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Bruno Schmidt Antique Bisque Dolls 1900+ German

Bruno Schmidt founded a doll factory in 1900 in Waltershausen, Germany, Bruno Schmidt’s doll marking at right; BSW inside a heart, sometimes found with Bahr Proschild’s crossed swords, plus two sets of mold numbers; the three digit numbers from Bahr & Pröschild and the four digit 2000 number of Bruno Schmidt. 

Bruno Schmidt bisque head dolls are highly prized by collectors for the fine quality and were purchased from the Bahr & Proschild company, thus they often bear both companies markings, Bruno Schmidt’s marking are BSW inside a heart, sometimes found with Bahr Proschild’s crossed swords, plus two sets of mold numbers; the three digit numbers from Bahr & Pröschild and the four digit 2000 number of Bruno Schmidt. 

ca. 1912 Bruno Schmidt doll mold 2048 bisque head Tommy Tucker doll
ca. 1912 Bruno Schmidt doll mold 2048 bisque head Tommy Tucker doll

ca. 1912 Bruno Schmidt Tommy Tucker doll mold 2048, bisque head, finely painted hair, feathered brows, painted upper and lower eyelashes, sleep eyes, open mouth with upper teeth, composition jointed body.   

Bruno Schmidt is probably best known for the Tommy Tucker doll molds 2048, 2084, 2096 and the so called Wendy doll mold 2033 who graced the cover of Jim & Madalaine Selfridge Dolls, Images of Love, Wendy and Friends 1969 book.  Bruno Schmidt acquired the Bahr & Proschild company in 1919, Schmidt made bisque half dolls at the Bahr & Pröschild factory and manufactured celluloid and papier mache dolls at his own factory.

Bruno Schmidt Doll Marks Identified

Bruno Schmidt doll mark Schutz Marke heart symbol 28 (a size number) celluloid
Bruno Schmidt doll mark Schutz Marke heart symbol 28 (a size number) celluloid
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 136 BSW inside a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 136 BSW inside a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 2085 B & P, crossed swords, BSW in a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 2085 heart symbol BP crossed swords B & P O
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 2023 530
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 2023 530
Bruno Schmidt doll mark heart symbol 2096
Bruno Schmidt doll mark heart symbol 2096
Bruno Schmidt doll mark " Mein Goldherz " (My Gold Heart), BSW inside a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark ” Mein Goldherz ” (My Gold Heart), BSW inside a heart symbol

Bruno Schmidt Doll Mold Numbers

136, 513, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2033, 2042, 2046, 2048, 2068, 2070, 2072, 2074, 2075, 2081, 2084, 2085, 2092, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097,  2098, 2099, 2154, 6068, 6092, 6098.

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Encyclopedia of German Dolls 1800-1939 book in 1984 by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik, 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 and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.

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