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1900-1913
Borgfeldt Dolly Face
doll, 12-36" tall, bisque socket or shoulder head doll with kid,
cloth or composition body. Bisque doll face shown is on
a 24" tall composition jointed body, open mouth with teeth, sleep
eyes, beautiful braided coiled wig.
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George Borgfeldt & Company was located in New York City USA and
founded by George Borgfeldt (b.1833 - d.1903), Marcell and Joseph L. Kahle, as
a doll importer, doll assembler for American and Canadian
markets and a doll distributor.
Borgfeldt held the distributing rights to many dolls from
European manufacturers such as: Bähr & Pröschild,
Buschow & Beck and Karl Standfuss,
Heinrich Handwerck,
Käthe Kruse, Kammer & Reinhardt,
JD Kestner, Armand Marseille and Steiff,
plus others.
Borgfeldt bisque doll heads were made for
them by several German doll makers; Alt,
Beck & Gottschalck, Kling & Co.,
Armand Marseille, Max Schelhorn and
Simon & Halbig.
Borgfeldt also distributed American made dolls for;
Aetna,
Averill, Bergfeld & Son, Bimblick
Toy Company NYC, Dreamland
Doll, Cameo, K & K or
K and K Toy Company (also owned by Borgfeldt), Metal Doll Company,
Jeanne Orsini, Tip Top Toy
and many other USA doll makers. |
Some Borgfeldt distributed Dolly faced dolls have
their name in the marking: Alma doll, Duchess doll, Florodora doll, G. B. doll,
Just Me doll, Little Sister doll, My Dearie
doll, My
Girlie doll, My Playmate doll, Nobbi Kid doll and Pansy II, III, V doll (see
Sears for Pansy IV), Princess doll,
Snowflake and Virginia short for Ginny dolls both by Oscar Hitt. Some of these names are known
dolls made by Armand Marseille. My Girlie,
Snowflake and Virginia are by ABG - Alt, Beck & Gottschalck.
Some dolls distributed by
Borgfeldt may have a G. B. or GB & Co in their marking,
others will not and have only the marking from the
manufacturer.
Borgfeldt is best known for commissioning
and distributing the very successful Rose O'Neill, Kewpie
dolls and Grace Storey Putnam, Bye-Lo Baby dolls.
Borgfeldt antique to vintage dolls
identified
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Borgfeldt Character Baby Doll,
12-24" tall, bisque socket head composition bent limb body, glass
sleep or painted eyes, open or closed mouth, wigged. Some doll mold
numbers and markings are:
251, 326, 327, 329, G. B., G.B. & Co. Germany
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Character Baby Doll mold 251, 11" |
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1922+ Bye-Lo Baby,
9-20" tall, white doll, all bisque doll, bisque and composition, celluloid
or wooden head with cloth body, sleep eyes or painted eyes.
Designed by Grace Storey Putnam, based on a three day old
newborn child. Several different markings depending on
manufacturer; Copr. by Grace S Putnam Germany 1415/48, © 1923 by Grace S. Putnam Made in Germany or
20-10 Copr. by Grace S. Putnam Germany or BYE-LO BABY Reg. US
Pat. Off. K and K Copyright 1922 by Grace Storey Putnam (all
inside a circle).
There is a rare antique black
bisque head Bye-Lo doll who is marked with the mold 1415, all the
other black Bye-Lo dolls are reproductions, see also below Cameo.
Bye-Lo Baby
doll
bisque heads were made by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck (doll molds
1369, 1373), JD Kestner,
Kling & Co., Hertel, Schwab & Co, composition heads by
Cameo (made a rare composition black
Bye-Lo doll), celluloid heads by Karl Standfuss, wood heads
by Schoenhut, all bisque dolls made by Kestner, cloth
body dolls made by K & K or K and K Toy Co., composition body dolls made
by
König & Wernicke. |
1922 Bye-Lo Baby doll bisque head
by Grace Storey Putnam |
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1925 Borgfeldt Baby Bo Kaye doll,
16-20" tall, designed by Joseph L. Kallus of Cameo for
George Borgfeldt, bisque head by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, or
celluloid head, lightly molded painted hair, sleep eyes, open
mouth with two lower teeth, cloth body with composition limbs. The bisque head
ABG doll mold 1407. Doll mark:
Copr. by J.L. Kallus Germany 1394. There were also small
all bisque Baby Bo Kaye dolls , 5-8 1/2" tall, with ABG doll mold 1407.
The theory of the
Baby Bo-Kaye doll name is that when the President of Borgfeldt
and designer Kallus were trying to arrive at a name, a
secretary came in carrying a "bouquet" of flowers, cute. |
1925 Cameo Baby Bo Kaye doll,
18" bisque doll head by ABG |
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 1926
Bonnie Babe, 8-23" tall, bisque or celluloid head, open smiling
mouth with two lower teeth, cloth or composition body, ABG doll mold 1386, 1402. Bisque heads were made by
ABG; Alt, Beck & Gottschalck. Doll
Marking: Copr. by Georgene Averill Germany 1005 3652 1386.
(Borgfeldt was the distributor for Averill). There were also
tiny 5-7" all bisque Bonnie Babe figurine dolls. |
1926 Bonnie Babe doll,
18" bisque head by ABG |
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 1929
Borgfeldt Gladdie doll, 18-24" tall, designed by
Helen W. Jensen, doll shown is 22" tall, biscaloid
(composition that looks like bisque) head with molded painted hair, blue
glassene set eyes, open smiling mouth with upper teeth, cloth body
with composition limbs. Some doll markings are:
Gladdie Copyriht By Helen W. Jensen Germany. |
1929 Gladdie doll, 22"
biscaloid head by Helen W. Jensen |
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1929
Borgfeldt Gladdie doll, 18-24" tall, designed by
Helen W. Jensen, this is the bisque
head
version of Gladdie; bisque flange head with molded painted hair,
glassene set eyes, open smiling mouth with upper teeth, cloth body
with composition limbs. Bisque head doll mold 1410 by ABG.
Doll mark Gladdie. |
1929 Gladdie doll, 18"
bisque doll head
by Jensen |
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1931 Borgfeldt Babykins doll designed by Grace S. Putnam, 17" tall, bisque flange head with lightly painted
molded hair, single stroke brows, painted upper and lower eyelashes, blue sleep eyes,
very full closed mouth with prominent
lips, cloth body arms and upper legs, composition hands and lower legs, doll
mark Babykins Copr. by Grace S. Putnam Made in Germany 1435. This
is the hardest to find and a rare Grace S. Putnam
doll.
ABG - Alt, Beck Gottschalck is the likely supplier of doll
mold
1435.
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1931
Babykins doll, 17" by Grace S. Putnam |
Borgfeldt Doll Mold Numbers Identified
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142, 170, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255,
310, 326, 327, 328, 329, 1228, 1362,
1369, 1373, 1386, 1391, 1394, 1402, 1403, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1410, 1418, 1435,
1923, 2918, 4541, 11173, 13765
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