Bruno Schmidt bisque head Tommy Tucker doll mold 2048
Partners Bruno Schmidt
and Hugo Geisler founded
a doll factory in Waltershausen, Germany which they named H. Geisler & Company,
by 1900 Mr. Geisler left the company at which time Mr. Schmidt renamed the
company to Bruno Schmidt, as it is known today.
Schmidt bisque
head dolls are highly
prized by collectors for the fine quality and were purchased from the Bahr & Proschild company, thus they often
bear both companies markings,
Bruno Schmidt's marking at right; BSW inside a heart, sometimes
found with Bahr Proschild's crossed swords, plus two sets of
mold numbers; the three digit numbers from Bahr & Proschild and the four
digit 2000 number of Bruno Schmidt.
Bruno Schmidt is
probably best known for the Tommy Tucker dollmolds 2048, 2084,
2096 and the Wendy
doll
mold 2033.
Shown above;
Bruno Schmidt Tommy Tucker doll mold 2048, bisque head,
finely painted hair, feathered brows, painted upper and lower eyelashes,
sleep eyes, open mouth with upper teeth, composition jointed body.
Bruno Schmidt acquired the Bahr & Pröschild
company in 1919, besides bisque head dolls,
Schmidt also made celluloid dolls and bisque half dolls at the Bahr &
Proschild factory.
Bruno Schmidt Doll Marks Identified
Bruno Schmidt doll mark 136 (size number)
15, BSW inside a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark B & P, crossed swords, BSW in a heart symbol 2085
Bruno Schmidt doll mark BSW inside a
heart symbol 2094
Bruno Schmidt doll mark heart symbol 2096
Bruno Schmidt doll mark " Mein
Goldherz " (My Gold Heart), BSW inside a heart symbol
Bruno Schmidt doll mark Schutz marke heart symbol 28 (a size number) on celluloid dolls
prized by collectors for the fine quality and were purchased from the 
