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Edmund Edelmann Antique Bisque Dolls 1903+ German

Edmund Edelmann doll company of Sonneberg, Germany, founded in 1903 was in the doll making business from 1919 onward.  Their antique bisque baby doll socket heads were purchased from Armand Marseille or Schoenau & Hoffmeister. Edelmann also supplied dolls and doll parts to doll hospitals.  Edelmann made character baby dolls with a bisque or celluloid socket head 16, 20 or 24″ tall, on a five piece composition toddler or bent limb baby body, molded painted hair or wigged, sleep eyes, open mouth, some with pierced or open nostrils.

Edelmann bisque character doll shown left is 16″ tall, wigged, sleep eyes, pierced nostrils called a breather doll, open mouth, dimple in chin, composition five piece jointed baby bent limb body, doll mark Melitta A Germany M or Melitta.

ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta doll 16" face
ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta doll 16″ bisque socket head, glass sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, composition jointed baby body.

Edmund Edelmann Dolls & Doll Marks Identified

ca. 1920s Edelmann melitta five piece baby body

ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta doll 16″ composition five piece bent limb baby body, doll mark Melitta 4 1/2.

Edelmann doll mark melitta 4 1/2
Edelmann doll mark Melitta 4 1/2
Edmund Edelmann doll mark AM Melitta Germany
Edmund Edelmann doll mark AM Melitta Germany
Edmund Edelmann doll mark SHPB Mona
Edmund Edelmann doll mark SHPB Mona
Edmund Edelmann doll mark bee symbol Melitta Wien
Edmund Edelmann doll mark bee symbol Melitta Wien

Edmund Edelmann doll marks

Melitta 4 1/2, Melitta A. Germany M, Mine, SHPB in a star Mona, Bee symbol Melitta Wein (celluloid or plastic mark)

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German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 book in 1985 and German Doll Marks and Identification book in 2001 both 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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