Hugo Wiegand Dolls 1911-1939 German

ca. 1911 Hugo Wiegand  bisque head doll marked HW intertwined

The Hugo Wiegand doll factory was founded in 1911 in Waltershausen, Germany.  They advertised Baby dolls with bent limbs or toddler dolls both with composition jointed bodies with either molded painted hair or wigged in Black or White dolls.

In 1918 the trade mark Edelkind (Nobel Child) was registered.  By 1925 they were making walking and talking dolls, Sweet Nell and Lieb Eldelkind dolls.

1926 registered patents for dolls with moving arms and improvements to dolls eyes and lids in a combination Baby and toddler doll.

1927 a patent was registered for a doll with eyes that could move to all sides by means of a pendulum.

1930 Wiegand registered the trade mark Sonny Boy for dolls.

Left doll description; ca. 1911 Hugo Wiegand, bisque head doll, (missing wig), multi stroke painted eyebrows, glass sleep eyes, top & bottom painted eyelashes, open closed mouth (no teeth), a five piece jointed body.  See below for image mark.

Hugo Wiegand doll mark Germany 133 HW

Hugo Wiegand doll mark 350 HW Jubilee foreign reg design

Hugo Wiegand doll mark HWW 1351

Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW 3

Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW 4

Hugo Wiegand doll mark HW intertwined

Note; Wiegand made Black or white dolls, Heinrich Handwerck also used the HW initials, but they did not used the same mold numbers, numbers under 100 are doll sizes