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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head, dark blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted ombre-rose eye shadow, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with heart-shaped upper lip, shaded and outlined lips, dimpled chin, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: A. 10 T. Comments: Andre Thuillier, circa 1888. Value Points: beautiful bebe with lovely luminous bisque, finely painted and well-sculpted features, original body and body finish, and wearing wonderful antique couturier purple velvet frock with brass buttons, woven wide-brimmed bonnet with lavish frou-frou ribbons at the back, undergarments, gold knit stockings, and leather shoes with silk bows impressed with full figure of a doll.