16" (41 cm.) All-wooden doll with so-called "bulging" enamel eyes, dot-painted brows and lashes, closed mouth with extended center line, blush spots on cheeks, has artistically carved head have shaped cheek bones, distinctive chin, nicely shaped shortened nose with aquiline shape, elongated throat, modeled bosom, shapely waist, block-shaped lower torso, wooden arms with cloth attachments, dowel-jointed hips and knees, wearing lovely authentically styled costume of antique fabrics. Condition: generally excellent, finish appears original and well-preserved. Comments: English, late 17th/early 18th century. Value Points: highly characterized doll with beautifully carved features, from the collection of the late Madeline Merrill, and featured in her book The Art of Doll, 1700-1940, pp 4 & 71.