Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll mercury like a cross between celadon

like a cross between celadon and Granny Smith apple

11 3/4" long overall

just hang it on the wall in the kitchen

or maybe it housed pages of it at the printing house

Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll mercury like a cross between celadonWhen 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