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14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, pale blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye liner, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with shapely torso, ball-swivel waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: C (head and shoulders). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, from his deposed head model of 1872, possibly a portrait of Empress Eugenie, and his deposed wooden body of 1867. Value Points: rare petite model of the sought-after poupee, antique silk gown included.