Folk Art Circus Cart with Stars mixed media I really have no sense

I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set

measures 6 5/8" x 4 1/2"

and looking at the snow-blanketed farm house makes me appreciate the emergence of green all the more

13 3/4" x 9 3/4" x 9/16" and very usable still should one want to put it to use

Folk Art Circus Cart with Stars mixed media I really have no senseI'd think this old handmade cart was made for a toy circus, perhaps to grandly deliver the conductor to the big top. I love it for those hand carved wheels and alligatored paint, and especially for the gold stars painted on the sides. Now, I'd probably find a good figure to display standing it in, ideally one giving a big wave! 12 l x 6 3 4 w x 4 t and in good, sturdy, rolling condition. There is one split in the surface of the wood at the center of