#99

Early French Bisque Bebe by Emile Jumeau
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$11,000
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head,blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,mauve blushed eye shadow,feathered brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde lambswool wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists,lovely silk costume,bonnet,undergarments,socks,and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (indecipherable number on head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1878. Value Points: very lovely shy-faced model from earliest period,with enhancing decoration about the eyes,original early body with original finish.