Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, plump cheeks, blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with very full outlined lips, pierced ears, mohair wig over cork pate, stretched-kid-over-wooden torso, upper arms and lower legs, shapely torso, painted brass upper arms, bisque forearms with individually sculpted fingers, "baggy" kid coverings over wooden upper legs.

Rare original body from the 1862 deposed design of Marie Emmanuel Cruchet, as shown in The Panorama of Parisienne Dolls by Theimer, page 217. Very beautiful model doll with deluxe construction of body; the model is rarely found and was likely made for one or two years only in limited numbers and offered only in exclusive doll boutiques such as that of Terrene on Rue du Marche St. Honore.

Condition: generally excellent. Her bisque free of hairline, restoration, any damages, original body in very good condition.

Marks: 4 (head).
French, circa 1862.

Internatipnal shipping cost $75.00

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