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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 & Pröschild and the four
digit 2000 number of Bruno Schmidt.
Bruno Schmidt is
probably best known for the Tommy Tucker doll molds 2048, 2084,
2096 and the
so called Wendy
doll
mold 2033 who graced the cover of Jim & Madalaine Selfridge book, Dolls,
Images of Love, Wendy and Friends 1969. |
Shown above;
ca. 1912 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, Schmidt made bisque half dolls
at the Bahr & Pröschild factory and manufactured celluloid and papier mache
dolls at his own factory.
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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 |
* BSW = Bruno
Schmidt Walterhausen
Bruno Schmidt Doll Mold Numbers
28, 36, 136, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2033,
2042, 2046, 2048, 2068, 2070,
2072, 2074, 2075,
2081, 2084, 2085, 2092, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097,
2098, 2099, 2154, 6068, 6092, 6098
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