#285

Rare French Bisque Bebe with Keywind Sleep Eyes by Emile Jumeau
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$2,600
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12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes which open and close from keywind mechanism at the back of her head, dark eyeliner, lushly painted dark lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with richly-outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: rare sleeping eye model enhanced by dramatic painting of face and features, original body and body finish, lovely antique costume in rare fabric, bonnet, original leather Jumeau shoes signed Paris Depose 5 with bee symbol.