Contemporary Rocking Horses

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Kendrick

Height 29.5"

Length Overall 36"

Made by R & F W Kendrick, Bedford Street, Loughborough circa 1920. Toys similar to this were very popular in the early part of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on health and exercise. Few seemed to have survived. This model by R and FW Kendrick features a spring and bellows so that a child riding the horse could bounce up and down in a controlled manner. (The bellows dampens the spring action.) It is also mounted on wheels, one of which we have had to replace, so that the playing child also had the benefit of movement, either pulled or pushed.

£325