Metal Sculpture Cowboy & Horse Branding Calf

Price: 400

Sold by West Pelham Antiques

Something very different! A heavy (it weighs about 7 ½ pounds) metal sculpture of a cowboy with his horse standing nearby, branding a hog-tied calf (won’t be easy because the branding iron is missing!). Cowboy is kneeling over the calf (which could be mistaken for a large dog!) and the horse waits patiently, as all good cow ponies do! The 3 figures are mounted on a metal base that measures 12” x 5 7/8” (cowboy is 4 ¼” to the top of his hat; the horse is 5 ¾” from nose to tail and almost 4” to the ears). I think the horse is the best part of the sculpture. All metal, even the rope and the horse’s tail. Other than the missing branding iron and the surface oxidation/pitting (moderate), the piece is in fine condition. Do not know if this was meant to be part of something else or a stand-alone sculpture. Dating to the mid-20th century, it is a great piece of Western folk art! No signature or identifying marks that I can find.