#105

Petite French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau, Size 3
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 2 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1886. Value Points: petite bebe with entrancing large blue paperweight eyes, original wig, original signed body, fine antique costume including wonderful frou-frou bonnet.