883-7 - Heyn - $5,200
Circa 1920 jumper from the Friedrich Heyn carousel factory in Nuestadt, Germany. This is the "race horse" style, manufactured for export to the British market—thus exhibiting its right side to the viewer to accommodate its position on the clockwise rotating British machines. The horse is decorated in the "Dresden mirror horse" mode, lavished with high relief carving, a cantle terminating in a lion's head, and seven large oval mirror jewels. The horse has glass eyes, a natural horsehair tail and presents in solid condition in dapple grey with a beautifully patinated and distressed surface showing the grace of age. 53 long x 40 high.