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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with well-defined heart-shaped upper lip, outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, well costumed in velvet and silk dress and bonnet, undergarments, burgundy socks, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F. 5 G, Comments: Gaultier, circa 1882. Value Points: beautifully-painted features on the petite bebe who is accompanied by a miniature toy Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and a beaded basket containing three small all-bisque dolls.