Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base square measuring rod he looks to me most

he looks to me most of all like an all American farm boy

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

A really elegant piece

with a nice patina and sheen

I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world

Muscular Large Carved Folk Art Horse on Base square measuring rod he looks to me mostI 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