10-28-200710-28-2007
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
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October 28, 2007 10:00 AMCalender
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Jumeau Portrait Fashion Doll and Costumes

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$3,290$2,800
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2383Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 28, 2007 10:00AM

Description:

Jumeau Portrait Fashion Doll and Costumes, with pressed bisque swivel head, pale coloring, closed mouth with characteristic soft smile, fixed blue glass eyes, finely-painted gray lashes, mauve eye-shadow and feathered brows, pierced-in ears, cork pate, blonde mohair wig, and cloth body with stitch-jointed legs and associated bisque hands and kid upper arms, ht. 20 in., (tiny chip left ear-piercing hole, repaired break on left of shoulder-plate, wig not removed); a two-piece printed cream cotton day dress; a one-piece princess-line dove-colored wool dress with train and silk ribbon decoration; a long-sleeve princess-line tartan cotton dress with gathered collar; a fine wool mocha broadcloth two-piece outfit with flared sleeves and darker velvet trim; underclothing; and a pink silk corset.
Please note: large chip and break on shoulderplate, body and hands probably later.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Keywords

pressed bisque swivel head