All-Original Waltzing Steiner













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14 ½” All-Original Waltzing Steiner, circa 1867, retains original (atypical) kid leather bellows mechanism (which is beautifully preserved and intact), also retaining original paper label which states that the doll was delivered to M.Fontaine on October 29, 1867, pictured in Dorothy A. McGonagle’s book The Dolls of Jules Nicolas Steiner (described on page 40, pictured on page 41 illustration 4 and also on color plate 2 towards front of book), remarkable condition and a very rare doll, features blue paperweight eyes, feathered brows, some minor speckling around left eyelid and on left eyebrow, beautiful pale white bisque, open mouth with upper and lower teeth, original bisque arm with all fingers intact, pierced ears, replaced blond mohair wig, original clothes, in good working order, original key wind mechanism on side $8,500.

15 ½” Series A Steiner Bebe











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15 ½” Series A Steiner Bebe, French, circa 1887-1890, pressed bisque head incised “A. 17 PARIS” along with “Le Parisien” stamp in red, big blue paperweight eyes, heavy feathered brows, closed mouth, painted upper and lower lashes, faintest nose rub, faint rub underside of chin, dimple in chin, pierced ears, small piercing hole chip on right ear lobe, pouring line (thicker area of bisque from the factory) inside bisque neck socket, original extra-long brown human hair wig with original pate, on original composition straight-wrist body with classic Steiner slender fingers, doll exhibits some yellowed streaks from original vanish to body but no repainting, retains original Steiner paper label on hip, body retains 4 small round factory holes which may have indicated a pull-string crier mechanism was one present, fabulous antique clothes (including silk Bebe dress, undergarments, hat, and earrings) are possibly, white leather shoes and socks are antique but probably later replacements, slip is illegibly marked with a faint stamp, a stunning doll with a huge presence, from a NY collector who was told that the doll’s name has always been “Sarah Jane”. Was $8,500 now on Sale $7,900.