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Description
31" (79 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with pear-shaped face, very full cheeks, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, shaded nostrils of pointy-tip nose, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded lips, impressed chin and philtrum, dimples, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-ball jointed body with flat-cut derriere, straight wrists, slightly-curled fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 9 (large raised number). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1884. Value Points: very beautiful bebe with finest bisque, sculpting and painting, original body with original finish, lovely antique cutwork dress, undergarments, shoes, bonnet.