Antique Bisque French, German Dolls 1860+

Jumeau bisque head doll — Antique French bisque Jumeau doll face

Bisque head dolls were introduced in the 1850s by Europeans primarily in France and Germany, also Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Italy and later during World War 1 in Japan and a few bisque head dolls were made in the United States, USA.

From the 1860s to 1870s most bisque or China head dolls were found on Lady dolls, children were usually represented as all bisque dolls. In 1878 Emile Jumeau introduced his Bébés Incassable – bisque head child dolls on composition bodies, which were hugely successful, afterwards the rest of the doll industry followed to produce similar child dolls through to the early 1950s.

Most prolific of the Antique bisque head doll makers are German – Gebruder Heubach, JDK Kestner, A. Marseille, Kammer & Reinhardt, Simon & Halbig and French – Jumeau, SFBJ.

Antique Bisque Head Dolls by Specific Type of doll – All Bisque dolls, Asian, Oriental dolls, Automata, Mechanical dolls, Belton type dolls, Black dolls, China head dolls, DEP dolls, Fashion Lady dolls, Googly Eye dolls, Kewpie dolls.

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Antique Bisque Doll Makers

All Bisque dolls
Aich, Menzel A&M dolls
Louis Amberg LA&S dolls
Henri Alexandre bebes HA
Alt, Beck & Gottschalck ABG dolls
Antique vs. Reproduction dolls
Max O. Arnold MOA dolls
Arranbee R&B dolls
Asian, Oriental dolls
Automata, mechanical dolls
Averill-Hendren dolls

Bahr & Pröschild BP dolls
Eugene Barrois EB dolls
Fritz Bartenstein FB dolls+
Belton type dolls
CM Bergmann CMB dolls
Carl Bergner CB dolls
Fritz Bierschenk FB dolls
Bing W dolls
Black dolls
Claude Blampoix BS dolls
British Made doll mark
Louis Bonvoisin LHB dolls
George Borgfeldt GB dolls
Bru Jne et Cie bebes
Burggrub Porz. SHPB dolls
Butler Brothers dolls

Robert Carl RC dolls
Catterfelder Pup. CP dolls
Century Doll Co dolls
China head dolls

Danel et Cie BF bebes
DeFuisseaux DFB dolls
Wilhelm Dehler WD dolls
Henri Delcroix HD, GD bebes
Etienne Denamur ED bebes
Cuno, Otto Dressel COD dolls

Edelmann Melitta dolls
Effanbee F&B dolls
Christian Eichhorn CE&S dolls
Eisenmann Einco dolls

Fashion Lady dolls
Fleischmann & Bloedel F&B dolls
French mystery doll marks
Fulper Pottery dolls
Lugi Furga dolls

Otto Gans OG dolls
Gans & Seyfarth G&S dolls
Francois Gaultier FG bebes
Georg Gebert G dolls
German mystery doll marks
Giebeler-Falk G dolls
William Goebel WG dolls
Googly eye dolls
Ernst Grossman EG dolls

Halopeau H mold bebes
Hamburger H&co dolls
Heinrich Handwerck HcHH dolls
Max Handwerck Max dolls
Carl Harmus Harmus dolls
Karl Hartmann HK dolls
Adolf Heller AH dolls
Hertel, Schwab & Co dolls
Hertwig & Co H dolls
Ernst Heubach EH dolls
Gebruder Heubach GH dolls
– G. Heubach marks, molds
Gustav Heubach GH dolls
Leibe & Hoffmann L&H dolls
Carl Horn miniature dolls
Theodor Hornlein TH dolls
Horsman EIH dolls
Adolf Hulss AHE, AHW dolls

B. Illfelder dolls B & CO

Jumeau bebes
– Jumeau marks, molds

K & K Toy dolls
Kämmer & Reinhardt K*R dolls
Ker. Gräfenhain KWG dolls
Kerr & Hinz K & H dolls
Kestner JDK dolls
– Kestner marks, molds
Kewpie dolls
Kiesewetter dolls
Kley & Hahn K&H dolls
Kling dolls K bell dolls
Gebrüder Knoch GKN dolls
Moses Kohnstam MOKO dolls
Carl Knoll Porz. CK dolls
Koenig & Wernicke K&W dolls
Geb. Kuhnlenz GbrK dolls

Lanternier et Cie AL&C bebes
Limbach Porz. dolls

Armand Marseille AM dolls
– Marseille marks, molds
Mengersgereuth Porz. PM dolls
Amandus Michaelis dolls AM
Morimura Brothers MB dolls
Mothereau BM, JM bebes

Nancy Ann Storybook dolls
Nockler & Tittel NT dolls

Niko. Oberender NO dolls
Geb. Ohlhaver Revelo dolls
Jeanne I Orsini JIO dolls

Pintel &, Godchaux PG bebes
Louis Léon Prieur LP bebes

Rabery & Delphieu RD bebes
Max Räder Rdep dolls
Rauenstein Porz. RA dolls
Theodor Recknagel RA dolls
Ernst Reinhardt ER dolls
Rempel & Breitung RB dolls
Henri Rostal Mon Tresor bebes
Roullet & Decamps R&D dolls

Peter Scherf PSch dolls
Bruno Schmidt BS dolls
Franz Schmidt FS&C dolls
Paul Schmidt PS dolls
Schmitt et Fils Sch bebes
Arthur Schoenau AS dolls
Schoenau & Hoffmeister SHPB dolls
Schutzmeister & Quendt SQ dolls
Sears Happi-Time dolls
Seyfarth & Reinhardt SUR dolls
SFBJ bebes dolls
Simon & Halbig SH dolls
– S & H marks & molds
Sonneberger Porz. SP dolls
Erste Steinbacher Porz. EStPs dolls
Edmund U. Steiner EuSt dolls
Hermann Steiner HS dolls
Jules N. Steiner Sie bebes
Strobel & Wilken SWC dolls
Swaine & Co S&C dolls

James Scholly Taft DA6 dolls
Andre Thuillier AT bebes

UNIS bebes dolls

Jules Verlingue JV bebes dolls
Ernest Villain EVF dolls

Walther & Sohn W&S dolls
Wagner & Zetzsche WZ dolls
Walda antiqued dolls
Welsch & Co. Welsch dolls
Theodor Wendt TW dolls
Wiefel & Co. W&Co dolls
Hugo Wiegand HWN dolls
Ernst Winkler W dolls
Adolf Wislizenus AW dolls
Herman Wolf HWENSPF dolls
Louis Wolf LW&S dolls

Yamato Import FY dolls

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How to tell if a bisque socket head is pressed or poured?

antique bisque doll head pressed with no lip rim — Antique bisque doll head **PRESSED** with NO lip rim inside head

(<– left image) Earliest labor intensive Pressed doll heads do Not have a lip rim inside the head.

(right image —>) Later Poured bisque socket doll heads Have a lip rim inside the head.

antique bisque doll head poured with a lip rim — Antique bisque doll head **POURED** with a lip rim inside head

German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 book in 1984 and German Doll Marks and Identification book in 2001 both by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik’s, The French Encyclopedia of Dolls 1800-1925 books, vol. I in 2003, vol. II in 2006 by Francois and Danielle Theimer and Florence Theriault, The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls books, vol. I (1800-1925) in 1968, vol. II (1800-1930) in 1986 by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman, Blue Book of Dolls and Values books, editions one to sixteen in 1974-2003 by Jan Foulke and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.