JDK KESTNER BISQUE DOLL REPRODUCTION MOULD FROM THE 1990S SIGNED INCLUDING A HILDA REPLICA HEAD

A BOX WITH VINTAGE BISQUE DOLL REPRODUCTION PARTS OF THE 1990s.
 
WE HAVE A REPRODUCTION DOLL HEAD MADE IN 1990 OF A DOLL CALLED HILDA MADE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY KESTNER "JDK 237" (SEE PHOTO OF BACK OF THE DOLL''S NECK). Kestner of Waltershausen, Germany was one of the leading doll makers from 1820-1938. This particular porcelain doll head  is well made and has lifelike facial characteristics. THIS BISQUE HEAD IS MARKED ON BACK MADE IN GERMANY 14 (SIZE) J.D.K. 237 AND UNDERNEATH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST R HOJEM 1990. THIS BISQUE HEAD IS 9CM WIDE 11CM HIGH 10CM DEEP.
 
ANOTHER LARGE BISQUE DOLL HEAD WITH MOUTH CLOSED IS MARKED CHANTELL 27-7-91. A SMALLER DOLL HEAD ALSO WITH MOUTH CLOSED  IS ONLY MARKED R HOJEM 1991. ONE LARGE SMILING BISQUE DOLL HEAD HAS MARKINGS AM GERMANY. A SMALL BIQUE HEAD IS MARKED ORIGINAL RH. IF THESE ARE ALL KESTNER REPRODUCTION MOULDS I AM UNSURE.
 
SIZE: PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.
 
CONDITION: SOME SMUDGES. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION.
 
JOHANN DANIEL KESTNER (J.D.K.) (1820-1938):
King of Doll Makers  Johann Daniel Kestner (JDK) of Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany (b. 1787- d. 1858) began making papier mache and wood dolls and toys as early as 1816. Kestner eventually went on to employ nearly three quarters of the inhabitants of the Waltershausen region which earned him the nickname King Kestner. 
 In 1858 J.D. Kestner passed away and his grandson Adolf eventually took over the running of the company, around 1860 Kestner produced wax over papier mache doll heads, by 1860 they acquired the Ohrdruf porcelain factory and began to produce the bisque dolls known by collectors today.  Kestner was one of the few German doll makers to produce the entire doll the head and body.
The 1890s and early 1900s were busy years for Kestner with many new design patents and technological improvements made. They specialized in bisque head dolls on composition and kid bodies during these years. The companys trademark crown logo and initials JDK were registered in 1896.
Adolf Kestner died in 1918, and control of the company passed to a group of longtime employees. They continued the business for twenty years, but without much innovation until it finally closed in 1938.
 
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