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Description
20 1/2" (52 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very full cheeks and chin, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue outer rims, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked brows with feathered detail, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3 H. Comments: Aristide Halopeau, circa 1880. Halopeau, the successor to the prominent Barrois doll firm in 1877, just as the bebe was entering the limelight of doll popularity, commissioned a unique bebe model which was created at the Frayon porcelain firm and hand painted by the famed Parisian painter, Barnard; only one model was ever sculpted and few of these created, according to extant examples found today. Value Points: splendid example of the most desirable bebe with finest sculpting, bisque and artistic painting, gorgeous eyes, original body and body finish, fine early (frail) burgundy silk costume, undergarments, leather shoes, woven and velvet bonnet.