
18" (46 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, large brown glass enamel eyes, dark eye liner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the shaded lips, separately modeled applied ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball- jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent Marks: C EJ (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1880, one of the earliest model bebes, the doll is being sold by the original family owners. Value Points: rare and beautiful early model, along with her original family-sewn trousseau, comprising six dresses, 20 pieces of undergarments, three bonnets, four pairs of leather shoes (one signed M.G., one signed E. Jumeau Med. Or 1878 Paris"), five pairs of socks, various accessories including roller skates) along with a wooden (bit worn) trunk with brilliant purple-paper lined interior.