Wagon
attributed to Stanley John Striplin
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
1930
Materials
Wood, Metal
Measurements
1270 mms (Dia); 1010 mms (Dia); 2440 mms (L); 1070 mms (W)
Place of origin
St. Dominick
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Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 444591
Summary
Chest wagon (or cart). Sides could be bolted on to make it higher. Known as the 'Hambly' wagon as it came from the Hambly family. Bearing the inscription 'Hambly, Westcott, Callington'.
Provenance
Originally belonging to Peter Hambly who was born in the 1890s. It was donated to the National Trust at Cotehele by his son (also Peter Hambly), and was almost certainly used until the 1950s. The wagon was formerly driven by Tom Luxon junior who was a general farm worker. It would have been used to transport lime from the kilns, Peter Hambly junior remembers riding with pigs in the back of the wagon. Harold Langsford of Cotehele Mill was a corn merchant, and corn would have been taken there in the wagon, and lime from the kilns would have been collected. This information was provided by Hilda Charter-Menendez, Peter Hambly's great-niece, in circa 2005. The maker was noted as 'Striplins'. May refer to Richard Striplin who was St Dominick's wheelwright and coffin-maker (b.1850) or, more likely, his son, Stanley John Striplin (b. 1889). Richard Striplin was nicknamed 'Dickie Box'. It is believed that the contents of his workshop were transferred to Cotehele Mill wheelwright's workshop, created by Michael Trinick in the early 1970s. This information was provided by Sandra Annear, grandaughter of Stanley John Striplin, in 2008.
Marks and inscriptions
Hambly, Westcott, Callington
Makers and roles
attributed to Stanley John Striplin, maker