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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head with pear-shaped modeling, grey glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading and darker grey outer rims, dark eyeliner, brush-stroked and feathered brows, rose-blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over original plaster pate, composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and flat-cut derriere. Condition: bisque excellent, body has original finish with limbs scuffed and torso severely crackled. Marks: Sch (in shield, on head and derriere base) 1 (head). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1882. Value Points: especially beautiful face with finest bisque, complexion and painting, nice antique costume including woven bonnet and leather ankle boots marked L.I.