#64

American Wooden Glass-Eyed Donkey with Blanket by Schoenhut
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Onsite
$650
sold
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Estimate
$300 / $400
Description
9 1/2" (24 cm.) l. All-wooden donkey with brown glass eyes, open mouth with painted teeth, jointed neck, leather ears, jointed legs, rope tail, and with original mane and painted red blanket with gilt braid edging. Near mint condition. American, Schoenhut, from the Humpty Dumpty Circus, circa 1908, earliest style of the donkey with perfectly-preserved original finish. Private Collection of Keith Kaonis.