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ca.
1894+ Marseille Dolly Face doll, 10-42" tall, bisque shoulder head on a kid
leather rivet jointed or cloth
body,
partial composition or bisque lower arms, some with composition or bisque lower
legs too, wigged, glass eyes, some have fur eyebrows, open slight
smiling mouth, dimple on chin. Usually has Made in Germany AM, Armand
Marseille in the marking with the mold number.
Doll names were: Alma doll,
Bessie doll, Columbia doll (made for CM Bergmann, Darling doll, Duchess
doll, Florodora doll, Lilly doll, Lissy doll, Mabel doll,
Miss Millionaire doll,
My Companion doll, My Dearie doll,
My Lovely Doll, My Playmate doll, Our Anne doll
(label with P.D.G. Co), Rosebud doll
and Ruth doll (is possibly by Marseille, the Ruth doll was distributed by W.A. Cissna & Co.),
Daisy Dimple doll or Sunshine doll, Dainty Dorothy doll (all distributed by
Sears, Roebuck & Co -
has a paper label on chest with doll name). The red fluted labeled dolls;
Registered
Americanbeauty Germany doll, Real Kid doll, 1/2 Cork Stuffed, Cork Stuffed, Kid Body + doll
molds 246, 275, may also be by Marseille or
Kestner. However, other
doll makers used these two mold numbers also.
Other similar doll molds are: 270, 309, 370, 376,
920, 2015, 3200. Florodora, A 2/0 X M, Made in Germany, DRP.
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Marseille Alma
doll 11" tall,
bisque shoulder head on a kid body.
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ca. 1894+ Marseille Dolly Face doll, 5-42" tall, bisque
shoulder head on a kid or composition body,
wigged, glass eyes, open slight smiling mouth, dimple on chin. Usually has the
AM DEP Made in Germany in the marking with the mold
number.
Some of the dolls
names are: Baby Betty doll, Baby Florence doll, Beauty doll, Jubilee doll, Majestic
doll, Princess doll, Queen Louise doll.
Tiny Tot dolls 5-7 1/2" tall, bisque head,
composition jointed body, white painted legs, molded painted high heel single
strap tan shoes, doll head marked; Germany A 12/0 M, round blue tag with
white letters: Tiny Tot Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Germany. Tiny Tot doll,
all bisque with molded painted hair, 2 1/2", closed mouth, same round blue and
white label on tummy, Tiny Tot Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Germany, incised mark
on back Germany.
Doll shown on
right is a Queen
Louise shoulder head doll, 23" tall.
Other similar
Marseille doll molds are:
95-5, 1374, 1890, 1892,
1894, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902,
1903, 1905, 1909,
3091, 3093, 3095, 3200, 3300, 3500, 3700, 4008
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Marseille Queen Louise doll, 24"
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 Marseille
Dolly Face doll, bisque
socket head doll, various sizes from 10 - 42" tall,
composition jointed body, wigged, glass eyes, open slight smiling mouth. Usually has Made in
Germany Armand Marseille in the marking with mold number.
Doll shown on
left; ca. 1900 Marseille Princess doll, mold 29 with jointed composition body.
Other similar dolls
were named:
Baby Betty, Florodora, Queen Louise, Rosebud.
Other similar
Marseille doll molds are:
29, 384, 390, 390n, 391,
395, 1894, 1897, 2010, 3600
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Marseille doll mold 390 with
a bisque socket head,
with stick like legs on a jointed composition body. |
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Marseille Character Baby
doll,
usually has Germany A.M. DRGM or DRMR in the marking with the mold
number.
Bisque head, glass
eyes, painted upper and lower eyelashes, feathered eyebrows, open or closed
mouth, wigged, composition jointed body or kid. A named doll is Fany
doll mold 231
wigged,
shown at right, or Fany doll mold 230 who has molded, lightly
painted hair no wig.
Other similar Marseille doll molds are:
230, 231, 256, 259, 326, 327, 328, 329,
347, 352, 360a, 750, 760, 790,
900, 927, 971, 980, 984, 985, 990, 991, 992, 996,
1330, 1333,
and Baby Betty doll, Fany
doll.
+ DRGM in
marking.
DRGM = Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster
DRMR = Deutsches Reich Muster Rolle
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Marseille
Fany doll mold 231,
23" tall, shown without her wig.
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Marseille
Infant Baby dolls,
bisque head with a composition bent limb body or flange neck with cloth body,
usually marked with AM Germany + a mold number, the composition body
has a K at the end of the marking.
Mold numbers and names:
My Dream Baby doll molds 341, 342, 351,
and Our Pet doll, Kiddiejoy doll, Kiddie Joy doll.
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Marseille Our Pet doll, 8 1/2"
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Marseille My Dream
Baby doll, 15" tall, bisque head, lightly painted
hair, painted or sleep eyes, mold 341 has a closed mouth and mold 351 has an
open mouth with two upper teeth, cloth body with bisque or composition hands, came
as either a white
doll or black doll. |
Marseille My Dream
Baby doll, mold 341, 15" |
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Marseille Named Character
Baby dolls, bisque head flange neck or socket head, cloth body
with composition or bisque hands or all composition jointed body, most with
bent baby type legs.
Other named dolls are: Melitta
doll
for Edmund Edelmann,
doll mark Ellar
and doll mold 253 are Oriental baby dolls, Baby
Phyllis doll, Baby Gloria doll and Kiddiejoy doll, Kiddie Joy doll for Hitz, Jacobs
& Kassler.
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Marseille Ellar marking, Oriental Baby doll, 11"
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Marseille Baby Gloria doll, 16" tall,
bisque flange head (also came with a rubber head), cloth body, bisque or
composition hands, molded painted hair, open mouth, clothing shown may not be
original, Baby Gloria's name is part of the marking.
Baby Gloria was distributed by Roth, Baitz & Lipsitz,
after 1929 by the Maxine Doll Company. |
Marseille Baby Gloria bisque doll head
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Marseille Baby Phyllis doll, bisque shoulder head, cloth body, partial
bisque or composition hands, bent baby or straight legs.
Baby Phyllis doll shown
is 11" tall and has her name in the doll marking. Bye Lo type.
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Baby Phyllis doll,
11"
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ca. 1920 Marseille Googly Eye dolls,
bisque head
with glass side glancing googly eyes, closed
smiling mouth,
jointed composition or papier mache toddler body, some with
painted socks an shoes.
Doll shown on right; Marseille Nobbi Kid doll mold 253, blue side glancing googly eyes with painted
upper and lower lashes, single stroke eyebrows, closed smiling mouth, jointed
composition toddler body.
Other Armand Marseille Googly eye doll molds
are: 200, 210, 240, 241, 252, 253, 254, 257, 310, 323, 324, 325. Note: these Googly doll mold numbers
are not exclusive to Marseille, other doll manufacturers may
have also used them as well. |
Marseille Nobbi Kid doll mold 253,
googly eye doll, 10" |
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ca. 1925 Marseille Just Me
doll, Character doll, sized 7 1/2" - 13" tall, bisque socket head, sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, closed bow
mouth, jointed composition body. Doll molds number 310 or
318.
The Just Me dolls were
also sold by the Vogue Doll company |
Marseille Just
Me doll mold 310, 12" tall |
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More Armand Marseille identifying doll mold numbers
205, 223, 225, 232, 233, 234, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 251, 255, 260, 266, 270, 273,
275, 276, 300, 309, 314, 322, 333, 340, 345, 350, 352, 353, 356, 362, 363, 369, 371, 372, 375, 376, 377, 378, 382, 384, 391, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 401, 406, 410, 411, 414, 449,
450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 458, 500, 510, 513, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520, 540, 541, 542, 550, 550a, 551, 560, 560a, 580, 570, 580, 590, 599, 600, 620, 621, 640a, 670, 700, 710,
711, 800, 810, 820, 920, 950, 951, 966, 970, 971, 971a, 972, 973, 975, 982, 984, 985, 993, 995, 997,
1330, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1904, 2542, 2966, 3066, 3091, 3600, 5990,
201013, CAMA.
Note: doll mold 800 is for a doll with a talking device
activated by a lever in the doll head.
Armand Marseille doll markings vary, but most have A.
M. in them plus a doll mold number, a size number, Germany, symbols of an
upside down horseshoe, an anchor, plus many others. |
