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Description
9" (23 cm). Pressed bisque socket head, large brown glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, right earlobe cut through at pierced ear hole. Marks: Depose E I J (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: rare size of the E.J. bebe with lovely bisque and painting, original wig, body, body finish, factory chemise.