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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, rose-blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 9 (and artist checkmarks, on head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome D'Honneur (paper label). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: the pretty brown-eyed bebe, with original body and lovely bisque, is wearing original sailor costume, undergarments, straw hat, and Jumeau leather shoes with brown overcast stitching and bows signed "Paris Depose 9" with bee symbols.