Sunday, April 12, 2020

An Inquiry About a Moving (Articulating) Horse and Rider

Monday, April 13, 2020

Cloud with rain
14 C 57 F


An Inquiry About a Moving (Articulating)
 Horse and Rider


Hi Larry. 
I received an answer to your questions.However, I somehow cannot find your e-mail address to reply (my apologies). If you read this, could you please e-mail me so I can write back with the information. I received an answer to your question, and also asked and received an estimate as to the value of your fine toy.
Thanks,
Stacey
    
 Yesterday, I received an inquiry about a moving horse and rider. The writer, Larry S. wanted to know about his very old toy. I did some research, and came up with an answer to his question.  I was fortunate that Larry mentioned the name of a toy manufacturer by the name of Crandall.  No sooner had I typed in the words "Crandall toy with horse and rider", than I found lots of these toys. But sure enough up came Larry S's toy!  Below is a screen-capture of a Google search. The red arrow points to an almost-identical example of Larry's toy. But there was even a bigger surprise that you'll read about at the bottom.









My questions are: 
1) Who is the manufacturer “LS and C” of my toy?



 2) Is my toy earlier than the Crandall version? 

3) Was there a patent for this?
Thanks,
Larry

If there is anyone out there who has the answers for Larry, would you please  e-mail me,

and I will forward the information to Larry.
Thanks,Stacey

My e-mail address: Toysearcher@gmail.com

The Crandall toy was modelled from a story about a fiction character by the name of John Gilpin.
You  can read a brief story about the author. The screen-capture is from a Google search.
John Gilpin (18th century) was featured as the subject in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, entitled The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Cowper had heard the story from his friend Lady Austen. Gilpin was said to be a wealthy draper from Cheapside in London, who owned land at Olney, Buckinghamshire, near where Cowper lived. It is likely that he was a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row.The poem tells how Gilpin and his wife and children became separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton, after Gilpin loses control of his horse, and is carried ten miles farther to the town of Ware.

I mentioned at the beginning that  hhen I searched for this toy, I found a surprise with the search.
While doing several searches, I came across a post that I had written in 2014. It was about Crandall toys. I had completely forgotten about that!


Sometimes on certain days, everything just works out perfectly.
Yesterday was one of those days.

Thanks for dropping by,
and as always have a great 
part of the day or night wherever you may be.
And please take care during these most-dangerous times with the Corona Virus.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman
and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com














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