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21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, original body finish with minor light wear on a few fingers. Marks: Paris Bebe Tete Depose 9 (head) Paris Bebe depose (and Eiffel Tower symbol) on body. Condition: Emile Jumeau, circa 1892, with distinctive facial modeling enhanced by dramatic large eyes, beautiful complexion and painting; the bebe wears fabulous antique dress, undergarments, stockings, ruffled bonnet and signed Jumeau shoes.