Onsite
Highest Bidder
$19,500
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sold
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- Estimate
- $14,000 / $18,000
Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head with very plump face and pale bisque, pale blue inset eyes with highly-defined spiral threading of irises, dark eyeliner, delicately painted lashes, softly blushed eye shadow, cheeks and chin, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils of tiny nose, closed mouth with pale accented lips, pierced ears, original blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Jumeau (large block letters in cartouche) 1 B. Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (torso). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, the earliest Jumeau bebe signature, the model appeared for an extremely short period of time. Value Points: very rare doll with original dress, undergarments, hair, shoes signed "E.Jumeau Med d'Or Paris", original early body and body finish, original wig.