Limbach Porzellanfabrik Dolls 1772-1937 German

Limbach bisque head, mold 8660, paint eye

Limbach doll mold 8660 bisque head doll face, painted eyes, open smiling mouth, jointed composition body.

Limbach doll mold 8660 clover symbol mark

Limbach doll mark GERMANY 8660 clover symbol

Johann Gotthelf Greiner (1732-1797) known as the Father of Thurginian Porcelain, came from a long line of German glass makers, he is the son of Johann Gottfried Greiner (1707-1767), of Thuringia, Germany, a glass painter who built the first glass factory in Limbach near Alsbach, Thüringia, Germany. Johan Gotthelf began working for his father by age twelve making small glasses, by age eighteen he took over the management of the glass factory.

In 1761 J. Gotthelf Greiner, pottery master Georg Dummler and cousin Johann Gotthelf Greiner (1728-1768) began making hard paste porcelain in their converted former glass factory.

All of the Greiner family owned, rented or managed porcelain Limbach all bisque Penny doll factories made dolls or doll related products, accepted production dates for Greiner dolls are from 1850 to the 1930s.

Limbach made antique All bisque dolls & figures, Penny Dolls (shown right), bisque head dolls on a jointed composition, kid or wood and springs body; Animal figurines, Child, Dolly face or Character dolls, also mechanical pull toys, China (nanking) shoulder head dolls, black or white figurines, Bathing dolls, small doll house dolls, knick-knacks, as well as many other porcelain products.

Porcelain Factories associated with Gotthelf Greiner and Family

Porzellanfabrik Sitzendorf Volkstedt 1760 +	Porzellanfabrik Wallendorf 1764 +
Limbach Porzellanfabrik 1772 +	Porzellanfabrik Gera 1779 +
Porzellanfabrik Grossbreitenbach 1783 +	Porzellanfabrik Rauenstein 1783 +
IImenau Porzellanfabrik 1786-1796 (rented)	Porzellanfabrik Schlaggenwald 1793 +
Closter (Kloster) Veilsdorf Porzellanfabrik 1789 +	Porzellanfabrik Tettau 1794 +

Limbach Porzellanfabrik Doll Mold Numbers Identified

331, 338, 547, 566, 607, 682, 747, 750, 771, 785, 801, 880, 958, 1772, 2780, 4297, 4473, 4507, 4527, 4771, 4886,

5053, 5331, 5271, 5274, 5548, 5568, 5701, 5774, 5801, 6248, 6335, 8035, 8552, 7309, 7886, 8007, 8008, 8095,

Irish Queen 8552, 8553, 8660, 8661, 8675, 8679, 8682, 8822, 8833, 8857, 8867, 8887, 9027, 9109, 9282, 9307, 9771, 9772, 9775, 10000, 10703, 11161, 11456, 80986, 90921, P 2, P 11, P 15, P 19, P 23, P 27, P 45, P 59, P 85,

P 112 (with two faces), P 607, P 610. Plus; with Germany, Made in Germany, the Limbach cloverleaf or other marks.

Limbach Doll Marks Identified

Limbach doll mark three leaf clover symbol 9	Limbach doll mark Germany three leaf clover symbol 4	Limbach doll mark X or crossed hockey sticks
Limbach doll mark LB	Limbach doll mark crown symbol Limbach	Limbach doll mark crown symbol three leaf clover symbol L 1772 AS inside a triangle Made in Germany
Limbach doll mark P 23 three leaf clover symbol Made in Germany Limbach doll mark 8552 three leaf clover symbol	Limbach doll mark Germany 8682 three leaf clover symbol 4	Limbach doll mark Germany 8822 three leaf clover symbol
Limbach doll mark 9307 2/0 Germany three leaf clover symbol	Limbach doll mark Our Mary label doll mold P 607	Limbach doll mark Pearlie label doll mold P 607
Limbach doll mark Rita 3/0 crown symbol three leaf clover symbol L 1772 Limbach	Limbach doll mark Germany Ruth three leaf clover symbol	Limbach doll mark Wally crown symbol three leaf clover symbol L 1772 Limbach ALS inside a triangle

Limbach Doll Trade Names

Limbach character dolls; Irish Queen, Max, Moritz

Limbach named dolls; Norma, Our Mary, Pearlie, Rita, Rose, Ruth, Wally

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