Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail antique sewing machine attachments box 13" x 12 3/4" x

13" x 12 3/4" x 4 1/2"

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

and a complete and total charmer

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Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail antique sewing machine attachments box 13" x 12 3/4" xGreat 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