Antique Old Ice Skating Vintage Ice Skate with Gold Star Decoration, Folk Art

  

The little history of ice skating. The stick became a thing of the past. Skaters could now move with a simple stroke of the skate, using the "dutch roll" or "balancé hollandais," precursor of the "Push and Glide" technique, or "Pousse et Glisse," that is, to glide without pushing with sticks.