Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll mercury keeping one's pennies and quarters

keeping one's pennies and quarters super secure

this planter is pure elegance

smudges and toning here and there

like a cross between celadon and Granny Smith apple

4 1/2" tall x 4 3/8" long x 3 5/8" wide and in very good condition

Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll mercury keeping one's pennies and quartersWhen 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