Toy horse
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Wood, metal and horsehair
Measurements
440 x 430 x 215 mm
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552831
Summary
Toy horse. A painted wooden toy horse on wheels, c1850. Mounted on a rectangular platform, with two cross bars, supported on four wheels. Horsehair tail. Evidence of previous paint and some remnants of leather saddle. There is a shaped aperture at the front of the base, with a nail through it.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.