Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base square measuring rod with a little paint loss

with a little paint loss as evident and a few minor edge chips

only amplified by the color and attention paid to their gloves and shorts

A really elegant piece

representing a new industry born of a change in postal rates and met by newly invented envelope-folding machines

Structurally

Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base square measuring rod with a little paint lossI found this one at a show in New Hampshire this past week and think he likely originated somewhere around these parts. Clearly a folk art creation and I really love that one glass eye sits a little higher than the other but the carving of the body has a muscular power to it, amplified the grain of the wood, and carries through from raised ears, to nicely shaped legs and hooves, to cropped tail. And so this horse feels both humble and proud once just