A Charming Mid 19thC French Papier-Mâché & Leather Pull Along Horse sub-Antiques theatre token

theatre token

Tinting became very popular and is evident on this group of ambrotypes especially to the image of the child

participants were asked to throw balls into Merlin’s agog gaping chasm in exchange for goldfish and he could be put to good use back in the public domain as intended

Extraordinarily kitsch

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A Charming Mid 19thC French Papier-Mâché & Leather Pull Along Horse sub-Antiques theatre tokenOrigin: French Period: Early Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 60 Length: 11 inches Height: 9. 5 inches (to ear) Width: 3 inches The decorative pull along papier mch horse caparisoned with leather saddle cloth, stirrups and reins, with rope twist tail, inset glass eyes, long leather ears and black painted hooves, the whole presented on the original iron wheels surviving from the first half of nineteenth century France. Condition