Max Oscar Arnold – Welsch & Company Dolls German

The Max Oscar Arnold Porzellanfabrik (Porcelain Factory) was located in Neustadt, Germany and operated from 1877 to 1931 when they were sold to Philipp Rosenthal. Max Oscar Arnold is best known for their mechanical Talking and Walking phonograph dolls.  About 1909 Arnold began making bisque head phonograph dolls called Arnoldia, that spoke three languages English, French and German.  Each doll had a phonograph inside the body that played records and were advertised to teach children language lessons.

1909 Max Oscar  Arnoldia Doll 32″ tall, bisque socket head on composition and wood body with a phonograph inside, mohair wig, sleep eyes, painted lashes, open mouth with upper teeth, some dolls marked Arnoldia 54 / 14.

Max Oscar Arnold Dolly face dolls 15 – 28″ tall, bisque shoulder head on kid body, wigged, glass eyes, painted lashes, open mouth with upper teeth, dolls marked as shown. 

Some Max Oscar Arnold company doll markings are initials of MOA. Arnold made the bisque heads for Welsh & Company marked with the name Welsh and marked W & C for Wiefel & Company.  After 1917 Arnold bought bisque heads from both Simon & Halbig and Schutzmeister & Quendt. In 1919 the Max Oscar Arnold company purchased the Gebrüder Knoch doll Company.