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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, cobalt blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and delicately-feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, ears pierced into head, kid poupee body with gusset-jointing at elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent, repair to wrist. Comments: French, circa 1865, included is an extensive trousseau of gowns and dresses, made exclusively for the doll along with an array of bonnets, parasol, jewelry, undergarments, and various accessories such as a wonderful pair of early ice skates, in original trunk with name plate of Mlle Alice Fournier and a miniature calling card of Violette d'Epigny, presumably the name of the doll. Value Points: in his book, Fascinating Dolls, Samy Odin relates the story of the doll. "This was our first lady doll, and has been on public display for more than twenty years! We acquired it from a prominent family in the Protestant valleys of the Piemonte region of Italy...Violette was given to its first Ôlittle mother' around 1865-67 and the wardrobe, which was, for the most part, homemade, reflects the fashion of the end of the Second Empire".