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The Bru Jne & Cie company
was located in France and manufactured some of the most beautiful and
treasured bisque dolls that have ever been made. Dolls are commonly referred
to as "Bru" dolls but nothing about them is common,
want to make an Antique Doll Collector faint, mention you bought a Bru
doll for less than a few thousand dollars and have some smelling salts handy,
or they will think you must be referring to just a pair of shoes, lol.
There are three basic types of Bru
dolls; Poupee´ de Modes or Lady Doll (literal translation is Doll of Fashion with a Lady body), Bébé
Bru doll (literal translation is Child Bru) on a kid leather body and a Bru Doll
with a
wood and composition body.
After 1899 the Society Française de
Fabrication de Bébé & Jouets (S.F.B.J.) of which Jne
Bru & Cie was a member, produced the Bru and Bébé dolls.
Because of the great value attached to
the Bru dolls, they are reproduced by artists more than other antique dolls.
Here
are some Bru Jne & Cie dolls we have found 1866-1899:
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Poupee´
de Modes, Doll of Fashion or Fashion Lady, 11-28"
tall, bisque swivel shoulder plate head, kid lady body, wig is
human or mohair, can have painted or paperweight eyes, pierced
ears, closed slight smiling mouth, some are marked with a size
number or a letter marking.
Doll
shown is 16” tall, very rare smiling Bru, marked: letter E
on head and E on shoulder plate. |
Poupee´
de Modes, 16" |
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Brevete´
Bébé, (Brevete = a marking that is a registered
patent, Child doll), 11-28" tall, bisque socket
head, kid body, bisque lower arms, skin wig, paperweigth eyes,
painted upper & lower lashes, feathered brows, pierced
ears,, closed mouth with space between lips, usually head
marked only with size number and body stamped: Bébé
Brevete´ SGDG Paris. |
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Brevete
Bébé
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 Circle Dot
Bébé, 11-28" tall, bisque socket head, kid gusseted
body with bisque lower arms but not jointed at the elbows,
paperweight eyes, feathered brows, pierced ears, mohair wig,
closed mouth with white space between lips, usually marked on
head with a dot in a circle or crescent over a dot.
Came as both white or black dolls.
Doll shown is 21" tall,
bisque swivel head on kid lined bisque shoulder plate and
forearms, kid body, paperweight eyes, open/closed mouth with
molded teeth, accented nostrils and eye corners, dimpled chin,
pierced ears, human hair wig.
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Circle Dot
Bébé, 21"
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| Jne Bébé, 12-28"
tall, bisque socket head, kid body, kid over wood upper arms,
hinged elbows, bisque lower arms, some have wooden legs,
paperweight eyes with long lashes, pierced ears, closed mouth
with white space between lips, usually marked on head:
Bru Jne + size number and stamped on body: Bébé
Bru and BTE SGDG.
Doll shown is a size number 8
and is 21 1/2" tall.
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Jne Bébé,
21 1/2"
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 ca.
1889-1899 Bru Jne R Bébé, 11 - 35" tall, bisque
socket head, paperweight eyes, painted lashes, thick feathered
brows, pierced ears, mohair wig, wood & composition
jointed-
wrist body, pull-string crier mechanism, open or closed mouth
with white space between lips (but no tongue), head marked: Bru Jne R
with a size number, stamped
on body: Bébé Bru.
Doll shown is marked size
number 2, is 13" tall, and has blue paperweight eyes,
closed mouth with space we between her lips and has jointed
wrists.
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Bru Jne R Bébé,
13"
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| ca. 1876-1929 Bébé Teteur
(Child or Baby Nursing Doll), 13 or 16" tall, bisque
socket head kid or wood composition body, paperweight eyes,
open nursing mouth with mechanism in head to take up liquids
when key is turned, usually marked: Bru Jne N.T.
Doll shown is 13" tall is
dated to ca. 1878-1899 and is appropriately dressed.
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Bébé Teteur,
13"
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