#212

French Bisque Bebe Triste by Jumeau,Size 13
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$9,500
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Description

28" (71 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with plump limbs, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, very faint hairline high on forehead. Marks: 13 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: wonderful model of Bebe Triste with large luminous eyes,fine creamy bisque, antique blue silk frock with white wool plastron, cuffs and collar, undergarments including bebe corset, signed Jumeau shoes, socks, lace bonnet.