Horsedrawn vehicle
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, paper
Measurements
136 mm (length of horse and rake); 45 mm (height of driver)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660058
Summary
Painted metal models of horse rake, horse and driver. Horse rake is grey with red seat and wheels and lever to lift spikes up and down; horse is red-brown with gold coloured head collar and is attached to horse rake by removable metal pin through middle; seated driver has moving arm and is wearing brown trousers, grey shirt and grey wide brimmed hat A pale green paper covered cardboard box with separate lid, bearing a white paper label showing a drawing of the horse rake in blue ink. The box contains a horse rake and horse. The horse rake is grey with red seat and wheels and has a lever to lift the spikes at the rear of the rake up and down. It has two shafts for the horse, each with a small hole through it. The horse is red-brown with four white socks. It has a black and silver collar and red harness. There is hole through the horse's shoulders, presumably for a pin. This does not match up with the holes in the rake shafts. Total number of items is three
Marks and inscriptions
Under horse in original box: [Britains Ltd] Under horse in original box: [Britains Ltd] Under rake in original box: MADE IN/ ENGLAND Label on box: W Britain in rectangular frame: HOME FARM SERIES/ HORSE RAKE/ MANUFACTURED BY IN LONDON ENGLAND/ Copyright/ Models/ W Britain/ TRADE MARK/ REGD NO 459993/ NO. 8F