#280

French Bisque Bebe Jumeau,Size 11 with Original Signed Body
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$3,500
sold
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head,deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes,thick dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,mauve-blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,separately modeled pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body,wearing pretty silk antique dress,undergarments,aqua silk shoes,stockings,fancy bonnet. Condition: generally excellent,original body finish with some scuffing. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 11 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1886. Value Points: especially fine quality of modeling,with pleasing impressed dimples at chin,lip corners and philtrum.