$65,000
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with
elongated face and very full cheeks,brown glass
paperweight inset eyes,thick dark eyeliner,painted
lashes,incised eyeliner,mauve-blushed eye
shadow,brush-stroked and multi-feathered
brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed
mouth with defined space between the shaded and
outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over
cork pate,French composition and wooden
fully-jointed body with straight wrists,separated
fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4
H. Comments: circa 1882,Aristide
Halopeau,successor to the Barrois firm in
1878,created only a very small number of dolls
during the ten years that his business survived.
The early model heads,such as this,were
hand-painted by the prominent artist Barnard.
Value Points: stunningly beautiful rare bebe has
rich sculpting including well-defined philtrum and
lips,outstanding bisque and painting of
features,original body and body finish,and wears
lovely antique silk
costume,bonnet,undergarments,silk stockings and
rose silk shoes. Ex-collection of Lucy Morgan.