Horse Pipsqueak

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Horse Pipsqueak
Datemid-19th century
Made inGermany
MediumPapier-mâché
Dimensions8 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 4 in. (21 × 19.1 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.142
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
DescriptionSmall noisemaker toys like this include a bellows in the base to activate a reed or whistle, giving them the name “pipsqueaks.”
Provenance[possibly Terry and Bob's Barrett House Antiques, West Chester, Ohio]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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