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10" (25 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with softly-upturned lips in tentative smile, pale lips, Blonde fleecy hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists, pretty silk dress and bonnet. Condition: generally excellent, chip at left pierced ear lobe. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1877, earliest period bebe with distinctive smiling expression, lovely bisque, original early body and body finish.