
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass "flirty" eyes, mohair lashes, painted lower lashes, brush stroked brows with feathered detail, accented eye corners and nostrils, open mouth, shaded and outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden body with one- piece legs hinged for "walking", right elbow loosely hinged for "kiss-throwing". Condition: generally excellent. Marks: S&H 1039 Germany Dep 10 1/2. Comments: for the French market, circa 1895. Value Points: superb state of preservation of the beautiful flirty-eyed bebe, with functioning "mama" crier that operates when the doll is made to walk, and wearing her fabulous original gold silk dress and matching bonnet trimmed with rose silk ribbons and braid, lace- edged undergarments, white kid skin shoes.