
37" (94 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde human hair over original Steiner pate, Steiner composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sie C (incised) J. Steiner Bte SGDG Bourgoin (red ink script). Comments: Jules Steiner, Series C, circa 1884. Value Points: very rare exhibition size model of the wistful-faced child with superlative quality of bisque, modeling and painting, original body and body finish, beautiful antique pique costume, straw bonnet, shoes, undergarments; few examples of this size model are known to exist.