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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged
bisque shoulder plate,almond-shaped blue glass
enamel inset eyes,delicately-painted eyeliner and
lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,closed mouth with center accent
line,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork
pate,kid-over-wooden body with unusual "baggy leg"
construction at the dowel-jointed knees,bisque
arms from above the elbows with
separately-sculpted bisque
fingers,beautifully-costumed in peach silk with
cream and navy blue trims. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: Maison Alice Couterier Paris 8
Rue Dauphin (original paper label). Comments:
Marie Emmanuel Cruchet deposed the body model in
1862 (see Theimer,The Panorama of Parisienne
Dolls,pp 215-217); the body style appeared with
various facial models but was made for a few years
only; this example was commissioned for Aux
Enfants de France,the doll shop of Alice
Couterier,circa 1865. Value Points: rare model
with well-preserved deposed body,beautiful bisque
face and perfect hands,original wig,original shop
label.