EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT FACE MODEL FROM JUMEAU, WITH UNIQUE FULLY-ARTICULATED BODY. 30”. Pressed bisque swivel head on bisque shoulderplate, cameo face with slender throat, almond-shaped brown paperweight eyes with detailed modeling and eyelashes, mauve-blushed eyelids, widely-arched and feathered brows, aquiline-shaped nose with shaded nostrils, closed mouth with delicately shaded and accented lips, separately modeled and applied pierced ears, brunette human hair wig over cork pate. Mannikin type body; very shapely with modeled bosom, narrow waist and full hips, slender arms and legs; fully-poseable wooden articulated body covered with stockinette fabric over padding; joints at elbows, wrists, hand knuckles, hips, knees and ankles; costumed in rose silk fancy gown and bonnet; original burgundy velvet tall boots with wooden heels. Commentary: A wonderful circa 1880 model which is shown in The Jumeau Book, page 232, as “an extremely rare portrait model poupee from the Jumeau firm, circa 1880, uniquely sculpted and unlike any other model”. Her rarity is rivaled only by her exceptional beauty and elegant presence; body is in good original condition. The shoulderplate has a mend on back right edge and there is an old faint hairline at the back crown rim. Notes: She has a first place ribbon from her appearance at the UFDC 21st annual exhibition in 1970 in Detroit; also a ribbon from the 1973 convention in Louisville, Kentucky, She comes with an October 1964 newspaper clipping which features her picture and a bit of commentary; notes with the doll say she is dressed by Betty Ensor in a fashion copied from the 1871 Demorest Fashion Book.