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Description
37" (94 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted
lashes,mauve blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented eye
corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over
original Steiner pate,Steiner composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: Sie C (incised) J. Steiner Bte SGDG Bourgoin (red ink script). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa
1884,his series C model. Value Points: very rare exhibition size model of the wistful-faced child
with superlative quality of bisque,modeling and painting,original body and body finish,beautiful
antique pique costume,gorgeous antique bonnet,shoes,undergarments; few examples of the
model in this size are known to exist.