20" (51 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with dramatically modeled bosom, elongated face with full cheeks, large eye sockets with heavily modeled eyelids and blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark painted eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils of distinctively shaped nose, closed mouth in smiling expression with double row of painted teeth, impressed dimples, pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig in elaborately upswept fashion, French kid gusset-jointed fashion body with bisque forearms and hands, bisque lower legs with bare feet, wearing antique undergarments, and owning an antique maroon silk gown, jewelry, stockings, leather shoes signed 'Paris'. Condition: bisque excellent throughout, kid body patched. Marks: R.C. Depose. Comments: the bisque head was especially commissioned by Radiguet and Cordonnier who deposed this deluxe model in 1880 for their poupee statuette although it was sometimes used, as in this case on a standard poupee body (see Encyclopedia of French Dolls, pages 153-155). Value Points: very rare and beautiful character expression with unique double row of teeth, smile, bosom, bare feet.