#98

Petite French Bisque Bebe Jumeau with Original Body
Live Auction

$3,000
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,painted lashes,dark eyeliner,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with outlined and shaded lips,pierced ears,brunette mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully- jointed body,with antique silk and beaded baby bonnet,and antique undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (faint Jumeau red stamp on untinted square at back of head). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1892,Bebe Reclame,created under commission for various Parisian department stores of the era such as Au Bon Marche and Samaritaine. Value Points: wonderful petite size with deep paperweight eyes,original body in near mint condition.