$28,000
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Description
33" (84 cm). Pressed bisque socket head, large
blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral
threading and darker blue outer rims, dark
eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed
eyeshadow, brushstroked and multi-feathered
brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils,
closed mouth with modeled space between the
shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde
mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and
wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: B.M. 11.
13. Comments: Mothereau, circa 1884. Value
Points: few dolls are known to exist by this
short-lived firm and models of this size and
quality are virtually unknown. The doll has
extraordinary quality of sculpting, bisque and
painting, original body and body finish, fabulous
antique dotted Swiss costume, bonnet,
undergarments, silk stockings, antique shoes.