Dappled Horse and Abbots Milk Wagon, Wonderful Old Pennsylvania Folk Art Construction grasshopper and windows

and windows

Sewn of linen fabric with an embroidered face

of Chesterland

Her 1 1/8" x 7/8"

of this antique ledger sold me on it before I even opened it

Dappled Horse and Abbots Milk Wagon, Wonderful Old Pennsylvania Folk Art Construction grasshopper and windowsI spotted the old horse here first and was completely sold, then realized it was hitched (not so literally anymore) to this wonderfully graphic Abbotts milk wagon, too. With a little research I've learned that Abbott's was a prominent Philadelphia area dairy and ice cream company famous for its home milk deliveries by horse drawn wagon, to which this folk creation does great justice. C. 1920s 30s I believe, with the horse constructed of several pieces