This extremely rare model is the earliest Huret bebe, has a very pale, moulded bisque head with delicate facial features, with full cheeks and a pronounced double chin, ice blue enamelled glass eyes with spiral filaments, delicately feathered brown eyelashes and brows. accentuated eye corners shaded nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and contoured lips. Original gutta- percha body, with a child’s proportions, tenon joints at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, bisque hands with separately defined fingers and knuckles. Leather band around torso marked “ Huret 54 Boulevard Haussman Paris “ Original Huret dress, consisting of a wool and silk jacket and skirt, and original sheepskin wig. Size 45 cm. Date: c.1880 Condition: generally excellent, very fragile thigh joint. Marking: Huret 54 Boulv. Haussmann Paris (leather strap on torso): Huret, ca. 1878, the item is located in a Swiss customs warehouse. For bidders outside Switzerland, shipping must be arranged. Customs duties, VAT and processing fees apply when importing into the EU. For bidders outside the EU, the customs conditions applicable there apply.