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Description
23" (58 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very full cheeks and throat, deep brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve- blushed eye shadow, delicately brushstroked brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded outlined lips, separately-applied pierced ears, dimpled chin and lip corners, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight loose-ball-jointed body with plump limbs and straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 8/EJ (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the earliest period model of his signature bebe, circa 1882. Value Points: gorgeous example of the rare doll with exemplary bisque and painting, original body and body finish, superb early costume with original cloth label of Au Nain Bleu.