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Description
17" (43 cm). Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, slender face, bulbous throat with accommodating shape of shoulder plate, painted dark blue eyes with enamel glaze, heavy eyelids, black upper eyeliner, painted lashes, single stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, brunette human hair, wooden body with slender shaped torso, dowel jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, metal hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Huret (doll) Huret 68 Rue Boetie Paris (body). Comments: Maison Huret, from the Prevost era, circa 1905. Value Points: very beautiful wistful expression and fine painting is enhanced by the rare French costume symbolizing French patriotism of the WWI era.