Ernst Heubach Doll

Name/Title

Ernst Heubach Doll

Entry/Object ID

2026.432.01

Tags

Doll, Ernst Heubach, European, German

Description

Ernst Heubach doll. The doll is dressed in a white gown. Under the gown, she wears white bloomers, white stockings, and black shoes. The skirt of her dress is trimmed in white lace, and it has three buttons down the bodice. The doll has her hair tied with pink ribbons. The doll has brown hair and brown eyes and is made of bisque with a fabric body.

Use

Collectable item

Context

Ernst Heubach (1887–1932) was a prominent German doll manufacturer based in Köppelsdorf, specializing in bisque-headed character baby and toddler dolls, often marked with a horseshoe symbol. Renowned for high-quality, expressive faces, Heubach dolls—notably molds 300, 320, 342, and 399—frequently featured painted intaglio eyes and were produced in collaboration with or for firms like Armand Marseille. Ernst Heubach founded his porcelain factory in Köppelsdorf, Sonneberg, Germany, in 1887. The company specialized in porcelain-headed bisque dolls on composition or kid leather bodies, alongside electrical insulators. Unlike many manufacturers who used white bisque, Heubach frequently used pink-tinted porcelain for their dolls. In 1919, Ernst Heubach merged with rival [Armand Marseille] to form the "Vereinigte Köppelsdorf Porzellanfabrik vorm. Armand Marseille und Ernst Heubach," which lasted until 1932.

Collection

Ernst Heubach

Cataloged By

Kat Bezaire

Category

Doll

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Doll Name

Ernst Heubach

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ernst Heubach

Date made

circa 1900

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

On her back

Transcription

"Made in Germany"

Notes

There is a horseshoe with it

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Clothing

Clothing Type

Original

Clothing Description

The doll is dressed in a white gown. Under the gown, she wears white bloomers, white stockings, and black shoes. The skirt of her dress is trimmed in white lace, and it has three buttons down the bodice. The doll has her hair tied with pink ribbons.

Hair

Color

Brown

Type

Mohair

Doll Features

Feature

Stationary Eyes, Jointed

Condition

Scale

C-9: Mint. No original packaging

Accessories

Accessory

Stand

Material

Fabric, Bisque, Paint

Color

White, Black, Pink

Location

Location

Room

Shaanti International Museum of Costume and Dolls

Date

May 18, 2026

Notes

Bisque and China Head Dolls Box 1

Create Date

May 18, 2026

Update Date

May 18, 2026