Gorgeous French Bisque Bebe by Leon Casimir Bru, Size 9, with Signed Bru Shoes

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23" (58 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate with modeled bosom and shoulderblades, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined shaded lips, dimpled chin, pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over cork pate, slender kid body with scalloped kid collarette, Chevrot hinged hips, wooden lower legs, kid-over-wooden upper arms, bisque lower arms and hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Bru Jne 9 (head and shoulders). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, Chevrot era, circa 1885. Value Points: regal presence of the brown-eyed bebe with finest complexion and painting, original very clean and sturdy body, perfect bisque hands, and wearing superb antique white pique gown, undergarments, exquisite coiffe, and signed Bru Jne Paris shoes.