$7,500
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes, rose-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with very full outlined and shaded lips, defined chin, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F.3 G. (incised block letters). Comments: Gaultier, circa 1882. Value Points: especially fine quality of sculpting and bisque on the endearing petite bebe, original body and body finish, beautiful original blue velvet and lace dress and matching bonnet, undergarments, stockings, leather shoes signed C.P. 3, and carrying her own little all-bisque mignonette with swivel head and cobalt blue eyes.