Bruno Schmidt Dolls 1898-1930s German

Bruno Schmidt bisque head Tommy Tucker doll

Partners Bruno Schmidt and Hugo Geisler founded a doll factory in Waltershausen, Germany which they named H. Geisler & Co., 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, also with Bahr Proschild's crossed swords, plus two sets of mold numbers; the three digit 425, 426 & 500 numbers from Bahr & Proschild and the four digit number 2000 from Bruno Schmidt.  Bruno Schmidt is probably best known for the Tommy Tucker doll molds 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 & lower eyelashes, sleep eyes, open mouth with upper teeth, composition jointed body.  Bruno Schmidt's Oriental doll is doll mold 500.

Bruno Schmidt acquired the Bahr & Pröschild company in 1919, besides bisque head dolls,

Bruno Schmidt also made celluloid dolls and bisque half dolls at the Bahr & Proschild factory.