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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head with very plump face, painted blue eyes in deeply-set sockets with darker blue outer rims, decorative glaze at lower eyes, heavy lids, defined eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered arched brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, unpierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, gutta percha lady body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Adelaide Huret, circa 1858. Value Points: very beautiful poupee with exceptional detail of sculpting and painting, especially of eyes, original body, wearing original muslin gown with pleated silk ribbons, undergarments, leather (unsigned) Huret boots.