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Description
16" (41 cm.). Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, pale blue glass enamel inset eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with smiling expression, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, Bru kid poupee body with gusset- jointed limbs, bisque forearms with separately sculpted fingers (two fingers broken). The poupee is costumed as a bride in original couturier costume of patterned ivory silk and lace borders, very extended train with fur edging, undergarments, white kidskin shoes, wax orange blossom coronet. The doll is marked "E" on head and shoulder, and is the deposed smiling model by Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1871.