Model
Georges Carette & Cie.
Category
Toys
Date
1930
Materials
Metal
Measurements
230 mm (H)420 mm (W)190 mm (D)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1400488
Summary
Model of a taxi with driver in uniform, constructed mostly of metal. Green and red coachwork with bevelled glass in opening doors. 4 tin wheels painted to look like rubber. Luggage rack, headlights and running lights. Clockwork mechanism. By Garette, German, c.1930.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Georges Carette & Cie.