#393

French Bisque
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$2,300
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Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head with very pale bisque,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,lushly-painted lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,open mouth with slightly-parted lips,row of porcelain teeth,brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Eden Bebe Paris 11 Depose (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Fleischmann & Blodel,circa 1895. Value Points: very expressive features enhance the dramatically-large eyes and fine pale bisque,original hand-knotted wig,original chemise.