Rare French Bisque

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26" (66 cm.) Bisque socket head,amber-brown glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted dark curly lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,dark eyeliner,shaded nostrils of distinctive rounded-tip nose,closed mouth,defined space between the shaded and outlined lips,pierced ears,auburn mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. antique ivory silk dress,undergarments,socks,black leather shoes impressed with hot air balloon symbol,ruffled bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Mark: Tete Depose Paris Bebe 11 (head) Paris Bebe Depose (torso). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1892,the highly-characterized face is considered a complement to the Jumeau 200 character series. Value Points: wonderfully-sculpted features with deeply impressed dimples at lip corners and chin,fine quality of bisque and painting.