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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, mauve-blushed eye shadow, delicately painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, auburn mohair wig over cork pate, French all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 7/EJ (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (incised back torso). Comments: Emile Jumeau, his first period EJ, circa 1882. Value Points: beautiful doll with very rare original all-wooden body with original finish, original wig, pate, earrings, and original costume comprising white pique dress, undergarments, socks, white kidskin shoes with buckles impressed "7", and fancy woven bonnet.