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Description
39" (99 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, slightly-parted lips, two rows of tiny teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over Steiner pate, French composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Figure B No 8 J. Steiner Bte SGDG Paris (head) Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner. Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1884. Value Points: grand size of the rare model, original body and body finish, lovely bisque.