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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled bosom and shoulder blades, brown glass inset eyes, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, open mouth, rubber ball in head with metal screw at the back of the head, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid bebe body with kid-over-metal hinged legs, composition lower legs, kid-over-wooden upper arms, bisque forearms with separately sculpted fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 6 (head) Bru Jne N 4 T. (shoulders). Bebe Bru Bte SGDG (body). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, Bebe Teteur, circa 1888. Value Points: all-original bebe with beautiful bisque, perfect hands, superb original costume and bonnet. The doll has a blue-ribbon award from 2003 UFDC convention.