What is the mold number on a Armand Marseille doll?
The mold number 390 is found on fully jointed all composition bodies, while the number 370 is found on Armand Marseille shoulder heads with kid bodies. These are the two most common heads manufactured by this company.
Where was the Armand Marseille bisque doll made?
Armand Marseille bisque doll, blue sleeping eyes, light brown real hair wig on composition ‘Stick’ leg jointed body 50 cm marked 1894 A.M. DEP. Made in Germany 6. Two Armand Marseille dolls, c .1900, made in Germany, one is a kid doll, mold 390, with bisque socket head and long legs on a jointed composition body.
How tall is the Armand Marseille Florodora doll?
Armand Marseille ‘Florodora’ 16 inch doll with bisque head, brown sleeping eyes & long human hair. Open mouth with four upper teeth, kid body and limbs. Material below knees, china hands & forearms, wearing lace dress and bonnet leather shoes, pre 1909 by An AM 370 bisque Shoulderplate doll with blue sleep eyes, fabric and wood body. Height 34 cm
How tall is a Marseille dolly head doll?
Marseille Dolly Face doll mold 370, antique bisque shoulder head doll, 20″ tall on kid riveted jointed body, sleep eyes, painted brows, painted upper and lower eye lashes, open mouth teeth. Armand Marseilleof Sonneberg and Koppelsdorf, Thüringia, Germany was one of the worlds largest and best known bisque doll head manufacturers.
What kind of body does a Armand Marseille doll have?
Mold 370, a head and shoulder mold, and 390, a head mold, are the most common. They are identical except for the addition of a shoulder to 370. 390 was fitted to a composition body while 370 had a leather body. Be skeptical of any unmarked doll being passed as an Armand Marseille.
How tall is the Marseille Alma Baby Doll?
The red fluted labeled dolls; Registered American Beauty Germany doll, Real Kid doll, 1/2 Cork Stuffed, Cork Stuffed, Kid Bodyplus doll mold 246may also be by Marseille, however, other doll makers used this mold number too. Marseille Alma doll 11″ tall, bisque shoulder head on a kid body.
Marseille Dolly Face doll mold 370, antique bisque shoulder head doll, 20″ tall on kid riveted jointed body, sleep eyes, painted brows, painted upper and lower eye lashes, open mouth teeth. Armand Marseilleof Sonneberg and Koppelsdorf, Thüringia, Germany was one of the worlds largest and best known bisque doll head manufacturers.
Who was the founder of the Marseille doll?
The founder was born in 1856 in St. Petersburg, Russia the son of an architect and immigrated to Germany with his family after 1860. In 1884 he bought the toy factory of Mathias Lambert in Sonneberg and in 1885 acquired the porcelain factory of Liebermann & Wegescher in Koppelsdorf . . . and his empire in the doll world began.
