395 - Heubach Köppelsdorf small character girl 320, bisque porcelain head, circa 1920

Heubach Köppelsdorf small character girl 320, bisque porcelain head, circa 1920 Bisque porcelain, composition, textile, small doll by the porcelain factory Ernst Heubach, Köppelsdorf, circa 1920, bisque porcelain head, marked on the back of the head "Heubach Köppelsdorf 320 13/0 Germany", composition body, character girl with open mouth, blue sleeping eyes, open nostrils and dimpled chin, brown mohair wig, red cap with ties, blue dress with colourful floral print, red apron and red shoes, played-with condition commensurate with age, heavy paint abrasion on the head and on the painted eyelids, hands and feet heavily chipped, apron, cap and shoes worn, H. 27 cm. The porcelain factory Ernst Heubach in Köppelsdorf near Sonneberg, opened in 1858, made bisque heads for dolls from 1885, including baby and toddler dolls and character dolls, and also supplied heads to other doll factories. In 1919 the company merged with Armand Marseille to form the Vereinigte Köppelsdorfer Porzellanfabrik vorm. Armand Marseille und Ernst Heubach; heads from this period until the separation in 1932 bear the mark "Heubach Köppelsdorf". Mould 320 is one of the most widespread models of the firm. Besides doll heads, the works later also produced porcelain for the electrical industry.