Sweet Old Small Painted Wooden Horse vintage candleholder I've also found some citations

I've also found some citations of art reviews he wrote for the Chicago Reader in the 1980s

perhaps in absence of a fancier option

I would be reluctant to actually use these as plates

the vase is  stamped and signed on the underside

I've not seen

Sweet Old Small Painted Wooden Horse vintage candleholder I've also found some citationsNever too many creatures for the managerie, and this old hand painted small wooden horse could live among circus animals, or near a stable, or with some wooden soldiers nearby, whatever! Nicole old write paint, black for mane and tail, and rich red over its back. 3 3 4" l x 1 3 4" t x 1 3 16" wide and in very good condition, all the better for wear. Earlyish 20th century I would guess.