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Description
22" (56 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with pear-shaped modeling of face, very full cheeks and throat, grey glass inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue iris rims, thick black eyeliner, delicately painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, pointy-tip nose, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and flat-cut derriere. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield) 4 (head) Sch (derriere). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1882. Value Points: especially beautiful model with finest quality of bisque, complexion and painting, original body and body finish, fine antique rose silk costume, undergarments, woven bonnet, leather shoes.