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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head with flat-cut neck socket, distinctive Rohmer system of jointing with screw at crown, very plump cheeks, blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, delicately painted lashes, arched brows, accented nostrils of tiny nose, closed mouth with outlined lips, unpierced ears, softly stuffed kid body with gusset jointing at hips, kid-over-wood at elbows and knees with dowel jointing, bisque forearms with sculpted fingers. Condition: generally excellent, one finger broken at knuckle. Comments: Leontine Rohmer, circa 1860. Value Points: very beautiful poupee with finest bisque and painting, original distinctive body, well-sculpted bisque hands, beautiful antique silk costume.