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18" (46 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, with additional head movements including tilting head side-to-side and leaning forward, blue glass inset eyes with darker blue outer irises, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented eye corners, and nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid body with shapely torso, gusset-jointing at hips and knees, kid-over-wooden upper arms, bisque arms to above the elbows, bisque hands with separately-sculpted fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4. Comments: French, circa 1867, the doll has rare original neck articulation deposed by Dehors in that year, allowing for realistic movements of the head. Value Points: portrait like modeling of face enhanced by finest bisque and painting, near mint original deluxe body with bisque lower arms, and wearing lovely antique costume of blue silk, with blouse, undergarments, and fancy leather boots. Ex-collection Ursula Brecht. Private Collection Lorna Lieberman.