$4,500
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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, daintily painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with delicately-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 4 J. (head, and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: very lovely gentle expression is enhanced by finest bisque, complexion and painting of features, original body and body finish, original wig, lovely antique costume.