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ca. 1920 Max Oscar Arnold Dolly face doll, 15 -
30" tall, bisque
socket head, composition and wood jointed body, wigged, glass eyes,
painted lashes, open mouth with upper teeth, doll marked MOA 200 Made in Germany Welsch,
for Welsch & Company, distributed by
Bing Brothers.
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The Max Oscar Arnold
Porzellanfabrik (Porcelain Factory) located in Neustadt, Germany operated from 1877 to 1931
when they were sold to Philipp Rosenthal, they are best
known for their mechanical Talking, Walking dolls and Bathing dolls. About 1906
Arnold began making phonograph dolls called Arnoldia, that spoke in three languages
(English, French, German).
Each doll had a phonograph inside
the body that played records that were advertised to be used to teach children language
lessons. In 1919
the Max Oscar Arnold doll company purchased the
Gebrüder Knoch
doll Company.
Some Max Oscar Arnold company doll markings
are; initials of MOA
inside an eight pointed star, a mold number, Made
in Germany, an eagle symbol over a circle with the eight
pointed star with MOA in the center or a winged
gargoyle type creature holding a box with MOA inside.
Arnold made many of the bisque heads for Welsh & Company marked with the
name Welsh, for
Wiefel & Company marked W & C. Arnold bought bisque heads from
Simon & Halbig (S & H and marked as such) and
Schutzmeister & Quendt marked
with their initials SQ or S & Q. |
