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34" (86 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted dark lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, row of porcelain teeth, dimpled chin, separately-applied pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, minor flakes of pierced ear holes. Marks: 16 (and artist check marks on head) Jumeau Medaille d’Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: very fine quality of bisque on rare sized Bebe Jumeau, wearing outstanding antique Scottish costume including Glengarry plaid tam and rare horsehair sporran with leather purse on backside, and with signed Bebe Jumau leather shoes, size 16.