Wagner & Zetzsche Antique Bisque Dolls 1875+ German Information
ca. 1910 Wagner & Zetzsche bisque head doll 12″ tall, composition jointed body, sleep eyes, single stroke eyebrows, painted lashes, open mouth, mohair wig, doll mark WZ.
Richard Wagner and Richard Zetzsche founded their doll company in 1875 located in Illmenau, Thüringia, Germany. Mr. Wagner was the business manger, while Mr. Zetzsche was the artist and sculptor, who even used his four grandchildren; Harald, Hansi, Inge and Barbele as models for his dolls.
Wagner & Zetzsche made bisque head dolls with bodies of cloth, leather, imitation leather, papier mache and composition a material called Haralit, used on the Haralit Art Dolls of the grandchildren made after 1916. Prior to 1916 bisque heads were supplied by ABG – Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, Ernst Heubach, Gebrüder Heubach and possibly others.
Besides dolls, Wagner & Zetzsche also made numerous doll accessories; shoes, stockings, wigs and more.
Wagner & Zetzsche Doll Marks Identified
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark symbol
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark M or W elaborate scroll symbol
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark M or W elaborate scroll symbol
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark W & Z Y Germany 200 Heubach by Geb. Gebruder Heubach square symbol
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark Heubach Koppelsdorf 342 Germany by Ernst Heubach
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark WZ 1875
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10566 WuZ J Germany Ge ruder Heubach square
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10585 WUJ Germany
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10586 WuZ J Germany Gebruder Heubach square
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark Barbele WZ, Hansi WZ, Harald WZ, Helga WZ, Inge WZ, WmZ, WZ, WZI, Wag Wag.
The Wagner & Zetzsche doll marks of intertwined WZ or ZW are elaborate scrolled markings, the 1875 in a doll mark is the year the company was founded, not a doll mold number, WuZ = W & Z.
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Wagner & Zetzsche Doll Mold Numbers Identified
200, 638, 639, 698, 1700, 10539, 10566, 10585, 10586, 657708 a body stamp