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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, mohair lashes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, open mouth, shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 8. Comments: Bru, circa 1890. Value Points: in pristine unplayed with condition,the Bebe Teteur has original nursing mechanism in head, original wig, pate, mohair lashes, superb bisque and painting, original body and body finish, and is wearing an elaborate white pique baby costume and holding its original glass baby bottle with raised lettering "Bru Jeune,Bebe Teteur".