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Description
16"(41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled bosom and
shoulder blades,pale blue paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading,dark eyeliner,short
painted lashes,brush-stroked feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,parted
lips although modeled closed except for drilled hole for nursing bottle,blonde mohair wig over
cork pate,French kid bebe body with kid over wooden upper arms,wooden lower arms,Chevrot
hinged upper legs,wooden lower legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4 (head) Bru Jne
N. 4 (shoulders) (original paper label on front torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru,circa
1886,his deposed Bebe Teteur or nursing Bru with original rubber ball/metal turn screw
mechanism in head. Value Points: early model of the deposed bebe has beautiful expression
and clarity of eyes,lovely bisque,fine condition of original body,intact mechanism.