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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue outer rims, dark eyeliner, rich mauve eye shadow, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with heart-shaped upper lip, shaded and outlined lips, separately-modeled pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, antique ivory silk dress, undergarments, ruffled frou-frou bonnet, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent, rub on right cheek, light flakes at pierced earholes. Marks: 8. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, earliest period Jumeau bebe. Value Points: beautiful bebe with wonderful painting of eye shadow and lips.