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Description
22" (56 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with rounded facial modeling, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eye cut, painted lashes with "dot" highlights, rose blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked brows with fringed detail, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with accented pale lips, pierced ears, dimpled chin, brunette human hair wig over Steiner cardboard pate, Steiner composition fully jointed body with straight wrists, wearing early burgundy silk dress with lace panel, undergarments, antique shoes, frou-frou lace bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sie A 4 (incised) J. Steiner Bourguoin (red stamp) (early Steiner black caduceus stamp on torso). Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1885. Value Points: rarer model of Steiner bebe has wonderfully expressive features on plump childlike face, beautiful painting, original body with original finish.