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Description
19" (48 cm.) Seated upon a wooden cart with two large wooden spoked wheels is a bisque head doll iwth blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, tiny porcelain teeth, wooden block torso and lower limbs, wire upper arms and legs, wearing original silk jockey costume and cap. The cart is being pulled by a flannel-covered paper mache pony in trotting pose, with elaborate leather harness, white fur man and tail, and glass eyes, and with a small wheels attached to underside. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1890. Value Points: unusual themed pull-toy, with original finish, costume, well-detailed pony; when the toy is pulled along, the jockey briskly waves his arms up and down, as though urging along the pony.