Hugo Wiegand Antique Bisque Dolls 1911-1939 German

The Hugo Wiegand doll factory was founded in 1911 in Waltershausen, Germany. They advertised Baby dolls with bent limbs or Toddler dolls both with five piece composition jointed bodies with either molded painted hair or wigged in black or white dolls.

In 1918 the trade mark Edelkind (Nobel Child) was registered by Wiegand. By 1925 Wiegand was making walking and talking dolls, Sweet Nell and Lieb Eldelkind (My Noble Child) dolls. 1926 Wiegand registered patents for dolls with moving arms and improvements to dolls eyes and lids in a combination Baby and toddler doll. 1927 a patent was registered for a doll with eyes that could move to all sides by means of a pendulum. 1930 Wiegand registered the trade mark Sonny Boy for dolls.

Left doll description; ca. 1913 Hugo Wiegand, bisque head white doll with lightly painted hair, no wig, multi stroke painted eyebrows, glass sleep eyes, top & bottom painted eyelashes, open closed mouth without teeth, five piece jointed bent limb composition body, doll marked HW intertwined, which is shown below.

ca. 1913 Hugo Wiegand bisque head baby doll mark HW intertwined
ca. 1913 Hugo Wiegand bisque head doll marked HW intertwined

Hugo Wiegand Dolls Identified

ca. 1912 Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW6 bisque girl doll 24" tall

ca. 1912 Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW6 bisque girl doll 24″ tall, five piece jointed composition toddler body.

Hugo Wiegand 133 bisque baby doll 16" face

ca. 1920 Hugo Wiegand doll mold 133 bisque baby doll 16″ tall, five piece composition bent limb jointed body.

Hugo Wiegand doll mold 350 Jubilee baby doll

ca. 1920 Hugo Wiegand doll mold 350 HW Jubilee baby doll mark, five piece jointed bent limb composition body.

Hugo Wiegand HW3 black baby doll face

ca. 1920 Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW3 black baby doll, five piece jointed composition bent limb body.

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Hugo Wiegand Doll Marks Identified

Hugo Wiegand doll mark Germany 133 HW
Hugo Wiegand doll mark Germany 133 HW
Hugo Wiegand doll mark 350 HW Jubilee foreign reg. design
Hugo Wiegand doll mark 350 HW Jubilee foreign reg design
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HWW 1351
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HWW 1351
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW 3
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW3
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW Germany 6 1/2
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW Germany 6 1/2
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW intertwined
Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW intertwined

Note; Heinrich Handwerck also used HW as a doll mark

Hugo Wiegand Doll Mold Numbers

102, 133, 300, 350, 988, 1321 (by Marseille), 1351 (by Simon & Halbig)

German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 book in 1984, German Doll Marks and Identification book in 2001 both by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik, The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls books, vol. I (1800-1925) in 1968, vol. II (1800-1930) in 1986 by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.