Featured 1940s wood horses lamp base

hi folks

something i found in a charity shop last week (£10)

14 inches

thought it had a bit of charm

cant find anything on the maker

could do with some help on style etc, are they supposed to be like carousel heads or something

any thoughts or info appreciated

 

Home, sweet home. Probably something known about the maker locally.

Debora

 

Debora googled the address & clicked the house pic-modern archaeology Charlie.

 

The place onna left is a disgusting example of what...Gentrification?
It's beyond disregard for historical appearance...more like absolute rejection, completed by the gutter downspout!

 

Did lose a bit of its character, didn't it?

Debora

 

The one on the left's definitely been 'uglified' ! My God-why not try for just a smidge of faux Deco,Georgian,Tudor charm ? The mod windows & squaring off the arches,someone trying to save a buck i guess.

 

From the label on the back, I'd guess it was entered into a carving competition and has no specific meaning.

 

It’s dead cute and I’d have bought it!

 

Here's a Edward G. C. Moore in Aldershot. A "musical instrument maker" at 15 and the right age to be carving in 1947. Father was Edward H. Moore so could possibly have gone by his middle name to avoid confusion within family.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:XW8C-XZR

Debora

 

Great info, thanks deb that looks quite probable

 

I would have bought that as well. I would keep it as a novelty that I would have to dust often! Although it would sell well around here.

 

If not obvious to everyone, I think this is a lamp base.

 

Did the title originally say lamp base? If so, I am losing it

 

nahhhh..... u still got it !!!

but it did say lamp...