Wonderful Old Black Painted Folk Art Horse with Moveable Head Griebel hydrometer the contrast between finished dark

the contrast between finished dark wood and and black painted wood

who I think maybe made the board

so that I'd see it morning and night

or hang just as is on the wall

Wonderful Old Black Painted Folk Art Horse with Moveable Head Griebel hydrometer the contrast between finished darkA beauty of a creature I think, with small brass nails for eyes, a horsehair mane and tail, and a neck that moves up and down. The elegant shape of its carved head with the those pointy ears really gets me, and makes me believe late 19th c. Perfectly stark and strong in its original black paint. I see no evidence that this horse was once part of a pull toy or had a rocking base, but I suppose it is possible. 8 5 8" l x 8 3 4" t with head raised; 6 3