Ernst Heubach
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Products | Porcelain-headed bisque dolls |
Ernst Heubach was a company in Köppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, that manufactured porcelain-headed bisque dolls from 1885 onwards[1]
Köppelsdorf is a part of Sonneberg, in the Landkreis Sonneberg, in Thuringia 150 km (93 mi) due north of Nuremberg. For fifty years the wooded countryside formed the border between the two Germanys, Sonneberg lying in the GDR. Sonneberg was the centre of the German toy-making industry; it is the home of the German Toy Museum, many doll manufacturers and PIKO model railways.
History
Gebrüder Heubach of Licht and Sonneberg was a separate firm.
The Ernst Heubach porcelain works opened in 1858 with 50 employees. It traded as Ernst Heubach, Köppelsdorf until 1893, when it became Ernst Heubach, Köppelsdorfer Porzellanfabrik.
Later the firm would manufacture porcelaine for the electrical industry.
In 1915, the founders sons, Ernst and Hans joined the firm, then Hans was killed in the Great War. Beatrice Marseille married Ernst Heubach II. There was thus a family connection between the two firms.[2] Often brothers would do similar jobs in the two firms. A Heubach sculptor had a brother who did the same job at Armand Marseille.
In 1919 the firm merged with Armand Marseille but they separated in 1932. The combined firm was known as the Vereinigte Köppelsdorf Porzellanfabrik vorm. Armand Marseille und Ernst Heubach[3][2]
