#259

Bisque Bebe Jumeau in Original Alsatian Costume with Original Box
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$1,300
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Description

20" (51 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, mohair lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Tete Jumeau (red stamp) SFBJ 301 Paris 9 (head, incised) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'honneur (paper label). Comments: SFBJ, circa 1900. Value Points: all-original doll wears folklore costume of Alsace, undergarments, leather shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau", and has original Bebe Jumeau box with illustrations.