![]() ![]() She wears an antique - possibly original - pleated dress with braid trim and antique leather shoes impressed on the sole "11." Underwear is all antique, as is the blonde mohair wig over cork pate. On the back of the torso, stamped in blue, is the following marking: "JUMEAU MEDAILLE D'OR PARIS." Body finish is original and in overall very good condition. Lot: 2005 - 24" BEAUTIFUL AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE EARLIEST EJ MODEL JUMEAU.Ī 24" (60cm) French Bébé with distinctive portrait-like facial expression, with blue-grey spiral glass eyes, a closed mouth with protruding upper lip and slight molded hint of a space between the lips, a dimple in the chin and applied bisque ears with pierced earlobes and incised on the back of the head "9" over "EJ." She is on her original fully-jointed French wood and composition body, with large hands and eight ball joints. An exceptional doll in rare, original near mint condition. She also has her original blonde wig with a very nice French bonnet, as well as her original cardboard pate. On the front end of the box are the remnants of a paper label, reading "13 MEDAILLE D'OR BÉBÉ JUMEAU," followed by some handwritten script, which is unreadable. Lot: 2004 - 28" IMPRESSIVE JUMEAU TRISTE IN ORIGINAL CLOTHING & LOWER HALF OF ONE BOX W/ LABEL STILL ON SIDE.Ģ8" (71cm) pressed bisque head, incised "13" with closed mouth, blue paperweight eyes, applied pierced ears, known as "Jumeau Triste" and/or "Longface Jumeau." She is on the original body with straight wrists and blue stamp on the back of the torso, "JUMEAU MEDAILLE D'OR PARIS." She is wearing her original red flower chemise, antique undergarments, white knit stockings and brown leather Jumeau shoes, impressed on the sole "Paris Depose" along with the recognized Jumeau logo featuring a bumblebee. She has antique leather Bébé Jumeau shoes, also marked "10," along with a rather elaborate but newer long, blonde mohair wig over antique cork pate. It has a Jumeau-like fully-articulated wooden composition body, with mostly original finish other than a little repair on the hands, and wears a re-creation of an 1890s Jumeau Bébé with their typical floral print design with lace trim. She has Jumeau characteristics, but the shape of the face is different from any of those produced for Jumeau. Lot: 2003 - 21" RARE BISQUE BÉBÉ MADE BY EMILE DOUILLET BY JUMEAU.Ī very pretty 21" (54cm) bisque socket head Bébé with blue paperweight eyes, closed mouth with full lips and dimple in chin, pierced ears, with head incised in back "E10D." Although other more commonly found doll marked "E10D" are made by Denamur, this one with the same letters was a design by Emile Douillet, with a commission to have been manufactured by Jumeau. Shoes are antique leather with leather soles, stamped on the bottom "11 Depose" and bearing the logo of a hot air balloon, often used as a symbol with Jumeau in Paris Bebe dolls. ![]() Clothing consists of well remade two-piece dress made of salmon pink satin with grey and lace trim, well-coordinated hat made of similar material, which covers a 1960's era honey-blonde human hair wig with bangs and long curls covering a remade cork pate. Lot: 2002 - WIDE-EYED SIZE 11 TETE JUMEAU BEBE.Īttractive 24" (61 cm) closed mouth Jumeau Bebe with blue-grey paperweight eyes, well painted lashes and multi-stroke arched eyebrows, delicately painted lips allowing the illusion of a space in-between, pierced earlobes, marked with a red stamp on the back of the head reading "Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGD.G11." She is on the original fully articulated French wooden composition body, obviously Jumeau, but whatever blue stamp that may have been on the back of the torso is very faded. She has some typical peeling to the paint on fingers. Somebody has taken the time to re-create a wonderful period-inspired dress, consisting of blue brocade with fancy lace shawl covering the top of the dress, with an elaborate bonnet made of the same dress material. She also still has her original caramel-colored leather boots, with the impressed logo of the maker on the sole, Alard. It has mostly original paint and is stamped on the rear of the torso in blue, "BEBE JUMEAU Bte SDGD." She still maintains her original long honey-colored human hair wig, with a side part over the original cork pate. The earlobes are pierced with one drop white earrings and the head is secured by the original coil spring attachment to the original body, which is fully-jointed French wood and composition. Lot: 2001 - 24" LOVELY CLASSIC TETE JUMEAU BÉBÉ SIZE 11.Ī 24" (61cm) Jumeau with red stamp on back of the head, reading "DEPOSE TETE JUMEAU 11." She has a very wistful expression, with huge blue bulging paperweight eyes, a soft closed mouth with well-outlined lips and the illusion of a space between the lips.
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