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Description
26" (66 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with pear-shaped face, very full cheeks and throat, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted dark curly lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between pale shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and flat-cut derriere. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield on head and bottom of derriere) 6. Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1882. Value Points: especially deep sculpting of features including chin and lip dimples, superb eyes with artistic detail of eye shadow, original body and body finish.