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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder
plate,blue glass enamel inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted
lashes,arched feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,slightly-parted lips with double row of teeth,outlined
lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,carton torso
with full-length skirt that encloses clockwork mechanism,with
sateen skirt cover,hidden wheels at the base; when wound,the doll
glides,revolves,and moves arms up and down while crying mama.
Condition: generally excellent,mechanism functions well. Marks:
Poupee Magasin des Enfants Passage de L'Opera Paris (stamp on
skirt). Comments: Jules Steiner,1867. Value Points: very beautiful
example of the classic early poupee with signed body,boutique
label,wearing superb early gown and undergarments.