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18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled and pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878. Value Points: most appealing early period bebe with soft gentle expression, loveliest bisque, original body and body finish, beautiful antique silk costume, undergarments, cream stockings and shoes, and preserved in her original labeled box.