For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows evil eye I think they are just

I think they are just fantastic without them

this is clearly a complete set

The paint is pretty stable

no tears or major dents or bends

with a long cage at one end (with the "ball" more rectangular than spherical)

For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows evil eye I think they are justFor Grandma, from Allie, Christmas 1878: a very carefully pin prick drawn rocking horse, from an era when rocking horses were highly prized creatures! For me this is very much about the whole bright and proud package: the very carefully cut fancy decorative border to the cream board, and to the blue board behind it, and these perfectly tied ribbon bows at the corners, and then the note on the back, too; feels to me like the incarnate of what one (me)