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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head,large brown glass
sleep eyes with early deposed sleeping eye
system,dark eyeliner,lushly-painted
lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows with
decorative glaze,accented nostrils and eye
corners,open mouth,outlined lips,four porcelain
teeth,pierced ears,brunette mohair wig over cork
pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed
body. Condition: generally excellent,small chip on
flat edge of pate rim at the back of head. Marks:
8 (incised,and artist check marks on head).
Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1890. Value Points:
rare model with entrancing large brown eyes and
deposed sleeping system,working "mama"
crier,original body and wearing superb original
costume with Jumeau size tag at inside
collar,cashmere taupe coat-dress with
feather-stitch and silk ribbon trim,matching
bonnet,undergarments,knit stockings,leather shoes
signed Bebe Jumeau Depose 8.