Lot 056 - Vintage Chalkware Equestrian Figural Statuette, Native American Figure In War Bonnet On Rearing Horse Spearing A Mountain Lion, Polychrome Paint, 11-1/4" H

Lot 056 - Vintage Chalkware Equestrian Figural Statuette, Native American Figure In War Bonnet On Rearing Horse Spearing A Mountain Lion, Polychrome Paint, 11-1/4" HA vintage chalkware equestrian statuette depicting a bare chested Native American figure wearing a full feathered war bonnet, seated bareback on a rearing horse and thrusting a spear downward toward a mountain lion at the base. Rocky ground elements surround the composition. The piece is painted in a polychrome scheme including tan, brown, red, yellow, green, and black throughout. Condition includes paint losses and chipping across the base and body,

5" in diameter

Pages are extremely brittle and many are loose from binding

from Astronomical

and period clothing worn by the figures

Splotches did not respond to light attempts at removal

The brass surface shows black paint residue from use

The matting is hand cut with ruffled details and pen and ink lines

” Postmarked Wellsboro

duties of chairmen of public meetings

Serial #: V65638

Below the handle are three decorative bands of alternating bone and wood

Here is a fantastic and apparently quite rare color lithograph of an obscure Currier and Ives illustration of a cheeky looking man with the printed words "Good Enough