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Description
28" (71 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass
paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner
encircles the eyecut, painted lashes, thickly
fringed and feathered brows, accented eye
corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with
accented lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair
wig over Steiner pate, French composition and
wooden fully jointed body, antique maroon silk
dress with lace trim, undergarments including
corset, straw bonnet, stockings, shoe.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: J.
Steiner Bte. SGDG Paris Fre A 19 (head)
(original Steiner paper label on torso).
Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1890. Value
Points: beautiful larger model of the
gentle-faced bebe has finest lustrous finish
complexion, rarer elongated mohair wig,
original body finish.