Lot Essay
John Ward entered into partnership with Thomas Griffin, Invalid Chair maker at 6 Leicester Square, circa 1845. By 1851, Griffin had retired and Ward continued trading until 1903.
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BY J. WARD, LONDON, MID 19TH CENTURY
Details
A MID-VICTORIAN SATIN-BIRCH WHEELCHAIR
BY J. WARD, LONDON, MID 19TH CENTURY
With a printed paper label 'J. Ward, Patentee Manufacturer to the Queen and Royal Family, 246 & 247 Tottenham Court Road London, late of Leicester Square', the brass wheel hubs also stamped with maker's name and address, with two typed paper labels 'The Hon'ble Lady Carnegie, 211, Cromwell Road, London S.W.5., Carriage Paid'
BY J. WARD, LONDON, MID 19TH CENTURY
With a printed paper label 'J. Ward, Patentee Manufacturer to the Queen and Royal Family, 246 & 247 Tottenham Court Road London, late of Leicester Square', the brass wheel hubs also stamped with maker's name and address, with two typed paper labels 'The Hon'ble Lady Carnegie, 211, Cromwell Road, London S.W.5., Carriage Paid'
Provenance
The Hon. Lady Carnegie, wife of Sir Lancelot Carnegie and mother of Dorothea Carnegie, later Countess of Mansfield.
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