Carriage side
Unknown [name retired]
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Painted wood carriage side with metal body loops.
Measurements
132 x 198 x 15cm (4ft 4in x 6ft 6in x 6in)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338883
Caption
When it was complete this state coach would have been a fine carriage. It would have seated four passengers in the body and been pulled by a pair of horses driven by a coachman. The silver plated fittings and furniture are a sign of a quality carriage as are the snake head body loops. The Countess Cowper would have travelled to state occasions in this carriage, the opening of parliament, royal weddings for example.
Summary
Side (nearside) of a State Coach built by an unknown builder with supporters and two smaller ones on the black spread eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. Silver on iron - fine silver plate lamp. (C.W.19) Side of a state coach which belonged to the Countess Cowper who was a close friend of Lord Palmerston. This is the nearside side with snakehead body loops. The door handle is silver plated. The coat of arms for the Countess Cowper is painted on the door panel and on the lower quarter panels. Painted in a livery of brown with red lining.
Full description
When it was complete this state coach would have been a fine carriage. It would have seated four passengers in the body and been pulled by a pair of horses driven by a coachman. The silver plated fittings and furniture are a sign of a quality carriage as are the snake head body loops. The Countess Cowper would have travelled to state occasions in this carriage, the opening of parliament, royal weddings for example.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On door panel.: Family crest On left side lower quarter panel.: Family crest On right side lower quarter panel.: Family crest
Makers and roles
Unknown [name retired], coachbuilder