Merry-go-round animal in polychrome 
carved wood made by the most famous and
most well-liked firm at that time: Bayol of Angers 
(France). Due to the prime position held by
 the horse over all the other animals of the
 merry-go-rounds or roundabouts of the last
 century, it has become the mythical animal
 of our childhood dreams... The image which
 is inseparable from the music of fairground 
organs. The horses came in groups of three, 
sometimes rearing (like this one), sometimes
 jumping. The French models had their heads
 turned to the right, so it may be deduced that
 the merry-go-round turned in a clockwise
 direction and we can think too of the very real
 horses which had to drag the merry-go-round
 around when the showman was not rich 
enough to own a steam engine.