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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, an early bebe. Value Points: gorgeous bebe has beautiful eyes and bisque, near mint original early body, and is wearing original muslin chemise, undergarments, original aqua and lace dress, woven bonnet, stockings, and ivory silk shoes impressed "Bebe Jumeau Depose 4".