#448

French Bisque B_b_ Steiner with Original Signed Body and Original Costume
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$3,000
sold
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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,painted lashes with dot" highlights,feathered brows,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with shaded lips,pierced ears,wheat- blonde human hair over original Steiner pate,Steiner composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: J. Steiner Paris Fre A 15 (head) Le Petit Parisien B_b_ Steiner...(body). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa 1889. Value Points: beautiful bisque,original body and body finish,and wearing original forest-green silk/wool dress with velvet collar,undergarments,tri- collar woven bonnet,shoes with impressed design of full figure of doll.