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Description
16 1/2" (42 cm.) Bisque swivel head with bulbous throat, on bisque shoulderplate, plump cheeks, painted facial features, shaded blue eyes with darker blue outer rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined shaded lips, wheat-blonde human hair wig over cork pate, kid poupee body with gusset-jointing at elbows, hips and knees, stitched and separated fingers. Condition: old hairline on right center forehead nearly to brow. Comments: Adelaide Huret bisque head and shoulderplate, circa 1858 on 1870 era kid poupee body. Value Points: beautiful painting and fine dreamily-painted eyes, wearing fine antique light brown woolen four piece ensemble comprising two-piece suit, coat, and bonnet, each with brown velvet trim, undergarments, leather boots.