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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head, very plump cheeks and throat, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with rich spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted dark lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, feathered brows, shaded nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over Schmitt pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with flat-cut derriere, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield on head and flat-bottom of derriere) 4 1/2 (head). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1884. Value Points: outstanding sculpting of face with dainty pointy-tip nose, very full cheeks, beautiful bisque, original body and body finish, lovely rose silk dress and bonnet, undergarments, stockings, shoes.