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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate,almond-shaped blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,all-wooden body with shapely torso,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips,knees and wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Jumeau,circa 1870. Value Points: very beautiful face with delicate bisque and painting,original wig,wonderful wooden all-articulated body,and wearing superb antique silk costume,undergarments,boots,and bonnet and carrying little bisque-head marotte.