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Estate sale find, vintage French style horse drawn trolley Ville de Marseille \"Longchamp & Joliette\" hand crafted in Italy, no date, but more than likely from the 1950\'s-1960\'s.
Nicely detailed and stylish painted metal wall mount decoration, very high quality, it comes in two pieces, cast metal horses, pressed metal trolley, with 3 sturdy wall bracket hangers - one on the horse team, 2 on the trolley. Marked on back, Italy X753 with a round paper label that reads \"A Mottahedeh Design\"
Mottahedeh & Company is based in New York City and is known for tableware and decorative accessories. The company has made porcelain for the President of the United States, the U.S. State Department and the Diplomatic Corps. Mottahedeh is over 85 years old, is the recognized leader in antique reproductions and adaptations in luxury ceramics, primarily hard porcelain, and metals.
It holds licenses with Metropolitan Museum of Art, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Historic Charleston Foundation, Mount Vernon Ladies Association, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, and Tony Duquette, and has a history of working with many more. The most recent license is with The National Geographic Society.
The trolley hitched to the horses measures approximately 17.5\" tall X 41\" long, shipping weight: 10.2 pounds.
The trolley is in overall Very Good used condition with some signs of wear, some small specks of white paint, some surface scratches, no chips, cracks, or repairs, very dusty, could use a good cleaning, please see images.
(GST-802)