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Description
23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks and chin, large brown enamel glass spiral-threaded eyes in so-called "wrap-around" style, thick dark eyeliner, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the pale outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists and plump limbs. Condition: generally excellent, tiniest pin flake at lower eye rim, tiny flake hidden at bottom of neck socket, some retouch on original body finish. Marks: 4 (faintly incised) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878. Value Points: gorgeous early bebe with superb portrait like expression, the very delicate complexion dramatized by large richly-accented eyes, original wig and body. Included with the doll is original Jumeau white cotton dress and undergarments, lace cap, along with three additional cotton dresses, other various costume elements, and French leather shoes. Provenance: The doll is being sold by descendants of the Vaughan family, early settlers of the Providence Plantation of Rhode Island, a sea faring family related by marriage to the early Rhode Island governing families of Fenner and Sprague. The original owner of the doll was Elisabeth Dodge Vaughan (1881-1963) of Providence, Rhode Island; after her death the doll passed to her family namesake who has remained the only other owner of the doll until this time.