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20" (51 cm.) Pressed bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, incised eyeliner, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with tiny stuck-out tongue tip between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, dimpled tongue, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, slender kid bebe body with scalloped collarette, Chevrot hinged hips, wooden lower legs, bisque lower arms, lovely red patterned velvet dress, silk bonnet, undergarments, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent, fine professional restoration on inside fingers of left hand. Marks: Bru Jne 7 (head) No. 7 Bru Jne (shoulder plate) (original Bru paper label on torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1886. Value Points: fine detail of modeling especially of lips, beautiful bisque and painting, original body.