Bahr & Proschild Dolls 1871-1919 German

Antique Bahr & Proschild, Dolly face, doll mold 10,

Bahr & Proschild, Dolly face, doll size number 10, 18" tall, feathered eyebrows, blue glass eyes, closed mouth, bisque socket head on composition jointed body.

George Bahr and August Pröschild founded the Bähr & Pröschild doll company (also spelled Baehr & Proeschild) which began as a porcelain and doll factory in 1871 in Ohrdruf, Germany. They registered their first doll mold in 1888 and merged with the Bruno Schmidt doll company around 1919.

Bahr & Proschild made China, bisque and celluloid dolls (the 1911 trademark of Buporit was used on celluloid dolls) and supplied doll heads and parts to other companies; Carl Harmus Jr., Kley & Hahn, Bruno Schmidt, Heinrich Stier and probably others. George Borgfeldt was their distributor in the U.S.A..

Dating a Bahr & Proschild doll is generally as follows;

ca. 1871 - first dolls were marked with only a mold number

ca. 1888 - mold number plus DEP was added

ca. 1895 - the initials B & P were added to the doll mold #

ca. 1900 - crossed swords were added to doll mark

ca. 1911 - registered trademark Buporit

ca. 1919 - B & P was purchased by Bruno Schmidt,

who then used a heart with BP as part of the marking

Bahr & Pröschild Doll Marks Identified

ca. 1900 Bahr & Proschild doll mark BP with crossed swords	ca. 1919 Bruno Schmidt Bahr & Proschild doll mark BP inside a heart	ca. 1911 Bahr & Proschild doll mark Buporit (on celluloid dolls)

Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 209, 209 Germany	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 252 dep	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 261 dep made in Germany

Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 270 dep. 2/0	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 277 Dep	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 309

Bahr & Pröschild doll mark B & P 320 dep	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark B & P 343	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 379 dep

Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 394	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark heart symbol 425	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 536

Bahr & Pröschild doll mark 585	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark B & P two crossed swords 585 Germany	Bahr & Pröschild doll mark B & P two crossed swords 585 2/0 Germany

Bahr & Pröschild Doll Mold Numbers Identified

10, 201, 204, 207, 209, 212, 213, 217, 219, 220, 224, 225, 226, 227,

230, 239, 241, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 269, 270, 273, 275, 277, 278, 281, 283, 285, 287, 289, 292, 297, 300, 302, 305, 306, 309, 313, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325, 330, 340, 342, 343, 348, 350, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 389, 390, 393, 394, 424, 425, 441, 482, 499, 500, 513, 520, 525, 526, 529, 531, 534, 535, 536, 537, 539, 541, 546, 549, 554, 557, 568, 571, 581, 582, 584, 585, 587, 600, 604, 608, 619, 620, 624, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 678, 686, 694, 707, 709, 799

*doll mold numbers 482, 499, 529, 534, 536, 537, 539 followed by a 2000 number were made for Bruno Schmidt

Bahr & Pröschild doll mold 219 is a black doll, molds 273, 275, 277 are often black dolls,

doll molds 401, 424, 608, 686, 694, 707 have googly eyes,

doll mold 220 is a belton type Oriental doll with molded up turned boots

doll molds 269, 244 are native America Indian dolls.

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Bahr & Pröschild Dolls 1871-1919 German

Bahr & Pröschild Doll Marks Identified

Bahr & Pröschild Doll Mold Numbers Identified