Hay wagon
H. R. Waiting
Category
Models
Date
1933
Materials
Paint, Wood, Iron
Measurements
345 x 220 mm; 805 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338915
Summary
Model of a Wiltshire hay wagon on four wheels. Bow body. Exterior of body painted yellow. Interior, wheels and chassis painted red. Red hay racks front and rear. Single side rail projected outwards by multiple dowels. Red shafts with iron slider bars, attached to front wheel carriers. Brake chain for right rear wheel, chock brake on chain for left. Single width wheels with iron tyres. In notebook no.5, page 83 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'The Large Garret Land Transport MODELS Country Wagons, built by H.R. Waiting of Boxwood, painted by C.P.W. scale 1½" = 1ft all constructed as the actual wagon, with Real tenons & every bolt & detail is carefully shown. Full details & specification of each is in the Snowshill Chest in the Gallery Room. no.15 Wiltshire Yellow' 'The skill of the Country Wheelwright is well shown in the set of model wains, made for me so perfectly by Mr. H. R. WAITING. This collection of models will be a valuable record in days to come, as the Wheelwrights craft is now a dead art. Each of these models was built from careful measurements taken from an actual old wain, every bolt and detail is accurately shown to 1 ½” scale'. (Charles Wade, Haphazard Notes Volume 2, page 96-97)
Provenance
CPW item 15 - bought 12th April 1933 for £23 10s Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Wiltshire
Makers and roles
H. R. Waiting
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 83