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16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark painted lashes, dark eyeliner, brushstroked brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, fine burgundy silk dress and matching bonnet, undergarments, signed Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Jumeau 6 (incised, head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: an especially beautiful bebe with dear gentle expression, fine quality of bisque, rare early wooden body.