16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted blush, brushstroked and feathered brows, rose-blushed eyeshadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, separately-applied pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique bronze silk costume with brown velvet yoke, undergarments, socks, shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 6 EJ. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882, the earliest presentation of his celebrated EJ signature model. Value Points: very beautiful bebe, the rare model has finest creamy bisque which contrasts her soft brown eyes, original body and body finish.
Presale Estimate:
3500/4500
8" (20 cm.) h. table. Resting upon a velvet covered maple wood table with fringed edging is a large wooden Erzebirge egg with elaborate hand-painted decorations which contains small Erzebirge wooden toys including carriage of colorful eggs pulled by two feathered birds, stagecoach with double team of horses, an egg-shaped wheeled cart with bunny passenger and hauler, wooden goblet, and tiny wooden egg with tiniest wooden doll (one arm missing) inside. Also included is a leather bound miniature album with more than 75 miniature tintype photos inside. Very good/excellent overall condition. Mid-1800s.
Presale Estimate:
400/500
34" (86 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted dark lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, outlined lips, row of porcelain teeth, dimpled chin, separately-applied pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent, minor flakes of pierced ear holes. Marks: 16 (and artist check marks on head) Jumeau Medaille d’Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: very fine quality of bisque on rare sized Bebe Jumeau, wearing outstanding antique Scottish costume including Glengarry plaid tam and rare horsehair sporran with leather purse on backside, and with signed Bebe Jumau leather shoes, size 16.
Presale Estimate:
2800/3400
28" (71 cm.) Standing upon a wooden wheeled base is a firm-bodied horse with brown and white hide cover, carved details of nose and mouth, glass inset eyes, horsehair mane and tail, and fitted with leather harness and saddle over embroidered flannel saddle blanket, and with metal stirrups. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1880.
Presale Estimate:
700/900
13" (33 cm.) All carved wooden doll has swivel head with heart-shaped face, carved wooden hair with deeply-defined comb marks, painted brown eyes in deeply-set sockets, single-stroke brows, aquiline nose, closed mouth, well-defined chin, torso with defined V-shape at front torso for gown accommodation, flat black torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted blue shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Continental, late 1700s. Value Points: rare swivel neck, fine carving of hair with coiled chignon, fine antique silk costume with especially elaborate beading of coiffe.
Presale Estimate:
1800/2500
8 1/2" (22 cm.) x 5". A deep shadowbox contains a floral arrangement of colorful floral bead work enclosing a sculpted angelic scene. The shadowbox is framed by a mirrored panel with silver etched garland designs, and the entire backside has original thick embossed paper coverings. Excellent condition. Early 1800s.
Presale Estimate:
300/500
28" (71 cm.) h. doll. 37" with coronet and pedestal. Solid domed paper mache shoulderhead with oval face and strong elongated throat, black enamel eyes, all-around painted delicate lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils of aquiline nose, closed mouth, brunette human hair over black painted pate, shapely kid poupee body with gusset jointing at elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1848, the doll is wearing outstanding original costume comprising original homespun undergarments under an ivory silk gown embroidered and fringed with gold metallic threads, blue silk robe with silver metallic trim, and veil of fine tulle with exquisite floral wreath embroidery which is surmounted by a metal coronet decorated with twelve metal stars centered by prismatic glass centers. She carries a silver rosary and a gilt-framed reliquary. The doll is mounted upon her original wooden base shaped as a celestial globe on which is painted a symbolic serpent. Value Points: important early doll illustrates the evolution of paper mache poupee from statuary to doll, and is preserved here in remarkable original condition, along with provenance. Along with the doll is included a 1987 article from a Musee Roybet-Fould publication concerning the doll. Historical background: In 1846, in the little village of La Salette in the French Alps, two small children, Maximin and Melanie, had been tending the family cows on the mountainside before returning home to tell of an apparition that had appeared to them. It was a woman in silk robes with high circled solar-type headdress that had sat weeping on the mountainside, and after delivering a message to them, simply faded away. Controversy ensued, an investigation was underway, and finally in 1851, the Church declared Our Lady of La Salette was a true revelation with her message of hope and reconciliation. Her image, as described by the children, was thereafter presented in paintings, bronze sculptures and even, as in this case, in doll form, in elaborate costume which some credited to the work of the regional artist Esperance Bosca (born 1818) while others have said simply "a local craftsman". This particular doll remained in its original family home in Perpignan from the mid-1800s until it came in the late 1900s to the Musee Roybet-Fould in Courbevoie near Paris. Later it was deaccessioned by the Museum, and in 2007 was auctioned by Theriault’s to the caring hands of a private collector where it has remained until now.
Presale Estimate:
3500/4500
16" (41 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, light blue glass inset eyes with darker outer rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid poupee body with gusset-jointing at elbows, hips and knees, stitched and separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3 (head and shoulders) F.G. (shoulders). Comments: the exquisite original costume of aqua silk with lace trim features an elongated train, original undergarments, stockings, shoes and wig.
Presale Estimate:
2800/3500
19" (48 cm.) The solid mahogany armoire with richly grained woods, features a single door with mirrored front above a wide single drawer, each accented with a narrow inlay pencil stripe. The door opens to a shelved interior, there is a working lock and key, and a dark grey/white marbled roof. The fine woods and extra detail suggest the armoire was constructed either as a maitrise model or as a doll furnishing offered by prestige Parisian store such as Maison Giroux. Excellent condition. French, circa 1865.
Presale Estimate:
500/700
1 1/2" (4 cm.) - 2 1/2". Including a matched set of four soup spoons, and six other spoons of various designs, each with sterling, silver, or hallmark designs. Excellent condition. Mid-1900s.
Presale Estimate:
400/500