$5,000
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Description
25" (63 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep
eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked
and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded
nostrils, open mouth with shaded and outlined
lips, row of porcelain teeth, pierced ears, hand-
tied brunette human hair wig, French composition
body with jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists
and knees, and kid-over-metal hinging at hips.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: A 17
Paris. Comments: Jules Steiner. Circa 1890 the
doll was patented as Bebe Marcheur or "Bebe Petit
Pas". Value Points: beautiful model of the
patented walking bebe has lovely bisque, original
body and body finish, working mechanism, wearing
probably original aqua silk frock with detailed
undergarments, white leather boots incised with
full figure of poupee.