Name: German Brown-Complexioned Bisque Baby
Made by and When: Franz Schmidt, c. 1912
Material: Brown solid-dome bisque socket head, brown composition jointed baby body
Marks: F S & Co. 1272
Height: 11 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Molded and painted brown hair, brown-glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered black brows, breather nostrils, open mouth with upper teeth
Clothes: Wears period-appropriate white cotton gown and bonnet
Other: Brown versions of #1272 Franz Schmidt character dolls are seldom seen.
“Franz Schmidt founded his doll company in Georgenthal, Thuringia, Germany in 1890, also known as Puppenfabrik Georgenthal. Simon & Halbig supplied the bisque heads designed specifically for Franz Schmidt’s dolls. Schmidt was very innovative in the doll industry providing many improvements such as in 1912 pierced nostrils (called breathers), 1913 movable or flutter tongue, 1914 improved wood joints, 1928 eye bar in doll head, and 1928 doll voice boxes” (Doll Reference).
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