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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass enamel
inset eyes with spiral threading,painted
lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,closed mouth with accented lips,blonde
mohair wig over original Schmitt pate,Schmitt
composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed
body with straight wrists and flat-cut derriere.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bte SGDG
2/0 (head) Sch (in shield on derreiere) 00 (pate)
0a (lettered on foot. Comments: Schmitt et
Fils,circa 1880. Value Points: very beautifuol
blue-eyed bebe with delicately tinted
complexion,original body,body finish,pate,with
original chemise,and having original Paris store
label on chest "A. Delathuilerie,Grand Magasins de
Jouets,Rue St Honore Paris,English Spoken"; the
store was listed in L"Annuaire du Commerce of
1880,according to the Encyclopedia of French Dolls
by Theimer.