
13" (33 cm). Pressed bisque socket head, blue glass enamel inset eyes in small eye sockets, dark painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, rose blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth, shaded and accented lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over Schmitt plaster pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sch (in shield, on head, derrierre and pate) 00 (head and pate). Comments: Schmitt et Fils, circa 1883, an early transitional model between rounded and pear- shaped face. Value Points: rare model in delightful size, original signed head, body and pate, lovely bisque and expression, great antique boy's brown woolen suit, leather shoes marked with symbol of hot air balloon.