#317

Lovely French Bisque Bebe Steiner,Figure A,with Original Costume
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$4,300
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,painted dark lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over Steiner pate,Steiner composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Steiner Paris Fre A 1 (head) Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner (body). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa 1890. Value Points: very beautiful pale bisque on the shy-face bebe,with original signed body,wearing original (frail) burgundy silk dress and matching bonnet,undergarments,stockings,shoes.