ca. 1902 Kley & Hahn Walkure Doll, 28"

Walkure doll, 28" tall, bisque socket head, composition jointed body, sleep eyes, painted upper and lower lashes, feathered brows, open mouth, doll mark on back on head; Walküre, Germany, doll molds 250 or 282.

Kley & Hahn Dolls 1895-1931 Germany

Kley & Hahn was founded in Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany in 1895 by Albert Kley and Paul Hahn as a porcelain factory making doll heads and bathing beauties.  From 1902-1931 they made many types of dolls, including celluloid heads.

Various porcelain factories supplied the bisque doll heads; Hertel, Schwab  & Company made the 100 series doll molds, Kestner made the 200 series, 680 and the Walküre doll molds, Bahr & Proschild contributed the 500 series doll molds. 

Some of the trade names registered to Kley & Hahn are; The Dollar Princess, Special, Durable, K., Majestic, Mein Einziges Baby (My Only Baby), Mein Einzige (My Only One), Princess, Schneewittchen (Snow White) and Walkure.  Kley & Hahn often used the initials K & H as well in the doll marking.

Kley & Hahn made named Dolly Face, Walküre, Character Babies and Child dolls with composition jointed bodies, all of very good quality and portrait dolls of Senegalaise or Senegalese prisoners in 1915.

K & H (on a ribbon)

with or without a mold number

Germany

Special

65

Germany

K & H

Walkure

Germany

250 or 282

The Dollar Princess

G2

Special

Made in Germany

Special

C5

Special

Made in Germany