEGO (used between 1930-1940), Deponiert, DRGM ABG, Germany, Germany No DEP Germany #, JJO or JIO © 1919, 1920 (for Jeanne I. Orsini), Made in Germany, Made in Germany N, N o #.
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG Doll Mold Numbers Identified
83/100, 83/150, 83/125, 83/830, 128, 129, 138, 222, 639, 693, 696, 698, 772, 784, 812, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 872, 880, 890, 894, 911, 912, 926, 974, 979, 1000, 1002, 1008, 1009, 1020, 1024, 1026, 1028, 1032, 1042, 1044, 1046, 1056, 1062, 1064, 1086, 1092, 1121, 1123, 1142, 1152, 1153, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1210, 1222, 1226, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1250, 1254, 1260, 1261, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1278, 1279, 1288, 1290, 1291, 1321, 1322, 1326, 1342, 1346, 1352, 1353, 1357, 1358, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1373, 1376, 1386, 1391, 1393, 1394, 1402, 1403, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1410, 1418, 1423, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1435, 1440, 1450, 78281, 368379, 520942
