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20" (51 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head, brown sculpted hair with forelock detail and enhancing decorative glaze, blue glass enamel eyes in narrow squinting shape, painted long lashes, incised eye-liner, arched brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, slightly parted lips in smiling expression, shaded lips, row of porcelain teeth, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, boy's antique pique suit, undergarments, saddle shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 227 Paris 8 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: SFBJ, circa 1912. Value Points: outstanding example of laughing character with deeply impressed eye crinkles and cheek and mouth dimples, fine luminous patina, original body finish.