Antique Hand-painted White Wooden Horse, Presumed SA. Smith vintage dansk or perfect on a teacher's

or perfect on a teacher's desk for holding papers to be graded

One might describe this handmade creature homely

open from the underside

and the homely face on this one won me immediately

Antique Hand-painted White Wooden Horse, Presumed SA. Smith vintage dansk or perfect on a teacher'sI believe this wonderful horse was most likely made by S. A. Smith of Guildford, VT (founded 1872) and that it once stood on a wheeled platform, perhaps with a companion, and likely pulled a cart behind it. It is definitely an old one, which I for one am glad now stands alone and as if on short stilts! Fabulous old creamy white paint, black horsehair for the tail, red oil type cloth adhered around the neck, and black painted details including those