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Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass eyes,mohair lashes,painted lower lashes,accented nostrils,open mouth,tiny porcelain teeth,blonde mohair wig,carton torso,metal hinged paper mache legs,wire upper arms,composition forearms,wearing original pique romper suit. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 301 Paris. Comments: SFBJ,circa 1910. Value Points: fine gleaming patina of bisque,original costume including bone-handled rattle,the doll is posed inside a wooden "walker" with wheeled base,and has clockwork mechanism which causes the doll to walk forward,supported by his walker.