$12,000
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head with kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, blue glass inset eyes with darker blue outer iris rims, dark painted eyeliner, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners, accented lips, ears pierced into head, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, and with swivel ball-joint at waist, scalloped kid collarette. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (faint letter, illegible). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1869, the distinctive body was deposed in that year. Value Points: earliest version of the "smiling" model of Bru poupee has finest bisque, sculpting and painting, original body with original finish, original wig, and wearing very beautiful early rose silk gown with fine Alencon lace, silk and velvet bonnet, undergarments, ivory silk slippers with wooden heels in the Huret style, beaded purse, and antique ormolu chatelaine with watch.