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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, pale blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, arched brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, and with ball-jointed waist. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F (head and shoulderplate). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1872, with original deposed wooden body and deposed portrait face said to be a portrait doll of Empress Eugenie. Value Points: an especially beautiful face, the poupee has original wooden fully-articulated body, and is wearing lovely antique costume.