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- CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD BALANCING HORSE
CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD BALANCING HORSE AND RIDER TOY
19TH CENTURY 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 base36.5cm highProvenance: Stevenson CollectionNote: 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.
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