Folk Art Circus Cart with Stars antique tonics dates to about 1800

dates to about 1800

and the lily symbolizes purity of character

The surfaces on these three old carnival knockdowns--which I guess I'd put in the category of bottle knockdowns--are totally amazing

and then this field of pin-prick like marks outlining the year of its making

Folk Art Circus Cart with Stars antique tonics dates to about 1800I'd think this old handmade cart was made for a toy circus, perhaps to grandly deliver the conductor to the big top. I love it for those hand carved wheels and alligatored paint, and especially for the gold stars painted on the sides. Now, I'd probably find a good figure to display standing it in, ideally one giving a big wave! 12 l x 6 3 4 w x 4 t and in good, sturdy, rolling condition. There is one split in the surface of the wood at the center of