Fine 18th Century English Wooden Lady with Extensive Original Costumes and Accessories

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24" (61 cm.) All carved wood with one-piece head and torso, elongated oval square-jawed face and strong throat, oval inset glass eyes, dot painted lashes and brows, tiny primly-shaped closed mouth, blush spots on cheeks, brunette wispy hair wig, tiny waist and rounded hips, wooden limbs with jointing at shoulders, wrists, hips and above the knees, individually carved fingers. Condition: original painted-over-gesso finish which is well preserved with few typical rubs on nose tip and chin, front of left foot missing. Comments: English, mid-1700s. Value Points: compelling distinctive carving with original finish, the doll owns her original wardrobe consisting of silk gown with leading strings at the back, padded muslin petticoat with embroidered flowers and vines, pink silk "domino" cape, two thickly-quilted additional patterned petticoats, two white cotton day dresses, various undergarments, three-part padded waist bustle, cotton coin pocket, two pairs of woolen stockings, slippers, two padded pin cushions, tin candle snuffer, and an early leather bound almanac of 1784. The doll was featured in the book The Rose Unfolds by Rosalie Whyel and Susan Hedrick, pages 2-3.