Outstanding and rare A.T Andre Thuillier bisque... Lot n° 28

Outstanding and rare A.T Andre Thuillier bisque head Bebe doll, size 7, French circa 1880, the beautiful pale bisque head with fixed blue glass paper-weight eyes, dark eyeliner, accented nostrils and painted closed mouth with hint of smile, pierced ears, original blonde wig and cork pate, on a good original early carved wooden fully jointed body with swivel wrists and ball joints to elbows and hips, and wearing a pink silk dress with lace, cream silk bonnet, underclothes, socks and white leather strapped shoes, (condition: head perfect, good original body, tiny flake to left earring hole and single miniscule kiln dot to chin) incised A 7 T, 17 ” (43cm) tall, see page 617 Coleman’s Encyclopedia of dolls Vol I for similar doll.