#85

French Bisque Poupee with Wooden Articulated Body
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$6,250
sold
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Description
18" (46 cm). Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass inset eyes, dark painted eyeliner, delicately painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with delicately accented lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, original all-wooden poupee body with dowel- jointed articulation at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, swivel wrists. Condition: generally excellent, slight repair to right upper arm. Marks: 4. Comments: circa 1870. Value Points: the rare wooden-bodied poupee has choice bisque, superb articulated wooden body, and wears antique green taffeta gown, undergarments, bonnet, shoes and carries a wonderful wooden-handled black silk parasol.