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Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, widely-arched brushstroked brows, rose-blushed eye shadow, shaded nostrils, open mouth, shaded lips, six porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, internal phonograph mechanism which operates by keywind at of head. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 11 (head). Comments: "Bebe Phonographe", with bisque doll by Emile Jumeau and phonograph mechanism by Henri Lioret, circa 1892, and with one Lioret recording. Value Points: especially beautiful example of the rare doll, with original signed Jumeau shoes.