20" (51 cm.) All-wooden doll with oval egg-shaped head, elongated throat, shapely torso, wooden arms with cloth shoulder attachments, carved claw-like fingers, block-shaped lower torso, simplistically carved arms and legs with dowel-jointing at hips and knees, enamel inset eyes, dot-painted lashes and thin brows, blush spots on cheeks, closed mouth with thin line between tiny lips, human hair wig, wearing authentically styled dress and undergarments of antique fabrics. Condition: some typical craquelure to complexion, some restoration to original finish. Comments: English, mid-18th century, the doll is being sold from the private estate collection of the late Madeline Merrill, and is shown in her book, The Art of Dolls, 1700-1940, pp 6 & 71. Value Points: a lovely early wooden with regal bearing, benign expression.