#250.1

French Bisque Bebe Jumeau with Rare Markings
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$6,600
sold
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Description

16" (41 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner encircles the eye sockets, dark painted eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked brows with feathered highlights, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose 7 (large incised marking) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (blue stamp on body). Comments: rare marking on this doll, a transitional doll made only in 1885 in the very brief period between the Depose EJ and the Depose Jumeau. Value Points: few other examples are known to exist of the Jumeau bebe with this marking, her rare mark enhanced by her beauty, original body and body finish.