VERY RARE ANTIQUE 1920S HERMANN STEINER BYE LO BABY BISQUE DOLL MARKED 245 GERMANY

ANTIQUE 1920-30'S BYE LO BABY NO 245 DOLL BY HERMANN STEINER, MADE IN GERMANY!!  HERMANN STEINER HEAD INSCRIPTION AND LOGO ON THIS VERY RARE DOLL!! COMES WITH AN OLD MAIZE CARRY BAG.
 
FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS OF AGE SHE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! THERE IS A SMALL LOSS OF FINGER TIPS. THE LEFT AND RIGHT FOOT IS MISSING TOES.
 
The maker was the company Herman Steiner. Hermann Steiner of Sonneberg and Neustadt, Germany and in Bavaria, entered the doll market at the end of the German bisque doll era and began producing dolls around 1910. They are probably best know for their character baby or infant dolls, which were the doll of choice, at that time.

Steiner's models had a total of 15 different molds.  My doll is mold number 245. Steiner called it the "Bye-Lo-Baby". It appears from what limited photographs there are of this doll (only one or two) that mold number 245 (please note, numbers 245 are not easily seen on the picture as they are on the lower part of neck and partly covered by grime) was a completely composite jointed body, meaning no cloth body is keeping it's appendages together.  
 
STEINER'S MARKINGS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BABY'S BACK HEAD DETAIL PICTURE, LOOKED LIKE THIS )S(  I LOVE HIS SIGNATURE, THE ) (  STOOD FOR "H" HERMAN AND IT CLOSED IN THE "S" FOR STEINER.  PRETTY COOL HUH!

Many antique German bisque dolls from the 19th century combine a bisque head with a ball-jointed body made of composition (composed of sawdust, glue, and other materials such as cornstarch, resin and wood flour). Bisque dolls are characterized by their realistic, skin-like matte finish. They had their peak of popularity between 1860 and 1900 with French and German dolls. Bisque dolls are collectible, and antique dolls can be worth thousands of dollars.
 
ORIGINAL: IT IS 100 PERCENT ORIGINAL. SEE PHOTOS PLEASE.
 
SIZE 28CM HIGH 11CM WIDE
 
CONDITION: ONE SMALL CHIP TO A FINGER AND TWO CHIPS TO THE TOES. SMUDGES AND ANTIQUE WEAR. COMES WITH AN OLD BAG. FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS OF AGE SHE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WITH MOST OF THESE DOLLS YOU ONLY FIND THE HEAD IS LEFT.
 
HERMANN STEINER:
HERMANN STEINER OF SONNEBERG AND NEUSTADT, GERMANY AND IN BAVARIA, ENTERED THE DOLL MARKET AT THE END OF THE GERMAN BISQUE DOLL ERA AND BEGAN PRODUCING DOLLS AROUND 1920.  THEY ARE PROBABLY BEST KNOW FOR THEIR CHARACTER BABY OR INFANT DOLLS, WHICH WERE THE DOLL OF CHOICE, AT THAT TIME. 
H. STEINER PRODUCED BISQUE, COMPOSITION AND CELLULOID DOLL HEADS WITH GLASS OR PAINTED EYES, MOLDED HAIR OR WIGGED WITH A BODY OF CLOTH, KID LEATHER OR COMPOSITION, BLACK OR WHITE DOLLS. USUALLY MARKED: HS GERMANY, 240, 245, 246, 401. 

VALUE: Bisque dolls are collectible, and antique dolls can be worth thousands of dollars.
 
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