Hertel, Schwab & Company was founded by August Hertel and Heinrich Schwab both doll designers and a minor partner Hugo Rosenbush who was a porcelain painter. They were also know as the Stutzhauser Porzellanfabrik.

Some dolls were made exclusively for the American market; the Bye-Lo Baby for George Borgfeldt, Our Baby doll mold 152, 200 and Our Fairy doll mold 222 for Louis Wolf & Co.

They also produced bisque heads for other German doll firms; Kley & Hahn, Konig & Wernicke (doll molds 98, 99, 133, 135, 138, 158, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 169, 180), Albert Schachne (doll mold 148), Strolbel & Wilken, Rudolf Walch (doll mold 142), Wiesenthal, Schindel & Kallenberg (doll mold 150) and possibly others. They made Character Baby, Character Child and Dolly Face dolls, all of which are very good quality.

Hertel, Schwab Doll Marks Identified

Hertel, Schwab Doll mark mold numbers 136, 150, 151

Hertel, Schwab doll marks Made in Germany 136, 150, 151

Herftel, Schwab doll mark 165 mold

Hertel, Schwab doll mark 165

Hertel, Schwab Doll marks LWC, L. W. & C., L W. & Co. are for Louis Wolf & Company

Note: Hertel, Schwab numbers after the doll mold or series number are a size number.

Hertel, Schwab Doll Mold Numbers Identified

98, 99, 111, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 151-2046, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 200, 208, 217, 220, 222

Hertel, Schwab doll mold 127 is a bisque head Patsy doll with an open mouth, doll mold 147 has googly eyes.

Doll molds 163, 164, 165, 172, 173 are Jubilee dolls with googly eyes for Strobel & Wilken (SWC)

Hertel, Schwab doll mold 175 is a Winker with closed laughing mouth, 178, 180 are both googly eye dolls

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Hertel, Schwab & Company Dolls 1910-1930+ German

Hertel, Schwab Doll Marks Identified

Hertel, Schwab Doll Mold Numbers Identified