Artist: Unidentified artist Period: About 1890-1900 Materials: Metal, muslin hide, on pine base Dimensions:
H. 45.7cm
W. 47.0cm
The mechanical merry-go-round appeared in 1850, when a patent was issued for the system that made the horses go up and down. Merry-go-rounds were very popular from the late nineteenth century until the Great Depression, and at one time, New York’s Coney Island offered twenty-four steam-driven carousels. This toy shows a cow and a goat along with the more traditional horses.
