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Description
5" (13 cm.) All-bisque head and torso, tiny brown glass eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with modeled space between the shaded and outlined lips, brunette mohair bobbed wig,loop-jointed bisque arms and legs, painted above-the-knee white ribbed stockings, black one-strap shoes, muslin chemise. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: JIO c. 1919 47 (incised) Vivi Reg.US Pat. Off. Corp 1920 J.I. Orsini, Pat. Appl'd For (paper label). Comments: designed by American artist Jeanne Orsini, circa 1920. Value Points: rare little all bisque with distinctive "pointing finger", original wig, paper label.