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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with plump facial
modeling,brown glass paperweight inset eyes,dark
eyeliner,painted curly lashes,brush-stroked and
multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded
nostrils,closed mouth with defined space between
the outlined and shaped lips,suggestion of tongue
tip,pierced ears,antique brunette human hair over
cork pate,French composition and wooden
fully-jointed body with plump torso and
limbs,uniquely-sculpted very plump bisque lower
arms and hands,antique brown silk/woolen dress
with faux-fur trim,undergarments,leather
shoes,cameo brooch,stockings,and antique bonnet.
Condition: generally excellent,right hand middle
finger broken at knuckle. Marks: 13 (head) Mme
Guyniere...(boutique paper label on lower torso).
Comments: Joseph Joanny,circa 1885. Value Points:
very rare model especially in this larger size,the
facial model distinctive to the Joanny firm with
very expressive features,beautiful large
eyes,original rare body with bisque lower
arms,fine antique costume.