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Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset
eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,brush-stroked and feathered
brows,rose-blushed eye shadow,accented nostrils and eye
corners,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,pierced
ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and
wooden fully-jointed body,wearing blue velvet costume in the
Little Lord Fauntleroy manner. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 12 (and artist checkmarks on
head). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1885,the facial model suggests
the earlier incised depose Jumeau model,although the marking is
classic tete Jumeau,the bebe likely a rare transitional example.
Value Points: appealing shy expression with smaller eye
cuts,lovely bisque and painting,original body and body finish.