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Description
8" (20 cm.) Bisque socket head, pale blue glass inset eyes with darker blue edge, dark eyeliner, delicately-painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accent lines at center lips and outlining the heart-shaped upper lip, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig with braided chignon over cork pate, Steiner composition body with jointing at shoulders and hips, exquisitely-embroidered white dimity dress with lace edged collar, aqua bow, undergarments, woven socks, kidskin shoes signed "0", woven bonnet with aqua silk ribbons. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sie B 4/0 (head) Le Parisien (body stamp). Comments: Jules Nicolas Steiner, circa 1885. Value Points: one of the rarest models of Bebe Steiner, this example is in equally rare petite size and exceptional quality of expression, bisque and painting.