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8" (20 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass inset eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, brunette mohair bobbed wig, French composition and wooden body with jointing at shoulders, elbows, and hips, wearing antique cap, woolen jacket, short pants, tiny leather shoes and owning an antique fleeced paper mache lamb. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1 A (head) Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner (body label). Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1890. Value Points: very rare tiny size Steiner with original signed body, original body finish, wonderful expression and bisque.