wig over original Steiner pate, Steiner composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: A 5 (incised) Le Parisien Bte SGDG (black stamp on head) Le Petit Parisien (body). Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1888.Value Points: the petite bébé has original body and body finish, original soft curly wig, very deep paperweight eyes, and is preserved with her original trunk along with four original dresses, undergarments including bébé stays, bonnets, and accessories. $3200/4500
69. Collection of Five German All-Bisque Miniature Dolls in Military Costumes 4 ½" (11 cm.) Each has bisque swivel head on bisque torso, blue glass inset eyes painted features, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig, jointed bisque arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1890. Value Points: each doll is wearing factory original military costume. $500/800
70. Four German All-Bisque Dolls Depicting Gentlemen and Boys 3 ½" (9 cm.) largest. Each is all-bisque with sculpted hair and moustache, painted facial features and shoes, jointed arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1900. Value Points: included is rare Admiral with sculpted moustache and Admiral’s cap, and original felt woolen costume; grey-haired man with moustache with original costume; and two small children. $300/500
68. French Bisque Bébé, Figure A, by Jules Steiner with Trunk and Trousseau 12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes, thickly-fringed brows with feathering, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair 69.
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71. French Mechanical Pull-Toy “Farmer Boy with Hummingbird” 12" (30 cm.) overall. Standing upon a wooden platform with metal spoked wheels and painted base to simulate grassy ground cover, is a bisque head doll with blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, painted Dutch style shoes, bisque forearms, farm boy costume, and holding a pitchfork and basket of flowers. In front of the boy is a grassy mound with appliqued flowers and fruits, centered by an, admittedly over-sized, hummingbird. When the toy is pulled along, the boy turns his head side to side and waves the pitchfork as though to scare away the