Good Early 20thc Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse

Name: Good Early 20thc Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA846377
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Church Street Antiques & Interiors

Description

Good Early 20thC Lines Brothers Ltd rocking horse with leather saddle and reins, stamped LB Ltd SP2 – Sporty Boy II - 52"w x 16"d x 44"h (35" to the Saddle)

LINES ROCKING HORSES ....... One particular stable that is well documented for Rocking Horses is that of G & J Lines (1850-1931), a family firm established in the middle of the nineteenth century.

In 1876 Joseph, aged 28, with outside experience in the toy trade joined his brother George who was already making wooden rocking horses. In the same year they established premises at 457 Calendonian Road (in the Steam Works Factory).

As the business continued to grow, other factories were taken over or rented and in the late nineteenth century the premises of G & J Lines were claimed to be the large toy factory in Britain.

Many of their horses carried their trademark: a thin metal disc stamped with a thistle. Their horses were sold by Harrods, Gamages, Hamleys and Selfridges.

Physical Dimensions

Height

112cm (44.09")

Width

132cm (51.97")

Depth

41cm (16.14")

Declaration

Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this piece to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA846377

Dealers Internal Reference

5974

Description

Good Early 20thC Lines Brothers Ltd rocking horse with leather saddle and reins, stamped LB Ltd SP2 – Sporty Boy II - 52"w x 16"d x 44"h (35" to the Saddle)

LINES ROCKING HORSES .......

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One particular stable that is well documented for Rocking Horses is that of G & J Lines (1850-1931), a family firm established in the middle of the nineteenth century.

Church Street Antiques & Interiors

fig 1. Good Early 20thC Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse — fig 1. Good Early 20thc Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse

In 1876 Joseph, aged 28, with outside experience in the toy trade joined his brother George who was already making wooden rocking horses. In the same year they established premises at 457 Calendonian Road (in the Steam Works Factory).

fig 2. Good Early 20thC Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse — fig 2. Good Early 20thc Lines Brothers Ltd Rocking Horse

As the business continued to grow, other factories were taken over or rented and in the late nineteenth century the premises of G & J Lines were claimed to be the large toy factory in Britain.

Many of their horses carried their trademark: a thin metal disc stamped with a thistle. Their horses were sold by Harrods, Gamages, Hamleys and Selfridges.