Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail antique sewing machine attachments box with a few minor bends

with a few minor bends visible just when held at a certain angle

or else a conscious decision to simplify to stick figure illustration

with the name Laura written on the back

and a complete and total charmer

And with a really great face on one of those birds

Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail antique sewing machine attachments box with a few minor bendsGreat horse. I found this one on a day at Brimfield when I had come across a sequence of nice old carved animals that were priced beyond what I could justify happily my patience was rewarded. Photos give a good sense, including of its very soulful feeling carved out eyes. The mane and tail I believe are made of straw bristles, with the way the mane falls to one side of the neck I think especially beautiful looks like it was adhered via small holes cut