#326

French Bisque Exhibition Portrait of Princess Elizabeth by SFBJ
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33" (84 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,ochre eye shadow,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,brunette human hair ringlet-curled wig,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body,antique white cotton dress with cutwork,undergarments,stockings shoes,cutwork bonnet. Condition: generally excellent,body repainted with some light craquelure. Marks: Unis France 71 149 306 Jumeau 1938 Paris. Comments: a doll representing Princess Elizabeth was presented by SFBJ upon the occasion of her visit to Paris as a young girl; the doll was issued in this large exhibition size in a very limited number,and is a smaller commercial size offered by Parisian department stores.