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Description
23" (58 cm). Pressed bisque socket head, large
blue glass enamel paperweight inset eyes, dark
eyeliner encircles the eyecut, painted dark
lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and
multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners,
shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space
between the shaded and outlined lips, brunette
human hair over cork pate, French composition and
wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with
straight wrists, dress in antique fabrics of
turquoise silk with lace trim, bebe pin, antique
straw bonnet with aqua chiffon, undergarments,
stockings, leather shoes signed Paris Depose 11.
Condition: generally excellent, body repainted.
Marks: 11 (head) Jumeau Medaille dÌOr Paris
(body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884, his
sad-faced bebe known as Bebe Triste. Value
Points: gorgeous bisque enhanced by elongated
full cheeks, large eyes, separately modeled and
applied ears with blush detail.