Hertel, Schwab & Company Dolls 1910+ German
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.
ca. 1928 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 125 Patsy Baby solid dome head doll 11″ face, painted hair, glass eyes, closed mouth, jointed composition bent limb body, doll mark 125 1/2 Germany
ca. 1928 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 126 Skippy Baby solid dome head doll 11″ face, painted hair, glass eyes, closed mouth,, jointed composition bent limb body, doll mark 126 1/2 Germany
c. 1915 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 134 bisque character socket head doll 18″ face, sleep eyes, closed mouth, composition jointed body, doll mark 134
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 136 bisque socket head flirty eyes doll 20″ face, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, doll mark 136 Germany
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 140 bisque socket head doll 10 1/2″ face, glass eyes, open closed smiling mouth, composition jointed body, doll mark 140
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 141 bisque socket head 18″ face, painted eyes (or glass), open closed mouth, composition jointed body, doll mark 141
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 142 character solid dome bisque head baby 10″ face, sleep eyes (or painted), open closed mouth (with tongue) no tongue, composition jointed bent limb body, doll mark 142
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 151 solid dome bisque head 14″ face, painted hair, sleep eyes (or painted), open closed mouth with (or without) molded tongue, composition bent limb body, doll mark 151, 151 Germany
ca. 1914 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 165 googly eye white doll 13″ face, bisque socket head, closed watermelon smiling mouth, jointed composition body, doll mark 165, also came as a black doll
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 168 solid dome bisque socket head multi two faced doll 13″, #1 face Campbell Kid face with painted orange hair, googly eyes, smiling watermelon mouth, composition jointed body, doll mark 168
ca. 1912 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 168 ca. solid dome bisque socket head multi two faced doll 13″, #2 face lightly painted hair, glass eyes, open closed mouth with upper teeth and tongue, same body and mark as prior doll 168
ca. 1914 Hertel, Schwab doll mold 175 solid dome bisque socket head, with one glass googly eye, one partially closed painted winking eye doll 19″ face, composition jointed body, doll mark 175
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; Konig & 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.
