A Morris hobby-horse. Not to be confused with the pantomime horse:
"my horse's back is sorely galled" (4.66)--an indication of some fun horse-play in
The Knight of the Burning Pestle?
Despite the Puritan hatred for it, the Morris dance continues, particularly in former colonies of the UK. Above is a Torontonian Morris troupe. 
From Charles Knight, Old England: A Pictorial Museum, 1845.
The Morris Dance, the hobby-horse, and a dragon for Saint George (as Janelle pointed out).
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