Lot 237
CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD BALANCING HORSE AND RIDER TOY
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries: 15 November 2023 From 10:00
£945
Description
the carved wood horse surmounted with a cavalry rider wearing tricorn hat, brightly enamelled, the horse with a fur tail, the rider's head and the horses front legs articulated, the horse attached to a steel wire with a lead weight, balanced on a painted wooden stand on a square base
Dimensions
36.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Stevenson Collection
Footnote
Note: Especially popular in the 19th century were simple counter weighted balancing toys which could be set in motion with just the touch of a hand. Popular nineteenth-century examples of the toy included a Dancing Lady, who made pirouettes while balanced on a single foot, and a parrot perched on a ring.