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Description
42" (107 cm.) Bisque socket head with plump facial modeling, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, closed mouth with tiny modeled tongue tip, accent line between the lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F. 16 G. Comments: Gaultier, circa 1884. Value Points: rarer early block letter bebe in exceptional size, has lovely expression and bisque, original body and body finish, wearing superb antique white pique dress, undergarments, straw bonnet.