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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark painted eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked brows with feathered detail, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined tongue tip, shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, slight scuff on lower arms and legs. Marks: F. 10 G. (block letters). Comments: Gaultier, circa 1882. Value Points: deeply-defined modeling is enhanced by most delicate pale bisque and artistically-painted features, especially of lips, original body, antique burgundy woolen dress with hand-made lace trim, ruffled bonnet, undergarments, leather boots marked C.M. 10.