Wagon
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)
Category
Models
Date
1901 - 1922
Materials
Wood, Steel
Measurements
71 x 80 mm; 178 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339315.5
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 0 gauge coarse scale Great Northern Railway wagon. Grey inside. White painted lettering by Charles Paget Wade on the sides reads 'G N' (Great Northern). Two round, sprung buffers (springs broken) and a coupling hook and chain at each end. No Maker's Mark, probably made by Charles Paget Wade by fixing Bassett Lowke fittings to a wooden chassis. Contains six ridged wooden barrels (Previously with Waiting model SNO.TR.149) and ten white flour sacks (Previously with Waiting model SNO.TR.153).
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
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)