Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll objet d'art front to back

front to back

The stool measures 9 1/2” tall x 6” widest and has definitely been used

though also nice just holding down a shelf

Excellent condition and super ethereal

Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll objet d'art front to backWhen I purchased this, in Maine, I had a bit of a feeling that it might be a very very old carved chess queen, but now I believe it is in fact a bedpost doll, as I have found a very very similar one sold at auction by Pook & Pook, which cites it as 18th century American, likely from New England. (I have included a photo of that one, which is at far right in the image of three sold together.) From what I have read, while some of these dolls were the in