#97

Bebe Dep in Original Costume
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$1,300
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Description

16" (40 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows with enhancing decorative glaze, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, shaded and outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig, French composition and wooden ball-jointed body with original distinctive fingernail painting. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Dep 6 (head) Au Nain Bleu, Chauviere, Blvd des Capucines 27,Paris (original label on body). Comments: Jumeau/SFBJ, circa 1900,commissioned by the exclusive Parisian boutique Au Nain Bleu. Value Points: the little girl with original boutique label wears original burgundy dress with lace trim, undergarments, black shoes stamped "L.I." and original straw bonnet with ivory faille ribbons, and is in unplayed with condition.