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$5,250
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sold
- Estimate
- $4,500 / $6,500
Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, blue glass enamel inset eyes with thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line between the slightly smiling lips with upturned lip corners, ears pierced into head, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with shapely torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, ball-swivel waist, scalloped-edge kid collarette. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1867, the lady doll has his deposed body model and early version of the smiling face model. Value Points: very beautiful poupee with fine quality of painting and bisque, all original body finish with deluxe quality of sculpting especially fingers and toes.