#102

Bebe Jumeau with Patented Sleeping Eyes
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$3,600
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Description

22" (56 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes that operate from uniquely designed counterweight inside head, lushly painted lashes, brushstroked and multi-feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, shaded and accented lips, row of porcelain teeth, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with working mama crier. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau 10 (head) Bebe Jumeau Bte SGDG Depose (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, with patented eye mechanism of 1896 as noted on depose mark on body. Value Points: rare model bebe with original body and body finish, beautiful original red silk dress, undergarments, red straw bonnet with ivory silk lining, undergarments, original bebe corset, leather boots.