Wagon
Bassett-Lowke Ltd
Category
Models
Date
1901 - 1922
Materials
Wood, Steel
Measurements
100 x 87 mm; 180 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339315.10
Summary
Model - Part of a formation of sixteen wagons of a model railway freight train from Charles Paget Wade's Model village (Wolf's Cove). A chocolate brown painted Great Northern covered wagon in 0 gauge coarse scale. White painted roof added by Charles Paget Wade. White painted lettering to side reads 'G N' (Great Northern) and in smaller red script 'Return to Stoke Dry'. Both doors slide open. One black vacuum pipe at each end. Two round, sprung buffers and a coupling hook and chain at each end. On four steel wheels. No Maker's Mark possibly made by Charles Paget Wade by fixing Bassett Lowke fittings to a wooden chassis.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On sides: G N
Makers and roles
Bassett-Lowke Ltd Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)