#267

French Bisque Bebe Jumeau in Original Costume
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$1,300
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Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,row of porcelain teeth,pierced ears,brunette mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 6 (head) Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (paper label on body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1895. Value Points: the wide-eyed boy is wearing his original brown woolen suit with silk vest and brass buttons,straw hat,stockings,brown kidskin shoes signed Paris Bebe with bee symbol.