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Description
17" (43 cm.) Each has bisque swivel head on bisque
shoulder plate,blue glass enamel inset
eyes,painted eyeliner,lightly painted
lashes,accented nostrils,closed mouth with
accented lips,pierced ears; the man with long
feathered brows and rose blushed eye
shadow,original blonde mohair periwig with side
roll curls and long ponytail,and kid
gusset-jointed poupee body and the woman with
delicately feathered brows,original blonde mohair
wig with elaborately arranged long ringlet
curls,kid gusset-jointed body and bisque forearms
with sculpted hands. Condition: generally
excellent,1/2" original firing line at bottom back
rim of shoulder plate,bodies especially sturdy.
Marks: 4. Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa
1870,included with the dolls is a hand-written
note from notable French doll merchant Robert
Capia stating that the dolls had been owned by the
Bertrand family,successors to the Emile Jumeau
family estate from which they were acquired. Value
Points: superbly preserved early pair with
exquisite faces,the lady with rare bisque
hands,original elaborate wigs and Marquis and
Marquise costumes,original tacked-on leather
slippers signed C.C.,sword,jewelry,and each with
original wooden exhibition stand.