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Schoenau & Hoffmeister Porzellanfabrik Burggrub doll mark SHPB with a star symbol |
Arthur Schoenau acquired the toy factory
of Bauersachs & Henninger in 1884 located in Sonneberg, Germany.
By 1896 Arthur participated in the Leipzig fair with nanking (cloth body) dolls.
Arthur was also a founder in the Schoenau and Carl Hoffmeister porcelain factory in
1901, known as Schoenau
Hoffmeister
Porzellanfabrik
Burggrub
(SHPB) located in Burggrub, Germany.
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By 1907 the two partners were in disagreement
as to the type of porcelain bisque heads for their dolls. Hoffmeister insisted on producing shoulder head dolls, while Schoenau wanted to produce socket head dolls. Unable to resolve their differences Carl Hoffmeister left and Arthur Schoenau became the sole owner
of both factories.
In 1911 Arthur passed away and his son Hans Schoenau took over
as director of the company, next directorship was Arthur's widow Caroline and son Curt Schoenau. It was
son Curt who supplied the sculptor Caesar Schneider with a photo of Princess Elizabeth
II of England, that was used to make their famous bisque head Princess Elizabeth doll.
Schoenau & Hoffmeister supplied bisque doll heads to the following: Kurt
Bruckner, Canzler & Hoffman, Cuno & Otto
Dressel, Edmond Edelmann, Gebrüder Eckhardt, Edmond
Knoch, Kley & Hahn, Rudolph Leschhorn, Ernst Liebermann, Eg. Mich Ernst Luthardt,
Werner Luthardt, Ernst Maar & Sohn, Hans Süssenguth, Friedrich Voight, Hermann
VonBerg.
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Antique Schoenau & Hoffmeister Dolls Identified
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ca. 1905 Schoenau & Hoffmeister Kunstlerkopf Child Doll
(art head doll) - 15-16 or 24" tall,
bisque child doll with a slender face, wigged, glass stationary eyes, open mouth.
doll mark 4000 SHPB star symbol
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Künstlerkopf Child Doll mold 4000, 16"
(art head doll) |
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ca. 1906 Schoenau & Hoffmeister Child Dolly Face doll
- 14-40" tall, bisque shoulder head or socket head, jointed composition or kid body, wigged, glass eyes, open mouth.
doll mark
Germany SHPB 1906
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Child Dolly Face doll mold 1906, 23" |
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1920
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Hanna, character baby doll
- 14-26" tall, bisque socket head, composition bent limb jointed body, wigged, large
glass eyes, painted lashes, painted feathered brows, open smiling mouth with teeth.
doll mark SHPB star symbol Hanna
Shown on right; Hanna, 14" tall, bisque socket head, composition jointed baby with
bent limb body, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, open mouth with upper teeth. |
1920 Hanna, character baby doll, 14" |
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ca. 1930+ Schoenau & Hoffmeister Character Baby or Toddler Doll,
12-30" tall, bisque socket head,
composition jointed body with bent limbs, wigged, glass eyes, open mouth.
doll mark Porzellanfabrik Burggrub 169 A/O Germany
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Character Toddler Doll mold 169, 25" |
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ca. 1937
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Princess Elizabeth Doll - 14-24" tall, bisque socket head, jointed composition body, blonde mohair wig, blue sleep eyes, open smiling mouth with upper teeth.
doll mark
Porzellanfabrik Burggrub Princess Elizabeth Made in Germany D.R.G.M.
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ca. 1937 Princess Elizabeth Doll, 24" |
Arthur Schoenau Doll Marks Identified
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Arthur Schoenau doll mark
A
7
S,
MB 500
Germany
(MB = Mein Cherub),
DEP AS 1900-9,
A in a heart symbol S1S
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Arthur Schoenau doll mark Germany My Cherub doll in 1912
Other
Arthur Schoenau named dolls;
1912 Carmencita doll
1912 Prinzessin Wunderhold doll
1912 Autoliebchen doll (Auto Sweetheart doll)
1913 Bébé Carmencita doll
1932 The Wochenend doll (Weekend doll)
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Note; some doll trade names were possibly used by both company factories
August Steiner of Koppelsdorf also used the AS mark usually above
his mold number
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Doll Marks Identified
Note; before 1930 dolls are marked SHPB
with a star,
marked after 1930 Porzellanfabrik Burggrub
without a star
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Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
SHPB
star symbol |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark Porzellanfabrik Burggrub 169 A/O Germany,
sometimes the word Spezial was added. |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark 241 Germany Burggrub |
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Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark Porzellanfabrik Burggrub 769 8/O Germany |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark Germany
SHPB
star symbol 1906 |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
SHPB
star symbol 1909 31a Germany |
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Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
SHPB
star symbol, dep, Rosebud, 2500 Germany |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
4500 0 SHPB
star symbol |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
4900 6 SHPB
star symbol |
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Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark 5500 SHPB
star symbol dep 8 |
Porzellanfabrik Burggrub Das Lachende Baby 1930-2 Made in Germany
D.R.G.M |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark SHPB
star symbol Hanna |
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Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
Kunstlerkopf SHPB star symbol 11 Germany |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
Made in Germany SHPB N.K.B. |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister doll mark
Made in Germany SHPB
star symbol N.O.B. |
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Doll Mold Numbers Identified
70, 165, 169, 170, 241, 500, 769, 900, 914, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1700, 1800, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1916, 1919, 1923, 1930, 2500, 4000, 4100, 4500, 4600, 4700, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5700, 5800
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Doll Trade Names
Schoenau & Hoffmeister made named dolls Carmencita mold
1919,
Rosebud mold 2500 and Viola mold 5400, they also made bisque doll heads for Edmund
Edelmann marked SHPB Mona, Melitta or Mine and for Ernst Liebermann
a doll named Violet and possibly the Eli doll.
Additional Schoenau & Hoffmeister Dolls not shown
ca. 1925
Schoenau & Hoffmeister Solid Dome head Infant
doll, 10-14" tall, bisque flange neck,
cloth body, composition limbs, painted hair, small glass sleep eyes, closed mouth,
doll marked N.K.B with or without a German ink stamp.
Schoenau & Hoffmeister
Character Doll, 12, 18-22" tall, bisque socket head, jointed composition body, wigged, rounded eyes, painted brows, open
mouth.
ca.
1905 Schoenau & Hoffmeister Oriental doll mold 4900, 9" tall, doll marked
SHPB star symbol OX.
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