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<p>[QUOTE="Double_D, post: 4116972, member: 3853"]It free stands very solidly on its own. It has a slight lean to one side, but no more than a few degrees out of vertical plumb.</p><p>I never saw it "on display"; that is, in the home, placed someplace visible by itself or with other stuffies. And although I have hundreds, maybe even well over 1000 family pictures dating back to the early 1900s (family home, built in the late 19th c.), this horse doesn't appear in any of them that I can remember seeing.</p><p>My only view of it is when I took it out of the box in late 2018; the contents of that box being datable to about 1952-5, which of course doesn't mean that this horse can't be older. It could have already been there for 20 years when it was placed in the box with other things that were manufactured earlier than 1956.</p><p>And no, I haven't seen anything in the attic as of yet that resembles what could be an appliance or attachment for this, frame or other.</p><p>What's odd is that I can find all kinds of horses that have a similar look, many of them that Steiff made. But they all seem to be smaller than this. Much smaller. I've been looking, I'm good at sleuthing, and I haven't been able to find anything on the net that comes close, as of yet, in this 2 foot long size range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Double_D, post: 4116972, member: 3853"]It free stands very solidly on its own. It has a slight lean to one side, but no more than a few degrees out of vertical plumb. I never saw it "on display"; that is, in the home, placed someplace visible by itself or with other stuffies. And although I have hundreds, maybe even well over 1000 family pictures dating back to the early 1900s (family home, built in the late 19th c.), this horse doesn't appear in any of them that I can remember seeing. My only view of it is when I took it out of the box in late 2018; the contents of that box being datable to about 1952-5, which of course doesn't mean that this horse can't be older. It could have already been there for 20 years when it was placed in the box with other things that were manufactured earlier than 1956. And no, I haven't seen anything in the attic as of yet that resembles what could be an appliance or attachment for this, frame or other. What's odd is that I can find all kinds of horses that have a similar look, many of them that Steiff made. But they all seem to be smaller than this. Much smaller. I've been looking, I'm good at sleuthing, and I haven't been able to find anything on the net that comes close, as of yet, in this 2 foot long size range.[/QUOTE]
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