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20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, amber-brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 9 H. (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: especially deep sculpting of features lends a portrait-like quality, with fine lumionous bisque, original body and body finish, and wearing early burgundy silk dress with lace trim, undergarments, maroon Jumeau stockings, leather shoes signed "E. Jumeau Paris 9", rose silk bonnet, and wooden-handled burgundy parasol.