#206

Bleuette, First Period, with Costumes and Catalogs
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$9,800
sold
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Description

11" (27 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, shaded and accented lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 2 (over) 1 (head) 2 (torso) 1 (feet). Comments: the first model of Bleuette, issued one year only in 1905. Value Points: the very rare first model in superb condition with original wig and body is presented with a wardrobe of various costumes (some original, some authentically styled); including an original peach flannel mariner costume, extra shoes, wig, undergarments,(new) trunk, and with two Bleuette original catalogs (1953/4 and 1955),La Semaine de Suzette bound volume, and book about Becassine.