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Pair, Rare French All-Bisque Mignonettes as Normandy Marquis and Marquise
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$1,100
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Description
4" (10 cm.) Each is all-bisque with swivel head, glass eyes, painted features, closed mouth, mohair wig, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted stockings and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1885. Value Points: the little pair are wearing wonderful original ceremonial costumes of aristocratic Normandy Marquis and Marquise, and are preserved in early box.