Armand Marseille dolls were manufactured between the 1890’s and the 1930’s
Armand Marseille was born in St Petersburg in 1856 but emigrated later with his family to Thuringia in Germany
In 1885, Armand Marseille bought the porcelain factory of Liebermann & Wegescher in Koppelsdorf. It was here where he began manufacturing bisque doll heads.
The factory became one of the largest German manufacturers of bisque doll heads. The most popular heads were those made from the mould number 390.
A rare small size Armand Marseille 550 bisque head character doll
With weighted brown glass eyes, single stroke eyebrows, closed mouth and short brown wig, on a fully jointed wood and composition body with fixed wrists, wearing her original brown gingham dress with white shirt, straw bonnet, socks and shoes, incised Germany, 550, A 3/0 M, DRGM, 25cm, (9¾in) tall. Sold for £625 at Bonhams
A rare Armand Marseille for George Borgfeldt 252 googlie character baby
with blue side-glancing intaglio eyes, closed smiling mouth, moulded blonde painted hair with top tuft and tufts above ears and at nape, composition baby body and pink shift –9¼in. (23.5cm.) high. Sold for GBP 720 at Christies
ARMAND MARSEILLES GOOGLY EYE DOLL, H 9″:With bisque head, arms, and feet, painted blue googly eyes. Impressed to the back of the head: Armand Marseilles Germany 323. Sold For: $375 at DuMouchelles
ANTIQUE BISQUE HEAD DOLL – 38″ Blue sleep eyes, open mouth, dark brown human hair wig. Papier mache ball jointed body. No clothing. Condition: kiln crack on rim edge. Firing/kiln crack over left ear from ear to rim edge. Hairline under right ear to socket hole. Body has had repair/repaint. Sold For: $325 at Alderfer Auction
12″ ARMAND MARSEILLE A.975.M. GERMANY 5/0. Blue sleep eyes, open mouth, very full blonde curly mohair wig. Fully jointed papier mache ball jointed toddler body. Dressed in antique dress, brown oilcloth shoes, socks. Condition: pimple on left cheek otherwise nothing observed on bisque after careful examination. Sold For: $275 at Alderfer Auction
CHARMING ANTIQUE BISQUE HEAD MULATTO DOLL BY ARMAND MARSEILLE.SHE STANDS 11″ TALL. BISQUE HAS BEEN LIGHT CHECKED AND SHE HAS PROMINENT MOLD LINES, WHICH MAY APPEAR AS HAIRLINES BUT ARE NOT. BEAUTIFUL BROWN SET EYES, INCISED AM 390 /A5/0X M. COMPOSITION BODY APPEARS TO BE REPAINTED. VTG PIG TAIL WIG IS CUTE BUT IS A SIZE TOO SMALL. CUTE MULATTO DOLL. Sold For: $155 at Elate Estate Sales
ARMAND MARSEILLES
special model, doll with bisque porcelain socket head, height: 1.05 m, fix inset brown paperweight eyes, opened mouth, line of upper teeth, pierced ears, fine porcelain, marked A20M, jointed body, good condition, old harlequin clothes, worn silk, wig is more recent. Sold For: €1,400 at Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion GmbH
