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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate with modeled bosom and shoulderblades, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadows, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded details, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, kid bebe body with curved upper arms, gusset-jointing at hips and knees, bisque forearms with separately-sculpted fingers, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1882. Value Points: gorgeous eyes on the early model, very sturdy original body with bisque hands, original signed Bru shoes.