#83

French Bisque Bebe "Dep" Mechanical Walking Body, Original Costume, Original Box
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$1,600
sold
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, mohair lashes, painted lower lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French body with carton torso containing mechanism, attached one-piece legs with brass roller feet under original leather shoes, composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Dep 10 1/2. Comments: Fleischmann and Blodel, circa 1895. Value Points: fine unplayed with condition, with original wig, lashes, rare body style, wearing original rose patterned silk dress with matching wire-framed ruffled bonnet, set of original matching undergarments, and preserved in original box.