Model railway track
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
148 x 247 mm; 62mm (Height)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997297.21
Summary
Item of ‘O’ gauge clockwork model railway track - Hornby “No. 1 Level Crossing". A lithographed illustration of a green grass-edged single track grey road crosses a single railway line lithographed to represent yellow-brown wooden planking between the rails. Four green pillars support a pair of white-painted gates with red-painted warning diamonds. The gates are able to be closed either across the line or the road. Tinplate construction throughout with some surface rust and paint chips.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.