Cast-Iron Trade Figure in the Form of a Lady on Horseback, Cincinnati Stove Works, late 19th century

cast mark on the reverse R CIN IRON FDY/ Cin. O -1903 and inscribed Cincinnati Stove Works Trademark.

Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, "Beyond Tradition: A Folk Art Collection in New Hampshire," Antiques & Fine Art, vol. VII, issue 2, Summer/Autumn 2006, p. 138.

Retains early red paint. Some corrosion, mostly to forelegs, head and neck and back side. Length is measured nose to tail.
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The Cincinnati Stove Works advertised as early as the 1880s using a lady on horseback as their logo.