Wagner & Zetzsche Dolls 1875+ German
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 (in Cieslik’s the spelling is Zetsche) 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 dolls with cloth bodies, leather, imitation leather, papier mache and a composition like 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 1
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark symbol 2
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark symbol 3
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark Wuz Germany 200 Geb. Heubach
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark Heubach Koppelsdorf 342 Germany (Ernst Heubach)
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark WZ 1875
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10566 WUZ Germany
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10585 WUI Germany
Wagner & Zetzsche doll mark 10586 WUI Germany
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 and the 1875 in the doll mark, is the year of founding, not a doll mold number.
Wagner & Zetzsche Doll Mold Numbers Identified
638, 698, 10539, 10566, 10585, 10586, 657708 body stamp
