The Art of Play: A Wooden Pull-Along Dog Toy, 1930-1939

Wooden Pull Along Toy
1930-1939
A & A Peacock, Ltd.
The Museum of Childhood
The Victoria & Albert Museum

This flat, wooden toy is painted to look like a Fox Terrier who scoots across the floor on jointed legs when pulled by his string. He is the creation of A. & A. Peacock Ltd. of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1930 and 1939.

The lurching movement of the toy would have appealed to any child then or now. In fact, the dog himself looks a little bewildered as he studies the floor with his giant brown and black eyes as if wondering, “how am I walking?”