#65

Petite French Bisque Bebe Jumeau with Original Jumeau Label,Size 3
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$8,250
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,lushly painted lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau SGDG 3 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1888. Value Points: the pretty wide-eyed bebe wears her frail original Jumeau couturier dress with red Bebe Jumeau silk sleeve band,along with decorated woven straw bonnet,undergarments,knit stockings,leather shoes signed C.M.,and has beautiful bisque and original body and body finish.