Gebrüder Heubach Dolls German

Gebruder Heubach bisque head girl with a top knot molded hair
1920 Gebruder Heubach bisque head girl with a top knot molded hair

The Heubach family bought an established porcelain factory on September 1840 in Lichte, Thüringia, Germany where they began producing porcelain figurines and other porcelain objects.  By 1910 Gebrüder Heubach started making bisque character socket or shoulder head dolls, either molded hair or wigged, sleep eyes or with their famous painted intaglio eyes.  One secret to Gebrüder Heubach’s success was their factory was located near an Art School of artists and sculptors.

Gebrüder Heubach doll mark registered in 1882 (S) a sunrise symbol with GH inside and in 1910 (Q) a quadrant or square with HEUBACH inside. Note: German doll maker Gustav Heubach also used the doll mark GH initials, but with different mold numbers.

Gebrüder Heubach supplied bisque doll heads to: Averill (small Bonnie Babe dolls), Emil Bauersachs (Caprice googly eye doll), Cuno & Otto Dressel, Eisenmann & Co., Hamburger & Co., Ilmenau, Jumeau ink stamped bodies have been found with Gebrüder Heubach marked bisque heads, .A. Luge & Co. (Adlon), Gebrüder Ohlhaver (Revelo), Otto Schamberger, Wagner & Zetzsche, Gottlieb Zinner, plus others around the Sonneberg area. Click images to enlarge.

1910 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 5636 laughing boy doll 14" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 5636 laughing boy doll 14″ face
1916 Gebruder Heubach bisque head grinning cat
1916 Gebruder Heubach bisque head grinning cat 6 1/2″ face
Gebruder Heubach doll mold 5920 all bisque boy with bee on face
1913 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 5920 all bisque boy with bee on face 12″
Gebruder Heubach doll mold 6969 pouty girl closed mouth doll 14" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 6969 pouty girl closed mouth doll 14″ face
Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7054 bisque head open mouth with teeth
1910 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7054 bisque head open mouth with teeth
1910 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7134 crying boy doll 9 1/2" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7134 crying boy doll 9 1/2″ face
Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7167 the spinach eater face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7167 the spinach eater face
Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7246 character girl doll 27" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7246 character girl doll 27″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach  doll mold 7602 boy with flocked hair 10" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7602 boy with flocked hair 10″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7620 black doll closed mouth 13 1/2" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7620 black doll closed mouth 13 1/2″
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7671 googly eye black boy doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7671 googly eye black boy doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7679 walking doll 11" body

1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7679 walking doll 11″ body.

1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7788 Coquette bisque doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7788 Coquette bisque doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7851 the Singer doll 9" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7851 the Singer doll 9″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7885 the Winker doll 7' face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7885 the Winker doll 7′ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7926 Lady doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7926 Lady doll face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7977 Baby Stuart doll 17" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 7977 Baby Stuart doll 17″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8050 laughing girl doll 9" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8050 laughing girl doll 9″ face
1911 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8381 Princess Juliana 18" face
1911 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8381 Princess Juliana Netherlands 18″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8548 grumpy doll 22" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 8548 grumpy doll 22″ face
1914 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 9457 elderly Lady face
1914 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 9457 elderly Lady face
1914 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 9573 googly eyes doll 10" face
1914 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 9573 googly eyes doll 10″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach Elizabeth with googly eyes doll 7" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach Elizabeth with googly eyes doll 7″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach Elspeth all bisque doll 5" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 10490 Elspeth all bisque doll 5″ face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 12386 Bonnie Babe doll  7" face
1912 Gebruder Heubach doll mold 12386 Bonnie Babe doll 7″ face

Gebruder Heubach made all bisque half dolls, pincushion heads, tea dolls, bisque figurines; Action Babies, May Morning, Piano Babies dolls, generally all are unmarked. See the Gebruder Heubach page of doll marks and doll mold numbers.

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Heubach Character Dolls & Figurines book in 1992 by Lydia Richter, German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 in 1984, German Doll Marks and Identification in 2001 books by Jurgen & Marianne Cieslik, The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls books vol. I pages 294-299 in 1968, vol. II pages 530-532 in 1986 by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman and our continuing research across the Internet since 2004.