Rosette Has Arrived!!!

We are proud to introduce Rosette, Bleuette's big sister! This Bleuette sibling was first introduced in 1956 in the French magazine Semaine de Suzette. She is 14" (35cm) with sleep eyes, pierced ears, open mouth with carved-in teeth. Head circumference is 8",Eye size: 16mm.

Bleuette:  
In old French, the sound of her name is enough to spark the imagination-for a bleuette is a spark that lights a fire.  True to her name, Bleuette set alight the imaginations of young girls for more than half of the twentieth century.  Introduced in 1905 as a premium for a new magazine for girls, she is the only doll with a written history covering more than fifty years.  From 1905-1960 the children's magazine, La Semaine de Suzette was published on a weekly basis.  The magazine included stories, games, crafts, recipes, instruction in the social graces and clothing patterns for Bleuette.

Bleuette was born in 1905 near the end of the heyday of dollmaking, just after Emile Jumeau and other makers of fine dolls in France bonded together to form the company SFBJ.  Unlike the earlier French dolls, Bleuette was created for interactive play, and as a teaching tool.  Bleuette's mission was to help instruct little girls the fine art of homemaking.  from the very beginning, Bleuette seemed to invite the young owners into her world, where girls could learn to become proper French ladies through play.

The brilliance of this approach to selling Bleuette and La Semaine de Suzette to French girls is demonstrated by the fact that all 20,000 dolls ordered by the publisher, Henri Gautier, in 1905 had been sold before the first issue of the magazine was published.  Bleuette's new "mama" was urged to begin sewing for her immediately.   There were more than 1,060 patterns published over the fifty-five years Bleuette was produced.

This remarkable doll survived two devastating world wars and the resulting deprivations at every level of life.  Her ever-changing wardrobe needs mirrored the fluctuations of a rapidly changing society, especially following these two wars.  What's more, unlikely many other dolls, Bleuette's face and even her height, changed over the fifty years of her production.

 This first Bleuette from 1905 was known as “Premier Bleuette” or the “Bleuette Jumeau”.  She was to have a porcelain head from a Jumeau head mold, fully jointed body of composition and wood, and she was to come dressed in a simple chemise.  Premiere Bleuette has the sought after look of the Jumeau dolls with her heavily painted eyebrows, oily bisque, and precisely painted mouth.  She is 27 centimeters in height and has four little teeth.  She has threaded blue paperweight eyes and the wig is hand-wefted human hair.

The second Bleuette that was made using a German model owned by Fleischmann and Bloedel.  Determining precise dating for her production as a Bleuette is difficult, but she appears to have been sold between 1905 and 1914.

In 1915, the Fleischmann mold was replaced with SFBJ mold 60, size 8/0. The Bleuettes with heads marked 60, with 8/0 on the nape of the neck, are characterized by very round cheeks, a smooth chin, slender eyebrows and finely painted eyelashes.  The open mouths are deep red, with four little teeth showing.  

The 301 head mold has a charm all its own.  Because this head was used throughout the years leading up to World War II, and after the war, there is greater variation in the quality of bisque and the painting.  The dolls produced in the years after the war often had very little paint tint of any kind on the cheeks.  During that period of time, the paint used on the dolls was unstable due to poor ingredients and readily washed or wiped off, the porcelain.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, many 301 Bleuette's produced in the early 1940's and 1950's are very ruddy colored bisque, with flaming red cheeks and bright red lips.  The eyebrows are painted with multi-strokes, but remain fairly narrow.  The 301 remains a favorite of collector's today.  She has a saucy appearance and seems to head into any new adventure proposed by her "mother."  In 1933 Bleuette grew  two centimeters.  The height was achieved by lengthening the upper thigh by one centimeter and slightly enlarging the head.  She remained 29 centimeters until the late 1950's.

SFBJ 251 were produced from 1922-1933. These dolls have a more baby like quality than most Bleuettes and some appear to have short necks giving them a dumpy appearance. They have two teeth instead of four. From 1922-1933 the SFBJ 251 Paris 2 was 27 centimeters and had sleep eyes.

Please Note:  The above information was taken from the book Bleuette - The Doll and Her Wardrobe by Barbara Hilliker.  

1.  SFBJ 251 Bleutte	2.  Bell Ceramics Jumeau -
3.  Cherie Limoge	4.  Bleuette Gold
5. Bleuette Gold	6. Bleuette Gold
7.  SFBJ 301 Silver	8.  SFBJ 301 Silver
9.  SFBJ 301 Silver	10.  SFBJ 301 Silver
11.  Jean Nordquist Premiere Bleuette - Eyes are not as bright as they appear.	12.   Seeley's Bleuette Jumeau
13.  Jean Nordqist Bellette 1907 Jumeau	14.  Jean Nordquist Bellette 1907 Jumeau
15.  Daisyette Kestner 171 Daisy Reduced	16.  Daisyette H. Handwerck Daisy Reduced

Bleuettes:

Bleuette Friends:

	Jean Nordquist 492 Bellette Bleuette Jumeau 1907 Doll Size:  11 5/8” Head Cirumference:  7” Eyes:  12mm  Paperweight 492 Bellette  Head Mold  Price:   $75.00 Soft-Fire Greenware  Reg:  $15.00      Sale:  $12.50 GGlobal’s Paper Mache Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm         Reg:    $58.00      GGlobal’s Wooden Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm          Reg.  $58.00
	Jean Nordquist 492A “Cherie” Bleuette Limoge Cherie Doll Size:  11 5/8” Head Circumference:  7” Eyes:  12mm Paperweight 492A Cherie Head Mold   Price:  $75.00 Soft-Fire Greenware  Reg:  $15.00      Sale:  $12.50 GGlobal’s Paper Mache Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm         Reg:    $58.00      GGlobal’s Wooden Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm          Reg.  $58.00
	JN532 “Daisyette H” Handwereck Daisy Reduced Head Circ. 6/7”   Eyes: 12mm Round JN532 Daisyette H Head Mold   Price:  $75.00 Soft-Fire Greenware  Reg:  $15.00      Sale:  $12.50 GGlobal’s Paper Mache Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm         Reg:    $58.00      GGlobal’s Wooden Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm          Reg.  $58.00
	JN533 “Daisyette K” Kestner 171 Daisy Reduced Head Circ. 6/7”   Eyes: 12mm Round NEW!!  DRESSES AVAILABLE FOR DAISYETTE.  Original Daisy Dresses Reduced Down to Fit Daisyette.  These dresses will also fit Bleuette. JN533 Daisyette K Head Mold   Price:  $75.00 Soft-Fire Greenware  Reg:  $15.00      Sale:  $12.50 GGlobal’s Paper Mache Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm         Reg:    $58.00      GGlobal’s Wooden Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm          Reg.  $58.00
	MD2538  Bleuette Jumeau  Head Circ. 7”   Eyes: 12mm PW Soft-Fire Greenware  Reg:  $15.00      Sale:  $12.50 GGlobal’s Paper Mache Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm         Reg:    $58.00     GGlobal’s Wooden Body w/ Articulated Wrists 21cm          Reg.  $58.00

Daisyette Dresses Available:

Accessories Available for Bleuette:

Bambino - The Sweet Baby Brother to Bleuette is sure to steal your heart!

Originally manufactured in Germany by Armand Marseille as mold number 351, SFBJ produced the identical baby doll as Bambino, the little brother of Bleuette.  He made is first appearance in the October 25, 1928 issue of La Semaine de Suzette.  If you love baby dolls you will adore Bambino.  He was the most popular after Bleuette.  None of her family reached the height of admiration garnered by Bleuette.  Bambino has an extensive wardrobe and he appears in the Gautier Languereau catalogues with his sisters.  At times Bambino and Bleuette wore matching outfits.  This chubby cheek baby has molded hair that is lightly painted on his domed head.  He had sleep eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes.

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