#254

Two French All-Bisque Mignonettes with Salon Dog
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$750
sold
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Description
4" (10 cm.) and 4 1/2". Each is all-bisque with swivel head on bisque torso, blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, mohair wig, peg-jointed bisque arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1890, one with open mouth and original knit costume; the other with closed mouth, silk costume and painted blue shoes. Value Points: very fine painting of facial details on the little pair, and included is a paper mache fur-covered salon dog with amber glass eyes.