#189

French Bisque Poupee by Maison Huret with Glass Eyes and Signed Huret Body
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$8,500
sold
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18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head with classic Huret bulb-shaped throat, plump cheeks, brown glass enamel inset eyes, painted dark lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, wooden poupee body of Huret/Prevost epoch with dowel-jointed articulation at shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees, and swivel waist and wrists, metal hands. wearing antique costume, bonnet, jewelry, undergarments, wonderful shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Huret. Rue de Boetie...(body). Comments: Maison Huret, bisque head of the 1868 era,body by the same firm albeit later period. Value Points: wonderfully expression face of the rare doll, superb body allowing infinite articulation and posing.