$7,250
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head,large amber brown
glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral
threading,thick dark eyeliner,lushly-painted
lashes,mauve-blushed eyeshadow,arched feathered
brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed
mouth with defined space between the shaded and
outlined lips,separately-modeled pierced
ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French
composition and wooden fully-jointed body with
straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: Depose E 11 J (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or
Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1885.
Value Points: exceptionally beautiful model whose
crisp sculpting seems as though
"first-from-the-mold",dramatic large eyes,finest
bisque and painting,original body,body
finish,wig,and wearing very fine early embroidered
cut-work dress with matching ruffled
bonnet,embroidered undergarments,and cream kidskin
shoes stamped "Au Bebe Bon Marche,Simonet,63 Rue
de Sevres".