Historic toy ‘once owned by Queen Victoria’ being sold

The historical stroller, which once belonged to the Queen of Victoria, is now put up for sale.

The press secretary of the auctions Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire, said that this subject was once the property of the royal family and could sell up to 1800 pounds.

Prince Albert, called a gallop concert, later George VI is depicted, sitting in a toy in the 1890s like a small child.

Mark Yuan -Richards, an expert on furniture and auctionist, said that a halopic concert was purchased in the 1960s from an elderly couple, who worked in Osborne House -the house of Queen Victoria on the island of White.

A photograph of the deceased queen next to her was noticed, but not transmitted.

The subject was made to Toymakers G& J Lines, which created toys between the 1880s and 1930s and still work.

Prince Albert – Later King George VI – was depicted in one in the late 1890s [Getty Images]

Mr. Yuan-Richards said that he was “very well restored” and at that time would be an expensive toy.

“We did not put in this no smaller children, but we tried and pushed him into a salum. The horses move up and down. This is a real conversation, ”he added.

“For me, it is a great honor to sell.”

The auctionist hopes that the subject will exceed its alleged requested price.

A detailed and complex chest with boxes is a honey -colored tree, cut with small bends on the sides. He has a thick red marble top. There are two wide lower boxes and three less at the top. Carved gold jewelry is located down the legs and sides. The handles are very complex, as well as in gold.

This is a French piece of furniture from the house in Wiltshire and, as expected, will bring 4000-6000 pounds at the auction [Woolley and Wallis]

On Wednesday and Thursday, a galloping concert is sold as part of the auction on antique furniture, hours and art, which also includes the work of the creator who created furniture for French nobility.

The French chest of drawers was a type of boxes, with this, which Pierre Roussel (1723–1782) made and for some time was stored in the historical house of Littlefire in Wiltshire. It has an assessment of the requested price from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds.

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