Antique Hand-painted White Wooden Horse, Presumed SA. Smith vintage dansk One might describe this handmade

One might describe this handmade creature homely

and the homely face on this one won me immediately

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

5 1/4” w

Antique Hand-painted White Wooden Horse, Presumed SA. Smith vintage dansk One might describe this handmadeI 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