#348

Beautiful Early French Bisque Bebe Steiner,Series A,With Closed Mouth
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$7,000
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head with rounded facial modeling,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,thickly fringed and feathered brows,rose blushed eye shadow,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with pale accented lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig,Steiner composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists,antique dotted Swiss costume,undergarments,leather shoes,lovely silk bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Steiner Sie A SGDG (incised,with Bourguoin red stamp on head). Comments: Jules Steiner,circa 1882. Value Points: very beautiful shy-faced bebe with delicately tinted complexion and blushing on chin,eyelids,cheeks and ears,original Steiner body with original finish.