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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: very faint hairline from below the chin to neck opening. Marks: 5 - H. Comments: Aristide Halopeau, circa 1880, the prestige doll firm created a very limited number of dolls with specially commissioned bisque heads from the porcelain firm of Frayon. Value Points: spectacular bebe with very fine bisque, complexion and painting, splendid eyes, original body, and wearing superb original burgundy velvet dress with embroidered lace detail, undergarments, leather shoes.