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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, large amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, rose-blushed eye shadow, thick brushstroked brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, impressed chin dimple and philtrum, separately-modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 13 J (and check marks, head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: deeply-modeled features are enhanced by brown paperweight eyes and richly painted features, original early body and body finish, pretty antique brown woolen and velvet costume and bourrelet bonnet, undergarments, brown knit stockings, leather Jumeau shoes with incised bee symbol and Paris Depose mark.