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39" (99 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,delicately painted lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,hand-tied brunette human hair wig over original Steiner pate,Steiner composition fully jointed body with straight wrists,plump limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sie C 3 (incised head) J. Steiner Bte SGDG J. Bourgoin St. (red ink script). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa 1884. Value Points: finest quality of bisque and painting on the expressive childlike features of the rare model,in rare grand size,original body and body finish,and wearing wonderful antique silk costume of the court.