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14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, aqua and ivory antique silk dress and matching bonnet, cream kidskin shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau Depose". Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Jumeau 5 (incised mark, head). Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882. Value Points: the rarity of the incised mark bebe is rivaled by its particularly charming expression with richly painted lips and eye decoration.