12" tall, French bisque sockethead urchin child by POULBOT with inset, blue (rare) glass eyes, incised modeling around the eyes creates a heavy lidded appearance, tiny, button nose & closed mouth with accent line (pursed lips) softly blushed cheeks, five-piece, French, papiermache (side-jointed) body. Head is incised: S.F.B.J. Paris Poulbot (script). Has a quality, replaced, French, human hair wig in a red/brown shade exactly as the original,c.1914. Wears what appears to be his original clothing, very similar to the outfit shown in Theriault's catalog of 8-31-85. See this catalog as well as the one from 11-8-80 for a complete history of this extremely rare and unusual doll made by the French illustrator and sculptor, Francisque Poulbot. Will send xerox if interested. Doll is in excellent, original condition. Orig. name is "Nenette" (see #176, Theriault's cat. #914-value over $8,000.)

Our #:		636
Material:		bisque
Maker:		S. F. B. J.
Name/Mfr's#:		POULBOT
Made in:		France
Price:		$3995