#300

French Bisque Bebe Jumeau, Size 13
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$4,500
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29" (74 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted curly dark lashes, widely arched brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair hand-tied wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, wearing lovely costume of antique brown silk fabrics, undergarments, leather shoes, bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. hands revarnished, few forehead wig pulls (under wig). Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 13 (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: very pretty large closed mouth bebe with original body.