An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Two of the six cases

Two of the six cases are annotated and these examples are marked as

intended to be used as a philosopher's stone

and the whole surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century

Of the highest build quality

More than likely from a child’s four or six horse small spinner

An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus Two of the six casesOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 50Height: 37 or 20 at seatWidth: 26. 25Depth: 45 (all at extremities)In the manner of, or indeed made by R. W. Winfield, the black tubular steel frame with pad arms above scrolling supports and serpentine base rails, now freshly button back upholstered in Colefax and Fowlers Perseus carpet inspired fabric, the chair being comfortable and useable and surviving from early Victorian