A Charming Mid 19thC French Papier-Mâché & Leather Pull Along Horse sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and the ‘honour of gout’

and the ‘honour of gout’ was as much a status symbol as a nuclear bomb shelter is now” said Bywaters in 1962

and superb work of art

The aesthetic movement can be seen as the bridge to the arts and crafts style

the whole with surface scratches

The ambrotype was introduced in the early 1850's and had a short-lived appearance before the popular carte de visite photograph took hold

A Charming Mid 19thC French Papier-Mâché & Leather Pull Along Horse sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and the ‘honour of gout’Origin: 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