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20" FRENCH JUMEAU BEBE 8 BISQUE HEAD DOLL PORTRAIT FACE
Ladies and Gents, we are pleased to offer this week from an outstanding private collection, an ultra rare ca.
1900 French Jumeau BEBE ~ S.F.B.J. 301 produced in Paris, serie 8.
Doll measures 20"tall, jointed link body; legs and hands, eyes mechanism operating excellent, original factory label BEBE VRAI MODELE (GENUINE MODEL) FABRICATION JUMEAU and S.F.B.J. 301 PARIS ~ 8 ~ on back of bisque head.
Eyes mechanisms operational, sleeping eyes work fine.
original working pull strings with voice box.
Original felt apron and bonnet.
condition: overall very good condition with minor hairline above left cheek, no damages to bisque porcelain; middle finger on left hand missing.
measures: 20"tall.
condition: very good.
Historical Reference:Amongst French antique dolls, Jumeau dolls hold a supreme place.
Collectors may pay higher prices for other dolls such as this one.
Jumeau dolls represent the pinacle of the French doll trade at its most confident.
Jumeau dolls were celebrated around the World for their beautiful hand-painted faces and exquisite fashionable late nineteenth century dresses.
They are also known for their expressive eyes and beautiful bisque.
Created by Madame Ernestine Jumeau, wife of the director of the company since the 1870s onwards, Emil-Louis Jumeau.
Long before the emergence of modern toy conglomerates, Emil-Louis Jumeau adapted new methods of marketing, advertising and industrial production to the creation of dolls, reflecting the ethos of the French Third Republic.
Jumeau dolls were World renowned in the late 19th century for their quality production and their grace and elegance.
The Jumeau company first emerged as a partnership between Louis-Desire Belton and Pierre-Francois Jumeau in 1841.
By 1845 Pierre Francois Jumeau was trading in his own right.
Although the Jumeau firm rapidly won commendation, including medals at international exhibitions for the outstanding qualities of the dresses in which their dolls were presented, very few Jumeau dolls can be securely identified dating before the 1870s.
In 1872 the company began to produce its own porcelain heads, which they also supplied to other dollmakers.
By 1877 the first Bebes (or dolls in the image of a little girl) were produced.
In 1878 the Jumeau company won the unprecedented honour of the Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition.
The award was proudly advertised on the bodies, boxes, shoes and even the dress labels of the dolls.
Jumeau won a number of other high awards including the prizes for the best dollmaker at both the Sydney (1879) and Melbourne (1880); International Exhibitions in Australia.
The "Golden Age" of the Jumeau factory lasted for two decades ~ from the late 1870s to the late 1890s, when the competition by German dolls set the company into financial difficulties.
German dolls of the late 1890s were cheaper than the French, but still well made and much beloved by little girls, even if they were by no means that elegant or such graceful in face or costume as the best Jumeau dolls were.
The most lovely of these Bebe Jumeaus were made around the 1899 with the S.F.B.J. marking.
Price: USD $ 2500
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