Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail carved wooden Hitler figure mid/2nd half 18th century

mid/2nd half 18th century

Closed: 7 5/16” x 5 13/16”

Late 19th c I would think

but only carved out at one end

and seems as though he was meant to function as a door stop

Fabulous Old Carved, Painted Folk Art Horse with Bristle Mane and Tail carved wooden Hitler figure mid/2nd half 18th centuryGreat 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