Fritz Bierschenk Dolls 1906- 1930 German

ca. 1909 Fritz Bierschenk Kaiser baby doll 11" face
ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk Kaiser baby doll 11″ solid dome bisque socket head, painted eyes, open closed mouth, composition bent limb body doll marked FB 0

Fritz Bierschenk of Sonneberg, Germany in 1906 purchased E. Escher Jr.’s Doll Factory (1880-1905) located in Sonneberg and renamed it Fritz Bierschenk. The E. Escher Jr. trademark of a locomotive symbol was included in the purchase.

Bierschenk is best known for his antique bisque solid dome head Kaiser Baby or School boy dolls, Bierschenk also made cloth dolls with mask like faces.  Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB with a size number, often with Germany.

The only known Bierschenk doll mold is 616 registered in 1910 of a character Lady or girl doll with painted eyes, open closed mouth with upper teeth, on a slim composition jointed body with a bent left arm, doll marked FB 616, as shown below.

Bierschenk exported dolls to North America, England, France and other countries. Around 1930 doll production ceased. Mr. Fritz Bierschenk passed away in 1938.

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque shoulder head school boy doll

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque shoulder head school boy doll 11 1/2″, kid body, doll mark FB 0

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque head, painted eyes, doll mold 616 face

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque head painted eye character girl doll face 16″ doll mark FB 616

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque head painted eye character girl doll body

ca. 1910 Fritz Bierschenk bisque head painted eye character girl doll 16″, bent arm, composition jointed body

Fritz Bierschenk Doll Marks Identified

Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 1 Germany
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 1 Germany
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 0, FB 2/0
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 0, FB 2/0
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 3 3/4, FB 3 Germany
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 3 3/4, FB 3 Germany
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 616
Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 616
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German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 book, page 27, 68 in 1984, German Doll Marks and Identification book in 2001 both by Jurgen an Marianne Cieslik, The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls, volume I page 71, 216 in 1968, volume II page 137, 391 in 1986 by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman . . . and Bierschenk doll research on the Internet.