Hertel, Schwab & Company Dolls 1910+ German
![Hertel, Schwab Antique Dolls German 1 ca. 1928 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 127 bisque Patsy doll face](https://www.dollreference.com/wp-content/uploads/hertel-schwab-127-bisque-patsy-type-doll-face-250x300.jpg)
The Hertel, Schwab & Company, also know as the Stutzhauser Porzellanfabrik, was founded in 1910 at Stutzhaus, Germany which is near Ohrdruf, by August Hertel, Heinrich Schwab and Friedrich Muller all doll designers or sculptors and minor partner Hugo Rosenbush who was a porcelain painter.
Hertel, Schwab made bisque head Character Baby or Child, dolls Dolly face, Googly dolls, Bathing dolls, Tea-cozy shoulder heads and Pin-cushion dolls, all of which are of very high quality. Some Hertel, Schwab dolls were made exclusively for the American market such as the Bye-Lo Baby dolls for George Borgfeldt. Hertel, Schwab made many doll molds for other doll makers which are noted below. Hertel, Schwab was still mentioned in the 1930s producing bisque dolls, the exact date operations ceased is unknown to us.
Hertel, Schwab Doll Marks Identified
Note: Hertel, Schwab did not mark their dolls with initials or symbols, only with a mold number, plus a size number, Germany or Made in Germany.
Hertel, Schwab Doll Mold Numbers Identified
125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 140, 141, 143, 147, 148, 149, 151, 150, 151-2046, 152, 154, 155, 157, 159, 164, 165, 168, 175, 181, 182, 208, 217, 220, 610.
Hertel, Schwab doll mold 159, 168 are both multi two faced doll, doll molds 147, 163, 164, 165, 172, 173, 175 winker, 178, 180 are all googly eye dolls.
Hertel, Schwab also produced bisque heads for other German doll firms; Koenig & Wernicke doll molds 98, 99, 166, 167, 170, 179, 180. Kley & Hahn doll molds 133, 135, 138, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 169, 176, 178. Albert Schachne doll mold 148, Rudolf Walch doll mold 142, Wiesenthal, Schindel & Kallenberg doll mold 150 + WSK. Louis Wolf & Co. doll mold 152, 200, 222. Strobel & Wilken doll molds 163, 165 (black or white) googly, 172, 173 googly eye Jubilee dolls and possibly other doll makers.