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Eisenmann & Company googly doll face

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Below is a list of past Antike Puppen Hersteller German doll makers from H to K; Company names, dates of operation, doll mold numbers, doll marks, labels, letters or initials, trade names and symbols.  Names beginning with Porzellanfabrik or similar, are listed under name of owner or town.  Abbreviation Gebr. = Gebrüder (brother or brothers). 

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Doll Makers

 

A-B  C-G   H-K  L-O  P-R  S  T-Z 

 

Note:  C and K, C and Z, I and J can all be spelled phonetically and interchangeably in German, in old script ß equals the SS sound. 

H

Gebrüder Haag wax dolls 1878-1925+

Gebruder Haag doll mark Biskit Imitation Aecht Waschhar

 

Hamburger & Co. doll exporter 1889-1910 GER and USA

Henrich Handwerck doll mark HH 1876-1932 Waltershausen

 

Max Handwerck doll mark Dep Elite 1899-1925 Waltershausen

Max Handwerck doll mark Dep Elite E 2/0

 

Hannoversche Dolls & Toys of rubber 1862-1926+ Hanover

Hannoversche Puppenfabrik, Abt & Franke 1865-1930+ Hanover

  - art dolls, dressed dolls & toys

Carl Harmus Jr. bisque head dolls & bears 1887-1930+

Carl Harmus Jr.  doll trademark teddy bear holding a doll in a triangle

  doll trademark teddy bear holding a doll in a triangle

 

Adolph Harras Porcelain Factory Nachf. 1911-1920 Thuringia

  - doll mark Unerreicht (unequaled) 

Carl Hartmann bisque head dolls 1889-1930s Neustadt

Carl Hartmann doll mark 10593 Globe Baby D.R.G.M. C. Hartmann Dep 6

doll mark 10593 Globe Baby D.R.G.M. C. Hartmann Dep 6

 

Karl Hartmann doll mark HK 1911-1926 Stockheim

 

Heber & Company bisque dolls 1900-1922 Neustadt

Heber & Company bisque head doll mark 514 HC 17/8

   - doll mark mold 514 HC 17/8

 

Else L. Hecht art doll mark Hecht Puppe 1913-1926

Heine & Schneider 1920-1921 Bad Kösen

Elizabeth Heine & Karl Schneider  doll mark Puppenkunst Elisabeth Heine & Schneider Bad Kosen Saale

   doll mark Puppenkunst Elisabeth Heine & Schneider Bad Kosen Saale or doll mark Schneider's Kunstpuppen Atelier Karl Schneider Bad - Kösen then became, see next

Gunther Heine doll mark Gunther Heine 1920-1922 Bad-Kosen

Alfred Heinz doll mold 650 in 1906-1926 Sonneberg

Rudolph Heinz & Co porcelain factory 1858-1922+

  then Neuhaus am Rennweg Porzellanfabrik Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik 1922+ both used doll mark AV, PN  doll molds 9500, 9501

Arthur Heinze mechanical roller skate dolls 1910-1911 Unna

Adolf Heller doll mark A#H AHW 1909-1925 Walterhausen

Adolf Heller doll mark A#H AHW Hulss

Adolf Heller AH doll heads by Adolf Hulss AHW

 

Alfred Heller doll mark Diana metal dolls 1901-1910

 

Karin Heller, Karin Series cloth dolls 1980s W Germany

Julius Hering & Sohn 1893-1923+ Köppelsdorf

doll marks JH, JHS, J.H & S, Victoria

 

Julius Hering & Weithase doll mark H & W 1902-1930+

Hering & Weithase doll mark H & W on a flag symbol 1902+

- 3rd name for Dressel & Koch

 

Hermsdorfer celluloid dolls 1925-1926 Berlin-Hermsdorf

Hermsdorfer Celluloidwaren-fabrik celluloid doll mark DADA a ladybug (Mark Marienkafer)

 

Gottlieb Herold Täufling dolls 1891-1921 Neustadt

   - dolls with Pa-pa Ma-ma voice box

Hertel, Schwab & Co doll mark 1910-1930s Stutzhauser

    - also called Stutzhauser Porzellanfabrik

Hertel, Schwab doll marks

 

Hertwig doll mark 1864-1941 Katzhütte

Hertwig doll mark a house symbol, cat, H initial

 

Albin Hess doll mark 417 ASH 1918-1923 Thuringia

Albin Hess doll mark ASH
 

Ernst Heubach 1887-1932 Koppelsdorf, Sonneberg

 

Gebrüder Heubach dolls 1840-1938 Thuringia

Gebruder Heubach doll mark square symbol Heubach

Gebruder Heubach doll mark sunburst symbol GH Dep

Gustav Heubach doll mark GH 1923-1937+ Steinbach

- see Erste Steinbacher Porzellanfabrik

Gustave Heubach doll mark 510 doll mark Ge & H 7/0

doll mark 510 Ge & H 7/0

 

Heubach, Kampfe & Sontag 1763-1897 Wallendorf

    - Wallendorf Porzellanfabrik, cradle of Thuringia.

 then 1897-1918 Kampfe & Heubach bathing dolls

   

  found on china doll mark W, W 2/0

 

Bernhard Heublein doll mark 123847 in 1901-1909  Malmerz

Hermann Heyde doll trademark HH, HHD 1867-1920 Dresden

Hermann Heyde doll trademark HHD

 

Annette Himstedt 1986-2008

Christian Hopf doll mark CH 1885-1984+ Neustadt

    - doll mold 486 Elisabeth

Carl Horn doll trademark CHND 1906-1930+ Dresden

   - made tiny 1 1/4-3 1/2" Lilliput all bisque dolls, animals

Carl Horn Nachf. doll mark horn symbol HCN

 

Theodor Hornlein doll mark TH 1879-1924 Sonneberg

Theodor Hornlein doll mark D.E.P. T.H. 09

doll mark DEP TH 09 142, 143

 

Adolf Hulss or Hülß 1913-1930s Waltershausen

Afdolf Hulss doll mark ABW

  - doll mark AHW, looks like ARW or AßW

   doll mold 156, 157, 158, 176, 1400

doll trade name Mein Nesthakchen, my nesting baby

 

Dr. P. Hunaeus celluloid dolls marked PH 1890-1930

  - 1930 meged with Rheinische-Gummi und Celluloid 

Dr. Paul Hunaeus doll mark PH

 

Carl M. Hutschenreuther Factory 1814-1930+ Hohenberg

Carl M. Hutschenreuther doll mark JHR intertwined

doll mark JHR intertwined

 

Huttinger & Buschor doll mark Casadora 1920-1928

Huttinger & Buschor doll mark label Casadora Original

 

I

B. Illfelder Spielwaren dolls 1862-1901+ Furth, NYC

    B. Illfelder doll mark 101 My Sweetheart B.J. & Co.

    doll mark 101 My Sweetheart B.J. & Co.

    doll mold 30, 101

B. Illfelder doll mark Little Sweetheart BICO

   doll names Little Sweetheart doll BICO, Merry Widow doll,

    Rosebud A.M., Our Rosebud, 501 Nippon, B.J. Nippon

     I - continued above

 I continued

Carl A. Illing doll mark ILLCO, JLLCO 1925-1930+

Carl Illing doll mark symbol sunrise over a mountain top Sonneberg JLLCO

 

Ilmenauer Porzellanfabrik 1777-1930

Imenauer Porcellanfabrik doll marks three leaf clover, J 1777 JPF

  doll mark star symbol J 1777, I, J, JPF, a trefoil

 

Ferdinand Imhoff walking dolls 1898-1909

Ferdinand Imhoff doll mark DRP No. 119857 Patent A Lander 

 doll mark Patent Aller Lander, DRP No. 119857 Patent A Lander,

France - Patent Brevete 305-269 SGDG

 

Insam & Prinoth wood dolls 1820-1930s

 

J

Simon Junghans doll mark Papp Head 1864-1930s

Simon Junghans doll mark Papp Head

 

K

Friedrich Kaestner dolls 1883+ Ohrdruf, Sazony

Friedrich Kaestner doll mark FK 2 crossed hammers OZ Kaestner

 

Carl Kalbitz doll mark KaLuTu art dolls 1899-1905 Sonneberg

Carl Kalbitz doll mark KaLuTu

 

Kammer & Reinhardt doll mark K * R 1886-1932

Kammer & Reinhardt doll mark K star R

 

Marion Kaulitz, Munich Art Dolls 1901-1923

   - also called Münchner Künstler Kaulitz-puppen

Marion Kaulitz, Munich Art doll mark KI, K2, KIII, V2

  - doll mark KI, K2, KIII and

V2 for Paul Vogelsanger artist and sculptor

 

Keramisches Werk Gräfenhain doll mark KWG 1932-1943

Keramisches Werk Gräfenhain doll mark KWG

   - see Simon & Halbig

 

Kestner, King of Doll Makers doll mark JDK 1820-1938

JD Kestner doll mark K & Co

 

Kewpie dolls 1909+ German, Japan, USA

Alwin Kiesewetter 1907-1925 Coburg, Thüringia

Anton Kiesewetter 1884-1918 Neustadt, Thüringa

Vve. Anton Kiesewetter 1918-1925

Franz & Hermann Kiesewetter 1912+ Neustadt

Franz Kiesewetter doll mark 502 A Germany 2.

 

Georg B. Kiesewetter 1895-1906 Sonneberg

Max Kiesewetter 1900+ Sonneberg

   - founder Erste Steinbacher Porzellanfabrik

A. W. Fr. Kister China dolls 1837-1930+

   - owner August Wilhelm Friedolin Kister

A. W. Fr. Kister doll mark K.P.M. X

doll mark KPM X

 

Kley & Hahn doll mark K & H 1895-1931

Kley & Hahn doll mark K & H

 

CF Kling & Company doll mark K, bell symbol 1834-1941

Kling doll mark bell symbol Dep., S/0 bell symbol K

 

Kloster Veilsdorf Porzellanfabrik 1760-1930

   - see Closter Veilsdorf Porzellanfabrik

Kloster Vessra doll mark F & L, P.V. 1890+ Thüringia

   - owner Edmund Ickel

Kloster Vessra doll mark F & L, P.V.

 

Erich Klötzer doll mark EK, WKS, K in a circle 1910+

Erich Klötzer doll mark EK, WKS, EK intertwined

 

Guido Knauth Doll Factory 1872-1930s Orlamünde

Edmund & Guido Knauth doll maol 50 mark

 

Edmund & Guido Knauth doll maol 501 mark

doll mark Knauth, doll mold 46, 50, 301, 501

 

Knigseer ARI Germany GDR doll house dolls 1960s+

Edmund Knoch doll mark crown symbol EK 1896-2006 Coburg

  - plastic doll mark engel-puppen 

Edmond Knoch doll mark crown symbol EK

 

Gebrüder Knoch doll mark two crossed bones 1877-1919

Gebruder Knoch doll mark GKN 2 crossed bones symbol

 

Carl Knoll Karlsbad Porzellanfabrik 1842-1949 Frischern & Austria

Carl Knoll dolk mark CK 701

doll mark CK doll mold 701

 

Koch & Weithase dolls 1893-1905

   - 2nd name of Dressel & Koch

     merged with Julius Hering & Weithase 1904-1905

Kohl & Wengenroth celluloid & rubber doll mark 1902-1926 Offenbach

 

Kohl & Wengenroth doll mark KOW person standing

Moses Kohnstam doll mark MOKO 1867-1935

Moses Kohnstam doll mark MOKO

 

Konig & Wernicke doll mark KW, KWW 1911-1930

Konig & Wernicke doll mark KW

 

Konigliche Porzellan Manufactur KPM 1710-1930+

   - King's Porcelain Factory, Meissen, Berlin

KPM Berlin doll marks

- KPM Berlin doll marks, see China dolls

 

Koppelsdorfer Porzellanfabrik, see Ernst Heubach

Gustav Korn doll mark GK 1903-1927

Gustav Korn doll mark GK

 

Carl Krahmer doll mark CKF 1915-1919+ Frankenhausen

Carl Krahmer doll mark CKF 66

 

Joseph Krauss & Company doll mark JKC 1912+

Joseph Krauss & Company doll mark JKC

Kreuger dolls 1920s Germany & NYC

Kreuger doll mark a size number 4/0 GERMANY K

doll mark a size number GERMANY K

 

Adolph Kröhl doll mark AK 1830-1898 Berlin

Adolph Kröhl doll mark AK

 

Käthe Kruse cloth dolls 1910+

Käthe Kruse doll mark inside a circle Schutz-Marke first K is backward connected to second K symbol

 

Franz Kuhles dolls 1894-1930s Catterfelder, Ohrdruf

   - also called Ohrdruf Puppenfabrik, Spezial doll

Gebruder Kühnlenz doll mark GbrK 1884-1935 Bavaria

Gebruder Kühnlenz doll mark GbrK sunburst 44-15

 

Herman Küsel doll mark none 1897-1912

 

German Doll Makers   A-B  C-G   H-K  L-O  P-R  S  T-Z 

 

** Between 1915-1922, due to World War One, imported German bisque dolls were not available to most of the world.

 

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