BRITAINS SOLDIERS 35053 - ""Grandpa’s Little Gift"" Grandpa & Grandson with Horse

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A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!!!\n\nFOR COLLECTORS OF 14 YEARS +, THIS IS A DETAILED SCALE MODEL PRODUCED BY WILLIAM BRITAINS (FAMOUS FOR YEARS OF PRODUCING METAL \""TOY\"" SOLDIERS).Grandpa\u2019s Little Gift Grandpa and Grandson with Hobby Horse, 1855-72\nA German woodcut illustration depicts a child playing on his hobby horse as far back as 1542. Almost certainly children would have been playing on them years before. The word hobby is derived from 14th century, Middle English hobyn and the Old French, hobin or haubby and is noted in the Oxford English Dictionary as \u201Ca small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony.\u201D The toy itself is a straight stick with a small horse\u2019s head (of wood or stuffed fabric), and perhaps reins, attached to one end. The bottom end of the stick sometimes had a small wheel or wheels attached. The child then mounts his horse, \u201Cor\u201D stick and!