| A wooden rocking horse whether it is for an | | | | does not move around the floor like a bow and |
| adult or as is typical, a child, can be found | | | | less accidents because your toes don't get |
| in households the length and breadth of | | | | pinched on a stand. |
| Britain and worldwide. The first wooden | | | | |
| rocking horses as we would recognize them | | | | They are making a revival, now, in the twenty |
| now, were all bow rockers, made on runners | | | | first century, not just for the wealthy but |
| like a rocking chair and introduced in the | | | | for all and the time span of this popular toy |
| late 1500's to early 1600's. By the late | | | | shows how well loved they are. Its not very |
| 1800's the advent of the safety stand was on | | | | often you will see a toy still in mint |
| its way. This was patented by an American but | | | | condition and over 25 years old, but |
| only for a short time so anyone can now | | | | children's wooden rocking horses are the |
| produce a rocking horse on safety stand. The | | | | exception. Sometimes they gather dust until |
| child's rocking horse became most popular in | | | | the next generation of wooden rocking horse |
| Queen Victoria's reign for the more wealthy | | | | lovers come along and then they come back to |
| families and they were not only used for | | | | life for another ten years. Even if they |
| pleasure but as a training aid before | | | | deteriorate over time Wooden rocking horses |
| mounting a real horse. | | | | can be repaired by craftsmen to a very high |
| | | | standard. |
| By the twentieth century the safety stand had | | | | |
| taken over from the bow rocker, the reasons | | | | This is why they become heirlooms just like |
| for this are two fold, space saving and less | | | | your 'mothers' wedding ring or your 'fathers' |
| accidents. Space saving because the stand | | | | cufflinks and they are here to stay. |