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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly painted dark lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows with decorative glaze, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 6 (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: pristine unplayed with condition of the bebe with dramatic eyes, fine creamy bisque, original body with fine original condition, wearing exquisite original silk Jumeau costume with original Jumeau undergarments, coral velvet bonnet with aqua silk edging and bows, Jumeau rose knit stockings, and rose satin shoes incised "Bebe Jumeau 6".