Register Your Interest for Christmas!

Interested in purchasing a beautiful, English rocking horse for yourself or a loved one for Christmas?  If so, please let us know what kind of horse you have in mind and your budget and we can try to find that special horse for you for a Christmas delivery. 

We presently have a couple of early Ayres under restoration in the United Kingdom. 

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for new horses available for sale, more pictures and detailed information on each beautiful horse.  Pictured above;  C1880 extra carved J&G Lines bow, pictured right; C1900-C1912 F H Ayres, plain carved 45" rocking horse in original condition, pictured below; C1880-1890 F H Ayres bow rocker with chairs 52" high x 108" long (massive) in original condition, C1890 F H Ayres special, extra carved 46" rocking horse in original condition.   Very, very special!

More pictures of each horse on our website.  All photos can be enlarged for even better viewing.

For the Serious Collector....

Two magnificent horses for those serious about rocking horses, an exquisitely carved,  1880, 49" J&G Lines extra carved bow rocker (pictured prior to restoration) and an extremely rare, Top of the Range 'D' Quality F H Ayres, 53", (pictured during restoration) as featured in Patricia Mullins book on pages 68/69. Both horses are now restored and have both found new homes. ** RESERVED ** Please email for more photos : mailto:rockinghorse@iinet.net.au

F H Ayres - No 4 - C1900-1912

This lovely little Ayres is in amazing original condition, with replacement mane and tail. He has his original saddle, pommel and rosettes. He is 39/40" tall and has the retailers name stencilled on the stand, Burgis & Colbourne along with it's size No 4. It is extremely hard to find a 100+ year horse in such a wonderful, original condition. A true collector's horse. P.O.A ** SOLD **

G&J Lines Nursery Rocker C1913

G&J Lines Improved Safety Rocker with End Seats - C1913 - Standing at 44" tall, a very special horse. All original stand, brackets and irons with replacement ironwork and replica baskets. Restored in 2009 with new gesso, paint, hair and tack. Nursery Rockers with end seats do not turn up very often and are quite a rare find. A charming and unusual horse for the collector.  * * *  SOLD  * * *

G&J Lines C1925

50" Extra Carved G&J Lines Improved Safety Rocking Horse No 21. A huge and impressive horse with removable saddle and tack. These horses were unusual because they did not have a saddleblock, much like the Sportiboys, although a much better carved and much rarer  horse than the Sportiboy. Retailed through Gamages of London in its time. Recently restored by Janet Beveridge of Rocking Horse Stables. * * S O L D * *  rockinghorse@iinet.net.au

Swan Manufacturing (Gamages) C1914-1917

Fully restored by David Kiss of the Rocking Horse Workshop UK in 1998, original stand, brackets, irons, stencilled name on stand, id number plate on stomach, some minor paint damage but overall condition excellent, very pretty 41" horse and a rare find. Retailed in its time by Gamages Department Stores. The manufacturing firm was also referred to as Simpson, Fawcett & Co.  * * *   S O L D   * * *

1908 STAR MANUFACTURING CO. * Firm founded in 1887 to manufacture baby carriages and dolls prams. In 1908 they expanded their range to include rocking horses, swing horses, tricycles, toy motor cars and dolls houses. In 1915 their trademark ‘Swan’ was adopted. In 1917 the firm changed its name to Star Toy Company and added miniature ships and soft toys to its range.*Extract from Marguerite Fawdry’s Rocking Horses