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26" (66 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted dark curly lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth with outlined lips, row of porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with phonograph disc system in torso that operates from keywind and lever at the back torso, metal sound plate. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism operates albeit sound is blurred as typically found, faint hairline (seamline?) below right ear. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 11 (head) (Lioret signature on the mechanism). Comments: Emile Jumeau, with mechanism of Henri Lioret, circa 1895, the model was introduced as "Bebe Phonographe". Value Points: an especially pretty model of the musical bebe owns one Jumeau recording "Petit Poupon", wears original flap-front dress designed for easy access to change recordings, shoes signed Bebe Jumeau 11, undergarments beautiful bonnet