What are rocking horses?

Rocking horses run on toys for small children that resemble simpler times. Rocking horses are just small, robust horses from toys who are large enough to sit as if they were riding a real horse. Most rocking horses are made in the shape of a real horse, with head, back, legs and tail; But along the bottom, attached to the hoof, the curved bow is similar to those found on the rocking chair. This style is known as a Victorian rocker. When the child sits on the back of the horse, the physical movement back and back allows the child to swing and there. Foot straps, leg residues or calipers provide the child a place where you can lay your feet, while there are often handles protruding from the sides of the head of the horse to grasp the baby with your hands.

Maybe the first known wooden skin was the infamous Trojan horse, although the first known rocking Horses lost a century later. Rocking horses date back to STradish and are assumed that they were made in Germany. The medieval knights practiced on stamp horses, but wooden horses made for children came later. Several rocking horses were found, which date back to the 17th century, but the idea really did not hold until the mid -18th century. Victorian models were the only available rocking horses and only rich children were sufficiently privileged to own them. In 1851, no one other than Queen Victoria visited J. Collinson's workshop in England Liverpool to see his famous carved rocking horses. The word quickly spread that her Majesty had chosen a gray horse to ride. It wasn't long before Dapple Gray was by far the number one color selection for rocking horses throughout Europe. At the end of the 1980s, the rocking horses of a safety glider came to the scene and provided a safer design and horses that used less space.

Today, rocking horses still enjoy them all over the world; Those who are barelyOld enough to stick to the handles will grab them with a surprising toughness, while older children, who are almost too big to ride, enjoy this favorite toy happily. Long after children are grown, it is difficult for many parents to let go of the rocking horses of their children. Rather than selling or distributing, many rocking horses will be found a few years later in a forgotten attic, covered with cobwebs and dust, but as loved as they were first purchased.