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14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-lined bisque shoulder plate, cobalt blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eye liner, delicately painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with pale accented lips, ears pierced into head, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with dowel articulation at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, and ball-swivel waist. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 00 Depose Bru Jne (shoulders) B. Jne Cie Paris Modele Depose (paper label on kid collarette). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1867, rare early version of the smiling poupee model with deposed Bru body, having two rare signatures, along with antique chemise.