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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, lightly-feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, ears pierced into head, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, scallop-edged kid collarette over wooden fully-articulated body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hip, knees and ankles, and with ball-jointed waist. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: E (head and shoulders). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, his wooden-bodied poupee was deposed in 1867. Value Points: rare doll with original wig, marked letter-model Bru head, and rare fully-jointed body.