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18" (46 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, cobalt blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, delicately painted lashes and brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with pale accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French kid-over-wooden shapely poupee body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, bisque forearms and hands, bisque lower legs and bare feet, lovely costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Simonne Rue de Rivoli 188 Paris (body stamp). Comments: Paris, circa 1867, the doll was presented in the luxury doll boutique of Henri Simonne. Value Points: the exceptional beauty of the poupee is enhanced by her rare wooden body with superbly sculpted bisque hands and bare feet.