Bisque Character Doll, Model 1307, by Simon and Halbig for the French Market of Daspres

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19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head with elongated oval face, blue glass sleep eyes, mohair lashes, painted lower lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, pierced ears, white mohair wig in 18th century style, French composition and wooden fully-jointed lady body with modeled bosom and tiny waist, wearing lovely blue velvet gown with lace-edged fichu, ruffled cap, undergarments, stockings, shoes. Condition: generally excellent, 1" very faint line at forehead rim is likely original. Marks: 1307 7 (head) E/D.B Paris La Patricienne Depose. Comments: French, Edmund Daspres, successor to the Jules Steiner firm who deposed the unique body "La Patricienne" in 1905; the head was commissioned from Simon and Halbig; Daspres presented the doll both as fashionable woman of the era or, as in this case, in 18th century style garb. Value Points: rare doll with original signed body, original body finish and presentation. Ex-collection Ralph Griffith. The doll appeared in the book Simon and Halbig, by Jan Foulke, page 98, and the book, The Rose Unfolds, by Rosalie Whyel and Susan Hedrick, page 222.