Fine Early English Wooden Doll of Gentleman in Silk Costume with Provenance

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21" (53 cm.) All wooden doll with carved one-piece head and torso, rounded facial modeling, very narrow brown enamel eyes with dot-accented black eyeliner, one-stroke brows with feathered detail, accented nostrils, closed mouth with extended center line between the heart-shaped upper lip, blush spot on cheeks, flax woven periwig, cloth upper arms, carved wooden lower arms with spatula hands, wooden legs with dowel-jointing at hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent, original painted finish. Comments: England, mid-1700s, included with the doll is an early miniature London trunk with original label, containing a fabric sample which is a match to the doll vest, and a hand-written note "this is a piece of a waistcoat which belonged to Harry Gibbs of Gosport...he had a naval appointment as Conrtoller of H.M.'s Customs...". Value Points: fine original finish with fine artistic painting of features, wearing fine early costume comprising patterned bronze green silk jacket with braid trim, silk vest with embroidered floral weave, lace jabot, green silk pants, stockings, green silk shoes with metallic overlay, and green silk tricorn hat, and with (not wearing) festival mask, along with labeled trunk and provenance note.