Simon & Halbig Doll Marks & Mold Numbers Identified

The Simon & Halbig Porcelain factory was founded and began making dolls from 1869-1920 in their two porcelain factories in Gräfenhain and Hidburghausen, near Thüringia, Germany. 

Simon & Halbig did Not make doll bodies, they were purchased from other doll makers. Below are Simon & Halbig doll marks and doll mold numbers identified.

See the Simon & Halbig page for more history and doll information.

Simon & Halbig Doll Marks Identified

WIMPERN Gesetzelschutz red stamp on the dolls body indicates the doll has real eye lashes, also found on some Heinrich Handwerck bodies and French dolls.

Simon & Halbig Doll Mold Numbers Identified

10-0, 100, 120, 122, 128, 150, 151, 152, 153, 157, 159, 164, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 202, 290, 305, 307 / 11, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370,  415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 450, 500, 516, 530, 540, 549, 550, 570, 600, 607, 610, 611, 615, 616, 620, 693, 709, 719, 720, 728, 729, 730, 730, 731, 732, 738, 739, 740, 748, 749, 750, 758, 759, 760, 768, 769, 770, 772, 778, 837, 845, 846, 847, 848, 852, 861, 878, 880, 881, 886, 887, 890, 891, 896, 898, 899, 901, 905, 908, 909, 918, 919, 920, 921, 927, 929, 938, 939, 940, 941, 949, 950, 959, 968, 969, 970, 979, 988, 989, 990, 1000, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1029, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1049, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1098, 1099, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1129, 1139, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1170, 1180, 1199, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1260, 1269, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1289,   1329, 1340, 1368, 1370, 1388, 1397, 1398, 1418, 1426, 1428, 1429, 1448, 1465, 1468, 1478, 1485, 1488, 1489, 1496, 1498, 1527, 1616, 1748, 1848, 1849, 1912, 1916, 1920, 8173, 56562 body stamp, I, III, IV, XI, Baby Blanche, Erika, Jutta, Santa

Simon & Halbig doll molds 150, 151, 152, 153 are very rare character dolls with painted eyes, doll mold 164, 1129, 1199 are Oriental dolls, 607 is an Oriental or Caucasian doll, doll mold 202 is a multi-face black or white doll, Simon & Halbig doll mark S & H doll molds 719 or 917 were both used for Edison Phonograph doll heads, doll molds 845, 846, 847, 848, 890, 896, 899, 905 are all bisque, doll mold 886 is an all bisque doll in black stockings, doll mold 898 all bisque doll and 1340 are both Googly eye dolls, doll mold 1080 Dainty Dorothy, doll mold 1139 is a Lady type doll, doll mold 1160 is known as a Little Woman doll, doll mold 1303 has been found as a Child, Lady or native American Indian doll. See the Simon & Halbig doll page.

The firms that used a S & H doll heads are American; Arranbee, George Borgfeldt, Thomas Edison dolls, Gimbel, FAO Schwartz, John Wanamaker.
German firms; C.M. Bergmann, Carl Bergner, Catterfelder / Trautmann, Cuno & Otto Dressel, R. Eekhoff, Hamburger & Company, Heinrich Handwerck, Adolf Hülß also spelled Hülss, Kammer & Reinhardt, Louis Lindner & Sohn (doll mark LL & S), Franz Schmidt, Schoenau & Hoffmeister, Strobel & Wilken, Welsch & Company, Hugo Wiegand, Wiesenthal, Schindel & Kallenberg and Adolf Wislizenus.  French firms; Fleischmann & Bloedel, Jumeau, some Elie Martin ondine swimming dolls, Roullet et Decamps and SFBJ.

Keramisches Werke Gräfenhain Doll Marks Identified

Keramisches Werke Gräfenhain Doll Mold Numbers Identified

133, 134, 136, 137, 144, 1382