VERY RARE CARVED AND PAINT-DECORATED GIRAFFE PULL-TOY, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1850-80

VERY RARE CARVED AND PAINT-DECORATED GIRAFFE PULL-TOY, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1850-80

Height 36 in. by Length 12 in. by Depth 7 in.

Condition Report:
Cracking and losses to paint throughout. Loss to paint on body at junction of proper right front leg. Appears to have replaced wheels. Lacking pin securing proper right front leg to body. Age crack running through middle of body.

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Provenance:
Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts.