#145

Bisque Bebe Jumeau, Size 14, in Antique Dress
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$3,500
sold
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29" (74 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, rose blushed eye shadow, dark painted lashes, brush stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, wearing lovely antique silk dress, undergarments, ruffled bonnet, blue silk shoes. Condition: generally excellent, body repainted. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 14. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1886,the first version of deposed tete Jumeau with smaller eye sockets. Value Points: deeply sculpted features on the large bebe with finest creamy bisque, impressed dimples and lip corners.