COLLINSON ROCKING HORSES

BY

SALLYS ROCKING HORSES Ltd

SALLYS ROCKING HORSES Ltd - UK EBAY SHOP

COLLINSONS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED FIRM OF ROCKING HORSE MAKERS IN THE UK, IF NOT THE WORLD.

THEY WERE BASED AT

463 SMITHDOWN RD

LIVERPOOL

ENGLAND

THEY BEGAN PRODUCTION AS EARLY AS 1836 AND PRODUCED HORSES UNTIL 1993, WHEN SADLY THEY SHUT THEIR STABLES FOR THE LAST TIME!! DURING THIS TIME, FIVE GENERATIONS OF THE COLLINSON FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

THE PRICE FOR A FULL SIZE ROCKING HORSE IN THE LATE 1800s WAS A MERE 7s 6d. THEY SUPPLIED ROCKING HORSES TO HARRODS, HAMLEYS, SELFRIDGES AND FORTUM AND MASON, TO NAME BUT A FEW

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IDENTIFYING YOUR COLLINSON ROCKING HORSE

COLLINSON ROCKING HORSES TEND TO BE FAIRLY BASICALLY CARVED. THEY HAVE "PIN" EYES INSTEAD OF GLASS EYES PREFERED BY MAKERS SUCH AS AYRES AND LINES. THE PAINTWORK ON COLLINSON ROCKING HORSES TENDS TO HAVE LARGE BOLD DAPPLING (SEE PICTURE BELOW)

AT SALLYS ROCKING HORSES WE TEND TO RESTORE COLLINSONS ROCKING HORSE WITH A MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF DAPPLING, NOW PREFERED BY MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS (SEE BELOW)

COLLINSON STANDS WERE MADE FROM PARANA PINE. THEY HAD RECTANGULAR PILLARS WITH SMALL CHAMFERS. THEY ALSO HAD DIAMOND SHAPED PIECES OF HARDBOARD PINNED OVER THE NAIL HEADS ON THE TOP RAILS.

THERE WERE NINE STANDARD SIZES PRODUCED OVER THE YEARS. ALSO INTERESTING TO THE COLLECTORS WERE THE SMALL QUANITY OF FABRIC COVERED HORSES PRODUCED IN THE 1960s. (SEE BELOW)