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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, original body finish with minor light wear on a few fingers. Marks: Paris Bebe Tete Depose 9 (head) Paris Bebe depose (and Eiffel Tower symbol) on body. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1892. Value Points: with distinctive facial modeling enhanced by dramatic large eyes, beautiful complexion and painting; the bebe wears fabulous antique dress, undergarments, stockings, ruffled bonnet and signed Jumeau shoes.