Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck ) x 1 5/8" d

) x 1 5/8" d

I would guess he dates from the late 19th or early 20th century

including in combination with splint ash on the lower half of the vessel

The Man of the World and the Christian

Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck ) x 1 5/8" dA small thing, but such a lovely one really, how to beat the color scheme and patterning on this old Erzgebirge painted barn? And a pretty great white stripe painted down the front of this brown horse's face, too. One could certainly build a miniature barnyard scene around this, though I kind of love this horse having it all to herself. The manner of the painting on the barn indicates to me c. 1920s 30s, but I think it was well stored away as it's in