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Description
19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a green velvet covered platform is a bisque-headed doll with blue
glass paperweight inset eyes,lushly-painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth
with outlined lips,pierced ears,original blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French carton torso
and legs,wire upper arms,bisque forearms and hands. When wound,music plays,the bebe
turns her head,and alternately sniffs the flowers she holds in her right hand,and gazes in the
mirror she holds in her left hand; music plays. Condition: generally excellent,music and
mechanism function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (and artist checkmarks on
head). Comments: Leopold Lambert,circa 1890 with original bisque head by Jumeau. Value
Points: the lovely bebe wears her original silk and lace costume fashioned in the Lambert
atelier by Eugenie Lambert.