#44

French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau with Rare Hinged Walking Legs
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$3,500
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden body with ball-jointing at shoulders and elbows, kid-over-metal-joint at hips designed for "walking". Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 10 (and artist checkmarks, on head). Comments: Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: pretty bebe with rare body style, wearing lovely antique coral silk dress, undergarments, kidskin shoes.