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Leather Horse. Antique?
« on: October 13, 2012, 02:34:18 pm »
I'm curious as to the age of this horse.  Leather looks old but i'm not sure and there are no markings.

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2012, 02:46:17 pm »
Here's a similar one listed on Rubylane, believed to have been made in the 1980's.

http://www.rubylane.com/item/246873-03120011243-RL55/Rearing-Leather-Horse-Figure



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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2012, 02:53:20 pm »
That was quick!  Thanks for the info.   

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2012, 06:07:02 pm »
Whoever made them did not know equine anatomy very well !!

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2012, 10:48:34 pm »
You have a critical eye Mart, simply because you are a horse person....this leather horse ornament....to an untrained Mr/Mrs ...Joe Public...looks like a horse...they are not thinking...Hey...wa it a minute...this bit of its withers is wrong...or its hoof is squint.....they see a horse...its as simple as that....and if they like it and the price, they will buy it....
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2012, 10:56:34 pm »
Agree Mart!  Wully behave... we all have our areas of concern and discernment.

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2012, 11:06:18 pm »
am i to be scolded like a child?....and my names wullie.....
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2012, 11:09:49 pm »
Made me laugh out loud and almost woke up some of the family!!!!
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2012, 03:51:41 am »
If it looks like a horse, rears like a horse, then its a horse of course. ;D ;D

I once heard that the biggest attraction for visitors to the Bronx Zoo in NYC was the dairy cow.  ;D ;D

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2012, 05:07:51 am »
We have various saying,s over here...when we see something that is,nt quite right...one being..."its no more a horse than flying in the air"...i,m using horse as a metaphor...or this one which for me is a cracker...."He, or she,s got a face like a horses arse"...now you Mart will probably think that a horses..rear end is a beautiful thing,..whereas for others its the ugliest thing on the planet.... ;D ;D....as for this Leather cuddy...it may sell...who,knows....here,s two for sale in the UK


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-Ornamental-Horse-Statues-/120998893805?pt=UK_Home_HomeDecor_Miscellaneous&hash=item1c2c1898ed
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2012, 09:08:44 am »
Oh no !!  We use that one too !!  Kind of like the north end of a southbound mule !!

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2012, 10:56:17 am »
yes something like that....another is...now this is broad Weegie..."she,s got a coupon like the back of a bus"!...or how about..."there,s no twa pund o.her hanging the same way"...then there,s, "Its as straight as a donkeys hind leg"!...or this one...that Avril says ..is me all over...."You can talk the hind legs off a donkey"...and a blind man oot o.his white stick."......please don,t all answer the last one at once....or else we may have a meltdown... ;D ;D
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2012, 11:15:34 am »
Of course the bestest one is, ...... "A face only a mother could love".  ;D

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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2012, 02:25:21 pm »
;)
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Re: Leather Horse. Antique?
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2012, 02:59:39 pm »
Is that like a two bagger?
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