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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate,almond-shaped grey/blue
glass enamel eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,aquiline nose,closed mouth with full accented lips in enigmatic smiling
expression,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French kid gusset-jointed poupee
body with shapely torso,nice antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: I (head and
shoulder plate). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru,circa 1872,his deposed facial model said to be
inspired by the Empress Eugenie. Value Points: very beautiful bisque and especially fine painting
of lips,sturdy body.