23" (58 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very plump rounded facial shape, small brown glass enamel inset eyes in almond shaped eye sockets, dark eyeliner, short painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over Steiner pate, composition fully-jointed bebe body with unjointed limbs, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 5 (head and pate). Comments: Jules Steiner, unmarked Series A model, circa 1880. Value Points: rare early model with superb character expression, very fine quality of bisque, original body, wearing lovely antique silk dress with rose silk ribbons, matching bonnet, undergarments, rose net stockings, leather boots signed L.P.