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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, wide blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading and pronounced pupils, thick dark eyeliner, delicately-painted lashes and brows, mauve-blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with pale outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and cupped hands, included is antique dress, undergarments and bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, his earliest period bebe known as "portrait" in reference to the artistic expression of eyes. Value Points: rare model in pristine condition, very fine bisque and painting, original lambswool wig, superb original body, and original earrings and leather shoes signed "E. Jumeau Med d'Or Paris".