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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted curly lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body, mechanism in torso with winding key at the side, kid-over wooden hinged thighs causing the doll to "walk" when wound. Condition: generally excellent, hands repainted, mechanism functions well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 10 (and artist checkmarks on head), Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1895, the earliest first version of "L'Intrepide Bebe" marketed as "marchant mecanique" with clockworks by Roullet et Decamps. Value Points: rare mechanism, beautiful bisque and painting, original Jumeau wig, original costume including original shoes.