$6,250
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head,brown
enamel inset eyes,delicately-painted
lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented eye corners
and nostrils,closed mouth with pale accented
lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair fleeced wig over
cork pate,French composition and wooden
eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight
wrists,early (frail) silk dress may be Jumeau
original,undergarments,leather shoes,black socks.
Condition: generally excellent,flake at left ear
lobe,body finish scuffed. Marks: 4 (head) Jumeau
Medaille dÞOr Paris (body). Comments: Emile
Jumeau,his premiere bebe model with classic shy
expression,circa 1878. Value Points: very
endearing bebe,rare earliest model,the bebe is
being sold from the family of the early
Philadelphia collector,Z. Frances Walker who once
owned the doll.