#135

Bebe Bru, Size 12, with Original Bebe Stays and Bru Shoes
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$24,000
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27" (68 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled bosom and shoulder blades, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecut, painted lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, rose blushed eye shadow, accent dots at eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, slender kid torso, kid-over-wooden upper arms, bisque forearms with separately sculpted fingers, hinged thighs with kid cover, jointed wooden lower legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 12 (head and shoulders). Bebe Bru...(paper label on torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1886. Value Points: lovely large Bru bebe with signed and matched body, wearing original fitted bebe stays, pantalets, knit stockings, and leather shoes signed Bru Jne Paris. Included is blue silk antique-style dress and bonnet. From the Seeley Family Doll Collection. The doll was featured, wearing her blue dress and bonnet, in many of the books by Mildred Seeley.