Paint-decorated Child's Sled

Description:

Paint-decorated Child's Sled, America, likely made by a German immigrant, late 19th century, with incised and painted wooden seat panel depicting incised outlined diamonds and compass star shapes, and the inscription "VERGNUGEN" translating to joy or pleasure, the side rails with applied cut-out sheet-copper diamond shapes, the seat joined with turned and carved wooden posts to the wooden runners clad with strips of copper and brass, original red, green, yellow, and white paint, (shrinkage cracks, minor losses),ht. 4 1/8, wd. 12, lg. 22 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

The seat has four shrinkage cracks, one of the applied copper diamond-shaped motifes is missing on the side rails; it has holes on the front of the two side rails to accommodate a rope.


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