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Description
30" (76 cm.) Bisque swivel head on composition shoulder plate, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brush stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with pale accented lips, pierced ears, blonde human hair over cork pate, padded stockinette over metal armature body, composition hands and lower legs, lovely silk dress, undergarments, stockings, shoes, antique straw bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F. 16 G. (head) Bebe Gesland Bte SGDG 9 Rue Beranger Paris (body). Comments: Gaultier Freres, with Gesland patented body style, circa 1888. Value Points: lovely pale bisque is contrasted by dramatic large blues, beautiful facial painting, rarer body style.