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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, blue glass spiral-threaded eyes with darker blue outer iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners in an enigmatic smiling expression, accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, original wooden articulated body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, and with ball swivel waist, scalloped-edge kid collarette. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: E (head and shoulder). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, both the head and the body models were deposed by him, circa 1872, sometimes known as the Empress Eugenie model. Value Points: especially beautiful face with fine bisque and painting, original wig and snood, body and body finish, and wearing (frail) original costume, undergarments, leather ankle bootlets.