Wonderful Old Black Painted Folk Art Horse with Moveable Head vintage coffee mug very sturdy and solid

very sturdy and solid

and while I've bought and sold some paper dolls at this point

11 1/2" l x 3 1/2" wide and deep and weighs 3 1/4 pounds

with two mold lines running along the sides of the body of the bottle

I think the execution could not be better: no fuss but in its matter of fact way a bit poetic too

Wonderful Old Black Painted Folk Art Horse with Moveable Head vintage coffee mug very sturdy and solidA beauty of a creature I think, with small brass nails for eyes, a horsehair mane and tail, and a neck that moves up and down. The elegant shape of its carved head with the those pointy ears really gets me, and makes me believe late 19th c. Perfectly stark and strong in its original black paint. I see no evidence that this horse was once part of a pull toy or had a rocking base, but I suppose it is possible. 8 5 8" l x 8 3 4" t with head raised; 6 3