Artist/Maker
Harry Colvin Wolven
(1898-1980)
Peddler's cart and horses
1930–1940
Place madeNew York, United States, North America
Wood, metal, leather, ceramic, textile
Overall: 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 11 in. (25.1 x 18.1 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
1953.26a-c
This cart was probably made by Harry Colvin Wolven (1898-1980), a carpenter living in Woodstock, New York, in 1930.
DescriptionWooden peddler's cart painted green, yellow, red, and white and with black painted inscriptions; miniature goods include metal cookware, treenware, ceramic tableware, and textiles; pair of brown painted carved wooden horses with horse hair manes and tails, wearing leather harnesses, bridles, and collars.MarkingsPainted in black on front: "TOYS LINENS / 1884/ WOOL FLANEL / SKINS BOUGHT."; painted in black on left side: "Mink Hollow H.C. WOLVEN. Woodstock N.Y."; "TRAVELLING GROCER / PILLS / NEDLES [sic] / PINS / QUILLS / P [illeg] / FAVORITE / SISSORS [sic] / Ground"; painted in black on right side: "Mink Hollow [sic]-H.C. WOLVEN Woodstock NY / KINGSTON / SAUGERTIES / CATSKILL / HUDSON / TRAVELING [sic] GROCER / FAVORITE."; painted in black on back: "H.C. WOLVEN / TIN / BRASS / COPPER / PERFUME / FROM / FLORIDA / SOLD / BOUGHT / PEPPER/MINT / BAY RUM / GREN SOAP / DOLLS / CRACKERS / PILLS / DRUGS / OILS / CHINTZ / CALICO / HOMESPUN / THREAD / NAILS / SAWS / HAMMERS"
ClassificationsTOYS
