George Borgfeldt & Company

George Borgfeldt & Company was located in New York City USA and founded by George Borgfeldt (b.1833 - d.1903), Marcell and Joseph L. Kahle, as a doll importer, doll assembler for American and Canadian markets and a doll distributor.

Borgfeldt held the distributing rights to many dolls from European manufacturers such as: Bähr & Pröschild, Buschow & Beck and Karl Standfuss, Heinrich Handwerck, Käthe Kruse, Kammer & Reinhardt, JD Kestner, Armand Marseille and Steiff, plus others.

Borgfeldt bisque doll heads were made for them by several German doll makers; Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, Kling & Co., Armand Marseille, Max Schelhorn and Simon & Halbig.

Borgfeldt also distributed American made dolls for; Aetna, Averill, Bergfeld & Son, W. Bimblick & Co, Dreamland Doll, Cameo, K & K or K and K Toy Company (also owned by Borgfeldt), Metal Doll Company, Jeanne Orsini, Tip Top Toy and many other USA doll makers.

Some Borgfeldt distributed Dolly faced dolls have their name in the marking: Alma doll, Duchess doll, Florodora doll, G. B. doll, Just Me doll, Little Sister doll, My Dearie doll, My Girlie doll, My Playmate doll, Nobbi Kid doll and Pansy I, II, III, IV doll. Some of these names are known dolls made by Armand Marseille. My Girlie doll mold 1362 is by ABG - Alt, Beck & Gottschalck.

Some dolls distributed by Borgfeldt may have a G. B. or GB & Co in their marking, others will not and have only the marking from the manufacturer. Borgfeldt is best known for commissioning and distributing the very successful Rose O'Neill, Kewpie dolls and Grace Storey Putnam, Bye-Lo Baby dolls.