#100

French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau with Original Signed Body
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30" (76 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, separately-modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, wearing pretty antique costume including ruffled frou-frou bonnet and signed Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 14 (head, and artist check marks) Jumeau Medaille d’Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: lovely bebe with fine creamy bisque, original body and body finish, signed Jumeau shoes.