The "Swan Princess" is the story of "Elise" from the fairytale The Wild Swans. Poor Elise is the victim of yet another wicked stepmother/queen who married her father, the King, after his good wife died. Elise was banished to a woodcutter's cottage in the forest, and her unfortunate 11 prince brothers were enchanted into becoming young men by night and swans by day. A kind fairy told Elise that she could reverse the spell by stomping out burning nettle into a flax-like material, spinning it, and then knitting it into sweaters for her brothers. When the sweaters were put on, the spell would be broken. This burning nettle only grew at the mouth of forsaken cave in the wilderness, and also in the graveyard, and furthermore Elise could not speak all the while she labored at this task. If you want to know the rest of the story, you'll have to buy the doll.

Lise, The Swan Princess was sculpted and manufactured by Julie Good-Kruger of Pennsylvania. She is 15" tall and made entirely of porcelain with multi-jointed arms and legs. She has beautiful blue stationary glass eyes with lashes, beautiful facial coloring, and applied brown wig parted in the center, formed into braids, then wrapped in circles on the side of her head.

She comes dressed in her original red velvet gown with white brocade sleeves and panel in the front. The dress is accented with rows of pearls. Underneath she wears white tights and black leather tie shoes. On her head, she wears a unique hat in the shape of a swan. She also carries a bundle of nettle. She comes with her original wooden stand with a silver plaque which reads "Swan Princess". She comes in her original box with certificate. She is #37 of a limited edition of 250. She originally retailed at $695.

She is in unplayed with condition in her original box with certificate