Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll objet d'art Most drawings are on one

Most drawings are on one side of the page only

or hang on the wall

Definitely this has some age to it

Distinctive from one another but terrific as a pair

scattered water stains on the surface

Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll objet d'art Most drawings are on oneWhen 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