#186

French Bisque Premiere Bebe by Emile Jumeau,Size 9,with Early Costume
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$7,250
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight eyes with spiral threading,dark eyeliner,mauve blushed eye shadow,feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with shaded outlined lips,separately modeled pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball- jointed body with straight wrists,wearing early French dress with handmade rick-rack and lace,sous-sleeves,undergarments,wonderful shepherdess bonnet,stockings,signed Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 9x (head) Jumeau Medaille d"Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,an early model by that firm,circa 1878. Value Points: superb pale bisque complements the richly decorated spiral-threaded eyes,delicate blush on chin,early lobes and very plump cheeks,original early body,original wig.