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- $5,500 / $7,500
Description
17" (43 cm.) Very pale swivel head on flat-cut neck socket allowing head to 90 degree side to side in a realistic manner, on original shoulder plate, cobalt blue enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, delicately-feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, ears pierced into head, very firmly-stuffed kid poupee body with kid-over-wood jointing of knees, and kid-over-wood upper arms with shoulder jointing, and bisque arms from above the elbows, separately-sculpted fingers. Condition: generally excellent, two fingers and thumb broken on left hand. Marks: B.S. (shoulder plate) Passage Delorme Simonne Paris Rue de Rivoli 188. Comments: Blampoix under commission by the luxury doll shop of Maison Simonne, circa 1860. Points: rarity features of the exquisitely-beautiful doll include depose flat-cut neck swivel, body with bisque arms and wooden knee joints; wearing a superb costume of silk and lace with unique pearl head-dress created by Estelle Johnston from a design in 1865 La Mode Illustree of Paris. Ex-Collection Estelle Johnston.