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Description
13" (33 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with pronounced spiral threading, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with delicately-shaped and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, his premiere bebe, 1877/78. Value Points: rare early bebe with gentle features heightened by very dramatic spiral threading of eyes, original wig and body.