Kley & Hahn Dolls 1895-1931 Germany

ca. 1920 Kley & Hahn doll mold 680 face — **ca. 1920 Kley & Hahn doll mold 680** bisque doll head by Kestner, 28″, sleep eyes, open mouth upper teeth, tongue, composition jointed body, doll mark **Kestner symbol) 680 36 K & H made in Germany**

The Kley & Hahn Doll Factory was founded in Ohrdruf, Thüringia, Germany in 1895 by Albert Kley and Paul Hahn as a porcelain factory making bisque doll heads and bathing beauty dolls. From 1902 to 1931 they made many types of dolls, including dolls of celluloid.

Kley & Hahn also got bisque doll heads from Hertel, Schwab & Company who made the 100 series doll molds, Kestner made the 200 and 600 series and Walkure doll molds, Schoenau & Hoffmeister made doll mold 282 and possibly other molds and Bahr & Pröschild contributed the 500 series doll molds.

Some of Kley & Hahn doll trade names are The Dollar Princess, The Dolly Princess, Special, Durabel, K., Majestic, Mein Einzige Baby (My Only Baby), Mein Einziges (My Only One), Princess, Schneewittchen (Snow White) and Walkure. Kley & Hahn often used the initials K & H in their doll marking.

Kley & Hahn made Dolly Face, Walküre, Character Babies and Child dolls with composition jointed bodies, all of very good quality, Cellunova composition heads and bodies in 1913+ and portrait dolls of Senegalaise or Senegalese prisoners in 1915.

Kley & Hahn Doll Marks Identified

Kley & Hahn doll mark (Kestner symbol) 31 Germany Walküre Germany

Kley & Hahn doll mark The Dollar Princess 62 Spezial Made in Germany

Kley & Hahn doll mark K & H (on a ribbon) Germany doll 158

Kley & Hahn doll mark K & H (on a ribbon) Germany 180 (googly)

Kley & Hahn doll mark 282 SH star symbol KH 2 1/2 Germanyhead by Schoenau & Hoffmeister SH with a star

Kley & Hahn doll mark jar symbol keystone on the bottom of a shoe

Kley & Hahn doll mark (Kestner symbol) 680 36 K & H made in Germany

Kley & Hahn Doll Mold Numbers Identified

62, 65, 70, 133, 135, 138, 154, 158, 159 multi-face, 160, 161, 162, 165, 166, 167, 169, 176, 178, 180, 250, 282, 292, 458, 520, 525, 526, 531, 536, 546, 548, 549, 554, 567, 568, 571, 654, 680.

Kley & Hahn Baby doll molds 158, 161, 167, 525, 680, doll molds 178 and 180 are both googly eyed dolls

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German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939 book in 1984, German Doll Marks and Identification book in 2001 both by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik, The Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls, volume one in 1968, volume two in 1986 books by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman . . . and Kley & Hahn doll research across the Internet since 1999.