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12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 4 J (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (torso). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: very fine quality of bisque and painting, beautiful early wig, original body and body finish, fine antique costume comprising dotted Swiss dress, undergarments, woven flowered bonnet, and leather ankle boots signed C.P. and with her own little fleecy lamb toy.