#311

French Bisque Bebe Bru Jne from the Golden Age with Original Body,Shoes,and Dress
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$16,000
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14" (36 cm.) Pressed bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled bosom and shoulder blades,brown glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with tiny modeled tongue tip between the pale outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,slender kid bebe body with gusset-jointing at hips and knees,kid-over-wooden upper arms,bisque forearms with sculpted fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 3 (head) Bru Jne N. 3 (shoulders) Bebe Brevete... (original paper label on chest). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru,circa 1883. Value Points: very beautiful bebe in appealing petite size,fine modeling and painting of features,beautiful bisque,original body with original label,perfect hands,original Bru silk dress,shoes signed Bru Jne 3,antique undergarments and exquisite bonnet.