$3,800
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head,brown
glass enamel eyes,dark eyeliner,painted
lashes,widely-arched feathered brows,accented
nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with
outlined lips,brunette mohair wig over cork
pate,pierced ears,French composition and wooden
eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight
wrists. Condition: generally excellent,small flake
at left earring hole. Marks: 4 (head) Jumeau
Medaille dÞOr Paris (body). Comments: Emile
Jumeau,circa 1878,the firmÞs premiere model bebe.
Value Points: pretty shy-faced early bebe with
lovely bisque and painting,original early body and
body finish,wearing original white Jumeau style
dress,undergarments,knit stockings,brown leather
shoes with rosettes,and a superb French woven
bonnet with flowers and ivory silk faille ribbons.