Child in Clown Costume Riding Imaginative Pumpkin Cart Pulled by Turkey

5 1/2“ Tall x 6“ Wide

SPECIAL FEATURES

This rare and wonderful illustration is a wonderful find from a turn-of-the-century post card that I meticulously cut out and gave him a magical treatment. Turkeys go along with pumpkin pie and America (hence the pumpkin and flag) and don’t just represent Thanksgiving feasts;  many tables have been set with Christmas turkeys as the centerpiece of love, family and community since the days of Benjamin Franklin.  I enjoyed decorating an icicle ornament just the right colors to go with the scene and I love the cheerful daisies as spokes for the wheels.

Lovingly handcrafted and signed by Gail Giaimo

THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND ORNAMENT IS MADE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE MATERIALS to include: glass ornaments from the 1890s to1950s, most of which were made in Germany; colorful Victorian embossed & die-cut paper “scraps” and chromolithographs from postcards and advertising trade cards, made in Europe between the 1870s and 1910; antique and vintage fabric to include chenille, lace, ribbon and metallic trims; antique and vintage tinsel from tree garlands and old-stock German-made Lametta tinsel; gold and silver old-stock Dresden paper trims, crepe paper, foil, gift wrap, spun glass, and other embellishments. Items described as “antique” are dated between 1870 and the early 1900s (prior to WWI). Items described as “vintage” are dated between 1915 (WWI) and the 1950s (mid-century). We also use Dresden trims (only on occasion) and crinkle wire (always used for durability) made more recently in Germany using techniques and equipment that have not changed over the past 150 years.