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Description
27" (69 cm.) Bisquesocket head,blueglass
paperweight inset eyes,brush-stroked brows with
fringed detail,rose-blushed eyeshadow,painted
lashes with "dot" highlights,shaded
nostrils,closed mouth with shaded lips,pierced
ears,blondemohair wig,French composition
fully-jointed body with straight wrists.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: FigureA 18
J. Steiner BteSGDG (head) (original Steiner paper
label on torso). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa
1888. ValuePoints: especially finequality of
bisqueand painting enhanced by very deep luminous
paperweight eyes,impressed dimples at chin and lip
corners,original body and body
finish,multi-layered finecostumeincluding muslin
chemiseis likely original.