How lovely is this? Possibly (probably) a
copy of an American or Canadian touristy thing he's only about five inches, so
he'd be a bit small next to Reliable or Marx 6" Indians, but still a fine
figure, he has a separate plug-in tomahawk and is probably missing reins as
well as his left hand!
Years ago when I worked for a dealer we had
a whole boxful of these - foot and mounted - and they looked pretty bad in my
memory; seeing one in the flesh did nothing to lessen the shock of the things!
Landi-Xiloplasto-Nardi late-type mounted Roman, seems to have been sculpted by the same person
who did Atlantic's Romans and painted
by a Philistine on his day-off! What? What else do you want me to say? Expressive
sculpting? . . . It's been modelled in pre-chewed bubble-gum with the blunt-end of a tooth-brush! Expressionist painting? . . . It's painted like the furniture in a bordello, fer-f's-sake! Still - If I'd had
the budget I would have bought it!
And yes - the carpet at the Winning Post is
a tad 1970's leery; almost as leery as the Nardi figure!
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