ANTIQUE SPUN COTTON CAMEL & RIDER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT EARLY 1900 ORIG.WONDERFUL !

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WELCOME ! OFFERED..............WONDERFUL EARLY 1900s SPUN OR PRESSED COTTON CAMEL & RIDER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. FROM A RECENT MIDWEST ESTATE AND IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND CONDITION. SHOWN IN ROBERT BRENNER'S "CHRISTMAS PAST" AS A " RARE COTTON ANIMAL". SIZE........5 1/4 " TALL................4 1/2 " LONG. TWO HUMP CAMEL IS OFF WHITE WITH TAN COLORED AREAS, LONGISH BEAD EYES, PAPER HARNES AND SADDLE DETAILS AND WOOD AND JUTE OR HEMP COVERED SADDLE "BAGS". RIDER HAS COMPOSITION SMILING FACE WITH PAINTED DETAILS. WEARING BLUE "LEGS", TAN COLORED AREAS ON HIS TUNIC TOP, AND REDDISH TURBIN AND A "GUIDING" STICK. WONDERFUL ORIGINAL UNTOUCHED CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE. THE RIDER HAS IS LOOSE FROM THE CAMEL ON ONE UNDERSIDE AS SHOWN - BUT STILL ATTACHED ON THE OTHER. COTTON IS A BIT RUFFLED ON THE CAMEL BACKSIDE BEHIND THE RIDER AND A FEW OTHER SMALL SPOTS , AND SHOWNS A BIT A WEAR ON HIS EARS. THE SADDLE "BAGS" SHOW WEAR/AGE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A FEW OF THE SADDLE AND/OR HARNES PAPER DETAILS ON THE CAMEL ARE MISSING / WORN. THERE WAS NO "HANGING " CORD FOUND BUT THE CAMEL AND RIDER STAND WELL. A SUPER - AND NOT OFTEN SEEN - OLD COTTON ORIGINAL FOR YOUR COLLECTION ! SUPER SIZE THE PHOTOS FOR BEST DESCRIPTION AND CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S.A. ! PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE LISTINGS FOR read more

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