Edmund Edelmann Dolls 1919+ German

ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta doll 16" face
ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta doll 16″ face

Edmund Edelmann doll company of Sonneberg, Germany, founded in 1903 was in the doll making business from 1919+. 

Their antique bisque baby doll socket heads were purchased from Armand Marseille or Schoenau & Hoffmeister. Edelmann also supplied dolls or 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 five piece baby body
ca. 1920s Edelmann Melitta five piece bent limb composition baby body
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

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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