#31

French Toy Horse Toy and Accessories on Original Card
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$650
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Arranged on a sturdy cardboard,17" x 12",with blue paper and decorative paper edging are toys related to horse and stable; a carved wooden horse head with hide cover and glass eyes is attached to a decorative leather belt with silver bells,designed to be worn by a small child (but quite usable by a 25"-30" doll) as though pretending to giddy-up while a second child holds the reins and wields a wooden and leather horse whip and silver whistle which are also attached. Very good unplayed with condition,still attached to original card,hide worn on horse,cardboard worn. French,attributed to Lenoble,circa 1900,among their production of toy animals were "panoplies" such as this.