Dentzel Carousel Pig. Philadelphia: G.A. Dentzel Company, ca. 1910s. Carved wooden jumper pig with black saddle with yellow detail and fuschia saddle blanket. 39 x 43 x 18”. Restored by artists Marge Swenson - Leslie Kitts. Gustav Dentzel emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1860. Having spent his youth carving carousels for his father, Dentzel began to do the same in the U.S. and found such great success that he opened the G.A. Dentzel Company in 1867. Upon his death in 1909 his son William took over, and the business continued to operate until 1928. Only a select number of menagerie figures were ever carved by the Dentzel Company, and only at special request; as a result very few are known to survive today. Third party transportation required.