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Serial No. 2457
F & R Shanks
London
Circa 1905
Type:
Dog carts were originally two-wheel carriages, of course, but a four-wheel
version appeared in Britain during the first half of the 18th century
and was called a “dog-cart phaeton.” An example of the early
type can be seen in Charles Cooper Henderson’s print “Going
to the Moors.” Most of these carriages had louvers in the sides,
and gun dogs could be carried under the rear seat. They were made in
a variety of shapes and sizes. Many were made on a perch carriage, presumably
so that they could be used when posting. An alternative name is “four-wheel
dog cart,” and a few firms used special names of their own.
Provenance:
Bertram Mills, a well-known British coaching personality and circus
proprietor, sold this phaeton in 1937 to Adrian van Sinderen of Washington,
Connecticut, together with the newly-built pony road coach, The Old
Berkeley, and a team of four Welsh ponies of a red roan color. After
Mr. Van Sinderen died in 1967, the coach and the phaeton were bought
by Whitney Stone and taken to his estate, “Morven,” in Charlottesville,
Virginia. The phaeton was bought privately by Mr. Seabrook from the
estate of Mrs. Anne Stone, widow of Whitney Stone, in 1988.
Builder:
Refer to description of the Shanks mail phaeton.
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