Antique Horse

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What you have is an antique folk art wooden ride-on horse tricycle — a child's riding toy, likely dating from … Read more What you have is an antique folk art wooden ride-on horse tricycle — a child's riding toy, likely dating from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Key features
The horse is made from flat slab-sided wooden planks cut into a horse silhouette — a head/neck piece at the front and a hindquarters piece at the rear, connected by a shaped seat/saddle section in between. It has four solid wooden wheels with metal axle hardware, wooden peg handles on the neck for the child to grip, and a heavy dark stain or paint with significant patina and wear. The construction is clearly handmade — this is a folk art or cottage-made piece, not factory-produced. It has real charm and character. See less