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17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, arched brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, aquiline nose, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners, accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with ball-swivel waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F. Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, his deposed facial model of 1872 and deposed wooden body of 1867. Value Points: superb condition of the rare model with choicest bisque and painting, original rare body, included is (very frail) early silk costume.