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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly painted lashes enhanced by mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with very full outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Mark: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 9 (head, and artist checkmarks) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: an especially beautiful example of the "tete" model with earlier-period smaller eye cuts indicating an early production date of the model, very lovely antique dress, burgundy velvet bonnet, undergarments, Jumeau socks, and Jumeau shoes signed "Paris Depose 9" with bee symbol.