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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes which
operate from a turn-screw at the back of her head,dark
eyeliner,lushly-painted lashes,brush-stroked and feathered
brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with shaded and outlined
lips,pierced ears,brunette human hair wig,French composition and
wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks:
Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 10 (head) France (original paper label
on body) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body stamp). Comments:
Emile Jumeau,circa 1888; the firm's first deposed system of
sleeping eyes appeared in 1886. Value Points: lovely bisque,rare
original sleeping eye mechanism,original body and body finish,the
bebe owns three beautiful family-made dresses,along with various
undergarments,ruffled bonnet,socks and original shoes signed
"Paris Depose 10" with bee symbol.