Bru Jne. & Cie.

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Bru Jne. & Cie. Just Bru called, was one of the 19th century in France , founded dolls - Manufaktur . The company enjoyed a reputation as one of the best manufacturers of porcelain head dolls , but was also one of the pioneers of mechanically powered dolls.

history

The company was founded in 1866 by Léon Casimir Bru , who had dolls with certain names registered as trademarks as early as the 1850s

  • 1855: Le Dormeur ("The Sleeping One ");
  • 1867: Surprise Doll .

The company (Cie.) Had its headquarters in Paris and Montreuil . The dolls created there were made of porcelain as well as wood, rubber and papier-mâché . Some collectors divide the dolls into just three categories:

  1. Heads of a baby (bébe ') on a child's body,
  2. Bru doll head on a wooden and a mass composition body, as well
  3. Fashion dolls, French “pupee de mode” or English “fashion ladies”.

Up until 1899, Bru's dolls were marked with a variety of markings and porcelain brands, from simple ones like a dot over a lying crescent moon to complex trademarks .

The Bébé Bru trademark was used for both rigid and mechanical dolls. For the dolls developed by Bru, "[...] who could imitate walking, talking, eating and other expressions of life", Bru registered the following trademarks:

  • 1878: Bébé Teteur ;
  • 1881: Bébé Gourmand ;
  • 1891: Bébé Petit Pas ("triple baby)".

In 1899 Bru was one of the founding members and since then has been a co-owner of the Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés et Jouets ( SFBJ ).

In 1938 and 1955, SFBJ used the Bru trademark again.

literature

  • Jean Bach: International Handbook of Doll Brands. A doll identification book , English original title: The main street dictionary of doll marks , translated by Wolfgang Hartmann, Munich: Laterna Magica, 1989, ISBN 3-87467-389-8 ; P. 21 and others; contents

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dawn Herlocher: Warman's Dolls Field Guide: Values ​​and Identification (in English), Cincinnati: F + W Media, 2006, ISBN 978-087-349-983-5 , p. 234 and others; mostly online via Google books
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Jean Bach: Internationales handbook of the doll brands. A doll identification book , English original title: The main street dictionary of doll marks , translated by Wolfgang Hartmann, Munich: Laterna Magica, 1989, ISBN 3-87467-389-8 ; P. 111 and so on