#351

Pretty French Bisque Bebe by Gaultier,from the Anne Rice Collection
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$2,500
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden eight-loose ball fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent,body is of the same era and style,but not original. Marks: F.G. (in scroll) 8. (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Gaultier Freres,circa 1885. Value Points: an especially pretty bebe with fine delicately-tinted bisque,lovely antique costume. From the Anne Rice Collection.