Karl stand

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Karl Standfuss (also: Karl Standfuss ) was the name of a toy and doll manufacturer in Deuben near Dresden established in Saxony at the end of the 19th century .

history

The company produced dolls and doll heads made of celluloid and metal from around 1898 to 1930 .

The registered trademark Juno was first used in 1903 for both celluloid and metal dolls.

Also at the turn of the 20th century, the company had under the DR-P. No. 125 620 patented a process for casting celluloid .

In 1913 the name Cupid was introduced.

In 1926, the company declared that it was the sole manufacturer of celluloid kewpies and that it also made Bye-Lo babies from the same material .

In a catalog of Karl base in 1929 a special form was character dolls offered: Made from celluloid dog Bonzo and Bully , made after a comic - Illustration of George Studdy were carried out with movable limbs and sold together in a dog basket.

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. 123f .; contents
  • Jürgen Cieslik , Marianne Cieslik : Cieslik's Lexicon of the German Doll Industry. Brands, data, facts , 2nd, revised edition, Hamburg: Marquardt & Wellhausen; Jülich: Cieslik, 1989, ISBN 978-3-939806-20-2 (Wellhausen & Marquardt) and ISBN 3-921844-20-7 (Cieslik)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 123f.
  2. ↑ a b N.N .: German celluloid character dolls “Bonzo” and “Bully” by Karl Standfuss on theriaults.com , last accessed on September 4, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Anton Winzer: Papiermaché and celluloid: a detailed description of their preparation and use for everyday and luxury objects, together with instructions on grinding, painting, lacquering, decorating, gilding, silvering and bronzing of products made of paper maché and celluloid , Voigt, 1907 , P. 75; Preview over google books