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Description
26" (66 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, rose-blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined shaded lips, separately-applied pierced ears, brunette human hair hand-tied wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Jumeau 12 (head), and artist checkmarks, Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: very beautiful example of the hard-to-find model made for a short period only, with original body and body finish, antique costume.