Here are a pair of adorable, German manufactured, character children, 9" tall, dolls created by Wagner & Zetsche. They are a hard size to find and were introduced as Art Dolls that corresponded to the Art Doll movement which accompanied the Arts & Crafts Movement and were modeled after Zetsche's four grandchildren, Harald, Hansi, Inge and Barbele. They both have Haralit (a cellulose-based composition) flange, swivel heads and jointed arms and firmly stuffed, pink twill cloth bodies and legs. Richard Wagner (business partner) and Richard Zetzsche (artist, designer & sculptor) founded their doll company in January 1875 located in Illmenau, Thuringia, Germany. The dolls were produced and patented in 1916 and are marked 2/0 Hansi WZ on the back of their necks as well as being signed on the base of each of their shoes. Their sweet faces have intaglio eyes, open/closed mouths, teeth, dimples, rosy cheeks and deeply molded and hand painted hair, cloth legs are jointed at the hips and move well. The arms are one-piece with nicely detailed fingers and need the stringing to be tightened. They wear all their original, matching, multi-layered and detailed, factory clothing including leather short, dress, apron, undies, knit socks and leatherette shoes with trim. They are in excellent condition with no damages or repairs, no stains or odors and from a smoke free home (some paint faded which is normal for these dolls).
Other models are not included and listed separately.
See page 382, 9th Blue Book and page 79, "A Century of Celluloid Dolls"-Buchholz as well as "Coleman's Encyclopedia" and "Ralph's Doll Museum", portrait line of dolls. Additional reference sources are: page 256, "German Doll Encyclopedia" and page 325, "200 Hundred Years of Dolls"-Herocher.
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