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Description
17" (43 cm.) Very pale swivel head on flat-cut neck socket allowing head to only rotate side to
side in a realistic manner,on original shoulder plate,cobalt blue enamel inset eyes,dark
eyeliner,painted lashes,delicately-feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed
mouth with accented lips,ears pierced into head,very firmly-stuffed kid poupee body with kid-
over-wood jointing of knees,and kid-over-wood upper arms with shoulder jointing,and
bisque arms to above the elbows,separately-sculpted fingers. Condition: generally
excellent,two fingers and thumb broken on left hand. Marks: B.S. (shoulder plate) Passage
Delorme Simonne Paris Rue de Rivoli 188. Comments: Blampoix under commission by the
luxury doll shop of Maison Simonne,circa 1860. Value Points: rarity features of the
exquisitely-beautiful include depose flat-cut neck,swivel body with bisque arms and wooden
knee joints; wearing a superb costume of silk and lace with unique pearl head-dress created
by Estelle Johnston from a design in 1865 La Mode Illustree of Paris.