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18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head, large brown glass sleep eyes with early deposed sleeping eye system, dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows with decorative glaze, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, outlined lips, four porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent, small chip on flat edge of pate rim at the back of head. Marks: 8 (incised, and artist check marks on head). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: rare model with entrancing large brown eyes and deposed sleeping system, working "mama" crier, original body and wearing superb original costume with Jumeau size tag at inside collar, cashmere taupe coat-dress with feather-stitch and silk ribbon trim, matching bonnet, undergarments, knit stockings, leather shoes signed Bebe Jumeau Depose 8.