Proud Arabian Mare Gift Set, Bay - 2-Sock Variation!

The Proud Arabian Mare Gift Set was a special set only produced for two years in 1972 & 1973.  The set included the mare and a hand-braided Arabian-type halter with tassels and lead line.  She originally came in a cardboard carrying box with an included sheet describing the Arabian horse breed.  They are nearly impossible to find these days with their halters, since the halters were easily lost or damaged.

What a find!  This lovely lady is Near Mint condition with only a few pinpoint rubs and moderate age yellowing.  Sunbathe her for a week or so to brighten those socks back up and she'll be even prettier!  She features a matte finish body but semigloss legs, mane and tail.  Her tail dock has a hand-painted edge and her mane appears hand-painted as well, instead of airbrushed.  Her black stockings are extensive, and somewhat messily painted, and she's an unusual variation with only hind socks, which have sharply applied Witez II (Proud Arabian Stallion) stenciling at the sock edges.  She also features black eartips and unglossed eyes.  The messiness and semigloss finish of her black legs made me double check that she wasn't painted aftermarket, but I don't believe she was.  Instead, it looks like the factory painter may have gone over her twice - Perhaps he was new, or it was 5pm on Friday and he was just rushing.  It made her a neat variation, for sure.  She even comes with her original halter, which is also a variation!  Instead of the usual two strands red and one strand white, hers is reversed, with double the white and only one strand of red.  It shows these were all hand braided individually.  It's white cotton thread has darkened with age and the tassels have slightly faded and fuzzed a bit, but it's such an incredibly hard piece to find that she's an absolute treasure - 2-sock, 2-white thread variation mare!  Her owner even included a photocopy of the insert Breyer included in the gift set boxes, which talks about the Arabian breed.

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Size:  Traditional

Breyer Model #2165