Attributed to G. & J. Lines - Victorian painted wooden rocking horse with dapple-grey decoration and leather saddle, on pine trestle base stamped 'Patented Jan. 29th, 1880', 116cm long x 113cm high

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.