French Bisque Poupee with All-Wooden Articulated Body, Attributed to Leon Casimir Bru

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14" (36 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, cobalt blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, light mauve eye shadow, lightly feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, ears pierced into head, closed mouth with center accent line, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French wooden fully-articulated body with dowel jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, jointed wrists and ball-swivel waist. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1867, attributed to Leon Casimir Bru having his distinctive deposed wooden body of 1878. Value Points: lovely wide-eyed early poupee with very fine bisque, wooden articulated body, and lovely antique costume.