Armand Marseille
Armand Marseille was a company in Köppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, that manufactured porcelain headed (bisque) dolls from 1885 onwards.[1]
Location
Köppelsdorf is a part of
History
Armand Marseille was born in 1856 in
Works
The company manufactured bisque heads from moulds for their own dolls and for other doll-makers. They never made the bodies but brought them in from other manufacturers.[5]
Mould 390 and mould 370 are the most common. 390 was a head mould that was fitted to a composition body; 370 had identical features but was a head and shoulders mould that fitted to a stuffed leather (kid) body. This mould was used for over thirty years. The dolls are stamped with a variety of marks that usually contain the initials A.M.[4]
Armand Marseille made a large variety of baby dolls, dolly-faced child dolls and character dolls. Brand names include Floradora, Queen Louise, Darling Dolly, the Dream Baby and Just Me.[4]
The 1894 Floradora design came in various sizes from 23 cm (9.1 in) to 107 cm (42 in).[1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b Foulke 2001, p. 147.
- ^ "Armand Marseille Dolls 1885-1950s German". Doll Reference. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. There are some spelling errors in this reference: The German und has been accidentally translated into and. The dot after vorm is missing; it is an abbreviation for the German vormals, i.e. formerly. Also the umlaut dots where dropped.
- ^ "Armand Marseille" (in German). 8 February 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Van Patten 2014.
- ^ "Armand Marseille Dolls 1885-1950s German". Doll Reference. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
Bibliography
- Foulke, Jan (2001). 15th Blue Book Dolls & Values. Grantsville, MD: Hobby House Press. ISBN 0-87588-614-0.
- Van Patten, Denise (2014). "Armand Marseille Dolls - An Introduction". Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.