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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark
eyeliner,lushly-painted lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,shaded nostrils,closed mouth
with outlined lips,separately-modeled pierced ears,brunette human hair over cork pate,French
composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: Depose Jumeau 13 (incised,and artist checkmarks on head). Jumeau Medaille dOr Paris
(body). Comments: Jumeau,circa 1884,the model was made for one year only. Value Points:
exceptionally fine quality of the gentle-faced bebe with finest quality bisque and sculpting
including impressed chin and lip dimples,beautiful early wig,original body and body finish,and
wearing original cotton dress,lace ruffled bonnet,undergarments,stockings,shoes.