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18" (46 cm.) Bisque head with flat-cut neck socket, pate opening at back of head, rounded facial features, blue spiral threaded eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, slightly parted accented lips, row of tiny porcelain teeth, pierced ears, carton torso containing clockwork mechanism, composition arms and lower legs, hinged upper legs. When key-wound at side of torso, and lever released, the doll turns her head from side to side, kicks legs, waves arms and cries "mama". Condition: generally excellent, mechanism functions well. Comments: Jules Steiner, the model marketed as "Bebe Gigoteur", circa 1880. Value Points: appealing petite size, the doll wears her original red magenta silk frock with elaborate ruching, matching bonnet, undergarments, black knit stockings, black leather shoes signed M.B. Paris.