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Exquisite French Porcelain Poupee by Adelaide Huret with Original Body
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$21,000
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$18,000 / $22,000
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with pale complexion, blushed detail and glazed finish, painted blue eyes with shaded detail, thick black upper eyeliner, feathered brows, delicately painted lashes, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, unpierced ears, lambswool wig over cork pate, gutta percha body with dowel-jointing at shoulders hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent, body may have early retouch to finish. Marks: Brevete SGDG Maison Huret Boulevard Montmartre 22 Paris (body). Comments: Adelaide Huret, one of the earliest models of her landmark doll, circa 1855. Value Points: very beautiful luminous complexion and especially fine painting of dreamy downcast eyes with decorative glaze at lower rims, rare original signed body, and wearing fine antique mode enfantine costume, black ankle boots are Huret construction albeit unsigned.
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Stuart's Take

For those looking for a complete Huret that displays every aspect of the early style, this is the one. Not only a beautiful face, but the increasingly rare Gutta Percha body that is so often missing in today's market.