Very Beautiful French Bisque Bebe by Leon Casimir Bru, Size 3, with Signed Shoes

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14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate with modeled bosom and shoulderblades, blue glass paperweight eyes with darker blue iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with tiny modeled tongue tip between outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, slender kid body with gusset jointing at hips and knees, kid-over-wooden upper jointed arms, bisque forearms and hands. Condition: generally excellent, one shoe sole missing. Marks: Bru Jne 3 (head and shoulderplate). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1882. Value Points: exemplary preservation of the most beautiful bebe, with finest bisque and painting, perfect original body and bisque hands, lovely antique costume including leather shoes signed Bru Jne Paris 3.