Small Cast Iron Horse-head Hitching Post

Small Cast Iron Horse-head Hitching Post, America, second half 19th century, the earless head on white-painted collar with single large ring above an elaborate acanthus-decorated post, custom base, ht. 62 in.

Provenance: The Phil and Bunny Savino Collection.

Literature: Illustrated and described in W. Douglas McCombs, ed., Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, the Collection of Phil and Bunny Savino (Albany Institute of History and Art: Albany, 2008), p. 39.

Exhibitions: Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, January 26-May 26, 2008.
A Flushing, New York, Collection