About a week ago I wrote a post on the Indian Pony and the hand painted tendrils of mane that some of the very early buckskin versions had. I have not been able to uncover any more information about whether or not the early alabaster and pinto versions had hand painting, but I did find two more examples in my own collection. This time it was on the alabaster Semi Rearing Mustang.
I have two early versions of the alabaster Semi Rearing Mustang, the red-eyed on the right, and the rarer black-eyed on the left.
The black-eyed version very clearly had been the recipient of some hand painting.
The red-eyed version had less distinct hand painted mane tendrils but they were present, too.
Just as it did with the Indian Pony, a check of Nancy Atkinson Young's book did not have any notations on any hand painting on these models. Nonetheless, there they are.
It's discoveries like this that make being a vintage collector so much fun.
