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27" (69 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined shaded lips, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, arms repainted, tiny flake on left eye rim. Marks: Paris-Bebe Tete Depose 11 (head) Paris Bebe Depose (body) A La Tentation/Guyot/Jouets et Bebes...( label on body). Danel & Cie, circa 1890, whose models were aimed at capturing the Jumeau marketplace, and against whom Emile Jumeau won a landmark lawsuit in 1892 rendering the Danel production to a very short period, and hence, very few dolls to be found today. Value Points: especially notable quality of sculpting with deeply-defined features enhanced by finest bisque and rich painting.