
26" (66 cm). Pressed bisque socket head with elongated face and very full cheeks, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecut, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brush stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented pale lips, impressed dimples at lip corners and chin, separately modeled and pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists, nicely costumed in antique fabrics, lavish bonnet, undergarments, leather Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 12 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the unmarked E.J.A. model by that firm, circa 1880. Value Points: very beautiful and rare early portrait bebe with most expressive features, finest quality bisque and painting, luminous eyes, early Jumeau body with original finish.