Limbach Porzellanfabrik Dolls 1772-1937 German

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

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 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.