SOLD Antique Carved Folk Art Animals and Rider iron hearts doormat Columns: 3 11/16” t

Columns: 3 11/16” t

measures 4 1/2" x 4" x 1"

A stern school mistress she seems to be

6 1/4" l x 3 1/2" t x 2 1/2" w

most of them pretty fussy

SOLD Antique Carved Folk Art Animals and Rider iron hearts doormat Columns: 3 11/16” tLove at first sight with this flock, purchased from a New England dealer at one of the New Hampshire shows earlier this month. While they bear some resemblance in manner to antique German Erzgebirge animals, I am pretty certain these are American, late 19th c. or so. Detail photos show how marvelous the figure is with a very primitively painted (and I think super expressive) face, small mop of hair, and one carved arm, bent at the elbow, attached by