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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisqueswivel head on kid-edged
bisqueshoulder plate,amber brown glass paperweight
inset eyes,dark eyeliner,brush-stroked
brows,accented nostrils and eyecorners,closed
mouth with accented lips,beauty marks,pierced
ears,kid gusset-jointed body with stitched and
separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: 4 (artist check marks on head) Jumeau
Medailled'Or Paris (body stamp). Comments:
EmileJumeau,circa 1878. ValuePoints: thebeautiful
doll is wearing her elaborateand original silk
court costumeincluding matching slippers and
elaborately embellished head-dress and medallions;
thedoll was likely designed to appeal to theexotic
royalty of Turkey as they traveled to theParis
International Exposition of 1878.