Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll antique port hole style mirror 85 Piazza di Spagna on

85 Piazza di Spagna on reverse

possibly a stair post

on a mantle

A perfect stocking stuffer for kids and cat lovers alike

I think these bright orange porcelain "Persian Hunter 1642" boxes

Wonderful Old Carved Figure, Presumed Very Early Bedpost Doll antique port hole style mirror 85 Piazza di Spagna onWhen 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