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Description
26" (66 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eye sockets, delicately painted lashes, brushstroked and multi-feathered brows, rose blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately sculpted pierced ears, impressed chin dimple and philtrum, antique ash blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and plump limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: EJ/A 10 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the very rare EJA bebe model was made for one or two years only, 1879/1880, and few models are known to exist, the bebe is the premiere model to bear the maker's initials on its head. Value Points: the outstanding quality of bisque and painting indicates the maker's pride in this rare model, original body and body finish, wearing early Jumeau wool and velvet brass-buttoned dress, undergarments, blue Jumeau stockings, early leather shoes with impressed EJ insignia, and luxurious woven bonnet.