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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, very thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with shaded outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 6 J (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body) 6 (inside wig). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1883. Value Points lovely bisque and splendid eyes, with near mint original body, original signed wig, original Jumeau chemise, velvet and (frail) silk dress and matching bonnet, and original shoes signed "E. Jumeau Med d'Or 1878 Paris Depose 5".