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Bisque Bebe in Original Box and Costume for the French Market of Au Nain Bleu
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$1,600
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12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SH 1039 4 dep (head) Au Nain Bleu E. Chauviere Blvd des Capucines 27 Paris (paper label on body and on original wooden box). Comments: circa 1900, the doll was commissioned for the luxury Paris doll shop, and presented in original silk costume created in the Au Nain Bleu couturier workshops. Value Points: unplayed with condition, the doll has original wig, body, body finish, rose silk satin dress with lace, matching bonnet, undergarments, leather shoes with rosettes, with an additional original knit dress and beret, and original labeled box.