Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane antique animal illustration to those antlers just clearing

to those antlers just clearing the opening--I find this drawing really wonderful

maybe with a few little creatures out front

And it still works great--pull down on the loop between his legs and the arms and knees raise high

is in excellent condition (the wood is just gorgeous

6" x 10 1/8"

Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane antique animal illustration to those antlers just clearingCertainly this old guy once sat on a sulky behind a horse as part of a fine antique weathervane, I'd guess early 20th century. The rest of it may live on somewhere else, and I'd guess he once had arms, too, though there is really no sign of welding along his shoulders, so perhaps he was never finished? At any rate, I rather love him now just as he is, a mix of elegant and awkward, forever holding this funny posture, which keeps making me think of him