Red Man, Yellow Cart, Sweet Old Folk Art Pull Toy art school studies 9 1/8" l x 6

9 1/8" l x 6 1/2" d x 5 1/2" tall

Some toning/light staining to the backing but not a lot stitch that I can see

these silks were issued by Murad cigarettes to entice smokers

and lovely shade of pale salmon-y pink

a term that was not introduced until late in the 1880s

Red Man, Yellow Cart, Sweet Old Folk Art Pull Toy art school studies 9 1/8" l x 6I know this little pull toy came out of an estate in Rhode Island along with some other old handmade toys, but don't know more than that. There's a bit of Wilson Walkie Ramp Walker to those cloddish feet, but he's definitely his own thing, with hand painted big smiling face and funny little twig like arms, who stands on his yellow cart atop a long, sharp nail, which allows his to spin around. (Pulling the cart doesn't really make him spin but you can