Made by and When: Schützmeister & Quendt (S&Q), ca. 1918
Material: Bisque socket head with five-piece composition body
Marks: 252 / S&Q (intertwined) / Germany is incised in the back of the head.
Height: 15 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Original black mohair wig, brown-glass sleep eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes, open mouth with two upper teeth
Clothes: All antique clothes include a red cotton feather-stitched dress, black socks, and white leather booties.
Other: This character socket-head baby with a five-piece composition body uses Schützmeister & Quendt’s head sculpt 252 which was only used for black dolls.
According to the Doll Reference site, “Wilhelm Quendt and Phillipp Schützmeister (in Coleman [doll reference book] it’s spelled Schüetzmeister) founded a porcelain factory in Boilstadt, Gotha, Germany in 1889. Around 1908 Mr. Quendt left the firm and in 1918 S & Q became part of the reorganized Bing – Concentra conglomeration…
“They made Character Baby and Dolly faced bisque head black or white dolls, cloth dolls and tea-cozy dolls.
“After 1918 and later, doll production was limited to bisque doll heads made for other Bing members such as Max Oscar Arnold, Kämmer & Reinhardt and Welsch & Company”(https://www.dollreference.com/schutzmeister_quendt_dolls.html). S&Q’s operations ceased in 1930.
Gallery (Images and description courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and Dotta Auction Co., Inc.)
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