18" (46 cm.) Pale bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate, pale blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, delicately feathered brows and lashes, accented nostrils, closed mouth, pale accented lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate ,stretched-kid-over- wooden body with dowel-articulation at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, shapely torso, bisque lower arms with curled fingers. Condition: generally excellent, right arm reglued near the elbow. Comments: attributed to Louis Doleac, circa 1880; poupees marked L.D. have this identical and distinctive facial model; see Encyclopedia of French Dolls, page 188. Value Points: rare model with beautiful face and quality of bisque and painting, rare wooden articulated body with bisque hands, fine antique costume.