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15" (38 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, ears pierced into head, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French wooden fully-articulated body with ball-swivel waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F (head and shoulderplate) (illegible boutique label on torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1867, the first period of his rare deposed wooden poupee body introduced for the 1867 Paris International Exposition. Value Points: lovely poupee, original rare wooden body, wearing white pique costume with back-stitch hand embroidery, undergarments, black heeled shoes, bonnet, bone-handled parasol and red leather purse.