#139

Beautiful French Bisque Portrait Bebe by Emile Jumeau with Lovely Costume
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$6,000
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16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks,blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading and dark outer rims,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,mauve blushed eyeliner,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 5 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1880. Value Points: beautiful entrancing expression,the rich spiral eyes dramatizing the pale bisque,original early body and body finish,and exquisite original red silk costume,undergarments,red knit stockings,leather shoes with silk rosettes.