Papier Mache Dolls & Doll Makers 1760+

Antique Papier Mache dolls Identified

J. Adler & Co dolls 1850-1890 US - papier mache / composition shoulder head dolls, painted eyes, single stroke eyebrows, closed mouth, cloth body, leather hands. Identifying paper label doll mark on back shoulder: J. Adler & Co., Superior, American Head No. 7

J. Adler & Co. doll mark Superior American Head No. 7

J. Adler papier mache doll 19"

J. Adler & Co, Papier Mache Doll 19"

French Papier Mache Dolls 1835-1850+ - shoulder head, kid body, wooden limbs, painted black pate with painted hair curls around face, glass almond shaped eyes or painted eyes, open mouth with bamboo teeth or closed mouth, dolls are unmarked.

Some papier mache doll heads were made by German doll makers; Johann Müller, Andréas Voit and perhaps others, then assembled and dressed by French doll makers.

French papier mache doll 12"

French Papier Mache Doll 12"

Ludwig Greiner dolls 1840-1900 US - Papier mache shoulder head doll, molded and painted wavy black hair, high forehead, painted eyes or glass eyes, upper eye lashes and single stroke eyebrows, closed mouth, somber facial expression, cloth body with kid arms dolls. Doll had an identifying paper label with; Greiner's Improved Patent Heads Pat. March 30th '58. or '72. as shown below.

reiner's Improved Patent Heads Pat. March 39th '58. or '72.

1858 Ludwig Greiner, glass eye papier mache doll 18 1/2"

Ludwig Greiner glass eyed

papier mache shoulder head doll 18 1/2"

Milliner's Model doll with molded hair, papier mache dolls 1820s-1860s - shoulder head with an oval face, painted eyes, stuffed kid body, wooden limbs, painted molded hair style, closed mouth, painted flat feet, dolls are unmarked, various doll makers.

Milliner's Model papier mache doll 15"

Milliner's Model Papier Mache Doll 15"

Later Papier Mache Dolls 1863+ - shoulder head, cloth body, leather hands, molded painted blonde or black wavy hair like a China head doll, round face, painted eyes, closed mouth, dolls are unmarked or marked G. L. Superior 2015 or M & S Superior 2015 or 4515.

G. L. Superior = Georg Lutz 1887+ German

M & S Superior = Müller & Strassburger 1863-1892 German

Muller & Strassburger, Papier Mache doll mold M & S Superior 2015, 29"

1844-1920s A. Fleischmann & Craemer Papier Mache Doll Marks;

1881 doll mark Schutz Marke Trade Mark tree symbol

Fleischmann & Craemer doll mark AF & C Superior 2018

after 1881 doll mark

AF. & C. Superior 2018 or 2015

Fleischmann & Craemer doll mark AF & C 1920s

1920s doll mark

inside a circle AF & C with sunburst

Patent Washable Dolls 1880-1915 - a doll name for a type of composition shoulder head doll made by various doll makers, presumably in Germany.

Patent Washable dolls are unmarked, have composition shoulder heads, cloth bodies and limbs, composition lower arms and legs, some with molded boots, mohair or skin wig, bulging glass eyes, open mouth some with teeth or closed mouth.

Patent Washable doll 18" Germany

Patent Washable papier mache doll 18"

American, English, French, German

More Papier Mache Doll Makers & Marks

Note: Doll makers are German unless noted.

Henri Bellet dolls 1919-1920 FR

- made Poupard Art cardboard dolls with molded clothing

Josef Bergmann dolls 1883-1891

- bisque or papier mache dolls heads, kid or composition body

Hattie Bartholomay Bruckmann dolls 1917+ USA

- papier mache, plaster pressed face mold, chamois skin, hand painted face dolls or kid over papier mache, glass eyes head dolls

Cuno & Otto Dressel dolls 1789-1942

Cuno & Otto Dressel doll mark O Patented O Holtzmasse

Hermann Eckstein doll mark ECCO 1899-1920

Hermann Eckstein doll mark ECCO Hermann Eckstein doll mark triangle with a girl

Charlotte Eldridge dolls 1953

- hand made papier mache Godey Lady Dolls

Fleischmann & Crämer dolls 1844+ papier mache, Täufling, wax dolls, doll mark AF & C Superior 2015, AF & C Superior 2018, see above for marking

Luigi Furga & Co dolls 1872+ Italy

- papier mache, wax mask face dolls

Alphonse Giroux 1860-1880 FR

- papier mache head on a kid body doll

Martin Grabner papier mache doll factory 1820

Ludwig Greiner dolls 1840-1900 USA

reiner's Improved Patent Heads Pat. March 39th '58. or '72.

William A. Harwood papier mache dolls 1862-1880s USA

William A. Harwood doll mark

Indestructible Head No. 1879 doll mark This Composition is perfectly harmless, doll maker unknown

Edward S. Judge & Early papier mache doll labels 1867-1878

Eward S. Judge doll mark label Judge's Patent Indestructible Doll Heads, No. 3, March 24th, 1868

Judge's Patent Indestructible Doll Heads, No. 3, March 24th, 1868

Edward S. Judge doll label E. S. Judge, No. 6, July 27, 1875

E. S. Judge, No. 6, July 27, 1875

Judge & Early doll mark ;abel , N.2 Pat'd. July 27, 1875

Judge & Early, N.2 Pat'd. July 27, 1875

JDK Kestner dolls 1820-1938

JDK, Kestner doll mark K & Co.

Alexandre Lefebvre papier mache baby dolls 1863-1921 FR

Philip Lerch, Lerch & Co, Lerch & Klag 1866-1875 USA

papier mache dolls

Gustav Liedel owner papier mache factory 1850-1855

Lowenthal & Co papier mache dolls and heads 1838-1897

Georg Lutz doll mark G.L. 2015, 2020 Superior heads 1887-1906

Georg Lutz doll mark GL 2015, 202 Superior

Matlock Patent Washable Doll 1899-1914 USA

O. Mills Toy Store papier mache dolls 1851-1856 USA

O. Mills doll mark label

Model Patent Washable Dolls 1899-1907 USA

Johann Friedrich Müller dolls 1805+

- mold pressed Papier mache dolls

Leo Moss papier Mache dolls 1800s-1900s USA

- black papier mache character head dolls, cloth body, molded painted curly hair, glass eyes, some have a molded tear on cheek, closed mouth, dolls are unmarked or marked L.M.

Leo Moss doll mark L.M.