$3,000
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with lady-shaped torso, generous bosom and tiny waist, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 11 (and artist checkmarks on head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890, the distinctive body was designed to feature the wasp-waist fashions of the 1890s. Value Points: rare body with original finish, fine quality of bisque and original wig and pate, original signed Jumeau shoes.