Wagon
Bassett-Lowke Ltd
Category
Models
Date
1901 - 1922
Materials
Wood, Steel
Measurements
125 x 82 mm; 202 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339315.9
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 brown painted Great Western covered wagon in 0 gauge coarse scale. White painted roof added by Charles Paget Wade. White transfer lettering to side reads 'G W'. Below white painted lettering reads '32573' and 'Return to Swindon'. Maker's stamp on one end reads 'MILBRO TRADE MARK'. Red vacuum pipes, one at each end and two lamp brackets, one with a red lamp. Two round buffers and coupling hook and chain at each end. On four steel wheels. Possibly made from kits by Milbro and adapted 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 W On sides: 32573 Return to Swindon
Makers and roles
Bassett-Lowke Ltd Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956) Milbro