#19

Petite French Bisque Bebe Jumeau,Size 1,in Original Couturier Dress and Signed Shoes
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$8,250
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head,amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted dark curly lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 1 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1888. Value Points: the precious size 1 bebe with beautiful bisque wears her original Jumeau couturier dress (a bit frail),original Jumeau undergarments,socks,leather shoes signed Bebe Jumeau Depose 1,and has very full and soft original wig. The bebe appeared in Wendy and Friends by Selfridge,page 22,named "Louise" by the author/collector.