$17,000
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Description
18" (46 cm). Having bisque swivel head with
rounded facial modeling on kid-edged bisque
shoulder plate, dark cobalt blue glass enamel
inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eye
socket, painted lashes, arched feathered brows,
accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth
with outlined lips, defined chin, blushed cheeks,
pierced ears, blonde mohair wig in very elaborate
original coiffure over cork pate. The poupee has
distinctive fashion body with shapely and very
firmly stuffed torso, kid-over-wooden legs with
side-hip-jointing and dowel-jointing at knees,
kid-over-wooden upper arms to below the dowel-
jointed elbows, bisque forearms with exquisitely
sculpted fingers and defined nails. The poupee
wears an early green silk and black velvet
costume, undergarments, and green leather shoes.
Circa 1869, the body style with distinctive side-
hip jointing was deposed by Leverd & Cie in 1869,
although the brevete called for the use of
reinforced gutta percha in its production rather
than wood. A rare deposed and luxury body model
with superb original portrait like bisque head
and fine original coiffure with original
decorations. Existing examples of the Leverd body
are nearly impossible to find.