Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy antique spoon which holds one fitted tray

which holds one fitted tray inside

sculptural hand thrown bowl is the perfect shade of green

long-nosed denizens of New York’s Upper West Side

branches of cherry blossoms or red berries

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

Indian Antique Brass Horse Temple Toy antique spoon which holds one fitted trayThis is a charming old Indian cast brass horse temple toy, which would have been gifted to a temple as a devotional offering to Hindu deities. I am not certain the age on this piece, but most of these temple toys date from the late 1800s through the early 1900s and I would guess the same on this one, which has remnants of its original red paint in a few spots, typical of these toys. The wheels, which were individually cast, are attached to rods and