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Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head with slender oval facial modeling and strong jaw and nose
planes,elongated strong throat,on original composition shoulder plate with modeled
bosom,painted facial features,pronounced blue intaglio eyes with iris rims,thick dark eyeliner
and eye shadow,painted lower lashes,multi feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth
with shaded and outlined lips,blonde mohair wig in original upswept coiffure,original lady-
shaped body of very light paper mache or gutta percha,metal hands,jointingat
shoulders,elbows,wrists,hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent,original typical firing
chip on pate rim,vertical faint hairline on forehead. Marks: Huret (head). Comments: Eliza
Prevost,Huret successor,circa 1905,her new-era art doll with especially-sculpted facial model
from her series. Value Points: rare doll with unusually beautiful face from the artistic
series,original body,presented in original wooden store box,antique lingerie,shoes.