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- Estimate
- $13,000 / $16,000
Description
13" (33 cm.) Each has bisque socket head with distinctively shaped face and highly characterized features, brown glass sleep eyes, tinted brows, ochre eye shadow, accented nostrils of tiny nose, closed mouth with center accent line that extends the lip line into hint of smile, blushed cheeks, auburn mohair wig, five-piece composition body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 239 Paris Poulbot. Comments: SFBJ, the dolls were modeled by the famed French illustrator, Francisque Poulbot, and represented war orphans of the Montmartre district of Paris, circa 1914. The dolls, named Nenette and Rintintin by the artist, were produced by SFBJ, and offered in several Paris department store catalogs for one or two years only as special feature items. Value Points: quite rare to find as a pair, the uniquely sculpted dolls have fine quality bisque and painting, she wearing her original costume.