#50

An All-Original French
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$2,100
sold
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Description

14" x 11" box. 10" (25 cm) doll. A box with white paper covers and fancy gilt lettering "Trousseau Bebe" contains its original arrangement inside the lace-edged interior including a bisque head doll with blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, teeth, blonde mohair wig, fully- jointed composition and wooden body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Dep 1.(doll) Samaritaine 3.15 (box label). Comments: the presentation was offered by the Paris department store, Au Samaritaine, circa 1910. Value Points: fine unplayed with condition, the bebe wears her original muslin chemise and owns a blue silk frock and matching bonnet, blue flannel jacket, and several other items of clothing, still perfectly preserved in their original presentation box.