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Description
17" (43 cm). Having bisque slender-shaped swivel
head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with
highly defined modeled bosom and defined shoulder
hollows and blades, large gray glass enamel inset
eyes with darker gray outer rims, dark eyeliner
encircles the eye sockets, painted lashes, arched
feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth
with pale accented lips, pierced ears, brunette
mohair wig over cork pate. Unique deposed body
having low-cut kid torso that allows full
expression of modeled bosom, very firm one-piece
kid torso with cinched waist and scalloped-edge
thighs, kid upper arms, bisque arms from above
the elbow with modeled bent left arm,
expressively posed fingers, bisque lower legs
from above the knee with feet shaped as though
wearing heels, modeled bisque heels, holes in
feet for positioning. The lady owns an exquisite
ivory satin gown with delicately printed flowers,
with extended train and bustle, lace edging,
ruffled detail on the skirt. Marked _R.C.Depose_
on back shoulder plate. (The left arm has been
professionally restored). Radiguet & Cordonnier,
circa 1880, based upon the depose filed by
Georges Cordonnier and created by Cordonnier and
his wife Marie Radiguet.