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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, the head with two different faces that are alternately revealed by pivoting the wig and bonnet back and forward. One face depicts a pretty plump-faced child with painted brilliant blue eyes, dark upper eyeliner, painted lashes, closed mouth with two rows of painted tiny teeth; and the other features a crying child with painted features, squinting eyes with black upper eyeliner, painted lashes, scowling expression, closed mouth modeled as though open and wailing. The wig is attached to a carton hood that pivots back and forward. The bebe has classic Bru kid bebe body with gusset jointing, bisque forearms and separately sculpted fingers, and is wearing a beautiful maroon sateen dress, fancy bonnet, undergarments, socks, red leather shoes, and also owns original bebe pique night wear. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1880, the model was an adaptation of the earlier double-face poupee deposed by Bru, and was only made for a very few short years. Value Points: among the rarest of the Bru bebes, this example with very beautiful bisque and painting, sturdy original body with perfect bisque hands.