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24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, dimpled chin, separately-modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with plump limbs and straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 11 J (and artist checkmarks on head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: especially beautiful face with finest bisque and painting, original early body with original finish, softest mohair wig, and wearing fine antique costume of dotted Swiss dress, undergarments including sateen bebe stays, lavish silk bonnet, and with original Jumeau earrings, knit socks and leather shoes with brown silk ribbon trim signed in gold lettering "Bebe Jumeau Med d'or 1878 Paris Depose".