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Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head with rounded facial shape,almond-shaped blue glass eyes with
spiral threading,dark eyeliner,delicately painted lashes and brows,tiny nostril accent dots,closed
mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over Schmitt plaster pate,French
composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and flat-cut
derriere,pretty antique embroidered dress,undergarments,leather shoes,turquoise earrings.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield) Depose 4/0 (head) 4/0 (pate) Sch (shield
mark on derriere). Comments: Schmitt et Fils,circa 1880. Value Points: very beautiful early
model in appealing petite size,original signed body with original finish,signed pate,finest quality
bisque and painting. The doll is featured in Wendy and Friends by Selfridge,page 31.