An Early to Mid-Nineteenth Century Grey Bow Rocking Horse c.1830-40 sub-Art & Sculpture This chair’s fixed feather cushion

This chair’s fixed feather cushion back is unusual and is a sign of a very good maker indeed though we cannot find any stamps

and the firm thereupon took the style

signaling that it would have once bore a diluted form of castor oil obtained from the seeds of the plant RICINUS COMMUNIS

The wrapper is in fair condition

possibly having been made by the Val D'Osne Foundry and surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century

An Early to Mid-Nineteenth Century Grey Bow Rocking Horse c.1830-40 sub-Art & Sculpture This chair’s fixed feather cushionOrigin: English Period: William IV Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 40 Height: 42. 5 Width: 70 Depth: 19 (all at extremities) The early to mid nineteenth century grey rocking horse on bow rocker, showing a wonderfully textured finish to painted hues of grey, blue and green, the well carved painted and gessoed horse with flared nostrils and open mouth, the body having a bobbin turned support, the top with remnants of tack, the horse