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Details
'Wanda', a Bru Jeune bébé
with open/closed mouth, pale blue fixed eyes, original brown mohair wig on cork pate, bisque shoulder plate with nipples, bisque lower arms, jointed body with pink kid covering, wooden lower legs, original Bru buttoned boots, white cotton bloomers, petticoat and corset, red wool frock with white strip and red velvet trim, matching red velvet coat, muff and bonnet --20in. (51cm.) high, impressed BRU Jne 9 (head smashed and glued, left hand missing little finger and two other fingers glued, slight staining to body)
with open/closed mouth, pale blue fixed eyes, original brown mohair wig on cork pate, bisque shoulder plate with nipples, bisque lower arms, jointed body with pink kid covering, wooden lower legs, original Bru buttoned boots, white cotton bloomers, petticoat and corset, red wool frock with white strip and red velvet trim, matching red velvet coat, muff and bonnet --20in. (51cm.) high, impressed BRU Jne 9 (head smashed and glued, left hand missing little finger and two other fingers glued, slight staining to body)
Provenance
Wanda appears on page 153 of Alice K. Early's 1955 book 'English Dolls Effigies & Puppets', published by Batsford Book.
Special notice
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