$13,000
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque shoulder head, very plump face and throat, painted facial features, painted blue eyes with darker blue iris rims and decorative glaze at the lower edge, heavily modeled eyelids, black upper eyeliner, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, unpierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, swivel waist, defined fingers. Condition: generally excellent, paint wear to body finish. Marks: Huret (kid collarette with original medallion stamp). Comments: Adelaide Huret, circa 1860, with 1867 wooden body having original Huret stamp which indicates 1867-era restoration at the Huret studios. Value Points: very delicate pale complexion complemented by dreamy eyelids, finest quality of bisque, fully-articulated wooden body allowing infinite posing, wearing antique costume of mauve faille with black Alencon lace, undergarments, beadwork purse, fancy bonnet, amethyst brooch, and leather boots signed "Huret a Paris".