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25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head with elongated face and full cheeks, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, heart-shaped upper lip, separately-applied pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 12 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882, from the original sculpted model by Parisian artist Carrier-Belleuse. Value Points: finest quality of bisque and sculpting with soft complexion, elongated original wig, and early original eight-loose-ball-jointed body with original finish, signed Jumeau shoes.