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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder
plate,brilliant cobalt blue glass enamel inset eyes,dark
eyeliner,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented eye corners and
nostrils,closed mouth with center accent line,ears pierced into
head,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,stretched kid over wooden
fully-jointed body with dowel jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips
and knees,carved wooden lower legs,bisque forearms and hands.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Pierre-
Francois Jumeau,circa 1870. Value Points: beautiful face
accentuated by brilliant eyes,finest bisque and painting,very
sturdy and rare kid-over-wooden body with well-sculpted bisque
hands.