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Description
10" (25 cm). Bisque socket head with rounded facial modeling and very pale bisque, small blue glass enamel inset eyes, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips,blonde lambswool wig over Steiner pate, pierced ears, early composition and wooden body with loose ball-joints at elbows and knees, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3/0. Comments: very early Steiner bebe, circa 1875 whose facial model resembles the style of Bebe Gigoteur. Value Points: very rare early bebe in most appealing petite size.