hand carved, hand-painted wood, wooden handles and wheels with metal spokes and tires, tooled leather saddle with metal stirrups (one not attached), glass eyes red Rococo cast iron mounts, and a straw tail.
This horse was built to last! It still steers and pedals beautifully with a direct drive mechanism (no chain).
It is 34" tall, 30'long, and 22"wide. Each wheel is 16" in diameter.
It has a circa 1880s Horse Velocipede design, and seems very authentic- rusted metal, handmade, authentic materials and craftsmanship. However, it's been said that original Horse Velocipedes are extremely rare and prohibitively expensive, and that almost all still existing Horse Velocipedes are replicas. If this is a replica, it was lovingly and expertly hand-crafted and aged.
