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Description
26" (66 cm.) Bisque socket head,brown glass paperweight inset
eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes and brush-stroked brows,shaded
nostrils,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,pierced
ears,brunette human hair wig over cork pate,French composition and
wooden body with attached-ball jointing at shoulders,hips and
knees,hinge jointing at hips allowing the doll to "walk",cut-out
torso panel and original removable composition cover,internal
pull-string bellows crier in torso,beautifully-costumed in rich
patterned velvet with matching bonnet,undergarments,stockings and
shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 12 (incised on
head,and artist checkmarks). Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body)
Bebe Jumeau (raised lettering on metal horn of crier). Comments:
Emile Jumeau,circa 1888. Value Points: very rare and original
variation of the Bebe Parlant. Ordinarily the torso was cut
horizontally at the waist for insertion of the crier and then
closed permanently (see The Jumeau Book,page 266); this example
has an open window with removable front cover in the manner of
Bebe Phonographe (except having solid composition cover rather
than pierced-metal cover) and bellows mechanism which conjoins
with the hinged walking mechanism (see photo detail) that is also
rare on this style of body.