Abicht & Company 1897-1914 Illmenau, Thüringia

Abt & Franke 1865-1922 Hanover, Prussia

   - Hannoversche Puppenfabrik

Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik 1922+

 see founder Rudolph Heinz & Co 1858-1922+   

J. B. Albert Jr. toys & games 1851-1909 Frankfurt

All Bisque Doll Menu 1880+ various

ABG Alt, Beck Gottschalck 1854-1941

  - also called Porzellanfabrik von Alt

Alt & Koch Toy Factory 1882-1920 Ohrdruf, Thuringia

Amberg & Hergershausen rubber 1924-1925

- doll mark AHABE, Elfenhaut

Louis Amberg & Son 1878-1930 Sonneberg, USA

Louis Ammer 1893-1903

Franz Angermüller 1927-1928 Coburg

   - Fancora Wunder Baby doll

Hugo Anschutz 1895-1898 Oberlind

Antique Mechanical Dolls 1850-1900s  

Anton-Russell Doll Co 1924-1925

Lothar Apfelbaum & Batzner celluloid 1925-1927

Arlington Toy Co 1920-1924 & USA

J. M. Arnold celluloid dolls 1918-1934

Max Oscar Arnold doll mark MOA 1877-1931

H. A. Arnoldi Doll Co 1899-1909

Else Arrenberg Doll Co 1920-1930

  - doll trade mark Arrenberg

R. Backhausen 1891-1897

Bagge & Hanck 1920 Bavaria

Bahr & Proschild 1871-1919

Lilli & Roman Baitz composition dolls 1909-1938

Fritz Bartenstein multi face dolls 1880-1905

  - doll mark Deutscher Bartenstein U.S.P. No 243752 Heinrich Bätz doll mold 871, 1913, 1914 in 1913-30

Lissi Bätz Dolls & Toys Company 1989+ & HK

    - doll mark LB inside a triangle

Bauer & Richter celluloid dolls 1922-1927

   - also called Rodaer Puppenfabrik

Oskar Bauer doll mold 300, 400 in 1926

Emil Bauersachs dolls 1882-1920s

 doll mark EBVR, EBASO

Bauersachs & Henninger 1882-1884

  - acquired by Arthur Schoenau in 1884

Karl Baumann doll mark KB 1922

Bawo & Dotter 1838-1913 Limoges, NY, Karlsbad

   - doll mark B & D, B & D Ltd, Pat. Dec.7/80

   Barclay Baby Belle Germany

Bayerische celluloid dolls 1897-1926

Iris Beaumont art doll mark IB 1922-1926

Bébé Tout en Bois wood dolls 1901-1914

Adelbert Beck dolls 1910-1941+

Gebrüder Beck dolls 1881-1913+

Gebrüder Beck & Glaser doll mark TPK 1897-1941

   - small doll house dolls

Richard Beck & Company doll mark RBW 1903

Beck & Schulze doll mold 176 1883-1930

Belton Type antique dolls 1870s-1900

   - accepted as French, probably German  

Albin Berghold dolls 1903-1924

CM Bergmann dolls 1888-1931

doll mark Cinderella Baby

Josef Bergmann papier mache 1883-1891

S. Bergmann Jr. & Co doll mark PN 1920

Carl Bergner doll mark CB 1860-1930s

Rolf Berlich cloth doll mark hand 1920-1924

Emile Berliner gramophone dolls 1890-1894

   - see Kammer & Reinhardt

Berliner celluloid dolls 1895

   - also called Kuntz & Co

Berliner Pupperfabrik 1890-1925+

   - also called C. M. Schmalfuss

L. Bierer doll mark mold 101 1845-1930

Fritz Bierschenk doll mark FB 1880-1930

Bild Lilli 1950s

Bing Brothers Co doll mark WW 1882-1932

  - 1917 Concentra, a holding company

Bing Kunstlerpuppen und stoff - SpielwarenGesellschaft 1921-1932

Emil Bischoff doll mark EB 1863-1892 Sonneberg

L. M. Bischoff dolls 1894-1903 Sonneberg

Bisque Antique Doll Menu 1860+

Ernst Bohne China dolls 1854-1930

doll mark anchor symbol EB

Bohnke & Zimmermann 1902-1922

George Borgfeldt dolls 1881-1959 USA, exporthaus

Boudoir dolls 1915-1930s

Resi Brandl doll mark RB Bufli 1923-1924 Berlin

Hermann Brandner mechanical dolls 1921-1922

Hugo Brennecke dancing dolls 1922 Halle

Ernst Bruchlos Doll Factory 1894-1922

Georg Bruchlos doll mark GMS 1883-1930+

Valentin M. Bruchlos doll mark VMB 1902-1929

Brückner & Och doll mark BO 1918-1930 Stockheim

Max Buchhold porcelain factory 1910-1930s Lauscha

Oskar Buchner doll mark OB Teddy bear 1923-1925

H. Buhl & Sohn dolls 1780-1920s Grossbreitenbach

H. Buhl & Sohn doll mark HBSG

possible H. Buhl doll mark B-S 2 Germany

Paul Buhl doll mark Tago 1910-1925+

Burggrub Porzellanfabrik 1901-1953

  - see Schoenau & Hoffmeister

Theodor Buschbaum doll mark TEBU 1859-1928

- doll mold 700

Wilhelm Buschow celluloid dolls 1869-1929

Buschow & Beck metal head dolls 1888-1930s

Butler Brothers 1877-1935 USA & GER

Cantzler & Hoffmann celluloid dolls 1906-1951

then 1952-1980s Caco Company W. Germany

   doll mark Caho before 1952

  - doll mark Caco after 1952

Augustin Friedrich Carl doll mark Schieler 1921-27

Max Carl & Co China dolls 1891-1905

Robert Carl doll mark RC 1895-1929

    C - continued above

   C - continued

Closter Veilsdorf Porzellanfabrik China dolls

  - or Kloster Veilsdorf Porzellanfabrik 1760-1930

   doll mark trefoil, CV, doll name Mabel,

    doll mold 500, 503, 532, 900

Cloth Doll Menu 1860+

Grete Cohn doll mark Grecon 1918-1921

Max Cohn dolls 1911-1922

Conta & Bohme China dolls 1804-1937

Crämer & Heron ( Craemer & Heron) 1892-1920s

   - doll mold 22, 1893+ doll trade name Baby Ruth

   also Mengersgereuth Porzellanfabrik 1908-1930s

Creidlitz or Rose, Schulz Co doll mark 1908-1923

Curnen & Steiner 1890s-1910+

doll mark C & S Germany on a ribbon

Carl Daum 1921-1925

Carl Debes & Sohn dolls 1905-1906

doll mold 1514, 1563, 1566, 1569, 1571

Ad. Dehler 1895-1914

Carl Dehler dolls doll mark D.G. 1883-1884

doll trademark Musikpuppe

E. Dehler doll mark ED, EDH 1866-1921

Karl Dehler Bébé Diamant 1931

Wilhelm Dehler doll mark WD 1872-1894

dist. in Paris, France, England, USA

Delly Puppenfabrik GmbH doll mark 1925 Stuttgart

Demalcol GmbH doll mark 1921-1924

Dennis, Malley Co. London & Germany

DEP Dolls 1880s+

Josef Deuerlein before 1907-1925+

    - see successor Kohler & Rosenwald

doll mark IDEN, a teddy bear in a circle

   with a banner and Hercules or Kolundra

Deutsche Kolonial Kapok Werke 1925

 stuffed toys marked DEKAWE Spieltiere & Puppen

Diamont Doll Co. 1950s

M. Dieckmann doll mark STF, dates unknown

Johannes Gotthilf Dietrich 1919-1928

doll mark Igodi, Jgodi

Erich Dittmann celluloid EDI doll 1945-1967

doll mark Edi D.R.M.G, Edi Germany, Edi Puppen

Matz Dittmer rubber dolls 1890s

Dittrich & Schön metal head dolls 1886-1890

Nicol Bernhard Dobrich dolls 1878-1899

   - doll mold 304, 305, 2722, 4200, 4480

Doll Glossary and doll terms explained

Gebrüder Döring stuffed dolls 1907-1925+ Thür.

Dornheim, Koch & Fischer 1860-1937 Gräfenroda

doll mark XV over DKF, doll mold 882

   bisque figures with Dresden type flowers 1880-1890s

Julius Dorst wooden dolls 1839-1930s

doll mark HD, star HD, D with clown symbol

Cuno & Otto Dressel mark winged helmet 1789-1942

Fritz Dressel doll factory 1901-1927

    - doll mold 201, 202, 203, 210, 211, 212, 220, 225,

   230, 240

Hugo Dressel Toy Export 1881-1897

   - 1897 joined Leven & Sprenger

Dressel, Kister & Co China dolls 1840-1925+

doll mark DKP, symbol of a staff

Dressel & Koch doll mark D & K 1894-1897

   - 2nd name Koch & Weithase 1897-1902

   - 3rd name Hering & Weithase 1902+

Dressel & Pietschmann Doll & Toy Factory 1923

doll mark D & PC

Wilhelm Dressel 1895-1913

Henrietta Dunker doll factory 1923 Hamburg

doll mark Mein Stern in a six pointed star

Earthenware Dolls 1844+

D. Eberhardt 1909-1920

Johannes Chr. Eberlein 1853-1926

   - bathing dolls, dolls heads

O. Eberwein & Co doll trademark Strandfee 1923

Eck. Berthold doll mark a stags head 1876-1882

Gebrüder Eckardt (Eckhardt) 1820-1930+, UK, USA

doll mark GEO, doll mold 540, 992 Our Pet doll

- see also Strauss & Eckhardt Co. New York

Rud Eckardt dolls 1895 Prussia

W. & R. Eckardt (Eckart) dolls 1924-1930+

Heinrich Eckert 1901-1905

Rudolf Eckold 1920-1921

Hermann Eckstein doll mark ECCO 1899-1920

Eckstein & Co 1924-1925

Edmund Edelmann doll mark Melitta 1921-1933

Gustave Ehrlicher or Erlicher 1903-1908

Louis Ehrlicher 1907-1920

Christian Eichhorn & Sohn mark CE & S 1909-1930

Edwin Ferdinand Eichorn 1895-1918

Franz Eichorn 1895-1918

Martin Eichhorn 1889-1930s

Eisenmann & Co 1881-1940 Furth, Bavaria, London

doll mark Einco, doll mold 126, 8723, 8764

   - Eisenmann was called King of the Toy Trade

doll mark Einco 87 Heubach 64 Germany

Isidor Eisenstadt & Co 1895-1902

Erzgebirge wood dolls 1920s

E. Escher Jr. doll mark locomotive 1880-1905+

JG Escher & Sohn doll mark IGES 1790-1928

   F - continued above

Fischer, Naumann & Co 1852-1938

- Fischer, Naumann doll shoe mark FNC

doll mark FNC, FNI, FNJ, Fr. H & Co Patent

Adolf Fleischmann papier mache dolls 1844-1881

   - Factory of Dolls & Toys, Sonneberg

then A. Fleischmann & Cramer 1881-1927+

Ernst Fleischmann - see next

Eduard Fleischmann & Sohn dolls 1877-1896

   - Johann's children succeeded

Gebrüder Fleischmann doll mark GFN 1879-1928+

Ernst & Johann Paul Fleischmann dolls 1853-1877+

Fleischmann & Bloedel (or Blödel) 1873-1926 Fürth

and offices in London, UK, Paris, FR & Spain

   successor J. Berlin 1911-1926

A.M.A. Flinzer-Thierfelder dolls & toys 1840-1873+

Florig & Otto doll mark FO 1920-1922

trademark Florigotto, symbol of a couple

Albert Förster doll mark symbol bear AF 1929

Emil Föster 1895-1920

Gustave Förster doll & toy exporter 1922-1930s

doll mark symbol smoking man with a rifle

Arno Frank & Co doll mold 100 in 1902-1904

Franz & Hachmeister dolls 1872-1875

Johannes Franz doll mold 5332 in 1871-1913

doll trade mark symbol couple holding hands Germany

doll mark Gesetzlicher Schutz Patent Amt No. 5332

Freiberg doll mark Freiberg # 1950s Germany

F. W. Freitag & Company before 1923

   - then Thuringer Puppen & Spielwarenfabrik

Frickmann & Robert Lindner 1911-1925

Karl Frickmann 1925-1929

Friedrichrodaer Puppenfabrik 1902-1925+

   - owners; Riede, Otto & Fritz Jäger, also known as;

   Gebrüder Jäger, Jäger & Co., Otto Jäger

-  doll mold 850, 890a

doll mark FP, Mamas Herzensschatzi, Bruderchen

Frozen Charlotte or Frozen Charlie dolls

Galluba & Hofmann 1888-1926

doll mark G & H J, doll mold 475 plus others

Otto Gans doll mark goose symbol, OG 1901-1930

Gans & Seyfarth Puppenfabrik 1908-1922

then Seyfarth & Reinhardt 1922-1930

Georg Gebert doll mark G 1890-1907+

successor Alfred Golshiner 1907

H. Geisler & Co 1898-1900

  - see also Bruno Schmidt

German Mystery Puppen Dolls & Marks

Gera Porzellanfabrik doll mark G, C 1779+

Greiner family owned

Carl Geyer & Sohn doll factory 1882-1931

doll mark Bébé Habille, Liliput,

Max Louis Goebel dolls 1895-1911

    - M. L. Goebel dolls 1911-1913

   now owned by Alfred Fasold

Walter Goebel dolls 1928

doll mark Muing

William Goebel doll mark triangle moon 1877-1930s

Goethe Frieda doll taufling +1911

C. Goetz & Co. dolls 1898-1901

Max Göhring doll mark girl on swing 1921-1930+

R. Goldman & Company doll mark RGC dates ??

Edgard Goldstein doll mark EG 1919-1921

Alfred Golschiner art dolls 1907-1925 Berlin

Googly Eye Dolls 1912-1938

Gotha Porzellanfabrik 1892-1930

   - see Fritz Pfeffer of Gotha, Thuringia

Gotha Puppenindustrie doll mark PIGO 1924

Arthur Gotthelf doll mark Ulla puppe 1922+

Götz Puppenfabrik 1950-2004

Götz & Heine dolls 1906-1913

August Götzinger dolls 1843-1855

Martin Grabner papier mache dolls 1820

Heinrich Graeser doll mold 206, 1180 in 1889-1892

Gräfenthal Porzellanfabrik China 1861-1880+

   - Unger, Carl Schneider, Hutschenreuther 1881+

doll mark two arrows thru a G

doll mold 13944, 14389, 14790 plus others

Greif Puppenkunst doll mark 1927-1928

Greiner & Company doll mark G & Co 1860-1909

  - called Kuhnert & Egli 1909-1938

 Greiner Family 1760-1937

  - see Limbach Porzellanfabrik

Friedrich Ch. Greiner & Sohns dolls 1783-1930

   - see Rauenstein Porzellanfabrik

Adolf Greuling 1894-1907

   - doll molds 207, 208, 209, 500, 501, 502

Carl Greuling 1904 Sonneberg, Thuringia

Grödner Tal wood dolls 1700s+

Ernst Grossman doll body mark EG 1880+ Sonneberg

Grossmann doll body mark Gesetzlich Geschutzt

Oskar Günthel celluloid dolls 1924-1925

doll mark Helgünith

C. Erich  Günther doll mark CEGD 1922 Dresden

Emma Günther dressed dolls 1908-1930 Berlin

Günthersfeld Porzellanfabrik 1881-1930 Gehren

   - see Theodor & Fanny Degenring

Gura dolls 1950s+

    - small tourist paper-mâché or celluloid dolls

Guttmann & Schiffnie 1897-1924

doll mark GS, G & $, Guschi

doll trade names; Bébé l' Avenir,  Bébé Coiffure, Mona Lisa, Boy Scouts, Eclaireur