Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1880s.
"La Jeunesse" was modelled and exhibited in 1885. 12.5 ins high.

Jean-Antonin CARLES was born in 1851 and studied in Marseilles, Toulon and later in Paris. He won the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in 1889 and several models of his work are kept at the Musee des Jacobins. He died in Paris in 1919.
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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