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12" (30 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, blue/grey glass enamel inset eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with pale accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over original lambswool cap and cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Jumeau Medaille d Or Paris (torso). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, his first model bebe known as "premiere", presented at the 1878 Paris International Exhibition. Value Points: desirable petite size bebe with lovely expression and bisque, original body and body finish, antique dress, undergarments, shoes.