A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
PROPERTY OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
VERY RARE CARVED AND PAINT-DECORATED GIRAFFE PULL-TOY, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1850-80
Auction Closed
January 25, 10:08 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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.
Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts.
Two similar giraffe pull-toys are illustrated in Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974) p. 352, plate 661, and Beatrice B. Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982) p. 86, plate 6.