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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted brown lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, shaded nostrils, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, impressed dimples at lip corners, well defined chin, blonde mohair wig, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, lining on dress is very frail. Marks: SFBJ 238 Paris 4. Comments: SFBJ, circa 1914, the doll was costumed in designs from the Parisian couturiere Margaine-Lacroix at that time, representing a traditional folklore style featuring a "High-waisted, multi-colored dress with a cream crepe apron under a green coat" (as described in an original inventory), and includes original high crown matching hat, and undergarments identical to the original undergarments worn by Albert Marque dolls. More background about the doll is cited in an article "The Artful Dolls of Margaine-Lacroix" by Samy Odin in Antique Doll Collector, March 2013. Value Points: all-original doll in extremely rare well-preserved original condition and costume, and with especially fine quality of bisque and painting.