Bebe Bru,Size 10,with Vintage Photograph of the Doll and Child,from the Anne Rice Collection

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22" (56 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled bosom and shoulder blades,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,rose-blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate,French kid bebe body with scalloped collarette,kid-over-wooden upper arms,bisque forearms,Chevrot hinged hips,wooden lower legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 10 (head and shoulder plate) (original Bru paper label on torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru,circa 1888. Chevrot era. Value Points: very beautiful quality of bisque and painting,original very sturdy body,perfect bisque hands,and wearing an antique silk dress with woven-silk ribbon trim,undergarments,lace-edged woven bonnet,earrings,woven stockings and leather shoes signed "Bru Jne 10". The Bru bebe in this dress is shown in an accompanying vintage photograph of a little girl playing with her dolls in a garden scene. From the Anne Rice Collection.