17" (43 cm) ALl Original French Bisque Smiling Poupee by Leon Casimir Bru with Rare Deposed Fully-Articulated Bru Wooden Body, Antique dolls at Respectfulbear.com

17" (43 cm) ALl Original French Bisque Smiling Poupee by Leon Casimir Bru with Rare Deposed Fully-Articulated Bru Wooden Body, bisque hands and very beautiful dress!

Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, perfectly-oval face and elongated throat, pale blue glass inset eyes with spiral threading, aquiline nose, dark eyeliner, delicately-painted lashes, widely-arched feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners lending a smiling expression, accented and shaded lips, pierced ears,
mohair wig with original coiffure over cork pate, all-wooden poupee body with shapely torso,b all- swivel waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, rare bisque hands with superb sculpting.

Condition: Pristine all-original condition!
Marks: F
17" (43 cm) tall

Leon Casimir Bru,his deposed model of 1872 is believed to portray the beloved French Empress Eugenie. The body was deposed by him in 1871 and in his advertisement of that year he claimed his poupee bodies to be "a company exclusive" for "adding to the usual joints there are articulations at the waist,the feet and hands which impart perfect grace to the doll"; the smiling face model was deposed the following year,and is one of the few poupees of this era for which an actual model still exists in the French archives.
Superb example of the gently-smiling poupee, said to portray the Empress Eugenie, with outstanding quality of bisque and painting, lovely face, deposed wooden body with extra deluxe articulations, rare size and very beautiful silk original dress, earrings, beads, underwear, brown leather shoes with heels.

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