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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque socket head, bright blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, slightly open mouth with teeth, white mohair wig, carton torso with squeak bellows in torso, wire upper arms and legs, bisque forearms, composition lower legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Mon Cheri L.P. Paris. Comments: Leon Prieur, circa 1890. Value Points: in beautifully preserved condition, the doll wears its original silk Marquis costume with feathered cap, lace jabot, and has attached strings to hands and feet that connect with bone ring allowing the doll to dance about, with working crier bellows.