#363

Pretty French Bisque Bebe Steiner with Original Signed Body
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$3,300
sold
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth,outlined lips,pierced ears,brunette human hair over cork pate,pierced ears,French composition fully-jointed body with straight wrists,nicely costumed in French style dress,antique bonnet,undergarments,leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Figure A 14 aris (incised) Le Parisien (red stamp on head). Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner (torso). Comments: Steiner,circa 1890. Value Points: pretty wide-eyed child with lovely bisque,original signed body.