$1,800
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, well-costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Fabrication Francaise A.L.& Co. Limoges Bebe. Comments: Lanternier, circa 1915. Value Points: very dear doll, trade-named "bebe", with closed mouth, original body, has especially beautiful eyes, and is posed with a velvet cushion on which are posed a family of wool yarn tabby kittens and mother cat with green glass eyes.