ROYAL INTEREST. A RARE LATE VICTORIAN GALLOPING GIG CHILD'S PUSH CHAIR

ROYAL INTEREST. A RARE LATE VICTORIAN GALLOPING GIG CHILD'S PUSH CHAIR

ATTRIBUTED TO G & J LINES, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

the gig with a wicker seat drawn by a pair of dappled grey horses which move up and down when the gig is pushed

94.2cm high, 110cm long, 52cm deep

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.

Catalogue Note

By repute this galloping gig was the property of Queen Victoria at Osborne House. A photograph in the Royal Collection dated May 1899 shows young 'David' later King Edward VIII and 'Bertie' later King George VI playing in a gig at Park Cottage.

The original 'Lines' company was trading in the period c.1880 to 1930 variously as G & J Lines or J & G Lines, the initials referring to the two brothers, George and Joseph Lines. They operated a number of small factories in North London, making a wide range of toys.