Rare French Bisque Bebe with Character Expression Attributed to Mothereau

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34" (86 cm.) Bisque socket head, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue outer rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with modeled space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Mothereau, circa 1884. Value Points: few dolls are known to exist by this short-lived firm and models of this size and quality are virtually unknown. The doll has very fine quality of sculpting, bisque and painting, and is wearing fine antique burgundy velvet boy's ensemble.