Rocking horse
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1880 - circa 1890
Materials
Wood, gesso, paint, leather, felt, horsehair, metal, plastic, cord
Measurements
1050 mm (height); 390 mm (width); 1815 mm (length)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671328
Summary
Brown rocking horse on a bow rocker base, the horse carved, gessoed and painted wood, with a brown mane and tail, with leather harness, reins and saddle and with green felt saddle cloth, plastic eyes, the base painted green and with cord attached to the underside, perhaps originally made in the 1880s but extensively restored, with a metal plate bearing the name ‘Haddon Rockers’, a company which is known to have restored rocking horses during the 1970s.
Marks and inscriptions
On a metal plate attached to rectangular plate on the rockers : 'HADDON ROCKERS/ MAKERS AND RESTORERS/ WALLINGFORD 36165/ OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND.'