Carriage shaft
Category
Vehicle parts & accessories
Date
1870
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
1620 mm (Length)115 mm (Circumference)
Order this imageCollection
National Trust Carriage Museum
NT 272914.4.2
Summary
One of a pair of shafts for the 4-wheeled, iron shod, Miniature Road Coach 1870 (circa) built for General Tom Thumb for use in Barnum's Circus during their tour of England in 1865. (Image is the bottom two shafts.)
Provenance
purchased in 1904 by Mr. Alfred Ash for his son, Graham Baron Ash, and later inherited by his daughter, Mrs. H.E. Mellor, and grand-daughter, Miss B.Y. Mellor. The coach was formerly on display at Packwood and with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust at Wilmcote.