Farm cart
H. R. Waiting
Category
Models
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Paint, Iron
Measurements
370 x 212 mm; 690 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338919
Summary
Model of a two-wheel Buckinghamshire farm cart (dray). Exterior painted yellow; interior and wheels painted red. Body curved to follow shape of wheels. Flat, removable rack set at an angle at each end. Red shafts with iron slider bars attached to the chassis. 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.7 Buckinghamshire 2 wheel cart. 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 7 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Buckinghamshire
Makers and roles
H. R. Waiting, maker
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 83