#249

French Bisque Poupee with Entrancing Expression
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$1,700
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19" (48 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with very full lower cheeks, pale bisque, large cobalt blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with pale outlined lips, unpierced ears, blonde mohair wig with braided coronet, kid poupee gusset-jointed body, wearing antique muslin day dress, undergarments, shoes. Condition: bisque excellent, body is darkened. Comments: French, circa 1867. Value Points: very beautiful face with distinctive expression, choice pale bisque dramatized by cobalt eyes.