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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque swivel head with very delicate complexion, kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, very pale blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue iris rims, dark eyeliner, dark painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, aquiline shaped nose, closed mouth with upturned smiling lip corners and accented center line, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid gusset-jointed poupee body with square-cut collarette in the classic Bru poupee style, wearing fine antique costume comprising a red woolen fitted jacket, blue silk satin skirt, undergarments, leather boots, straw bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose K (forehead) K (back of head). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, his smiling portrait model poupee, deposed in 1872, and likely created as an homage portrait of the Empress Eugenie. Value Points: rare larger size of the sought-after model, having extraordinary quality of sculpting including impressed philtrum and lip corners, beautiful eyes, and fine delicate bisque, and with original body and bearing the label of the prestigious 1800s Parisian doll boutique of Aux Enfants Sage.