Attributed to G. & J. Lines a Victorian painted wooden R...

Hammer

£600

Attributed to G. & J. Lines a Victorian painted wooden Rocking Horse, on pine trestle base stamped 'Patented Jan. 29th, 1880', affectionately known by the vendors family as 'Dobbin', W 123 cm x H 110 cm x D 42 cm. The first rocking horses to be produced would have been on bow rockers, followed by early Lines rocking horses on safety stands bearing the patent stamp '29 Jan 1880' on their base boards. This stencilled mark refers to the British patent for a swing or safety stand by an American Philip Marqua. The base boards of all rocking horses using this design were required to have the '29 Jan 1880' stencil for the three year life of the patent.