Splendid French Bisque Bebe by Leon Casimir Bru with Signed Shoes

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26" (66 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, modeled bosom and shoulderblades, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes with darker blue iris rims, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, rose blushed eye shadow, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with slightly-modeled tongue tip, shaded and outlined lips, dimpled chin and philtrum, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid bebe body, Chevrot hinged hips, hinged wooden lower legs, kid-over wooden upper arms, bisque jointed lower arms, lovely silk French genre costume of antique fabrics, antique ruffled frou-frou bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 10 (head and shoulderplate). Bru Jne...(original paper label on torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1885. Value Points: splendid beauty of the perfectly-preserved bebe with choicest bisque and painting, perfect bisque hands, with original signed Bru shoes.