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Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, original muslin stitch-jointed body with porcelain hands, well costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8. Comments: Jumeau, circa 1875, the head model is sometimes found on this particular American-made commercial body of the same era, suggesting that an (as yet unidentified) American toy store had ordered a shipment of the heads without the Jumeau body, and with the intention of fitting the head with the American-made bodies. Value Points: very beautiful face with artistically painted details of complexion and features, rare original body.