Rocking horse
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, leather, sheepskin and metal
Measurements
463 mm (height) x 193 mm (width) x 462 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672194
Summary
A small hand-made wooden rocking horse with a leather seat.
Provenance
Part of a large collection of handmade toys and puzzles donated to the Museum of Childhood in 2019 by Nigel Briggs. They were made by John Doble, father of the donor's wife Hanne. He had worked with Nancy Catford (of the Nursery Schools Association), the designer of the toys, during the Second World War. Together they produced paper patterns that people could use at home as templates for thin ply patterns which could in turn be used to make their own wooden toys. Other toys were made from dowels and empty cotton reels.