#269

French Bisque Bebe "Le Parisien" by Steiner Successors
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$2,000
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20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, mohair lashes, painted lower lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, four tiny teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Le Parisien A 12 Paris. Comments: Steiner successors, circa 1895. Value Points: pretty child doll has original Steiner body, and is wearing factory original dress, undergarments, bonnet, and leather shoes.